基于伪磁梯度张量混合方向tilt梯度的磁源定位方法及其应用:以内蒙古塔木素铀矿床为例

斜磁化磁源的准确定位是磁法勘探有效圈定场源分布及划分断裂构造的重要依据.但受磁化方向影响,总磁异常与地质体分布并无明显对应关系.为此,本文从总磁异常垂向积分出发,推导出了伪磁梯度张量,定义了伪磁梯度张量的混合方向tilt梯度及混合方向解析信号振幅,提出了基于伪磁梯度张量混合方向tilt梯度水平导数组合的场源定位方法.模型试验表明,相对于解析信号振幅、tilt梯度的总水平导数及方向tilt梯度的总水平导数模这3种受磁化方向影响较小的方法,本文提出的磁源定位方法能够更有效地反映出不同磁化方向的磁源位置,具有更强的识别能力和定位精度.在内蒙古塔木素铀矿床的航磁资料应用中,新方法较好地展示出了已知断裂带的展布及出露岩浆岩的分布,同时有效地提取了塔木素铀矿床上方的弱磁异常信息,处理结果为研究区圈定隐伏岩体、划分隐伏断裂及扩大铀矿找矿靶区提供了依据.

江西会昌锡坑迳斑岩型锡矿床成矿系统发育特征与找矿模型

锡坑迳矿田位于南岭成矿带东段与武夷山成矿带交会部位,以早白垩世连续的岩浆喷发-侵入活动与多类型锡多金属成矿作用为特色。矿田内围绕似斑状花岗岩和花岗斑岩发育了岩背斑岩型、淘锡坝和矿背隐爆层间裂隙带型、苦竹岽和凤凰岽云英岩-破碎带蚀变岩型等大中型锡矿床。这些矿床的矿化-蚀变特征可与玻利维亚锡矿带、银岩、维拉斯托和洋滨等国内外斑岩型锡矿床类比,又独具特色,是研究斑岩型锡成矿系统发育特征与找矿模型的理想区域。文章在详细的野外地质调查基础上,系统总结了锡坑迳矿田内各类锡多金属矿化组合特征和蚀变结构,并对岩背矿床和淘锡坝矿床锡石开展了电子探针和LA-ICP-MS原位微区分析。研究结果显示,所有锡石样品均具有La、Pr、Gd和Tb的正异常、Ce与Eu的负异常、明显的Zr/Hf分馏和不规则的稀土元素配分模式,指示成矿热液早期阶段及锡石沉淀阶段经历了流体不相容。岩背锡石较淘锡坝锡石具有高的Ti/Zr和Ti/Sc比值,指示其更为靠近矿化中心。笔者研究认为,锡坑迳斑岩型锡成矿系统矿化类型包括细脉状、浸染状和细网脉状,围岩蚀变由早到晚、由成矿中心向外依次发育黄玉石英带、绿泥石-黄玉石英岩化带、绿泥石-绢云母化带和黏土化-碳酸盐化带。与斑岩型铜钼成矿系统相比,其成矿岩浆岩不仅有花岗斑岩,还有似斑状黑云母花岗岩,矿体在斑岩、花岗岩及上覆火山岩中均有赋存。相较于玻利维亚斑岩型锡成矿带发育的大面积石英-电气石化,锡坑迳斑岩成矿系统更富F,蚀变矿物中出现了大量黄玉、萤石和白云母等。对比国内外典型锡矿床的矿化-蚀变结构和锡石矿物学特征,文章建立了锡坑迳式斑岩型锡成矿系统的找矿模型。

