δ18O of Skarns: published values
in ‰ (per mil)
Skarns. 65 published values for 14 deposits or sites. Standards, minerals and sources for every value.
| Deposits | Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailashui (Furong ore field) China | 5.8 ± 1.8 ‰ | 2.8 / 7.8 ‰ | 8 | calcite from skarn ore (lode no. 19) | Shuang et al. (2010), REE, Mn, Fe, Mg and C, O isotopic geochemistry of calcites from Fur… |
| Bailashui (Furong ore field) China | 16.4 ‰ | 1 | calcite from greisen ore (lode no. 10) | Shuang et al. (2010), REE, Mn, Fe, Mg and C, O isotopic geochemistry of calcites from Fur… | |
| Bailashui (Furong ore field) China | 11.2 ± 3.3 ‰ | 9 / 15 ‰ | 3 | calcite from altered-granite ore (lode no. 10) | Shuang et al. (2010), REE, Mn, Fe, Mg and C, O isotopic geochemistry of calcites from Fur… |
| Bailashui (Furong ore field) China | 19.5 ± 0.8 ‰ | 18.8 / 20.3 ‰ | 3 | host limestone (whole rock) | Shuang et al. (2010), REE, Mn, Fe, Mg and C, O isotopic geochemistry of calcites from Fur… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 10.9 ± 0.2 ‰ | 10.5 / 11.1 ‰ | 5 | Mine stock monzogranite (whole rock) | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 12.3 ± 0.2 ‰ | 12 / 12.6 ‰ | 7 | quartz of the monzogranite and aplite dikes | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 13.2 ± 0.3 ‰ | 12.9 / 13.9 ‰ | 8 | skarn quartz (pyroxene and biotite facies) | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 8.3 ± 0.3 ‰ | 7.8 / 8.8 ‰ | 12 | pyroxene of anhydrous skarns (garnet-pyroxene and pyroxene-pyrrhotite) | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 7.8 ± 0.3 ‰ | 7.3 / 8 ‰ | 5 | biotite of biotite-pyrrhotite skarns | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 8.1 ± 0.4 ‰ | 7.8 / 8.5 ‰ | 3 | skarn amphibole | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 13 ± 0.9 ‰ | 11.7 / 14.2 ‰ | 8 | skarn calcite | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 20.1 ± 0.3 ‰ | 19.7 / 20.5 ‰ | 5 | distal host marble calcite | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| CanTung (E zone) Canada | 16.6 ± 0.8 ‰ | 15.2 / 17.6 ‰ | 6 | marble calcite near the skarn contact | Bowman et al. (1985), The CanTung E zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Ter… |
| Dannemora Sweden | −1.2 / −0.4 ‰ | 5 | magnetite (Dannemora, Björnberget, Striberg) | Troll et al. (2019), Global Fe-O isotope correlation reveals magmatic origin of Kiruna-ty… | |
| Weibao district (East and West Weibao) China | 9.27 ± 0.61 ‰ | 8.6 / 9.8 ‰ | 3 | quartz (East Weibao, sulfide stage) | Fang et al. (2015), Ore genesis of the Weibao lead-zinc district, Eastern Kunlun Orogen, … |
| Weibao district (East and West Weibao) China | 4.73 ± 0.76 ‰ | 4.2 / 5.6 ‰ | 3 | calculated ore fluid (East Weibao, sulfide stage, 395 °C) | Fang et al. (2015), Ore genesis of the Weibao lead-zinc district, Eastern Kunlun Orogen, … |
| Weibao district (East and West Weibao) China | 16.2 ± 1 ‰ | 15.3 / 17.3 ‰ | 4 | quartz (West Weibao, sulfide stage) | Fang et al. (2015), Ore genesis of the Weibao lead-zinc district, Eastern Kunlun Orogen, … |
| Weibao district (East and West Weibao) China | 9.7 ± 1 ‰ | 8.8 / 10.8 ‰ | 4 | calculated ore fluid (West Weibao, sulfide stage, 310 °C) | Fang et al. (2015), Ore genesis of the Weibao lead-zinc district, Eastern Kunlun Orogen, … |
| Weibao district (East and West Weibao) China | 11.1 ± 0.57 ‰ | 10.7 / 11.5 ‰ | 2 | quartz (district, carbonate stage) | Fang et al. (2015), Ore genesis of the Weibao lead-zinc district, Eastern Kunlun Orogen, … |
| Weibao district (East and West Weibao) China | −0.6 ± 0.57 ‰ | −1 / −0.2 ‰ | 2 | calculated ore fluid (district, carbonate stage, 200 °C) | Fang et al. (2015), Ore genesis of the Weibao lead-zinc district, Eastern Kunlun Orogen, … |
| Granite Creek (Osgood Mountains) United States | 6.97 ± 0.36 ‰ | 6.2 / 7.5 ‰ | 13 | skarn grandite garnet | Taylor et O'Neil (1977), Stable isotope studies of metasomatic Ca-Fe-Al-Si skarns and ass… |
