Luque del Villar, Francisco JavierOrtega Menor, LorenaBarrenechea, José F.Millward, DavidBeyssac, OlivierHuizenga, Jan-Marten2023-06-202023-06-2020090091-761310.1130/G25284A.1https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52119Recognized large occurrences of fl uid-deposited graphite displaying high crystallinity were previously restricted to high-temperature environments (mainly granulite facies terranes). However, in the extensively mined Borrowdale deposit (UK), the mineralogical assemblage, notably the graphite-epidote intergrowths, shows that fully ordered graphite precipitated during the propylitic hydrothermal alteration of the volcanic host rocks. Fluids responsible for graphite deposition had an average XCO2/(XCO2 + XCH4) ratio of 0.69, thus indicating temperatures of ~500 °C at the fayalite-magnetite-quartz buffered conditions. Therefore, this is the fi rst reported evidence indicating that huge concentrations of highly crystalline graphite can precipitate from moderate-temperature fluids.engjournal articlehttp://geology.geoscienceworld.org/archive/open access553.91Graphite depositionGeología2506 Geología