High oxidation magmatic evolution in the Naruo porphyry Cu deposit,Tibet, China

The Naruo porphyry Cu deposit is the third largest deposit discovered in the Duolong metallogenic district. Previous research has focused mainly on the geochemistry of the ore-bearing granodiorite porphyry; the metallogenesis remains poorly understood. In the present work, on the basis of outcrops and drilling core geological mapping, phases of early mineralization diorite, two inter-mineralization granodiorite porphyries, and late-mineralization granodiorite porphyry have been distinguished. Furthermore, the alteration zones were outlined, and the vein sequence was identified. The diorite and three porphyry phases were subjected to Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (La–ICP–MS) zircon U–Pb dating and in situ Hf isotope analyses as well as bulk major element, trace element, and Sr–Nd isotopic analyses. Molybdenite Re–Os dating was also conducted.The zircon U–Pb dating results show that the diorite and porphyry intrusions were emplaced at about 120 Ma, and the molybdenite Re–Os isochron age is 118.8 ± 1.9 Ma; this indicates that the Naruo porphyry Cu deposit was formed during a continuous magmatic–hydrothermal process. All of the diorite and granodiorite porphyry samples showed arc magmatic characteristics. Moreover, the moderate (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i ratios and low ε_Nd(t) and ε_Hf(t) values of the diorite and porphyry intrusions suggest the source region of the juvenile lower crust. The lower (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i and (¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd)_i ratios and higher ε_Nd(t) values and incompatible element concentrations than those in the granodiorite porphyry samples indicate a two-stage magmatic generation process for the intrusions. The early mineralization diorite has a high Cu concentration, implying that the source is enriched in Cu. However, the slightly lower Cu content of the late-mineralization granodiorite porphyry samples might imply Cu release from magmas and deposition within the metallogenic stage. The multiple stages of intrusions and subsequent volcanism within the Duolong metallogenic district, together with high Sr/Y features, indicate persistent magmatism during the metallogenic epoch, which is necessary for maintaining the activity of magmatic–hydrothermal and mineralization processes. Thus, the high Cu content in the source region, mantle-derived melt upwelling, and multiple stages of persistent magmatism were favorable for the formation of the Naruo porphyry Cu deposit.The high Fe₂O₃/FeO ratios of the diorite and granodiorite porphyry intrusions show very high oxidation features, which is coincident with estimated magmatic oxidation state calculated by the zircon trace element compositions. The high oxidation facilitates sulfur and chalcophile metals to be scavenged into the magmatic–hydrothermal systems, which is crucial for the metallogenesis of the Naruo porphyry Cu deposit.     

西藏拿若隐爆角砾岩中岩浆岩成因:来自锆石Hf同位素证据

西藏拿若铜(金)矿床是多龙矿集区重要矿床之一,矿体边部存在一岩浆作用的隐爆角砾岩筒。隐爆角砾岩中存在两种岩浆岩:一种是早期花岗闪长斑岩;一种是引起隐爆作用的岩浆热液形成的胶结物。此次工作以两种岩浆岩为对象,研究其锆石的Hf同位素特征。花岗闪长斑岩的锆石~(176)Hf/~(177)Hf值介于0.282789~0.282905之间,176Lu/177Hf值介于0.000406~0.001042之间,ε_(Hf)~(t)值介于3.17~7.24之间,二阶模式年龄(tDM2)为713~978Ma。胶结物锆石的~(176)Hf/~(177)Hf介于0.282777~0.282858之间,~(176)Lu/~(177)Hf值介于0.000441~0.001572之间,ε_(Hf)~(t)值为2.69~5.54,二阶模式年龄(tDM2)为823~1005M。两期岩体的ε_(Hf)~(t)值都是较小的正值,都具有年轻二阶模式年龄。拿若隐爆角砾岩中锆石Hf同位素特征显示,两期岩浆均具有壳幔混源的特征。拿若矿床的形成受控于特提斯洋壳俯冲作用。     

Petrography,geochemistry and geochronology of the host porphyries and associated alteration at the Tuwu Cu deposit,NW China: a case for increased depositional efficiency by reaction with mafic hostrock?