相山铀矿田西部煌斑岩年代学、地球化学及幔源流体的证据

【研究目的】幔源岩浆是探讨深部动力学演化和铀成矿的研究对象,相山铀矿田基性岩脉是探讨区域岩浆演化和铀成矿的关键所在。【研究方法】本文对矿区西部煌斑岩脉进行了系统的岩石学、地质年代学和地球化学综合研究。【研究结果】本区存在3期煌斑岩,分别为134 Ma、120~125 Ma和84.5 Ma。该区煌斑岩为钠质碱性煌斑岩,富集LILE和LREE,亏损HFSE,具明显的Ta-Nb-Ti负异常,具有岛弧玄武岩和大陆地壳的微量元素特征。该区煌斑岩为部分熔融和结晶分异共同作用的产物,经历了橄榄石、单斜辉石的结晶分异作用,在岩浆上侵过程中受到明显上地壳物质的混染。该区煌斑岩形成于伸展作用下的板内拉张构造环境,未受到古太平洋板块俯冲作用的影响。其源区应为软流圈亏损地幔与岩石圈富集地幔的混合,且主要体现为软流圈亏损地幔特征。【结论】第一期煌斑岩矿岩时差大,仅为后期铀的沉淀富集提供有利条件;后两期煌斑岩矿岩时差小,不仅为相山矿田铀矿化提供了幔源流体(ΣCO_(2)矿化剂和He),也为铀沉淀富集提供还原障。

胶东大尹格庄金矿田构造物理化学参量急变带成矿特征

在金属内生矿矿田地质研究中,构造变形岩相既能反映矿田形成的构造应力场特征,又能揭示其地球化学特征和物理化学条件。胶东金矿集中区在全球金矿中独具特色,其金矿储量规模位居世界第三,大尹格庄金矿田是区内特大型金矿田之一。在矿田构造蚀变岩相研究基础上,厘清矿田成矿构造物理化学参量之间的关系,探讨构造作用通过影响矿田成矿物理化学条件驱动金成矿作用问题显得尤为必要。本文选取代表成矿流体成分、温压、性质和成矿构造等条件的构造物理化学参量,采用因子分析法,探讨矿田构造成岩成矿问题。结果显示:流体包裹体成分CO_(2)/H_(2) O、酸碱度(pH)、氧逸度(lgfO_(2))、构造附加静水压力(Ps)、流体包裹体均一温度以及流体包裹体最小压力(Pmin)等参量代表的构造物理化学条件对成矿的影响较大,CO_(2)/H_(2)O、lgfO_(2)、Ps、均一温度、Pmin所代表的成矿流体成分、性质、温压条件及构造作用的影响是正相关的,而pH影响是负相关的;矿田黄铁绢英岩带、黄铁绢英岩化花岗质碎裂岩带和强钾长石化花岗岩带中,构造附加静水压力(Ps)、流体包裹体成分CO_(2)/H_(2) O、氧逸度(lgfO_(2))、流体包裹体最小压力(Pmin)和均一温度均依次呈现先升高再降低的趋势。流体包裹体成分Na^(+)/K^(+)、F^(-)/Cl^(-)参量代表的成矿物理化学条件对于成矿的影响是负相关的,在黄铁绢英岩带、黄铁绢英岩化花岗质碎裂岩带和强钾长石化花岗岩带中,F^(-)/Cl^(-)依次呈现逐渐降低的趋势,Na^(+)/K^(+)则依次呈现逐渐增大的趋势。构造附加静水压力(Ps)能够促使成矿流体从Ps较高的部位向较低的部位运移并沉淀成矿。构造物理化学参量的高低值之间存在构造物理化学界面,金矿体主要位于界面的构造应力松弛部位。

湘南柿竹园矿田云英岩型钨多金属成矿规律及成矿预测

湘南柿竹园矽卡岩型-云英岩型钨多金属矿田是中国最重要的钨多金属矿产资源基地之一。前人对该矿田的矽卡岩型成矿开展了系统的研究,而对矿田内云英岩型钨矿化研究薄弱,制约了矿田内成矿理论的认识和矿产勘查部署。通过野外调查,文章系统总结了矿田内云英岩型矿化样式、空间分布、矿化特征和控矿因素。研究显示柿竹园矿田内云英岩型矿体包含4种矿化样式:第一期斑状黑云母花岗岩中云英岩型矿体、石英斑岩中云英岩型矿体、第二期黑云母花岗岩中云英岩型矿体和矽卡岩-网脉状云英岩复合型矿体。这4种样式的云英岩型钨多金属矿体是柿竹园矿田内不同阶段的花岗岩成矿的产物。白钨矿化学成分显示矽卡岩型矿化的白钨矿低Mo,而云英岩型矿化白钨矿富Mo,指示云英岩矿化较矽卡岩矿化具有更氧化的环境。柿竹园矿田矿化格局显示云英岩型矿化受矿田和矿床尺度的花岗岩体侵位前锋控制,矿田尺度表现为岩体由北东深部向南西浅部侵位,千里山岩体南部为岩体侵位的前锋,岩体南部发育较大规模的云英岩矿体;矿床尺度上,云英岩体的定位受控于花岗岩岩突的控制。此外,矿田菱形格状构造对岩突产出位置具有重要的控制作用,也具有重要勘查指示意义。结合矿田控矿构造格局、不同期次岩浆岩对云英岩的控制及地球化学异常特征,笔者提出了大吉岭、柿竹园深部和柴山深部3处云英岩型钨多金属矿找矿预测靶区。

