Re-Os dating of auriferous pyrite from the Zhenyuan super-large gold deposit in Ailaoshan gold belt, Yunnan Province, Southwestern China

Zhenyuan gold deposit is the largest super large gold deposit in the Ailaoshan gold belt,but its precise mineralization age is still lack.Re-Os isotopic age of the auriferous pyrite from the Zhenyuan gold deposit was determined by using a high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(HR-ICP-MS).The pyrite samples were decomposed in carius tubes,Os was separated by distillation and Re was extracted by acetone,respectively.The results show that the Re-Os isochron age is 229±38 Ma(MSWD=2.0,confidence level is 95%),with an initial 187 Os/188 Os value of 0.68±0.24 and a corresponding Os value of 442±91.The Re/Os ratios of the pyrite vary from 40.8 to 100.5.The data suggest that at least one important ore-forming event was occurred during Indosinian epoch,and the ore-forming materials probably derived from mixed sources of crustal and mantle,while the later dominated.The Ailaoshan composite orogen experienced complicated evolutional processes,including formation of Precambrian-Early Paleozoic basement,subduction and orogenesis of Late Paleozoic era,collisional orogenesis of Late Hercynian-Indosinain epoch,and extensional or striking orogenesis of Yanshainan-Cenozoic epoch.The polycycle tectonic evolution and magmatism in this area caused multi-stage and superposition metallization characteristics of the Zhenyuan gold deposit:the mineralization probably occur mainly during the Indosinian collisional orogeny,while the minor gold ores of altered granite-porphyry and altered lamprophyre may be formed in the late superposition metallization.     

Intergrowth texture in Au-Ag-Te minerals from Sandaowanzi gold deposit, Heilongjiang Province: Implications for ore-forming environment

Sandaowanzi gold deposit,Heilongjiang Province,is the only single telluride type gold deposit so far documented in the world,in which 90% of gold is hosted in gold-silver telluride minerals.Optical microscope observation,scanning electron microscope,electron probe and X-ray diffraction analysis identified abundant intergrowth textures in the Au-Ag-Te minerals,typified by sylvanite-hosting hessite crystals and hessite-hosting petzite crystals.The intergrown minerals and their chemistry are consistent,and the hosted minerals are mostly worm-like or as oriented stripes,evenly distributed in the hosting minerals,with clear and smooth interfaces.These suggest an exsolution origin for the intergrowth texture.With reference to the phase-transformation temperature derived from synthesis experiments of tellurides,the exsolution texture of Au-Ag-Te minerals implies that the veined tellurides formed at 150-220℃.The early stage disseminated tellurides formed at log f(Te 2) from 13.6 to 7.8,log f(S 2) from 11.7 to 7.6,whereas the late stage veined tellurides formed at log f(Te 2) ranging from 11.2 to 9.7 and log f(S 2) from 16.8 to 12.2.     

Indosinian isotope ages of plutons and deposits in southwestern Miaoershan-Yuechengling,northeastern Guangxi and implications on Indosinian mineralization in South China

The Miaoershan-Yuechengling complex pluton is the largest granitoid complex in the western Nanling metallogenic belt with a surface exposure of >3000 km2.The complex pluton is composed of an early stage granitoid batholith and late stage small intrusions.The early stage batholith contains mainly medium-grained porphyritic mica granite and porphyritic monzonite granite,whereas the late stage intrusions are composed of muscovite granite porphyry and muscovite monzonitic granite.There are many W-Sn-Mo-Pb-Zn-Cu ores in the contact zone between the batholith and strata,forming an ore-rich belt around the batholith.Based on zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages,the southwestern part of the early stage batholith formed at 228.7 ± 4.1 Ma(MSWD = 2.49),with slightly earlier magmatic activity at 243.0 ± 5.8 Ma(MSWD = 2.62).The Yuntoujie muscovite granite was associated with W-Mo mineralization and has a zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age of 216.8 ± 4.9 Ma(MSWD = 1.44).The Re-Os isochron age of molybdenite from the Yuntoujie W-Mo ore was 216.8 ± 7.5 Ma(MSWD = 11.3).Our new isotope data suggest that the late stage intrusive stocks from the southwestern Miaoershan-Yuechengling batholith were closely associated with W-Mo mineralization from the Indosinian period.These new results together with previous isotope data,suggest that South China underwent not only the well-known Yanshanian mineralization event,but also a widespread Indosinian metallogenic event during the Mesozoic period.Therefore,South China has a greater potential for Indosinian mineralization than previously thought such that more attention should be given to the Indosinian ore prospecting in South China.     