Tuwu is the largest porphyry copper deposit discovered in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China. A newly recognized volcanic complex in the Early Carboniferous Qi’eshan Group at Tuwu consists of basalt, andesite, and diorite porphyry. The plagiogranite porphyry was emplaced into this complex at 332.8±2.5 Ma (U–Pb zircon SIMS determination). Whole-rock element geochemistry shows that the volcanic complex and plagiogranite porphyry formed in the same island arc, although the complex was derived by partial melting of the mantle wedge and the plagiogranite porphyry by partial melting of a subducting slab. The diorite and the plagiogranite porphyries have both been subjected to intense hydrothermal alteration and associated mineralization, but the productive porphyry is the plagiogranite porphyry. Three alteration and mineralization stages, including pre-, syn- and post-ore stages, have been recognized. The pre-ore stage formed a barren propylitic alteration which is widespread in the volcanic complex. The syn-ore stage is divided into three sub-stages: Stage 1 is characterized by potassic alteration with chalcopyrite + bornite + chalcocite; Stage 2 is marked by chlorite–sericite–albite alteration with chalcopyrite ± pyrite ± bornite; Stage 3 is represented by phyllic alteration with chalcopyrite + pyrite ± molybdenite. The post-ore stage produced a barren argillic alteration limited to the diorite porphyry. A specific feature of the Tuwu deposit is that the productive porphyry was emplaced into a very mafic package, and reaction of the resulting fluids with the ferrous iron-rich hostrocks was a likely reason that Tuwu is the largest porphyry in the district.     

西藏东窝东矿床矿化蚀变过程元素迁移及绢云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学及其地质意义

东窝东铜多金属矿床位于羌塘地体南缘,多龙铜金矿集区东侧。该矿床尚未开展矿化蚀变时限、成矿作用中元素迁移特征等问题的研究。为确定矿床的蚀变矿化作用时限,本文对东窝东矿床的黄铁绢英岩化蚀变带中的蚀变绢云母进行了~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学测试,获得~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar坪年龄为122.20±0.84 Ma,该年龄与已有的斑岩体侵位时代(122 Ma)一致,说明东窝东矿床黄铁绢英岩化蚀变与斑岩体侵位有密切联系。此外,对比分析地表弱蚀变和钻孔中强黄铁绢英岩化花岗闪长斑岩的岩石地球化学结果,运用"等浓度线(isocon)方程"及其推导方程,探讨黄铁绢英岩化蚀变过程中的不同元素的带入、带出特点及元素迁移特征。结果表明:高场强元素质量基本守恒;轻稀土元素较重稀土元素迁移量较大,但总体上稀土元素的迁移程度较弱;主要的成矿元素Cu、Pb、Zn为带入元素。东窝东矿床含矿斑岩侵位时代和热液蚀变时限均与多龙矿集区内多不杂、波龙、铁格隆南等多个超大型-大型铜金矿床一致,说明东窝东矿床和多龙矿集区内的多个矿床受控于同一构造-岩浆成矿背景,东窝东矿区具有重要的找矿潜力。     

Geochronology and geochemistry of porphyritic intrusions in the Duolong porphyry and epithermal Cu-Au district,central Tibet: Implications for the genesis and exploration of porphyry copper deposits