湘南香花岭矿田铁砂坪锡多金属矿床U-Pb年代学及成矿规律

当前中国以全球26%的锡资源支撑全球45%的锡消费量,锡矿储采比持续降低,锡资源增储迫在眉睫。湘南香花岭地区是南岭乃至全国重要的锡资源基地。为揭示香花岭东部铁砂坪锡多金属矿床的深边部资源潜力,本文在野外地质调查基础上,开展了铁砂坪矿床成岩成矿年代学研究,系统总结了成矿规律。研究表明铁砂坪矿床发育5类矿体:矽卡岩锡矿体、产于碳酸盐岩中脉状锡铅锌矿体、产于碳酸盐岩中脉状钨矿体、产于碎屑岩中脉状锡矿体及产于碎屑岩中石英脉型黑钨矿矿体。年代学测试结果表明北部的隐伏花岗岩独居石U-Pb年龄为148.7 Ma,大冲矿段锡石U-Pb年龄为146.0 Ma,而南部茶山矿段获得的锡石U-Pb年龄为157.4 Ma,推测铁砂坪南北两个矿段锡成矿时代存在11 Ma时间差。矿体受花岗岩环带控矿规律和北东向断裂联合控制。识别了4个北东向等距的矿段:白砂岩—鸿运矿段、大冲—顺兴矿段、反背塘矿段、茶山矿段。本文总结的成矿规律不仅对铁砂坪矿床深边部勘查具有重要指导,还对南岭地区锡多金属矿的勘查也具有借鉴作用。

广西佛子冲铅锌矿田闪锌矿LA-ICP-MS微量元素特征及指示意义

广西佛子冲铅锌矿田所在的钦杭成矿带西段是广西重要的多金属矿集区,矿田范围内发现的铅锌矿有条带状、浸染状、热液脉状3种类型矿石。3种类型矿石中的闪锌矿均具有Fe元素最为富集,Cd元素富集,Co元素较富集,In元素亏损,Ge、As、Mo、Tl元素含量低且含量变化不大的特征,但三者Fe元素含量存在一定差异,条带状闪锌矿w(Fe)<浸染状闪锌矿w(Fe)<热液脉状闪锌矿w(Fe)。3种闪锌矿的Mn、Fe、Co、Cd、In元素以类质同象的形式赋存于闪锌矿的晶格中,Cu、Pb、Bi元素则以独立矿物(黄铜矿、方铅矿、辉铋矿)或显微包裹体的形式赋存于闪锌矿中,但3种闪锌矿的Ag元素的赋存形式却存在一定差异。其中,条带状与热液脉状闪锌矿的Ag元素主要以独立矿物(自然银)或显微包裹体的形式赋存于闪锌矿之中,而浸染状闪锌矿的Ag元素则可能以类质同象的形式赋存于闪锌矿的晶格中。3种闪锌矿中Fe对Cd(或Mn、Co、In)与Zn的替代所起到的作用存在一定差异,其中条带状闪锌矿中Fe对Cd(或Mn)与Zn的替代可能起一定促进作用,对Co(或In)与Zn的替代机制所起作用不明。浸染状闪锌矿中Fe对Cd(或Mn、Co、In)与Zn的替代均起促进作用。而热液脉状闪锌矿中Fe对Mn与Zn的替代起促进作用,对Cd(或In)与Zn的替代可能也起到一定促进作用,但却对Co与Zn的替代起到了抑制进作用。3种闪锌矿的形成与岩浆活动密切相关,但沉积改造作用在条带状闪锌矿的形成过程中也发挥了重要作用。条带状闪锌矿可能形成于中-低温环境,浸染状和热液脉状闪锌矿则可能形成于中-高温环境,但热液脉状闪锌矿形成温度可能高于浸染状闪锌矿。结合Ga/Ge-Zn/Cd和Zn/Cd-Mn投影及前人的研究成果综合分析认为佛子冲铅锌矿田存在喷流沉积型、矽卡岩型、岩浆热液型3种矿床成因类型。

