兰坪盆地水泄铜(钴)矿床石英的40Ar-39Ar快中子活化年龄

选取水泄铜(钴)矿床主成矿阶段的石英样品进行⁴⁰Ar-³⁹快中子活化法同位素地质年龄测定,获得坪年龄59.2±0.8Ma,对应的等时年龄为59.8±0.5Ma,反等时线年龄为59.9±0.1Ma,三者在误差范围内完全一致,都可代表矿石的形成年龄。该年龄与兰坪盆地铜多金属矿集区的矿床形成时代一致,反映包括水泄铜(钴)矿床在内的区域矿床形成于喜马拉雅造山运动早期统一的构造地质背景之下,受同一期构造—热演化事件的制约。     

河北张－宣金矿区含金石英脉40Ar/39Ar年龄

为解决张-宣地区含金石英脉形成的时代,对区内5个典型金矿脉测定了⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar年龄,分别为:1362.0±24.8Ma,963.7±22.3Ma,579.6±8.5Ma,570.8±24.2Ma,167.9±1.2Ma.谱线特征均为马鞍形,最低视年龄为石英的结晶年龄。依次相当于晋宁运动中期,晋宁运动晚期,蓟县运动晚期和燕山运动中期。     

云南兰坪白秧坪铜钴多金属矿集区矿石中石英的40Ar-39Ar年龄

云南兰坪白秧坪铜钴多金属矿集区矿石中石英的⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar快中子活化年龄谱呈马鞍形,坪年龄为56.53±0.43Ma,最小视年龄为55.52±1.78Ma,等时线年龄为55.90±0.29Ma,三者在误差范围内一致(1σ)。⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar初始值为294.7±1.14,与尼尔值(295.5±5)十分接近,坪年龄和等时线年龄均可作为石英的形成时代。因此,55.90~56.53Ma(喜马拉雅早期)代表了矿床的成矿年龄。     

云南个旧老厂细脉带型锡矿白云母40Ar-39Ar年龄及其地质意义

细脉带型锡矿是云南个旧矿田老厂矿区的主要矿床类型之一.文章利用40Ar-39Ar同位素测年方法对老厂细脉带型锡矿床白云母-电气石-石英脉中的白云母进行了年龄测试.结果显示,该白云母的40Ar-39Ar同位素坪年龄为(827±07)Ma,表明其形成时代为晚白垩世.进一步结合区域资料,指出包括个旧锡多金属矿床在内的右江褶皱带内与岩浆作用有关的矿床具有相同的成矿地质背景,为华南晚中生代岩石圈大规模伸展的产物.     

安徽庐枞盆地井边铜矿床的成矿时代及其找矿指示意义

庐枞盆地是长江中下游多金属成矿带中一个重要的多金属矿集区,盆地内发育有多个不同规模的脉状铜矿床。目前对这些脉状铜矿床的成矿时代和构造背景等方面的研究工作还较少。本文以盆地中目前最具代表性的井边铜矿床为研究对象,分别对矿床中的安山斑岩次火山岩体和主成矿阶段石英中流体包裹体采用了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素定年和Ar-Ar同位素定年,获得了安山斑岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为133.2±1.7Ma,石英流体包裹体Ar-Ar等时线年龄为133.3±8.3Ma,反等时线年龄为133.3±8.2Ma。这一结果与实际的矿床地质特征和区内岩浆岩已有的同位素年代学数据完全吻合,因而井边铜矿床的形成时代为早白垩世,与盆地中砖桥旋回侵入岩浆活动有关。这一矿化事件与长江中下游地区第二期(135～127Ma)大规模成岩成矿作用相对应,并对应于区域拉张的构造背景。通过本次研究工作,不仅为深入理解庐枞盆地内铜矿化的规律提供了资料,同时也为该区的下一步铜矿找矿工作提供了依据。     

