{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Cano N"],"funding":["MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033","MCIN/AEI/10.13039/50110001133","European Union","PAPIIT-DGAPA-UNAM"],"pagination":["14985"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10495403"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Epithermal bonanza-type ores, characterized by weight-percent contents of e.g., gold and silver in a few mm to cm, are generated by mixtures of magmatic-derived hydrothermal brines and external fluids (e.g., meteoric) that transport a variety of metals to the site of deposition. However, the low solubilities of precious metals in hydrothermal fluids cannot justify the high concentrations necessary to produce such type of hyper-enriched metal ore. Here we show that boiling metal-bearing brines can produce, aggregate, and accumulate metal nanomaterials, ultimately leading to focused gold + silver ± copper over-enrichments. We found direct nano-scale evidence of nanoparticulate gold- and/or silver-bearing ores formed via nonclassical growth (i.e., nanomaterial attachment) during boiling in an"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pubmed_title":["Nanomaterial accumulation in boiling brines enhances epithermal bonanzas."],"pmcid":["PMC10495403"],"funding_grant_id":["IN 218323","ERDF A way of making Europe","NANOMET PID2022-138768OB-I00","PID 2019-105625RB-C21"],"pubmed_authors":["Cano N","Gonzalez-Jimenez JM","Camprubi A","Gonzalez-Partida E","Proenza JA","Dominguez-Carretero D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Nanomaterial accumulation in boiling brines enhances epithermal bonanzas.","description":"Epithermal bonanza-type ores, characterized by weight-percent contents of e.g., gold and silver in a few mm to cm, are generated by mixtures of magmatic-derived hydrothermal brines and external fluids (e.g., meteoric) that transport a variety of metals to the site of deposition. However, the low solubilities of precious metals in hydrothermal fluids cannot justify the high concentrations necessary to produce such type of hyper-enriched metal ore. Here we show that boiling metal-bearing brines can produce, aggregate, and accumulate metal nanomaterials, ultimately leading to focused gold + silver ± copper over-enrichments. We found direct nano-scale evidence of nanoparticulate gold- and/or silver-bearing ores formed via nonclassical growth (i.e., nanomaterial attachment) during boiling in an","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Sep","modification":"2025-04-05T11:20:06.461Z","creation":"2024-11-21T08:16:15.214Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10495403","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37696864"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-023-41756-4"]}}