The formation of the world-class Zhuxi scheelite skarn deposit: Implications from the petrogenesis of scheelite-bearing anorthosite

A quartz-free scheelite-bearing fine- to medium-grained anorthosite occurs as a dike in the world-class Zhuxi scheelite skarn deposit of South China. The anorthosite mainly comprises An-rich plagioclase (Anavg = 91, ~90 vol%) + scheelite (~3 vol%) + apatite (~2.5 vol%) + ilmenite (~1.5 vol%) + titanite (~1 vol%), as well as minor (~2 vol%) fluorite, prehnite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, rutile, and uraninite. This paper reports...