The Duolong district in central Tibet hosts a number of porphyry as well as high sulfidation epithermal copper–gold deposits and prospects, associated with voluminous calc-alkaline volcanism and plutonism. In this study, we present new geochronological, geochemical, isotopic and mineralogical data for both economically mineralized and barren porphyritic intrusions from the Duobuza and Naruo porphyry Cu–Au deposits. Zircon U–Pb analyses suggest the emplacement of economically mineralized granodiorite porphyry and barren granodiorite porphyry at Naruo deposit took place at 119.8 ± 1.4 Ma and 117.2 ± 0.5 Ma, respectively. Four molybdenite samples from the Naruo deposit yield an isochron Re–Os age of 119.5 ± 3.2 Ma, indicating mineralization occurred synchronously with the emplacement of the early granodiorite porphyry. At Duobuza deposit, the barren quartz diorite porphyry intruded at 119.5 ± 0.7 Ma, and two economically mineralized intrusions intruded at 118.5 ± 1.2 Ma (granodiorite porphyry) and 117.5 ± 1.2 Ma (quartz diorite porphyry), respectively. Petrographic investigations and geochemical data indicate that all of the porphyritic intrusions were oxidized, water rich, and subduction-related calc-alkaline magmas. Zircons from the porphyritic intrusions have a wide range in the ε_Hf (0–11.1) indicating that they were sourced from mixing of mantle-derived mafic, and crust-derived felsic melts. Moreover, the variation of trace element content of plagioclase phenocrysts indicates that the magma chambers were recharged by mafic magmas.Comparison of the composition of amphibole phenocrysts indicates the porphyry copper–gold mineralization at Duolong was generated in magma chambers at low crystallization temperatures and pressures (754° to 791 °C, 59 M to 73 MPa, n = 8), and under highly oxidizing conditions (ΔNNO 2.2 to 2.7, n = 8). In contrast, barren intrusions were sourced from the magma chambers with higher crystallization temperatures and pressures (816° to 892 °C, 111 to 232 MPa, n = 22) that were less oxidizing (ΔNNO 0.6 to 1.6, n = 22). The requirement for a thermal contrast is supported by the declining of Ti content in magnetite crystals in barren intrusions (12,550 to 34,200 ppm) versus those from economically mineralized intrusions (600 to 3400 ppm). Moreover, the V content in magnetite crystals from economically mineralized intrusions (990 to 2510 ppm) is lower than those recorded from barren intrusions (2610 to 3510 ppm), which might reflect the variation in oxidation state of the magma. The calculated water solubility of the magma forming the economically mineralized intrusions (3.2–3.7 wt%) is lower than that of magma forming the barren intrusions (4.6–6.4 wt%). Based on the chemical–physical characteristics of economically mineralized magma, our study suggests that the development of porphyry Cu–Au mineralization at Duolong was initiated by shallow-level emplacement of a magma that crystallized at lower temperatures and pressures. Experimental studies show that copper and water solubilities in silicate melts decrease with falling temperatures and pressures, indicating metals and ore-forming fluids are more likely to be released from a magma reservoir emplaced at shallow crustal levels. We propose the magnetite might be a convenient exploration tool in the search for porphyry copper mineralization because the variations in Ti and V content of mineral concentrates and rock samples are indicative of barren versus mineralized intrusions.     

西藏铁格隆南超大型铜(金、银)矿含矿斑岩岩石成因及其对多龙地区早白垩世成矿动力学机制的启示

铁格隆南是西藏多龙矿集区新发现的超大型斑岩-浅成低温热液型铜(金、银)矿床。作为班公湖-怒江成矿带西段早白垩世重大成矿事件的典型代表,铁格隆南矿床以及整个多龙矿集区的含矿斑岩岩石成因及成矿动力学机制仍存在明显争议。本文以铁格隆南矿床为核心,基于详细的矿床地质特征和岩石学特征,利用锆石的SHRIMP U-Pb年代学厘定花岗闪长斑岩侵位时代为121. 2±2. 4Ma,与区域早白垩世含矿斑岩岩浆侵位时间一致。同时,详细的岩石地球化学分析表明,铁格隆南矿床及多龙矿集区,含矿斑岩以花岗闪长斑岩为主,含少量闪长玢岩和花岗斑岩,属于高钾-钙碱性或钾玄岩系列,富集轻稀土和大离子亲石元素(Rb、Ba、U),亏损重稀土及高场强元素(Nb、Ta、Ti),具典型的弧岩浆特征。此外,其岩石地球化学特征及Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf同位素组成揭示,含矿斑岩的岩浆源区可能与俯冲板片流体交代的富集岩石圈地幔部分熔融有关。最后,详细的岩石学"探针"及区域岩浆活动特征表明,多龙矿集区白垩世重大成矿作用动力学机制与班公湖-怒江洋北向俯冲板片的折返(130～110Ma)有关。     

Hydrothermal evolution of Darrehzar porphyry copper deposit,Iran: evidence from fluid inclusions

