From: The Butte Magmatic-Hydrothermal System: One Fluid Yields All Alteration and Veins

Economic Geology. 2013;108(6):1379-1396. doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.6.1379

of Economic Geologists.
Figure Legend:

Alteration mineral phase diagram showing the conditions of temperature and reaction ratio of magmatic
fluid to Butte granite that controls the presence or absence of minerals. Each curve on the diagram is
labeled on the side of the curve where the relevant mineral exists; the mineral is absent on the opposite
side of the curve. Quartz is present throughout the T-water/rock space shown. See text for discussion of
the construction and interpretation of the diagram. Some curves end near the lower right corner where
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the aqueous phase is entirely consumed by formation of hydrous minerals. Mineral abbreviations: ab =
albite, and = andalusite, bi = biotite, carb = magnesite, rhodochrosite, dolomite, and calcite (most