湘东雁林寺金矿田及邻区构造变形事件与控矿构造属性

雁林寺金矿田位于湘东北金矿区南部,发育大量中小型金矿床(点)。前人对区内包括控矿构造在内的各类变形的运动学特征及形成时代和机制尚缺乏探讨和解析,从而影响到对矿床形成和保存规律的全面认识。鉴此,笔者等基于区域构造特征和大量露头构造的详细解析,厘定了雁林寺金矿田及邻区的构造变形序列及其时代背景,并结合矿床地质和同位素测年等其他资料,探讨了成矿时代和控矿构造属性。主要认识如下:(1)研究区自早至晚经历了新元古代中期NW—SE向挤压、志留纪早期NW—SE向挤压、志留纪末花岗岩体主动侵位挤压、中三叠世晚期NW—SE向挤压、晚三叠世NNW—SSE向—S—N向挤压、中侏罗世晚期NWW—SEE向—近E—W向挤压、白垩纪NW—SE向伸展、古近纪中晚期NE—SW向—NNE—SSW向挤压、古近纪晚期—新近纪初NW—SE向挤压等9期构造事件,形成了不同走向和规模的褶皱、逆断裂、顺层剪切带、正断裂、右行和左行走滑断裂与剪切破裂、断陷盆地、劈理、膝折等构造类型,以及部分构造走向的后期偏转。(2)区内存在志留纪末和晚三叠世两期金成矿作用,均与同期花岗质岩浆活动有关。(3)雁林寺金矿田容矿构造主要有前中生代顺层脆韧性剪切带和层间断裂、中—晚三叠世的NW向—NWW向右行走滑断裂和剪切裂隙、花岗岩枝的内外接触带等3类。志留纪末金矿床的导矿构造为先期NE向深部逆断裂,晚三叠世金矿床的导矿构造为中三叠世晚期的NE向逆断裂、晚三叠世早期的NEE向和EW向逆断裂。对两期金矿床而言,成矿后各期变形事件中形成的不同类型断裂均可能成为破矿构造。

湖南香花岭矿田中细晶岩型锂矿资源找矿潜力分析

为探究锂元素在中细晶岩中的分布特征和赋存规律,及与钨、锡、铌、钽、铍、铷等矿产的共伴生关系,对香花岭矿田有色—稀有金属的分布特征和成岩成矿过程进行了分析研究。以出露的花岗岩岩体为中心划分出了癞子岭—南吉冲、尖峰岭—香花铺、通天庙—瑶山里等3个稀有金属锂的成矿区段,且已在癞子岭—南吉冲和尖峰岭—香花铺成矿区段的中细晶岩中发现有富锂矿化体赋存。锂元素在中细晶花岗质岩体的内部、顶部及高侵位岩枝、岩脉前锋部位和边缘相等处的自变质蚀变作用部位,或在与富含硅质的围岩体接触带处的富硅石英脉封闭的区域中汇聚并富集成矿,划分这些矿化蚀变地段是香花岭矿田探获中细晶岩型锂矿体的一个重要思路。