| Granite Creek (Osgood Mountains) United States | 8.8 ± 0.29 ‰ | 8.5 / 9.1 ‰ | 4 | skarn pyroxene | Taylor et O'Neil (1977), Stable isotope studies of metasomatic Ca-Fe-Al-Si skarns and ass… |
| Granite Creek (Osgood Mountains) United States | 14.11 ± 0.33 ‰ | 13.7 / 14.7 ‰ | 7 | skarn quartz (stage II) | Taylor et O'Neil (1977), Stable isotope studies of metasomatic Ca-Fe-Al-Si skarns and ass… |
| Granite Creek (Osgood Mountains) United States | 9.27 ± 0.25 ‰ | 8.8 / 9.5 ‰ | 10 | Fe-rich tremolitic amphibole (stage II) | Taylor et O'Neil (1977), Stable isotope studies of metasomatic Ca-Fe-Al-Si skarns and ass… |
| Granite Creek (Osgood Mountains) United States | 13.01 ± 0.56 ‰ | 12.2 / 14.1 ‰ | 15 | skarn calcite | Taylor et O'Neil (1977), Stable isotope studies of metasomatic Ca-Fe-Al-Si skarns and ass… |
| Haobugao China | 5.7 / 5.9 ‰ | magnetite-quartz stage (II) quartz | Wang et al. (2019), Fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, and geochronology of the Haobugao … | ||
| Haobugao China | −2 / 4.1 ‰ | sulfide-quartz stage (III) quartz | Wang et al. (2019), Fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, and geochronology of the Haobugao … | ||
| Los Santos Spain | 7.8 ± 0.4 ‰ | 7.5 / 8.4 ‰ | 4 | prograde skarn hedenbergite (pyroxene exoskarn) | Tornos et al. (2008), Geochemistry and origin of calcic tungsten-bearing skarns, Los Sant… |
| Los Santos Spain | 7.8 ± 0.1 ‰ | 7.8 / 7.9 ‰ | 2 | prograde skarn grandite (garnet exoskarn) | Tornos et al. (2008), Geochemistry and origin of calcic tungsten-bearing skarns, Los Sant… |
| Los Santos Spain | 7.5 ± 1.1 ‰ | 6.4 / 8.6 ‰ | 3 | retrograde skarn biotite | Tornos et al. (2008), Geochemistry and origin of calcic tungsten-bearing skarns, Los Sant… |
| Los Santos Spain | 9.2 ± 0.2 ‰ | 9 / 9.3 ‰ | 3 | retrograde skarn ferro-actinolite | Tornos et al. (2008), Geochemistry and origin of calcic tungsten-bearing skarns, Los Sant… |
| Los Santos Spain | 12.3 ± 0.5 ‰ | 11.8 / 12.8 ‰ | 3 | amphibole skarn calcite | Tornos et al. (2008), Geochemistry and origin of calcic tungsten-bearing skarns, Los Sant… |
| Los Santos Spain | 12.9 ± 0.1 ‰ | 12.8 / 12.9 ‰ | 2 | host limestone next to the wollastonite skarn | Tornos et al. (2008), Geochemistry and origin of calcic tungsten-bearing skarns, Los Sant… |
| Nanyangtian China | 3.6 ± 0.4 ‰ | 2.9 / 4 ‰ | 6 | skarn scheelite (Jurassic) | Zhang et al. (2021), Genesis and geodynamic setting of the Nanyangtian tungsten deposit, … |
| Nanyangtian China | 5 ± 0.7 ‰ | 4.4 / 5.7 ‰ | 3 | scheelite from scheelite-molybdenite-quartz veins (Cretaceous) | Zhang et al. (2021), Genesis and geodynamic setting of the Nanyangtian tungsten deposit, … |
| Nanyangtian China | 5.5 ± 0.5 ‰ | 5 / 6 ‰ | 3 | grossular (prograde skarn, early stage) | Ren et al. (2024), Fluid inclusions and H-O isotopes of the super-large Nanyangtian tungs… |
| Nanyangtian China | 5.1 ± 0.9 ‰ | 4.1 / 5.7 ‰ | 3 | diopside (prograde skarn, early stage) | Ren et al. (2024), Fluid inclusions and H-O isotopes of the super-large Nanyangtian tungs… |
| Nanyangtian China | 7 ± 1.5 ‰ | 6 / 8.7 ‰ | 3 | tremolite (ore stage) | Ren et al. (2024), Fluid inclusions and H-O isotopes of the super-large Nanyangtian tungs… |
| Nanyangtian China | 9.3 ± 0.4 ‰ | 9.1 / 9.6 ‰ | 2 | scheelite-bearing quartz (ore stage) | Ren et al. (2024), Fluid inclusions and H-O isotopes of the super-large Nanyangtian tungs… |
| Nanyangtian China | 5.1 ± 0.3 ‰ | 4.7 / 5.5 ‰ | 5 | scheelite (ore stage) | Ren et al. (2024), Fluid inclusions and H-O isotopes of the super-large Nanyangtian tungs… |
| Nanyangtian China | 8.9 ± 0.2 ‰ | 8.8 / 9.1 ‰ | 2 | tourmaline (ore stage) | Ren et al. (2024), Fluid inclusions and H-O isotopes of the super-large Nanyangtian tungs… |
| Nanyangtian China | 3.9 ± 2.3 ‰ | 2.2 / 5.5 ‰ | 2 | biotite (ore stage) | Ren et al. (2024), Fluid inclusions and H-O isotopes of the super-large Nanyangtian tungs… |
| Nanyangtian China | 8.6 ‰ | 1 | barren quartz (late stage) | Ren et al. (2024), Fluid inclusions and H-O isotopes of the super-large Nanyangtian tungs… | |