The Darrehzar porphyry Cu-Mo deposit is located in Southwestern Iran (～70 km southwest of Kerman City). The porphyries occur as Tertiary quartz-monzonite stocks and dikes, ranging in composition from microdiorite to diorite and granodiorite. The Darrehzar stock is highly altered, and even in the outermost part of the intrusion, it is not possible to find completely fresh rock. Surface weathering was developing ferrous Fe-rich lithologic units in leached zone and concentrated copper minerals in supergene zone. Unlike eastern areas which do not account for deep faults, the supergene zone is well developed in western areas with maximum of 118 m thickness. Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization at Darrehzar are centered on the stock and were broadly synchronous with its emplacement. Early hydrothermal alteration was dominantly potassic and propylitic, and was followed by later phyllic and argillic alteration. The hydrothermal system involved both magmatic and meteoric water and boiled extensively. Copper mineralization was accompanied by both potassic and phyllic alteration. Four main vein groups have been identified: (I) quartz?+?pyrite?±?molybdenite?±?anhydrite?±?K-feldspar?±?chalcopyrite?±?bornite?±?Cu and Fe oxidic minerals (peripheral); (II) quartz?+?chalcopyrite?+?pyrite?+?molybdenite; (III) quartz?+?pyrite?±?calcite?±?chalcopyrite?±?anhydrite (gypsum); and (IV) quartz or calcite, gypsum or ± pyrite. Based on abundance, nature, and phases number observed at room temperature, three types of fluid inclusions are typically observed in these veins: (1) vapor-rich, (2) liquid-rich, and (3) multi-phase. Early hydrothermal alteration was caused by high temperature, high salinity orthomagmatic fluid and produced a potassic assemblage. Phyllitic alteration was caused by high salinity and lower temperature orthomagmatic fluid. Magmatic and meteoric water mixture was developed in the peripheral part of the stock and caused propylitic alteration which is attributed to a liquid-rich, lower temperature.     

Chronology and Crust-Mantle Mixing of Ore-forming Porphyry of the Bangongco: Evidence from Zircon U-Pb Age and Hf Isotopes of the Naruo Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit

The Naruo porphyry copper-gold deposit(hereinafter referred to as the Naruo deposit) in Tibet is a potentially ultra-large, typical gold-rich porphyry copper deposit, which was recently discovered in the Bangongco-Nujiang metallogenic belt. This study analyzed U-Pb chronology and Hf isotopes of the ore-bearing granodiorite porphyry in the Naruo deposit using the LA-ICPMS dating technique. The results show that the weighted average age is 124.03±0.94Ma(MSWD=1.7, n=20), and 206Pb/238 U isochron age is 126.2±2.7 Ma(MSWD=1.02, n=20), both of which are within the error. The weighted average age represents the crystallization age of the granodiorite porphyry, which indicates that the ore-bearing porphyry in the Naruo deposit area was formed in the Early Cretaceous and further implies that the Neo-tethys Ocean had not been closed before 124 Ma under a typical island-arc subduction environment. The εHf(t) of zircons from the granodiorite porphyry varies from 2.14 to 9.07, with an average of 5.18, and all zircons have εHf(t) values greater than 0; 176Hf/177 Hf ratio is relatively high(0.282725–0.282986). Combined with the zircon age―Hf isotope correlation diagram, the aforementioned data indicate that the source reservoir might be a region that is mixed with depleted mantle and ancient crust, which possibly contains more materials sourced from depleted mantle. Rock-forming ages and ore-forming ages of the Duolong ore concentrate area are 120–124 Ma and 118–119 Ma, respectively, which indicate 124–118 Ma represents the main rockforming and ore-forming stage within the area. The Naruo deposit is located in the north of the Bangongco-Nujiang suture, and it yielded a zircon LA-ICPMS age of 124.03 Ma. This indicates the Bangongco-Nujiang oceanic basin subducted towards the north at about 124 Ma, and the Neo-tethys Ocean had not been closed before the middle Early Cretaceous. It is possible that the crust-mantle mixing formed the series of large and giant porphyry copper-gold deposits in the Bangongco.     

Timing and duration of hydrothermal activity at the Los Bronces porphyry cluster: an update

New geochronological data from the Los Bronces cluster of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces mega-porphyry Cu-Mo district establish a wide range of magmatism, hydrothermal alteration, and mineralization ages, both in terms of areal extent and time. The northern El Plomo and southernmost Los Piches exploration areas contain the oldest barren porphyritic intrusions with U-Pb ages of 10.8?±?0.1 Ma and 13.4?±?0.1 Ma, respectively. A hypabyssal barren intrusion adjacent northwesterly to the main pit area yields a slightly younger age of 10.2?±?0.3 Ma (San Manuel sector, U-Pb), whereas in the Los Bronces (LB) open-pit area, the present day mineral extraction zone, porphyries range from 8.49 to 6.02 Ma (U-Pb). Hydrothermal biotite and sericite ages are up to 0.5 Ma younger but consistent with the cooling of the corresponding intrusion events of each area. Two quartz-molybdenite B-type veins from the LB open pit have Re-Os molybdenite ages of 5.65?±?0.03 Ma and 5.35?±?0.03 Ma consistent with published data for the contiguous Río Blanco cluster. The San Manuel exploration area within the Los Bronces cluster, located about 1.5–2 km southeast of the open-pit extraction zone, shows both the oldest hydrothermal biotite (7.70?±?0.07 Ma; ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar) and breccia cement molybdenite ages (8.36?±?0.06 Ma; Re-Os) registered in the entire Río Blanco-Los Bronces district. These are also older than those reported from the El Teniente porphyry Cu(-Mo) deposit, suggesting that mineralization in the late Miocene to early Pliocene porphyry belt of Central Chile commenced 2 Ma before the previously accepted age of 6.3 Ma.     