相山西部鹏姑山—平顶山地区铀成矿地质条件及找矿方向探讨

鹏姑山—平顶山地区位于相山矿田西部EW向河元背—凤岗基底断陷带与NE向邹—石断裂构造带的交汇部位,处在邹家山矿床4号矿带南西延伸段。近年来,该区铀矿找矿取得较大进展,揭露丰富深部地质信息,十分有必要进一步总结该区成矿地质条件,为后续铀矿勘查提供指导。勘查资料分析表明:鹏姑山—平顶山地区深部发育有陡变的火山岩组间界面;邹—石断裂带F6主断裂和平顶山断裂延伸深度大,切穿火山岩组间界面,其旁侧次级裂隙也非常发育;热液蚀变主要发育在邹—石断裂带和平顶山断裂附近,蚀变期次多、幅度大;地表多种物化探异常信息丰富,断裂带旁侧次级裂隙和深部火山岩组间界面附近均发现了较好的铀矿化,多期次蚀变叠加部位发现有富矿石。分析认为:研究区具备有利的铀成矿地质条件,利用相山西部断裂与火山岩组间界面复合控矿的找矿模式,提出邹—石断裂带上盘旁侧次级裂隙带和F6主断裂深部与火山岩组间界面复合部位、平顶山断裂下盘及其深部与火山岩组间界面复合部位是有利的找矿部位。

湖南湘东锡田矿田钨锡多金属成矿系统及成矿模式研究

锡田矿田位于湖南省茶陵县东部,钦杭结合带西南段,南岭成矿带东段,大地构造位置上大地构造位置上位于南岭中段、扬子板块与华夏板块间的钦-杭结合带中部。区内矿产资源丰富,发育钨锡、铅锌、铌钽等稀有金属矿床,典型矿床包括垄上钨锡矿、狗打栏钨锡矿、茶陵铅锌矿、星高萤石矿,均为岩浆期后热液成矿作用成矿,成矿潜力巨大,且形成一个完整的高-中-低温热液成矿系列。本文系统梳理、总结、凝练该矿田钨锡多金属矿丰硕的找矿和科研成果,从该矿田成矿岩体特征、典型矿床地质特征、成矿地球化学特征、成矿物质及成矿流体来源、成矿时代、成矿作用、矿床成因及关键控矿因素等进行了分析和总结,以建立锡田矿田的区域成矿系统以及成矿模型,指导本地区及同类矿床的边深部找矿有实际意义。

陕西潼关桐峪金矿区深部地层岩石Au背景值变化特征及其成矿作用研究

以陕西小秦岭金矿田桐峪金矿区的两个深部探矿钻孔岩芯为研究对象,对矿田深部地层岩性构成、规模及各类岩石的Au含量进行系统研究、测试分析和规律总结,弥补矿田以往研究成果中在矿田深部地层岩性组合、各类岩石Au含量资料的欠缺,进而探讨Au元素丰度值的变化特征,为进一步完善金矿田成矿模式,助力找矿新突破,提供具有价值依据的深部地球化学背景资料。

^(40)Ar-^(39)Ar Isotopic Dating of the Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Orefield in Southern Hunan,China and Its Geological Implications

The Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic orefield in Hunan Province, southern China, is a largesize tin orefield. Although numerous studies have been undertaken on this orefield, its genesis, mineralization age, and tectonic setting are still controversial, mainly because of the lack of reliable geochronological data on tin mineralization. The ^40Ar^39Ar stepwise heating dating method was first employed on muscovite from different deposits in this orefield. The muscovite sample from the Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic deposit defines a plateau age of 154.4±1.1 Ma and an isochron age of 151.9±3.0 Ma; muscovite from the Xianghuapu W-polymetallic deposit yields a plateau age of 161.3±1.1 Ma and an isochron age of 160.0±3.2 Ma; muscovite from the Jianfengling greisen-type Sn-polymetallic deposit gives a plateau age of 158.7±1.2 Ma and an isochron age of 160.3±3.2 Ma. The tungsten-tin mineralization ages in the Xianghualing area are therefore restricted within 150-160 Ma. The tungstentin mineralization in Xianghualing occurred at the same time as the regional tin-tungsten mineralization including the Furong tin orefield, Shizhuyuan tungsten-tin polymetallic deposit and Yaogangxian tungsten-polymetallic deposit. Thus, the large-scale tungsten-tin metallogenesis in South China occurring at 160-150 Ma, probably is closely related to asthenospheric upwelling and crustmantle interaction under a geodynamic setting of crustal extension and lithosphere thinning during the transformation of tectonic regimes during the Mid-Late Jurassic.

