Apatite fission track dating of fluorite ore veins from Santa Catarina state,Brazil: a complex hydrothermal evolution

The fluorite of Santa Catarina that occurs in veins cutting Precambrian granitic rocks of coastal Brazil has been difficult to date by Rb/Sr, K/Ar and Sm/Nd methods. New fission track dating of apatite in granites next to the veins yields ages of 144–76 Ma, which are related to the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean. Four groups of fission track ages were identified: the ca 145 Ma group is a hydrothermal event that preceded fluorite mineralization; the second group of ages, 131–107 Ma, records the first hydrothermal mineralizing event; the third group, 98–93 Ma, represents the second hydrothermal mineralizing event; and the fourth group, 89–76 Ma, dates the last hydrothermal mineralizing event. As shown by previous studies, the temperatures of these events varied from 170° to 70°C, but the last hydrothermal event occurred during a gradual cooling. The smaller lengths of the confined fission tracks from the fourth event support this interpretation. These results are based on sixteen carefully selected samples from four veins ranging from 1 to 4 m in thickness. The ages of these samples were established using the standard methods of fission track dating. Our study clearly demonstrates the value of apatite fission track dating for deposits whose mineralization occurred over a long time span at a wide range of temperatures.     

青海锡铁山地区滩间山群的地质特征及同位素年代学

冈底斯山仲巴县麦嘎乡附近一套第四纪火山岩是青藏高原空白区地质填图的重要发现之一，本文详细论述了该套火山岩的地质特征，岩石化学特征，地球化学特征，讨论了火山岩的形成朝代，这一发现不仅填补了冈底斯陆缘火山弧第四纪火山岩研究的空白，完善了冈底斯带岩浆演化的时空格架，而且对整个青藏高原隆升机制的研究也具有重要意义。     

浙江绍兴地区广山-栅溪岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石 U-Pb定年:对漓渚铁矿成矿时代的限定

选取与漓渚铁矿成矿关系密切的栅溪和广山岩体为研究对象,采用高精度的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年方法对栅溪岩体黑云母花岗岩和广山岩体花岗斑岩代表性样品进行了详细的测年工作,在此结果的基础上,结合区域上矿床成矿的时代,讨论了漓渚铁矿的成矿时代。定年结果显示,栅溪岩体的成岩时代为150.1Ma±2.6Ma,而广山岩体经历了多期的岩浆事件,主体成岩时代为147.2Ma±1.7Ma,2个岩体均属于燕山早期岩浆活动的产物。矿区地质特征显示,漓渚铁矿的形成与广山、栅溪岩体成岩期岩浆热液作用关系密切,广山-栅溪岩体的成岩时代即代表了漓渚铁矿矿化的时代,漓渚铁矿矿体主要形成于中侏罗世(约150Ma)。漓渚铁矿成矿时代的精确厘定为邻区寻找同类型矿床指明了方向。     

浙江绍兴地区广山-栅溪岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年：对漓渚铁矿成矿时代的限定

选取与漓渚铁矿成矿关系密切的栅溪和广山岩体为研究对象,采用高精度的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年方法对栅溪岩体黑云母花岗岩和广山岩体花岗斑岩代表性样品进行了详细的测年工作,在此结果的基础上,结合区域上矿床成矿的时代,讨论了漓渚铁矿的成矿时代。定年结果显示,栅溪岩体的成岩时代为150.1Ma±2.6Ma,而广山岩体经历了多期的岩浆事件,主体成岩时代为147.2Ma±1.7Ma,2个岩体均属于燕山早期岩浆活动的产物。矿区地质特征显示,漓渚铁矿的形成与广山、栅溪岩体成岩期岩浆热液作用关系密切,广山-栅溪岩体的成岩时代即代表了漓渚铁矿矿化的时代,漓渚铁矿矿体主要形成于中侏罗世（约150Ma）。漓渚铁矿成矿时代的精确厘定为邻区寻找同类型矿床指明了方向。     