哈萨克斯坦阿克斗卡特大型斑岩铜矿床成矿时代与剥露历史研究

哈萨克斯坦阿克斗卡特大型斑岩型铜矿床产在中亚成矿域巴尔喀什成矿带阿克斗卡矿田。本文根据花岗岩类岩石的锆石U-Pb、40Ar/39Ar和裂变径迹(FT)热年代学研究,结合前人研究成果,给出了阿克斗卡斑岩铜矿床从深成岩浆活动、成矿作用、区域冷却到剥露作用的全过程。阿克斗卡矿床及附近花岗岩类锆石SHRIMPU-Pb定年结果,给出科尔达尔岩体早期英云闪长岩的结晶年龄为335.7±1.3Ma;主成矿期的含矿二长花岗斑岩结晶年龄为327.5±1.9Ma,反映了阿克斗卡矿床斑岩型铜成矿作用的年龄。花岗岩类角闪石、黑云母、钾长石40Ar/39Ar热年代学分别给出矿物冷却年龄为310.6Ma、271.5Ma和274.9Ma,进一步限定了深成斑岩型铜成矿作用的时代和区域冷却的历史。磷灰石FT测年数据揭示,受区域构造作用的影响,阿克斗卡铜矿田在晚白垩世(91～68.0Ma)发生地块的差异隆升和剥露作用。     

Alteration of naruo porphyry Cu (Au) deposit in the duolong ore-concentration area,tibet北大核心CSCD

The Naruo Cu( Au) deposit is a large porphyry deposit in Bangonghu-Nujiang suture, and it is an important part of Duolong ore •concentration area. In this study, alteration and mineralization zoning were constrained by detailed field investigation and indoor petrography observation in order to characterize the alteration and establish alteration-zoning model for exploration. The deposit has typical porphyry hydrothermal alteration system with successively alteration zoning of potassium silicate zone( with later propylitization) to sericite zone( with later propylitization) , propylitic zone, and hornfel zone from inner outward. The mineralization is closely related to potassium silicification and sericitization.     

U–Pb dating, Hf-isotope characteristics and trace-REE-patterns of zircons from Medet porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria: implications for timing, duration and sources of ore-bearing magmatism

Precise U–Pb geochronology, Hf isotope compositions and trace element distributions in zircons are combined in the present study to define the timing and sources of the magmatism forming the Medet porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria. ID-TIMS U–Pb-zircon dating demonstrates that ore-bearing magmatism extended for less than 1.12 Ma. As inferred from the field relationships, it started with the intrusion of a quartz-monzodiorite at 90.59?±?0.29 Ma followed by granodiorite porphyries at 90.47?±?0.30 and 90.27?±?0.60 Ma and by crosscutting aplite dykes at 90.12?±?0.36 Ma. These units were overprinted by potassic alteration and host economic copper-(Mo–Au) mineralization. The main magmatic–hydrothermal activity ceased after that, and a later quartz-granodiorite porphyry dyke, dated at 89.26?±?0.32 Ma, only contains an uneconomic quartz–pyrite mineralization. Assimilation of Lower Paleozoic rocks with a mantle to mantle–crust signature is characteristic of the fertile magma in the Medet deposit, as defined by positive ?-Hf values of the inherited zircons. The positive Ce-anomalies and the higher Eu/Eu* ratios of the zircons in the mineralized Cretaceous rocks of Medet deposit argue for crystallization from a generally more oxidized magma compared to the later quartz-granodiorite porphyry dyke. A change in paleostress conditions occurred during the intrusion of the Medet pluton and its dykes. The initial stage reveals E–W extension associated with N–S compression, whereas the younger granodiorite dyke was emplaced during subsequent N–S extension. The large-scale switch of the extensional stress regime during the mineralization was favourable for ore deposition by channelling the fluids and increasing the effective permeability.     