Diagenetic and Mineralization Age of the Hehuaping Tin-polymetallic Orefield,Hunan Province

The Hehuaping tin deposit is a large deposit found in recent years during geological surveys. The discovered tin deposit includes not only rock-alteration type deposits in fault zones, but also deposits developed in interstratified rupture zones between Devonian carbonate rocks （Qiziqiao Formation） and sandstone （Tiaomajian Formation）. The finding of tin deposits of the latter type has greatly enriched tin-mineralization types in the famous Nanling polymetallic metallogenetic region and may provide us with a new potential orientation for prospecting of tin deposits in the region. It is commonly believed that the forming of the tin deposits in the Nanling region should be related to the Yanshanian instead of Indosinian granitic magmatism. Systematical zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating in this paper shows that tin mineralizations have endured at least two stages. The early stage should be related to the intrusion of the main body of the Wangxianling granite, which was emplaced during the Indosinian period with a diagenetic and minerafized age of 224.0±1.9 Ma （MSWD=0.54）, and the late stage should be related to the intrusion of Yanshaulan granitic porphyry that took place after 142±3 Ma （MSWD=0.5）.

Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements in Lamprophyres in Laowangzhai Gold Orefield, Yunnan Province

Lamprophyres, widely distributed in the Laowangzhai gold orefield, Yunnan province, China, and closely related to gold mineralization in time and space, can be distinguished into three kinds: the fresh (weakly altered ), the altered, and the mineralized lamprophyres. These lamprophyres in the orefield are similar in the range of BEE contents and REE patterns, but definitely different in parameters of LRE/HRE, NLa/Yb etc. The geochemistry of REE in fresh lamprophyre shows flat the rock is a product of different partial melting of the enriched mantle. Calculation results of mass balance of REE activity regularity in the process of alteration and mineralization of the lalnprophyres in the orefield shows that the altering fluids and mineralizing fluids contain REE, and these fluids are mainly [he products of mantle degassing and magma degassing during the lamprophyric magmatism.

Models of Spatial Structures of Regional Multi-element Geochemical Anomalies over Copper-Polymetallic Orefields

Regional stream sediment surveys at a 1:200,000 scale reveal positive andnegative regional multi-element geochemical anomalies over medium to large copper-polymetallicorefields of different genetic types in China. Regional geochemical anomalies of orefield refer tothose geochemical anomalies that are related to metallogenesis of an orefield in a certain area. Theanomaly area is typically 10 to 100 km^2. The regional multi-element anomalies related tomineralization can be divided into three groups, that is, the ore-element anomaly association,indicator element anomaly association, and metallogenic environmental element anomaly association.Their common spatial distributions over ore deposits or orefields possess unique structures. Themodel of spatial structure of regional multi-element geochemical anomalies (RAGSS) of an orefielddelineates structural feature possessed by orderly spatial distributions of different groups ofmulti-element anomaly associations related to orefield metallogenesis. It is used to outline thecommon metallogenetic anomaly visage that is composed of the orderly spatial distribution ofdifferent groups of multi-element anomaly associations. The orderly spatial distribution ofmulti-element anomalies over an orefield reflects element distributions as they are changed from adispersed 'out-of-order' state into a concentrated 'orderly' state during the mineralization of anorefield. Three different patterns of the spatial anomaly structure related to mineralization in anorefield can be concluded: (1) nested pattern; (2) eccentric pattern and; (3) peripheral pattern.There are marked differences between multi-element anomaly patterns related and not related tomineralization. RAGSS models of orefields can be used to better understand and evaluate regionalmulti-element anomalies and identify ore types.

Genesis of the Xinqiao Gold-Sulfide Orefield, Anhui Province, China

The Xinqiao S-Fe-Cu-Au orefield is located in the Tongling ore cluster in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in East China. There have been many researches regarding the genesis of the Xinqiao orefield in recent years, showing that it belongs to various types, such as sedimentary-reformed type, stratabound-skarn type, sedimentary submarine rocks-hosted exhalative type. We propose that it was formed in two periods of mineralization base on systematic field observation and Pb and S isotopic analyses in nearly ten years. The first period was formed during a syngenetic sedimentary process, whereas the massive sulphide orebodies are mainly related to the Yanshanian granitic magmatism. Sulfide metallic mineral associations show zoning around a granite intrusion, i.e. magnetite and pyrite→pyrite, chalcopyrite and native gold→pyrite, sphalerite and galena. Gold orebodies occur outside the contact zone of the granite intrusion.