Geochemical characteristics,cooling history and mineralization significance of Zhangtiantang pluton in South Jiangxi Province,P.R. China

The zircon SHRIMP dating of the Zhangtiantang granite gave an age of 159±7 Ma., which shows that the granite was produced at the early Late Jurassic. The Ar-Ar plateau ages of biotite and K-feldspar from the Zhangtiantang pluton are 153.2±1.1 Ma and 135.8±1.2 Ma, respectively. The Ar-Ar anti-isochrone ages of biotite and K-feldspar are 152.5±1.7Ma and 135.4±2.7Ma, respectively. The ages represent the isotopic closure ages of minerals in the pluton. The Zhangtiantang granites are regarded as peraluminous crust-derived type granites to possess the typical geochemical characteristics of calc-alkaline rocks on continental margin, with enriched Si, K, Al (average value of A/CNK as 1.18), HREE, Rb, U, and Th, heavily depleted V, Cr, Co, Ni, Ti, Nb-Ta, Zr, Sr, P, and Ba, strongly negative Eu and common corundum normative (average value of C as 1.84). The εNd_(t) values of the Zhangtiantang granite are −5.84 to −7.79, and t _2DM values are 1.69 to 1.83 Ga, which indicates partial melting of continental-crust metamorphic sedimentary rocks during the Middle Proterozoic. The cooling history of the Zhangtiantang granitic pluton indicates that the cooling velocity of pluton was faster (about 67°C/Ma) from zircon (158 Ma) to biotite (152 Ma), and was slower (about12°C/Ma) from biotite (152.5 Ma) to K-feldspar (135.8 Ma). It can be deduced that the temporal gap (about 10 Ma) between the granite formmation and W-Sn mineralization in South China may be related to ordinary magma-hydrothermal processes by the variational cooling curve of the pluton. The Zhangtiantang pluton was formed in a compressive setting, with differentiation evolution and mineralization occurring in a relative relaxation setting.     

湘中龙山大型金锑矿床成矿时代研究——黄铁矿Re-Os和锆石U-Th/He定年

龙山金锑矿床是湘中锑-金矿集区最重要的矿床之一,因缺少适合传统放射性同位素定年的矿物,其成矿时代以往未得到很好的限定,制约了对矿床成因的认识。由于分析测试技术的进步,Re-Os同位素定年技术得到了发展,可对热液矿床中形成的低Re、Os含量的硫化物进行较准确可靠的年龄测定,从而可为低温热液矿床的形成时代提供有效制约。锆石U-Th/He同位素定年,也是近年发展和成熟起来的定年技术,对低温热事件极其敏感,同样是约束低温成矿年龄的重要手段之一。本文采用矿床中黄铁矿Re-Os同位素和蚀变围岩中受成矿热事件影响的锆石U-Th/He同位素定年技术,对龙山金锑矿床的成矿时代进行了研究。定年结果显示:热液成因黄铁矿的Re-Os等时线年龄为195±36Ma,对应于印支晚期;锆石U-Th/He年龄为51.2~133.3Ma,经Ft校正后,U-Th/He年龄分布于93.78~258.29Ma之间,平均值为160.7±7.3Ma,对应于燕山早期。该矿床可能发生了200Ma和160Ma的两次成矿作用;或者矿床形成于200Ma左右,但是受到了160Ma左右岩浆热事件的改造,黄铁矿Re-Os年龄代表成矿年龄,而锆石U-Th/He年龄则代表第二期热事件发生的时间。无论是200Ma左右一次成矿,还是另有160Ma左右的成矿作用叠加,这两个年龄分别与区内两期岩浆活动的时间相当,这表明岩浆事件对驱动矿床的形成发挥了重要的作用。     