Ca. 2.5 Ga TTG rocks in the western Alxa Block and their implications

The Alxa Block is considered part of the North China Craton, but the unambiguous Archean basement has not been reported. In this study, we present the first evidence of the Neoarchean rocks in the Beidashan area of the western Alxa Block. The petrographic and geochemical data show that these rocks are granodiorite with TTG (tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) characteristics. Zircon U-Pb dating gave an age of 2522±30 Ma for the magmatic core and 2496±11 Ma for the metamorphic recrystallized rim. The near-identical age between the Latest Neoarchean magmatism and the high-grade metamorphism shows that these features were related to the same Latest Neoarchean-Earliest Paleoproterozoic tectonothermal event. The age-corrected Hf (t) value is mainly between 0.4 and 4.9. The two-stage zircon Hf model age ranges from 2.7 to 3.0 Ga, suggesting that the Mesoarchean- Neoarchean (2.7-3.0 Ga) juvenile crust was reworked at the end of the Neoarchean in the western Alxa Block. These data suggest that the western Alxa Block experienced a Mesoarchean-Neoarchean crust growth and Latest Neoarchean-Earliest Paleoproterozoic tectonothermal event similar to the North China Craton.     

班公湖—怒江成矿带西段尕尔穷铜金矿床辉钼矿Re-Os年龄及其地质意义

尕尔穷铜金矿床的夕卡岩矿体之下陆续发现花岗斑岩脉,该花岗斑岩与夕卡岩存在密切的成生联系.通过辉钼矿的Re-Os同位素年龄测定技术,确定其成矿年龄为86.79 Ma,成矿时代是晚白垩世,矿床形成于班公湖—怒江洋盆向南俯冲碰撞和雅鲁藏布江洋盆向北俯冲碰撞的间歇期;狮泉河结合带在晚白垩世处于同碰撞期,大量中酸性岩浆岩侵位事件...     

安徽香泉铊矿床地质特征研究

文章对安徽和县香泉铊矿床的地质特征进行了研究,确定了矿床的围岩为奥陶纪红花园组微晶灰岩和微晶白云岩,矿化受断裂和硅化角砾岩带控制,主要蚀变矿化类型有重晶石化、萤石化、硅化、褐铁矿化以及铊矿化。矿床中铊含量很高,w(Tl)最高可达0.23%,铊在矿床中主要以独立的含铊矿物和分散状态2种形式产出,此研究成果为日后该矿床的进一步研究奠定了基础。     

Re-Os Dating of Galena and Sphalerite from Lead-Zinc Sulfide Deposits in Yunnan Province,SW China

Dating of lead-zinc deposits is of critical importance for better understanding of ore ge-nesis, but has long been a big challenge due to the lack of suitable minerals that can be unequivocally linked ...     