Timing and Processes of Ore Formation in the Qingchengzi Polymetallic Orefield, Northeast China: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology

The Qingchengzi orefield is a large polymetallic ore concentration area in the Liaodong peninsula,northeastern China,that includes twelve Pb-Zn deposits and five Au-Ag deposits along its periphery.The ore-forming age remains much disputed,which prevents the identification of the relationship between the mineralization and the associated magmatism.In this paper,we quantitatively present the feasibility of making ore mineral 40Ar/39Ar dating and report reliable 40Ar/39Ar ages of lamprophyre groundmass,K-feldspar and sphalerite from the Zhenzigou deposit.Direct and indirect methods are applied to constrain the timing of mineralization,which plays a vital role in discussing the contribution of multistage magmatism to ore formation.The low-potassium sphalerite yielded an inverse isochron age of 232.8±41.5 Ma,which features a relatively large uncertainty.Two lamprophyre groundmasses got reliable inverse isochron ages of 193.2±1.3 Ma and 152.3±1.5 Ma,respectively.K-feldspar yielded a precise inverse isochron age of 134.9±0.9 Ma.These four ages indicate that the mineralization is closely associated with Mesozoic magmatism.Consequently,regarding the cooling age of the earliest Mesozoic Shuangdinggou intrusion(224.2±1.2 Ma)as the initial time of mineralization,we can further constrain the age of the sphalerite to 224–191 Ma.These new and existing geochronological data,combined with the interaction cutting or symbiotic relationship between the lamprophyre veins and ore veins,suggest that the Pb-Zn-Au-Ag mineralization in the Qingchengzi orefield mainly occurred during three periods:the late Triassic(ca.224–193 Ma),the late Jurassic(ca.167–152 Ma)and the early Cretaceous(ca.138–134 Ma).This polymetallic deposits are shown to have been formed during multiple events coinciding with periods of the Mesozoic magmatic activity.In contrast,the Proterozoic magmatism and submarine exhalative and hydrothermal sedimentation in the Liaolaomo paleorift served mainly to transport and concentrate the ore-forming substances at the Liaohe Group with no associated Pb-Zn-Au-Ag mineralization.

Geology, geochronology and geochemistry of large Duobaoshan Cu-Mo-Au orefield in NE China: Magma genesis and regional tectonic implications