广西栗木锡多金属矿床锆石和锡石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

年代学研究是花岗岩型稀有金属矿床研究的重要内容,多种定年方法的联合有助于对岩浆演化及稀有金属元素富集成矿过程的精细刻画。论文选择栗木矿区具代表性的金竹源、老虎头和水溪庙花岗岩型钨锡铌钽矿床和（长石）石英脉型钨锡矿床,进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb和LA-MC-ICP-MS锡石U-Pb年代学研究。结果显示,老虎头细粒铁锂云母钠长石花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄为（216.3±1.7）Ma,长石石英脉型钨锡矿床锡石UPb年龄为（210.1±4.9）Ma;两件金竹源花岗岩型钨锡铌钽矿床锡石U-Pb年龄分别为（219.6±1.5）Ma和（219.9±2.2）Ma,石英脉型钨锡矿床锡石U-Pb年龄为（217.3±3.2）Ma;水溪庙长石石英脉型钨锡矿床锡石U-Pb年龄为（210.7±2.5）Ma。本次研究可以看出,金竹源花岗岩的成岩年龄与花岗岩型钨锡铌钽矿床及石英脉型钨锡矿床的成矿年龄间隔较小,表明含矿花岗岩可能在较短时间内经历了岩浆冷凝结晶、富集成矿和热液锡矿化过程,是短暂矿化事件的产物,而非以往认为的岩浆-热液长时间演化的结果。同时,基于不同测年方法的对比结果显示,在含锡花岗岩中,锡石年龄既能代...     

河南嵩县土地庙沟铅锌矿床有关的花岗岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年和Hf同位素特征及其地质意义

土地庙沟铅锌矿床是豫西南铅锌银多金属成矿区域的重要组成部分。本文以与土地庙沟铅锌矿床成矿关系密切的栗扎树岩体为研究对象,利用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年和Hf同位素分析方法,探讨岩体成岩时代及其与矿床成矿时空相关性。岩体测得的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄加权平均值分别为141.6±1.3Ma（样品YZY-G07）、135.5±1.6Ma（样品YZY-G08）、116.2±1.2Ma（样品YZY-G01）,Hf同位素分析二阶段模式年龄为1724Ma~2244 Ma,表明成岩物质主要来源于地壳,并结合矿床特征,与栾川-维摩寺断裂北侧的合峪、伏牛山、太山庙相比,从早到晚,140Ma、135Ma、117Ma均有较好的对应关系。根据形成于140Ma左右的花岗岩浆活动,结合岩石地球化学、矿床地质特征、同位素特征等资料,并与华北克拉通南缘南泥湖矿田的成矿构造热事件对比,可推断出矿床为早白垩世早期同一构造-岩浆-流体成矿事件的产物,为矿山企业勘查找矿提供了科学依据。     

Magmatic‐Hydrothermal Mineralization Sequence in Xinlu Ore Field,Guangxi, South China: Constraints from Zircon U‐Pb,Molybdenite Re‐Os,and Muscovite Ar‐Ar Dating

The Xinlu Sn‐polymetallic ore field is located in the western Nanling Polymetallic Belt in northeastern Guangxi, South China, where a number of typical skarn‐, hydrothermal vein‐type tin deposits have developed. There are two types of Sn deposits: skarn‐type and sulfide‐quartz vein‐type. The tin mineralizations mainly occur on the south side of the Guposhan granitic complex pluton and within its outer contact zone. To constrain the Sn mineralization age and further understand its genetic links to the Guposhan granitic complex, a series of geochronological works has been conducted at the Liuheao deposit of the ore field using high‐precision zircon SHRIMP U‐Pb, molybdenite Re‐Os, and muscovite Ar‐Ar dating methods. The results show that the biotite‐monzogranite, which is part of the Xinlu intrusive unit of the Guposhan complex pluton, has a SHRIMP U‐Pb zircon age of 161.0 ± 1.5 Ma. The skarn‐type ore has a ⁴⁰Ar‐³⁹Ar muscovite plateau age of 160 ± 2 Ma (same as its isochron age), and the sulfide‐quartz vein‐type ore yields an Re‐Os molybdenite isochron age of 154.4 ± 3.5 Ma. The magmatic‐hydrothermal geochronological sequence demonstrated that the hydrothermal mineralization took place immediately following the emplacement of the monzogranite, with the skarn metasomatic mineralization stage predating the sulfide mineralization stage. Geochronologically, we have compared this ore field with 26 typical Sn deposits distributed along the Nanling Polymetallic Belt, leading to the suggestion of the magmatic‐metallogenic processes in the Xinlu ore field (ca. 161–154 Ma) as a component of the Early Yanshanian large‐scale Sn‐polymetallic mineralization event (peaked at 160–150 Ma) in the Nanling Range of South China. Petrogenesis of Sn‐producing granite and Sn‐polymetallic mineralization were probably caused by crust–mantle interaction as a result of significant lithospheric extension and thinning in South China in the Late Jurassic.     