Pb-Pb isotope dating of black shales from the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation, Guizhou Province, South China

Withthedevelopmentofnewanalyticaltech niquesandstate of artinstruments ,isotopetracinganddatingmethodshavemadeconsiderableprogressinrecentyears .Inparticular ,variouskindsofradio genicisotopedatingmethodshavebeenappliedsuc cessfullyinigneousrocks.However,directdatingofsedimentaryrocksremainsundevelopedandcontro versial.Inmostcases ,researchersapplyU PbandK ArorAr Armethodstodatingvolcanicashesthatareinterbeddedwithinsedimentarystratainanattempttoobtaintheageofsedimentsindirectly[1] .Howev e…     

Single grain Rb-Sr dating of euhedral and cataclastic pyrite from the Qiyugou gold deposit in western Henan, central China

The Rb-Sr isotopic dating of pyrite mineral from ore deposits can directly provide mineralization age. However, many geological factors may affect the Rb-Sr isotopic system,which baffles application of this method. Employing ultra-low procedural blank Rb-Sr method,we have dated pyrites separated from the No. 4 breccia pipe of the Qiyugou gold deposit,western Henan Province. Single grains of euhedral pyrite crystal with few microcracks yield an isochron age of 126 ± 11 Ma, which represents time of the main mineralization stage of the deposit. Pyrite grains of cataclastic type show nevertheless scattered Rb-Sr isotopic composition and no reasonable isochron can be defined. Crystal morphology and mineral inclusion studies reveal that Rb and Sr of pyrite mineral probably are preserved mainly in biotite, K-feldspar, and sericite mineral inclusions. The dating results likely suggest that cataclastic pyrite is not suitable for the Rb-Sr dating due to modification of the Rb-Sr isotopic system by later hydrothermal activity of fluid.     

豫西栾川中鱼库锌(铅)矿床闪锌矿Rb-Sr年龄及其地质意义

中鱼库矽卡岩型锌(铅)矿床位于华北陆块南缘河南省西部栾川Mo-W-Pb-Zn-Ag多金属矿集区南部,矿体呈层状-似层状赋存于新元古界栾川群三川组碎屑岩、碳酸盐岩地层中.因缺乏精确的成矿年代学研究,对该矿床成因的争议较大.本文在矿床地质背景和岩石矿物学研究的基础上,对13件矿石样品中的闪锌矿进行Rb-Sr同位素年代学研究.闪锌矿87 Rb/86 Sr和87 Sr/86 Sr同位素比值分别集中在0.802～18.98和0.713 359～0.748 684,二者具有良好的线性关系;其等时线年龄为(136.4士0.8) Ma (2σ,MSWD=3.6),(87 St/86 Sr)t=0.711 913士0.000 074.Rb-Sr同位素年龄反映该矿床形成于早白垩世,稍晚于研究区内的斑岩-矽卡岩型Mo-W矿床(146士2 MaB.P.),与区内最后一阶段花岗质岩浆活动(142～136MaB.P.)有关,属于栾川Mo-W-Pb-Zn-Ag多金属成矿系统.结合区域资料,认为该矿床形成于中生代陆-陆碰撞过程中由挤压向伸展转变的阶段,或碰撞后造山的局部伸展背景.     

安徽铜陵白芒山辉石闪长岩体的成因:Sr-Nd-Pb-O同位素制约

白芒山辉石闪长岩体位于安徽铜陵狮子山矿田内,属于高钾钙碱性岩系,形成时代为燕山晚期.运用Sr、Nd、Pb和O同位素综合示踪技术,探讨了该岩体的成因.研究结果表明,白芒山辉石闪长岩锶同位素初始值(ISr)变化于0.707291~0.707315之间;εNd(t)值变化于-13.04~-14.01之间;全岩δ18O值为10.2‰~11.7‰;初始铅同位素组成(t=142.9Ma)为:(206Pb/204Pb)i=17.9790~18.3267,(207Pb/204Pb)i=15.5125~15.6578,(208Pb/204Pb)i=38.1000~38.2117.结合安徽沿江地区岩浆岩研究资料可以看出,白芒山辉石闪长岩体为壳、幔岩浆混合成因,成岩物质起源于扬子下地壳和富集岩石圈地幔的部分熔融,是富集岩石圈地幔和扬子下地壳物质混合的产物,成岩过程后期经历了上地壳物质的混染作用影响.其中富集岩石圈地幔的形成主要与俯冲洋壳与陆壳析出流体的混染与交代作用有关.