Zircon U–Pb,Molybdenite Re–Os and K‐feldspar 40Ar/39Ar Dating of the Bolong Porphyry Cu–Au Deposit,Tibet, China

The Bolong porphyry Cu–Au deposit is a newly discovered deposit in the central Tibetan Plateau, and is ranked as the second largest copper deposit discovered to date in the Bangong‐Nujiang metallogenic belt in China. Three granodiorite porphyry phases occur within the Bolong porphyry Cu–Au deposit. Phyllic alteration is widespread on the surface of the deposit, and potassic alteration occurs at depth, associated with granodiorite porphyries. The copper and gold mineralization is clearly related to the potassic and phyllic alteration. Multiple chronometers were applied to constrain the timing of magmatic–hydrothermal activity at the Bolong deposit. Zircon U–Pb geochronology reveals that the granodiorite porphyry phases were emplaced at ca. 120 Ma. Re–Os data of four molybdenite samples from quartz–molybednite veinlets yielded an isochron age of 119.4 ± 1.3 Ma. The plateau age of hydrothermal K‐feldspar from the potassic alteration zone, analyzed by ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating, is 118.3 ± 0.6 Ma, with a similar reverse isochron age of 118.5 ± 0.7 Ma. Therefore, the magmatic–hydrothermal activity occurred at ca. 120–118 Ma, which is similar in age to the neighboring Duobuza porphyry copper deposit. The period of 120–118 Ma is therefore important for the development of porphyry Cu–Au mineralization in the central Tibetan Plateau, and these porphyry deposits were formed during the final stages of the northward subduction of the Neo‐Tethys Ocean.     

巴基斯坦贾盖火山岩浆岩带斑岩型铜-金矿床地质特征、成矿作用及找矿潜力

贾盖火山岩浆岩带是巴基斯坦境内西部第二大岩浆弧,属于特提斯成矿域的重要组成部分之一。晚渐新世—中新世,随着新特提斯洋的闭合,阿拉伯板块、印度板块与欧亚板块不断碰撞。在持续的挤压条件下,巴基斯坦西部发育了一系列逆冲褶皱系统,并且先后经历了中—晚始新世(43~37 Ma)、早中新世(24~22 Ma和18~16 Ma)、中中新世(13~10 Ma)和晚中新世—早上新世(6~4 Ma)4次大规模的岩浆作用,形成了贾盖火山岩浆岩带,赋存有48个斑岩型铜金矿床(点)、远景区。根据区域地质及矿化情况,可将贾盖火山岩浆岩带内的斑岩型铜-金矿床分为东、西两部分。前者主要分布在贾盖侵入体的边缘或与围岩接触带中,矿体产于晚白垩世辛贾拉尼群碎屑岩和始新世贾盖侵入体中;后者则分布在索尔科侵入体的岩株中,矿体产于古新世和更年轻的碎屑岩和火山岩中。矿体主要与磁铁矿系列的石英闪长斑岩和花岗闪长斑岩相关,具有钙碱性系列的特征,围岩热液蚀变分带明显,自岩体中心向外依次为钾硅酸化(钾化)、泥化、石英绢云母化、青磐岩化。境内外斑岩铜矿产出特征显示,索尔科侵入岩可能符合"小岩体成大矿"的现实情况,贾盖侵入岩的大型复合岩基中也可能存在斑岩铜矿床,具有很好的找矿潜力。最新勘查资料显示,贾盖火山岩浆岩带已发现的48个矿床(点)、远景区可能都具有很好的找矿前景和巨大的资源潜力,如萨因达克、雷克迪克、塔拉鲁格、科·伊·达利尔等矿床(点)、远景区,以及Western War Chah斑岩体,尤其是贾盖火山岩浆岩带西部和Koh Dalil(Rackodiq)矿点。     