湖南桃江县木瓜园钨矿床地质特征及含矿岩体成岩时代

木瓜园钨矿床是近几年在江南古陆成矿带中新发现的大型白钨矿床。该矿床产于三仙坝花岗斑岩中,白钨矿化主要类型有浸染状、细脉状和网脉状,成矿围岩蚀变类型有钾化、硅化、绢云母化、黄铁矿化和碳酸盐化等,具有斑岩型矿床的矿化和围岩蚀变特征。由于是最新发现,该矿床的矿床地质特征及成岩成矿年龄研究较少,因此笔者选取了与成矿关系密切的三仙坝花岗闪长斑岩和石英斑岩以及不同矿化类型的辉钼矿样品进行Re-Os同位素定年,获得三仙坝花岗闪长斑岩的形成时代为（222±1）Ma,石英斑岩的形成时代为（219±3）Ma,辉钼矿Re-Os模式年龄为228~223 Ma,加权平均值为226 Ma,等时线年龄为（220±21）Ma,该年龄与加权平均年龄一致,表明该矿床形成于晚三叠世。辉钼矿中w（Re）的分布范围为（70~181）×10^-6,平均为112×10^-6,反映其可能为壳幔混合来源。其形成环境为印支晚期后碰撞环境。     

二密铜矿床成矿模式的研究

二密中生代火山岩盆地矿产以铜为主,矿床主要产于盆地中石英闪长岩岩体东段,矿体分布在石英闪长岩内外接触带,均以脉状、细脉状、细脉浸染状、浸染状矿体为主,成群成带分布.从岩体和矿脉原生硫化物同位素测定.显示成矿热液与花岗斑岩、石英闪长岩是统一的硫源.其成矿与岩体侵入作用有关.在研究铜矿床地质特征的基础上,总结了二密铜矿床成矿模式.     

陕西西沟钼矿床辉钼矿Re-Os年代学和同位素地球化学特征及其地质意义

西沟钼矿床是东秦岭黄龙铺地区近些年新发现和勘查的碳酸岩脉型钼矿床。钼矿体主要赋存于新太古界太华群变质岩内的石英方解石碳酸岩脉中,呈脉状、似层状或透镜状产出。辉钼矿主要呈浸染状、薄膜状、团块状分布于石英方解石碳酸岩脉中,成矿有关的围岩蚀变有钾长石化、硅化、黄铁矿化、萤石化、硬石膏化等。为查明西沟钼矿床的成矿时代、成矿物质来源、成矿机制、确定矿床类型,文章开展了辉钼矿Re-Os同位素测年,同位素地球化学分析。6件辉钼矿样品Re-Os同位素测年结果,模式年龄为(222.3±3.4)Ma～(226.6±3.7)Ma;加权平均年龄为(225.1±1.4)Ma;等时线年龄为(224.6±9.1)Ma,表明该矿床形成于晚三叠世。硫化物和硫酸盐的S同位素组成、重晶石和方解石Sr-Nd同位素组成及方解石C-O同位素组成均指示:西沟钼矿的成矿物质可能主要来源于地幔。根据其与华北陆块南缘其他碳酸岩型钼矿床地质特征、成矿时代和成矿物质来源等对比,确定西沟钼矿床属碳酸岩型脉状矿床。成矿作用发生于扬子板块与华北板块碰撞造山的后碰撞伸展环境,由于软流圈物质上涌诱发富集岩石圈地幔发生低程度部分熔融,所形成的碳酸质流体携带钼等成矿物质上升,在NW-NWW向深断裂带沉淀富集成矿。     

辽宁阜新排山楼金矿的40Ar/39Ar成矿年龄

排山楼大型金矿床产于辽西高级变质太古宙花岗岩-绿岩带中,受绿岩中、上部层位的基性-中酸性火山岩系和东西向韧性剪切带控制。容矿岩石主要是变质安山质-英安质火山岩类。为解决主矿体的形成时代,选取含金石英细脉浸染状矿石中的石英测定了⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar年龄为2105.2±10.4Ma。谱线特征为马鞍型,其底坪年龄为石英的结晶年龄。由此提出排山楼金矿的成因主要与吕梁期的东西向韧性剪切带有关。     