Duobaoshan is the largest porphyry-related Cu-Mo-Au orefield in northeastern(NE)Asia,and hosts a number of large-medium porphyry Cu(PCDs),epithermal Au and Fe-Cu skarn deposits.Formation ages of these deposits,from the oldest(Ordovician)to youngest(Jurassic),have spanned across over 300 Ma.No similar orefields of such size and geological complexity are found in NE Asia,which reflects its metallogenic uniqueness in forming and preserving porphyry-related deposits.In this study,we explore the actual number and timing of magmatic/mineralization phases,their respective magma genesis,fertility,and regional tectonic connection,together with the preservation of PCDs.We present new data on the magmatic/mineralization ages(LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb,pyrite and molybdenite Re-Os dating),whole-rock geochemistry,and zircon trace element compositions on four representative deposits in the Duobaoshan orefield,i.e.,Duobaoshan PCD,Tongshan PCD,Sankuanggou Fe-Cu skarn,and Zhengguang epithermal Au deposits,and compiled published ones from these and other mineral occurrences in the orefield.In terms of geochronology,we have newly summarized seven magmatic phases in the orefield:(1)Middle-Late Cambrian(506-491 Ma),(2)Early and Middle Ordovician(485-471 Ma and~462 Ma),(3)Late Ordovician(450-447 Ma),(4)Early Carboniferous and Late-Carboniferous to Early Permian(351-345 and 323-291 Ma),(5)Middle-Late Triassic(244-223 Ma),(6)Early-Middle and Late Jurassic(178-168 Ma and~150 Ma),and(7)Early Cretaceous(~112 Ma).Three of these seven major magmatic phases were coeval with ore formation,including(1)Early Ordovician(485-473 Ma)porphyry-type Cu-Mo-(Au),(2)Early-Middle Triassic(246-229 Ma)porphyry-related epithermal Au-(Cu-Mo),and(3)Early Jurassic(177-173 Ma)Fe-Cu skarn mineralization.Some deposits in the orefield,notably Tongshan and Zhengguang,were likely formed by more than one mineralization events.In terms of geochemistry,ore-causative granitoids in the orefield exhibit adakite-like or adakite-normal arc transitional signatures,but those forming the porphyry-/epithermal-type Cu-Mo-Au mineralization are largely confined to the former.The varying but high Sr/Y,Sm/Yb and La/Yb ratios suggest that the ore-forming magmas were mainly crustal sourced and formed at different depths(clinopyroxene-/amphibole-/garnet-stability fields).The adakite-like suites may have formed by partial melting of the thickened lower crust at 35-40 km(for the Early Ordovician arc)and>40 km(for the Middle-Late Triassic arc)depths.The Early Jurassic Fe-Cu skarn orecausative granitoids show an adakitic-normal arc transitional geochemical affinity.These granitoids were likely formed by partial melting of the juvenile lower crust(35-40 km depth),and subsequently modified by assimilation and fractional crystallization(AFC)processes.In light of the geological,geochronological and geochemical information,we proposed the following tectonometallogenic model for the Duobaoshan orefield.The Ordovician Duobaoshan may have been in a continental arc setting during the subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean,and formed the porphyry-related deposits at Duobaoshan,Tongshan and Zhengguang.Subduction may have ceased in the latest Ordovician,and the regional tectonics passed into long subsidence and extension till the latest Carboniferous.This extensional tectonic regime and the Silurian terrestrial-shallow marine sedimentation had likely buried and preserved the Ordovician Duobaoshan magmatic-hydrothermal system.The south-dipping Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean subduction from north of the orefield had generated the Middle-Late Triassic continental arc magmatism and the associated Tongshan PCD and Zhengguang epithermal Au mineralization(which superimposed on the Ordovician PCD system).The Middle Jurassic closure of Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean in the northwestern Amuria block(Erguna terrane),and the accompanying Siberia-Amuria collision,may have placed the Paleo-Pacific subduction system in NE China(including the orefield)under compression,and formed the granodiorite-tonalite and Fe-Cu skarn deposits at Sankuanggou and Xiaoduobaoshan.From the Middle Jurassic,the consecutive accretion of Paleo-Pacific arc terranes(e.g.,Sikhote-Alin and Nadanhada)onto the NE Asian continental margin may have gradually distant the Duobaoshan orefield from the subduction front,and consequently arc-type magmatism and the related mineralization faded.The minor Late Jurassic and Cretaceous unmineralized magmatism in the orefield may have triggered mainly by the far-field extension led by the post-collisional(Siberia-Amuria)gravitational collapse and/or Paleo-Pacific backarc-basin opening.

Rare-Earth Elements and Genesis of Lamprophyres in the Laowangzhai Gold Orefield, Yunnan Province

The Laowangzhai super-large gold orefield, which is situated in northern Mt. Ailaotectonic zone, Yunnan Province, is a typical gold orefield where lamprophyres are temporallyand spatially related to gold mineratization. Major element data show that lamprophyres in theorefield are of alkalic series and can be divided into potassic and K-rich calc-alkaline lamprophyres. The rocks are enriched in rare-earth elenlents as compared with the primary mantle andmid-ocean ridge basalts(MORB). Modelled calculations by the least squares method of Petrological Mixing show that the mantle source for the lamprophyres is enriched in rare-earth elements. The geotectonic development of western Yunnan, Sr and Nd isotopic compeitions, incompatible element patterns and linear programing calculations indicate that the fluids were de-rived from dehydration of submaine sediments which are enriched in ALK, LREE and incompatible elements and then were carried to mantle wedges as a result of plate subduction. That isthe main factor leading to the formation of a metasomatic fertile mantle in the area studied.