福建紫金山矿田罗卜岭铜钼矿化斑岩锆石LA-ICP- MS U-Pb年龄及成矿岩浆高氧化特征研究

罗卜岭斑岩铜钼矿床是紫金山Cu-Au-Mo浅成低温-斑岩矿田内新近发现的大型斑岩铜钼矿床,本文在岩芯及光薄片系统观察的基础上,分析了矿化斑岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄及锆石Ce4/Ce3+比值.罗卜岭赋矿斑岩体可分为两期,早期为角闪黑云母花岗闪长斑岩及黑云母花岗闪长斑岩,晚期为黑云母花岗闪长斑岩.早期角闪黑云母花岗闪长斑岩和黑云母花岗闪长斑岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄分别为103.7±1.2Ma,MSWD=0.33和103.0±0.9Ma,MSWD=1.00;晚期黑云母花岗闪长斑岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄为97.6±2.1Ma,MSWD=6.00.罗卜岭成矿斑岩基质普遍发育硬石膏,两期成矿斑岩锆石都具较高的Ce4 +/Ce3平均值,在630 ～770之间,高于区内非成矿花岗岩锆石的Ce4+/Ce3+平均值(182 ～577),显示罗卜岭斑岩矿床成矿岩浆具有高氧逸度的特征.据罗卜岭斑岩矿床的形成时代、高氧逸度岩浆特征,结合华南地区中生代构造背景,我们初步认为罗卜岭斑岩矿床的形成可能和中生代古太平洋向北西西方向俯冲有关.     

Geochemical characteristics and origin of Yangchuling porphyry W-Mo deposit

The Yangchuling porphyry W-Mo deposit is a new-type tungsten deposit discovered recently in southern China. Being of certain economic significance, this type of deposits promises some new prospects for the availability of increasing tungsten resource. The ore-bearing rock mass, intermediate to acid in composition, is a composite rock body resulting from comagmatic, multiple-stage intrusion during Middle-Late Yenshanian Period. Spatially, the rock mass is controlled by the Guangji—Anqing—Nanjing deep fault. As a typical porphyry deposit, the ore-bearing rocks (granodiorite porphyry, mozonitic granite porphyry and camouflage breccia) belong to sub-volcanic facies characteristic of near-surface environment. The rocks have suffered strong hydrothermal alteration which is closely related to mineralization. The deposit is classified as meso-epithermal deposit and our study shows that W and Mo come from the granodiorite, granodiorite porphyry and mozonitic granodiorite porphyry, which are believed to be derived through remelting from some W-rick basement rocks contaminated with minor amounts of upper mantle materials.     

铜陵矿集区舒家店矿区正长花岗岩的年代学和地球化学特征及其指示意义

舒家店岩体位于长江中下游成矿带中部的铜陵断隆区,与繁昌断凹区(盆地)临近,主要的岩浆岩岩石类型有辉石闪长岩、石英闪长斑岩和花岗闪长岩等。正长花岗岩为舒家店岩体深部新发现的岩石类型,其矿物组合与岩体内其他类型岩石明显不同,其形成的背景存在争议。本文通过对岩体中正长花岗岩的锆石LA-ICP MS精确定年、Hf同位素和地球化学组成分析,研究舒家店岩体正长花岗岩的年代学、岩浆源区等问题。研究显示舒家店岩体为"异源同体"的复式岩体,岩体中的正长花岗岩的侵入时间为126.5±1.6Ma~129.8±2.4Ma,明显晚于早期的辉石闪长岩和石英闪长斑岩(138.2±4.6Ma~143.7±1.7Ma),也明显晚于舒家店斑岩型铜矿床的形成时代。全岩元素地球化学和锆石Hf同位素组成指示舒家店岩体中正长花岗岩为叠加到早期辉石闪长岩及石英闪长斑岩之上的后期岩浆活动的产物,可能与繁昌盆地内花岗岩有相同的源区,为新元古代新生地壳(类似新元古花岗岩)部分熔融的产物,其岩浆源区处于高温低压的环境,相较于辉石闪长岩和石英闪长斑岩起源更浅,指示长江中下游成矿带在145~123Ma地壳处于不断减薄的过程。     