内蒙古维拉斯托斑岩型锡矿床成岩、成矿时代及其地质意义

维拉斯托Sn矿床为内蒙古中南段地区新发现的大型斑岩型矿床,矿床的形成与石英斑岩有密切的成因联系。该斑岩型Sn矿床的发现与该区已发现的维拉斯托和拜仁达坝大型脉状Cu_Pb_Zn_Ag多金属矿床可能属于同一岩浆_热液成矿体系。虽然前人已对热液脉状Zn_Cu矿床和Ag_Pb_Zn矿床有了较多研究,但对新发现的斑岩型锡矿床开展的研究还十分欠缺。文章首次报道了新发现斑岩型矿床的成岩和成矿年龄。利用LA_ICP_MS方法对石英斑岩中的锆石进行U_Pb同位素定年,获得的年龄为(135.7±0.9)Ma(MSWD=1.4,n=24),表明石英斑岩的侵位时代为早白垩世。对与Sn矿化密切相关的辉钼矿进行了Re_Os同位素定年,结果显示辉钼矿的Re_Os同位素等时线年龄为(125.7±3.8)Ma(MSWD=1.7,n=4),可代表斑岩型矿床中Sn发生矿化的时间。本次获得的年代学数据表明,该斑岩型矿床成矿年龄稍晚于成岩年龄,与国内外众多典型斑岩型矿床具有类似特征。新发现的维拉斯托斑岩型Sn矿床形成于燕山晚期,与该区众多岩浆_热液多金属矿床的形成时代一致,推测矿床的成岩、成矿过程很可能与中生代岩石圈的伸展构造有关。     

Magma Genesis and Mantle Dynamics at the Harrat Ash Shamah Volcanic Field (Southern Syria)

A geochemical and petrological study of Miocene to recent alkalibasalts, basanites, hawaiites, mugearites, trachytes, and phonoliteserupted within the Harrat Ash Shamah volcanic field was performedto reconstruct the magmatic evolution of southern Syria. Themajor element composition of the investigated lavas is mainlycontrolled by fractional crystallization of olivine, clinopyroxene,± Fe–Ti oxides and ± apatite; feldspar fractionationis restricted to the most evolved lavas. Na₂O and SiO₂ variationswithin uncontaminated, primitive lavas as well as variably fractionatedheavy rare earth element ratios suggest a formation by variabledegrees of partial melting of different garnet peridotite sourcestriggered, probably, by changes in mantle temperature. The isotopicrange as well as the variable trace element enrichment observedin the lavas imply derivation from both a volatile- and incompatibleelement-enriched asthenosphere and from a plume component. Inaddition, some lavas have been affected by crustal contamination.This effect is most prominent in evolved lavas older than 3·5Ma, which assimilated 30–40% of crustal material. In general,the periodicity of volcanism in conjunction with temporal changesin lava composition and melting regime suggest that the Syrianvolcanism was triggered by a pulsing mantle plume located underneathnorthwestern Arabia. KEY WORDS: ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages; intraplate volcanism; mantle plume; partial melting; Syria     

Temporal Evolution of Magmatism in the Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes: The Geology and Petrology of Cayambe Volcanic Complex (Ecuador)