冀东峪耳崖金矿床蚀变绢云母40Ar-39Ar年龄 及其地质意义

峪耳崖大型金矿床位于华北克拉通北缘燕山造山带东段,其主成矿阶段的时间尚待准确约束。本次工作开展了主成矿阶段矿石中蚀变绢云母40Ar-39Ar同位素定年研究,获得的坪年龄((169.4±1.1)Ma(MSWD=0.22)),与反等时线年龄((168.4±1.8)Ma(MSWD=5.5))一致,小于赋矿花岗岩的年龄(174～175 Ma)和辉钼矿的ReOs等时线年龄(172 Ma),限定了峪耳崖金矿主成矿过程自172 Ma持续至169 Ma。峪耳崖金矿与冀东地区其他金矿床显示相似的成岩成矿特征,均在中侏罗世蒙古-鄂霍次克洋闭合、两侧板块碰撞造山的远程影响下,冀东地区下地壳基底物质部分熔融形成的花岗质岩浆(可能伴有少量幔源物质混入)及其分异出的岩浆热液萃取基底成矿物质后,成矿流体在NE向构造有利空间发生沉淀富集,形成岩浆期后热液型金矿床。     

Thermochronology for the Granitic Pluton Related to Lead-Zinc Mineralization in Tsushima, Japan

Abstract: K–Ar datings and oxygen isotope analyses revealed a cooling history of the Uchiyama granitic pluton, which is genetically related to the Pb-Zn deposits (Taishu mine) in the Tsushima Islands, Japan. The pluton intrudes into the Paleogene Taishu Group to form the biotite-hornfels zone, while the Taishu vein-type Pb–Zn deposits occur in fissures developed in the non-hornfels zone about 1 to 3 km westward from the contact. Amphibole and biotite K-Ar ages of the pluton have a wide range from 19 to 13 Ma. Oxygen isotopes of the biotite and coexisting quartz grains indicate that isotopic exchange reactions have occurred under subsolidus conditions, and that the K-Ar ages are affected by various cooling rates in the pluton. The mineralization age of the Taishu ore deposits is obtained for the first time to be 15.40.8 Ma by a K-Ar age of 2 M ₁–muscovite in a calcite–quartz–muscovite–chlorite veinlet of the Shintomi orebody. Whole rock K-Ar ages of biotite-hornfels near the pluton represent similar ages to the ore deposits. Using blocking temperature calculated from reported diffusivity for argon, the pluton was cooled from 560 to 350C in the period of 17 to 14 Ma. The vein formation took place after the time when temperature in wall rocks of the pluton had dropped below the brittle-plastic transition (about 400C). These results imply that the cooling of the pluton has caused injection of magmatic fluids into meteoric hydrothermal systems, and the Pb-Zn mineralization has occurred due to this mixing at the age of about 15 Ma.     

