Chemical responses to hydraulic fracturing and wolframite precipitation in the vein-type tungsten deposits of southern China

Wolframite is the main ore mineral in the vein-type tungsten deposits of southern China. Much progress has been made on the characteristics of the mineralizing fluids, but the mechanisms of wolframite precipitation remain poorly understood. Hydraulic fracturing driven by high-pressure fluids is a common mechanical process during magmatic-hydrothermal transition, but it is uncertain whether and how this mechanical process may affect chemical...