| Shizhuyuan China | 11.9 ± 0.42 ‰ | 2 | quartz of banded greisens | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Shizhuyuan China | 5.85 ± 0.35 ‰ | 3 | wolframite of banded greisens | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Shizhuyuan China | 12.29 ± 0.92 ‰ | 3 | quartz of massive wolframite-quartz veins | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Shizhuyuan China | 4.67 ± 1.33 ‰ | 3 | wolframite of massive wolframite-quartz veins | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Shizhuyuan China | 9.95 ± 0.17 ‰ | 2 | quartz of massive sericite quartzites | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Shizhuyuan China | 2.42 ± 0.15 ‰ | 2 | wolframite of massive sericite quartzites | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Ta'ergou China | 12.21 ‰ | 1 | quartz of early wolframite-quartz veins | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Ta'ergou China | 4.2 ‰ | 1 | wolframite of early wolframite-quartz veins | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Ta'ergou China | 10.6 ‰ | 1 | quartz of late wolframite-quartz veins | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Ta'ergou China | 1.96 ‰ | 1 | wolframite of late wolframite-quartz veins | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Watershed Australia | 5.4 ± 1.1 ‰ | 3.7 / 7.3 ‰ | 17 | vein scheelite | Poblete et al. (2024), The Permian Watershed tungsten deposit (northeast Queensland, Aust… |
| Watershed Australia | 10.3 ± 1.4 ‰ | 7 / 11.8 ‰ | 14 | plagioclase coexisting with scheelite | Poblete et al. (2024), The Permian Watershed tungsten deposit (northeast Queensland, Aust… |
| Watershed Australia | 14 ± 0.9 ‰ | 12.6 / 15.5 ‰ | 13 | vein quartz | Poblete et al. (2024), The Permian Watershed tungsten deposit (northeast Queensland, Aust… |
| Watershed Australia | 12.4 ± 0.9 ‰ | 11.5 / 13.2 ‰ | 3 | muscovite of veins and halo (retrograde stage 3) | Poblete et al. (2024), The Permian Watershed tungsten deposit (northeast Queensland, Aust… |
| Xianghualing China | 11.9 ± 0.1 ‰ | 2 | quartz of wolframite-beryl-quartz veins | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Xianghualing China | 4.2 ± 0.89 ‰ | 3 | wolframite of wolframite-beryl-quartz veins | Zhang (1988), Oxygen isotope studies of wolframite in tungsten ore deposits of south Chin… | |
| Xiaotongguanshan China | 7.8 ± 0.5 ‰ | 7 / 8.3 ‰ | 5 | skarn garnet | Tian et al. (2005), REE and stable isotope geochemistry of the Xiaotongguanshan copper de… |
| Xiaotongguanshan China | 13.6 ± 1.6 ‰ | 11.6 / 15.4 ‰ | 6 | skarn and quartz-sulfide stage quartz | Tian et al. (2005), REE and stable isotope geochemistry of the Xiaotongguanshan copper de… |
| Xiaotongguanshan China | 7.5 ± 1.3 ‰ | 6.6 / 8.4 ‰ | 2 | magnetite | Tian et al. (2005), REE and stable isotope geochemistry of the Xiaotongguanshan copper de… |
| Xiaotongguanshan China | 14.8 ± 1.6 ‰ | 13.4 / 17.4 ‰ | 5 | late-stage calcite | Tian et al. (2005), REE and stable isotope geochemistry of the Xiaotongguanshan copper de… |
| Xiaotongguanshan China | 22.2 ± 0.2 ‰ | 22 / 22.4 ‰ | 4 | host marbles | Tian et al. (2005), REE and stable isotope geochemistry of the Xiaotongguanshan copper de… |
| Yangla China | 7.41 ± 1.27 ‰ | 5.96 / 9.44 ‰ | 8 | Oligocene scheelite (30 Ma W mineralisation) | Li et al. (2024), Genesis of tungsten mineralization in the Yangla copper-polymetallic de… |
Published δ18O (oxygen) values, deposit by deposit
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IsoFind Atlas (2026). δ18O of Skarns: published values. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/oxygen-d18o/skarns/ (accessed 2026-10-13).
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title = {δ18O of Skarns: published values},
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year = {2026},
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note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
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