In the Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes, the Cayambe VolcanicComplex consists of: (1) a basal, mostly effusive volcano, theViejo Cayambe, whose lavas (andesites and subordinate dacitesand rhyolites) are typically calc-alkaline; and (2) a younger,essentially dacitic, composite edifice, the Nevado Cayambe,characterized by lavas with adakitic signatures and explosiveeruptive styles. The construction of Viejo Cayambe began >1·1Myr ago and ended at 1·0 Ma. The young and still activeNevado Cayambe grew after a period of quiescence of about 0·6Myr, from 0·4 Ma to Holocene. Its complex history isdivided into at least three large construction phases (Angurealcone, Main Summit cone and Secondary Summit cone) and compriseslarge pyroclastic events, debris avalanches, as well as periodsof dome activity. Geochemical data indicate that fractionalcrystallization and crustal assimilation processes have a limitedrole in the genesis of each suite. On the contrary, field observations,and mineralogical and geochemical data show the increasing importanceof magma mixing during the evolution of the volcanic complex.The adakitic signature of Nevado Cayambe magmas is related topartial melting of a basaltic source, which could be the lowercrust or the subducted slab. However, reliable geophysical andgeochemical evidence indicates that the source of adakitic componentis the subducted slab. Thus, the Viejo Cayambe magmas are inferredto come from a mantle wedge source metasomatized by slab-derivedmelts (adakites), whereas the Nevado Cayambe magmas indicatea greater involvement of adakitic melts in their petrogenesis.This temporal evolution can be related to the presence of thesubducted Carnegie Ridge, modifying the geothermal gradientalong the Wadati–Benioff zone and favouring slab partialmelting. KEY WORDS: adakites; ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating; Cayambe volcano; Ecuador; mantle metasomatism; Andes     

40Ar/39Ar Fast Neutron Activation Ages of Quartz from the J inman Vein Copper Deposit in Western Yunnan and Their Significance

Quartz samples collected from the Jinman vein copper deposit in the Lanping Basin of western Yunnan were determined by 40Ar/39Ar fast neutron activation techniques, and the spectra are characterized as being saddle-shaped. The samples yielded a plateau age of 58.05 ±0.54 Ma, a minimum appearance age of 56.76 ± 0.81 Ma and an isochron age of 54.30 ±0.15 Ma, the three ages being close to each other, indicating that the ages of the quartz samples so far determined are true and reliable. The plateau age represents the time of formation of Cu-bearing quartz veins, which is corresponding to Early Himalayan. This age is also consistent with the time at which a tectonically thermal event (60 Ma) took place within the Lanping Basin, Yunnan Province. In consideration of the fact that copper ore and other ore types in the vast area of western Yunnan are concentrated mainly in the Early Himalayan strata, the authors believe that there must have existed some indispensable key factors leading to metallogenesis on a large scale during the Early Himalayan period in western Yunnan and also constraining in union the formation of ore deposits there.     

Variable Impact of the Subducted Slab on Aleutian Island Arc Magma Sources: Evidence from Sr, Nd, Pb, and Hf Isotopes and Trace Element Abundances

Major and trace element compositions and Sr, Nd, Pb, and Hfisotope ratios of Aleutian island arc lavas from Kanaga, Roundhead,Seguam, and Shishaldin volcanoes provide constraints on thecomposition and origin of the material transferred from thesubducted slab to the mantle wedge. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating indicatesthat the lavas erupted mainly during the last     

Magmatic Evolution and Ascent History of the Aries Micaceous Kimberlite, Central Kimberley Basin, Western Australia: Evidence from Zoned Phlogopite Phenocrysts, and UV Laser 40Ar/39Ar Analysis of Phlogopite-Biotite