Molybdenite Re–Os,titanite and garnet U–Pb dating of the Magushan skarn Cu–Mo deposit,Xuancheng district,Middle–Lower Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt

The Magushan skarn Cu–Mo deposit is a representative example of the skarn mineralization occurring within the Xuancheng ore district of the Middle–Lower Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt of eastern China. The precise age of an ore deposit is important for understanding the timing of mineralization relative to other geological events in a region and to fully place the formation of a mineral deposit within the geological context of other processes that occur within the study area. Here, we present new molybdenite Re–Os and titanite and andradite garnet U–Pb ages for the Magushan deposit and use these data to outline possible approaches for identifying genetic relationships in geologically complex areas. The spatial and paragenetic relationships between the intrusions, alteration, and mineralization within the study area indicates that the formation of the Magushan deposit is genetically associated with the porphyritic granodiorite. However, this is not always the case, as some areas contain complexly zoned plutons with multiple phases of intrusion or mineralization may be distal from or may not have any clear spatial relationship to a pluton. This means that it may not be possible to determine whether the mineralization formed as a result of single or multiple magmatic/hydrothermal events. As such, the approaches presented in this study provide an approach that allows the identification of any geochronological relationships between mineralization and intrusive events in areas more complex than the study area. Previously published zircon U–Pb data for the mineralization-related porphyritic granodiorite in this area yielded an age of 134.2 ± 1.2 Ma (MSWD = 1.4) whereas the Re–Os dating of molybdenite from the study area yielded an isochron age of 137.7 ± 2.5 Ma (MSWD = 0.43). The timing of the mineralizing event in the study area was further examined by the dating of magmatic accessory titanite and skarn-related andradite garnet, yielding U–Pb ages of 136.3 ± 2.5 Ma (MSWD = 3.2) and 135.9 ± 2.7 Ma (MSWD = 2.5), respectively. The dating of magmatic and hydrothermal activity within the Magushan area yields ages around 136 Ma, strongly suggesting that the mineralization in this area formed as a result of the emplacement of the intrusion. The dates presented in this study also provide the first indication of the timing of mineralization within the Xuancheng district. providing evidence of a close genetic relationship between the formation of the mineralization within the Xuancheng district and the Early Cretaceous magmatism that occurred in this area. This in turn suggests that other Early Cretaceous intrusive rocks within this region are likely to be associated with mineralization and should be considered highly prospective for future mineral exploration. This study also indicates that the dating of garnet and titanite can also provide reliable geochronological data and evidence of the timing of mineralization and magmatism, respectively, in areas lacking other dateable minerals (e.g., molybdenite) or where the relationship between mineralization and magmatism is unclear, for example in areas with multiple stages of magmatism, with complexly zoned plutons, and with distal skarn mineralization.     

广西大厂笼箱盖复式岩体的LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

广西大厂矿田中部的笼箱盖岩体是一个多期次侵入的复式岩体,尽管前人对其中个别阶段岩体进行过年龄精测,但迄今还没有对多期岩体进行过系统的年代学精测。本文在运用阴极发光技术对岩体中锆石进行细致的内部结构分析的基础上,利用LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb原位定年方法,系统测定了岩体中单颗粒锆石的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄,结果显示出,笼箱盖复式岩体形成经历了103.8~102Ma、96.6~93.86Ma、90.1~85.1Ma 3期活动,其中96.6~93.86Ma为主体形成时期,其第一阶段形成中细粒含斑黑云母花岗岩(96.6±2.5Ma)、细粒含斑的黑云母花岗岩(94.3±2.2Ma),第二阶段形成中细粒等粒状黑云母花岗岩(96.1±2.0Ma),第三阶段形成似斑状黑云母花岗岩(93.86±0.84Ma)。这些岩体之间界限清晰、无明显冷凝边,说明岩浆活动是一种连续的脉动过程。大厂矿田的锌铜矿体、锡多金属矿体的形成主要与笼箱盖复式岩体的第二期岩浆活动密切相关,成矿过程在短暂时间完成。笼箱盖复式岩体的形成时期与中国东部110~80Ma大规模成矿过程是吻合的,成岩成矿作用可能与岩石圈伸展作用有关。     