西藏尼木地区岗讲斑岩铜-钼矿床地质特征及锆石U-Pb年龄

岗讲铜-钼矿床位于冈底斯中段尼木矿田之中,是近年新发现的一个储量在大型以上的典型斑岩型铜-钼矿床。含矿岩体为复式岩体,其中铜、钼矿化主要产于黑云石英二长岩、石英二长斑岩和流纹-英安斑岩之中。热液蚀变类型有钾化、硅化、绢英岩化、绿泥石化和局部泥化,从岩体中心向外主要发育钾化带和绢英岩化带。矿体主要分布在钾化带与绢英岩化带叠加部位,矿区次生氧化富集带也比较发育。文中利用二次离子探针质谱(SIMS)对主要含矿岩体进行了锆石U-Pb定年研究,获得黑云石英二长岩和流纹-英安斑岩的结晶年龄分别为(14.73±0.13)Ma(MSWD=1.3,N=16)和(12.01±0.29)Ma(MSWD=2.3,N=8),与尼木矿田其他斑岩铜(钼)矿床含矿斑岩体的形成年龄基本一致,表明岗讲铜-钼矿床形成于印度-欧亚大陆板块碰撞后的伸展阶段。鉴于矿区缺失青磐岩化带,且钾化带主体已出露地表,因此该区的剥蚀深度至少应该在2～3 km,这与结合青藏高原的剥蚀速率(0.13～0.23mm/a)估算的剥蚀深度一致。     

Evolution of magmatic-hydrothermal system of the Kalaxiange’er porphyry copper belt and implications for ore formation (Xinjiang,China)

The Kalaxiange’er porphyry copper ore belt is situated in the eastern part of the southern Altai of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and forms part of a broad zone of Cu porphyry mineralization in southern Mongolia, which includes the Oyu Tolgoi ore district and other copper–gold deposits. The copper ore bodies are spatially associated with porphyry intrusions of granodiorite, quartz diorite, quartz syenite, and quartz monzonite and have a polygenetic (polychromous) origin (magmatic porphyry, hydrothermal, and supergene). The mineralized porphyries are characterized by almost identical REE and trace element patterns. The Zr/Hf and Nb/Ta ratios are similar to those of normal granite produced through the evolution of mantle magma. The low initial Sr isotope ratio I_Sr, varying within a narrow range of values (0.703790–0.704218), corresponds to that of primitive mantle, whereas the εNd(T) value of porphyry varies from 5.8 to 8.4 and is similar to that of MORB. These data testify to the upper-mantle genesis of the parental magmas of ore-bearing porphyry, which were then contaminated with crustal material in an island-arc environment. The isotopic composition of sulfur (unimodal distribution of δ34S with peak values of − 2 to − 4‰) evidences its deep magmatic origin; the few lower negative δ³⁴S values suggest that part of S was extracted from volcanic deposits later. The isotopic characteristics of Pb testify to its mixed crust–upper-mantle origin. According to SHRIMP U–Pb geochronological data for zircon from granite porphyry and granodiorite porphyry, mineralization at the Xiletekehalasu porphyry Cu deposit formed in two stages: (1) Hercynian “porphyry” stage (375.2 ± 8.7 Ma), expressed as the formation of porphyry with disseminated and vein–disseminated mineralization, and (2) Indosinian stage (217.9 ± 4.2 Ma), expressed as superposed hydrothermal mineralization. The Re–Os isotope data on molybdenite (376.9 ± 2.2 Ma) are the most consistent with the age of primary mineralization at the Xiletekehalasu porphyry Cu deposit, whereas the Ar–Ar isotopic age (230 ± 5 Ma) of K-feldspar–quartz vein corresponds to the stage of hydrothermal mineralization. The results show that mineralization at the Xiletekehalasu porphyry Cu deposit was a multistage process which resulted in the superposition of the Indosinian hydrothermal mineralization on the Hercynian porphyry Cu mineralization.     

西藏波龙斑岩铜金矿床的Re-Os同位素年龄及其地质意义

波龙斑岩铜金矿紧邻多不杂矿床,是多龙矿集区内新发现的一个超大型矿床。波龙矿床早期有两次成矿花岗闪长斑岩侵位,随后较晚期花岗斑岩侵位;地表广泛分布绢英岩化蚀变,深部发育钾化。本文对采于波龙斑岩型铜金矿床内石英-辉钼矿脉中的4件辉钼矿样品进行了Re-Os同位素测试,获得等时线年龄为119.4±1.3Ma (MSWD=0.63, n=4)。此年龄代表了波龙矿床的成矿年龄,与多不杂斑岩型铜金矿床的成矿年龄一致。波龙和多不杂斑岩型铜金矿床紧邻,并具有一致的成矿年龄,可能表明两个矿床的成矿受控于相同的构造-岩浆-成矿事件;斑岩铜矿具有成群分布的特征,波龙和多不杂斑岩铜金矿床的发现也暗示多龙矿集区具有找到其他大型斑岩铜金矿的潜力。