The Neoproterozoic Aries kimberlite was emplaced in the centralKimberley Basin, Western Australia, as a N–NNE-trendingseries of three diatremes infilled by lithic-rich kimberlitebreccias. The breccias are intruded by hypabyssal macrocrysticphlogopite kimberlite dykes that exhibit differentiation toa minor, high-Na–Si, olivine–phlogopite–richteritekimberlite, and late-stage macrocrystic serpentine–diopsideultramafic dykes. Mineralogical and geochemical evidence suggeststhat the high-Na–Si, olivine–phlogopite–richteritekimberlite was derived from the macrocrystic phlogopite kimberliteas a residual liquid following extended phlogopite crystallizationand the assimilation of country rock sandstone, and that themacrocrystic serpentine–diopside ultramafic dykes formedas mafic cumulates from a macrocrystic phlogopite kimberlite.Chemical zonation of phlogopite–biotite phenocrysts indicatesa complex magmatic history for the Aries kimberlite, with theearly inheritance of a range of high-Ti phlogopite–biotitexenocrysts from metasomatized mantle lithologies, followed bythe crystallization of a population of high-Cr phlogopite phenocrystswithin the spinel facies lithospheric mantle. A further oneto two phlogopite–biotite overgrowth rims of distinctcomposition formed on the phlogopite phenocrysts at higher levelsduring ascent to the surface. Ultra-violet laser ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar datingof mica grain rims yielded a kimberlite eruption age of 815·4± 4·3 Ma (95% confidence). ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar laser profilingof one high-Ti phlogopite-biotite macrocryst revealed a radiogenic⁴⁰Ar diffusive loss profile, from which a kimberlite magma ascentduration from the spinel facies lithospheric mantle was estimated(assuming an average kimberlite magma temperature of 1000°C),yielding a value of 0·23–2·32 days for thenorth extension lobe of the Aries kimberlite. KEY WORDS: ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar; diamond; kimberlite; mantle metasomatism; phlogopite–biotite     

The Relationship between Tectono-metamorphic Evolution and Argon Isotope Records in White Mica: Constraints from in situ 40Ar-39Ar Laser Analysis of the Variscan Basement of Sardinia

The basement of Sardinia represents a nearly complete sectionof a segment of the Variscan belt that experienced a polyphasetectono-metamorphic evolution and Barrovian metamorphism. Thisbasement is well suited to investigate the relationship betweentectono-metamorphic evolution and argon isotope records in whitemica. Micaschists from the garnet zone (maximum T of up to 520–560°C)contain two texturally and chemically resolvable generationsof white mica: (1) deformed celadonite-rich flakes, defininga relict S₁ foliation preserved within the main S₂ foliationor enclosed in rotated albite porphyroblasts; (2) celadonite-poorwhite micas aligned along the main S₂ foliation. The S₁ foliationdeveloped earlier and at a deeper crustal level with respectto that at which the thermal peak was reached. From the staurolitezone (T of up to 590–625°C) to the sillimanite + K-feldsparzone, white mica is nearly uniform in composition (muscovite)and is predominantly aligned along the S₂ foliation or is oflater crystallization. In situ ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar laser analysesof white mica yielded ages of     

Tectono-thermal evolution of the India-Asia collision zone based on<Superscript>40</Superscript>Ar-<Superscript>39</Superscript>Ar thermochronology in Ladakh,India

New⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar thermochronological results from the Ladakh region in the India-Asia collision zone provide a tectono-thermal evolutionary scenario. The characteristic granodiorite of the Ladakh batholith near Leh yielded a plateau age of 46.3 ± 0.6 Ma (2σ). Biotite from the same rock yielded a plateau age of 44.6 ± 0.3 Ma (2σ). The youngest phase of the Ladakh batholith, the leucogranite near Himya, yielded a cooling pattern with a plateau-like age of ∼ 36 Ma. The plateau age of muscovite from the same rock is 29.8 ±0.2 Ma (2σ). These ages indicate post-collision tectono-thermal activity, which may have been responsible for partial melting within the Ladakh batholith. Two basalt samples from Sumdo Nala have also recorded the post-collision tectono-thermal event, which lasted at least for 8 MY in the suture zone since the collision, whereas in the western part of the Indus Suture, pillow lava of Chiktan showed no effect of this event and yielded an age of emplacement of 128.2 ±2.6 Ma (2σ). The available data indicate that post-collision deformation led to the crustal thickening causing an increase in temperature, which may have caused partial melting at the base of the thickened crust. The high thermal regime propagated away from the suture with time.     

内蒙古大青山逆冲推覆体系中生代逆冲构造活动的40Ar-39Ar定年

内蒙古大青山呼和浩特段北侧发育3条走向北东东、指向北西的逆冲断层,并与被其分割的3个逆冲席体及一个原地系构成大青山逆冲推覆体系。逆冲断层上盘底部发育较深层次的糜棱岩,下盘顶部多发育低温的千糜岩。本研究在构造地质调查基础上,结合宏-微观岩石矿物学分析,采用⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar定年对该逆冲体系的活动时间进行约束。逆冲断层带内3个千糜岩绢云母⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar年龄范围为120~119Ma,另一样品给出了120Ma的概率统计峰值年龄。千糜岩为低温同变形变质产物,细粒绢云母为同变形新生矿物,其⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar年龄可代表变形年龄。侵位在断层内弱变形的花岗闪长岩为同构造晚期侵位,角闪石⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar年龄限定其冷却时间下限为121Ma,概率统计峰值年龄为119Ma。逆冲断层上盘底部发育较高温的糜棱岩,而低温千糜岩的形成时间应属于变形后期。因此,120Ma至119Ma期间,大青山逆冲推覆体系的逆冲作用应已是处于变形晚期。     

Comparison of 40Ar-39Ar and Rb-Sr Data on Phengites from the UHP Brossasco-Isasca Unit (Dora Maira Massif, Italy): Implications for Dating White Mica

Different lithologies (impure marble, eclogite and graniticorthogneiss) sampled from a restricted area of the coesite-bearingBrossasco–Isasca Unit (Dora Maira Massif) have been investigatedto examine the behaviour of ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar and Rb–Srsystems in phengites developed under ultrahigh-pressure (UHP)metamorphism. Mineralogical and petrological data indicate thatzoned phengites record distinct segments of the P–T path:prograde, peak to early retrograde in the marble, peak to earlyretrograde in the eclogite, and late retrograde in the orthogneiss.Besides major element zoning, ion microprobe analysis of phengitein the marble also reveals a pronounced zoning of trace elements(including Rb and Sr). ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar apparent ages (35–62Ma, marble; 89–170 Ma, eclogite; 35–52 Ma, orthogneiss),determined through Ar laserprobe data on phengites (step-heatingand in situ techniques), show wide intra-sample and inter-samplevariations closely linked to within-sample microchemical variations:apparent ages decrease with decreasing celadonite contents.These data confirm previous reports on excess Ar and, more significantly,highlight that phengite acted as a closed system in the differentlithologies and that chemical exchange, not volume diffusion,was the main factor controlling the rate of Ar transport. Conversely,a Rb–Sr internal isochron from the same eclogite yieldsan age of 36 Ma, overlapping with the time of the UHP metamorphicpeak determined through U–Pb data and thereby corroboratingthe previous conclusion that UHP metamorphism and early retrogressionoccurred in close succession. Different phengite fractions ofthe marble yield calcite–phengite isochron ages of 36to 60 Ma. Although this time interval matches Ar ages from thesame sample, Rb–Sr data from phengite are not entirelyconsistent with the whole dataset. According to trace elementvariations in phengite, only Rb–Sr data from two wet-groundphengite separates, yielding ages of 36 and 41 Ma, are internallyconsistent. The oldest age obtained from a millimetre-sizedgrain fraction enriched in prograde–peak phengites mayrepresent a minimum age estimate for the prograde phengite relics.Results highlight the potential of the in situ ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Arlaser technique in resolving discrete P–T stages experiencedby eclogite-facies rocks (provided that excess Ar is demonstrablya negligible factor), and confirm the potential of Rb–Srinternal mineral isochrons in providing precise crystallizationages for eclogite-facies mineral assemblages. KEY WORDS: ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar dating; Rb–Sr dating; phengite; SIMS; UHP metamorphism