赣南崇义地区茅坪钨锡矿床铼-锇同位素定年及其地质意义

茅坪钨锡矿床位于南岭成矿带东段,位于崇(义)—(大)余—(上)犹钨多金属矿矿集区西华山—杨眉寺区段中北部的天门山—红桃岭矿田,为天门山岩体向北倾伏延伸的前锋部位;矿区钨锡矿化类型主要有云英岩型和石英脉型两种。文章选取云英岩型矿体及上部石英脉型钨矿体中与黑钨矿共生的辉钼矿7件,进行Re-Os等时线年龄测定,得到其模式年龄为(141.4±2.2)Ma～(158.2±2.2)Ma,其中云英型钨锡矿体中辉钼矿等时线年龄为(156.8±3.9)Ma,成矿时代为中侏罗世,对应于燕山早期第二阶段;从云英岩矿体中样品模式年龄为(150.7±2.4)Ma～(158.2±2.2)Ma,石英脉型矿体中样品模式年龄为(141.4±2.2)Ma～(151.0±2.4)Ma。分析石英脉型矿体紧随但略晚于云英岩型钨锡矿体成矿,并结合矿田内取得的同位素年龄数据,探讨了矿田成岩成矿时代及时差,推断天门山岩体可能为多次成岩成矿的复杂式岩体,其成矿时代跨度为133～156Ma。     

Testing the apatite-magnetite geochronometer: U-Pb and Ar/Ar geochronology of plutonic rocks, massive magnetite-apatite tabular bodies, and IOCG mineralization in Northern Chile

Detailed zircon and apatite U-Pb dating and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of actinolite have been carried out on the Carmen-Sierra Aspera Kiruna type magnetite-apatite and iron oxide Cu-Au (IOCG) district in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile (∼26°S). They define a precise succession of magmatic and hydrothermal events associated with early Cretaceous Andean magmatism. Apatite and magnetite from a magnetite-apatite tabular body with intergrowth texture in the Carmen deposit yield a total Pb-U isochron age of 131.0 ± 1.0 Ma. This result is the first direct dating of magnetite-apatite mineralization in an early Andean deposit, and the age coincides with zircon ages of a quartz diorite stock that partially hosts mineralization (130.6 ± 0.3 Ma). Magnetite from the studied tabular body contains only small amounts of radiogenic Pb and serves to constrain the initial common Pb isotopic composition. The high degree of correlation suggests that both minerals closed for Pb diffusion at essentially the same time and at a relatively high temperature (close to that of zircon), making the apatite-magnetite pair a reliable geochronometer for igneous or hydrothermal crystallization. Zircon from the Sierra Aspera composite pluton yields ages between 131.3 ± 0.3 Ma and 127.4 ± 0.1 Ma, clearly resolving the timing of intrusion of discrete intrusive phases. Actinolite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages partially overlap the ages of plutonic phases of the Sierra Aspera pluton, but are younger than the magnetite-apatite tabular body. The initial Pb isotopic composition of the melts and/or fluids from which the magnetite-apatite tabular bodies crystallized is very similar to the primitive Pb isotopic composition of granitic magmas associated with early Cretaceous plutons measured in K-feldspar. The Pb isotopic correspondence, combined with the temporal and spatial association between magnetite-apatite mineralization and the dioritic-quartz dioritic magmatism, strongly suggests a genetic relationship between early Cretaceous continental arc magmatism, massive magnetite-apatite deposits, and IOCG mineralization.     

海南省高通岭钼矿床赋矿岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年及成矿意义

海南高通岭岩体产有高通岭小型热液脉型钼矿床,其赋矿围岩为细粒和粗粒正长花岗岩。研究表明,组成高通岭岩体的细粒和粗粒正长花岗岩呈渐变过渡关系,未发现二者存在明显的相变接触,且二者具有相似的矿物组成,暗示它们可能是同一岩浆演化系列的产物。对细粒正长花岗岩（GTL-4）和粗粒正长花岗岩（GTL-9）样品开展了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年研究,获得²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄加权平均值分别为（100.8±2.4）Ma（MSWD=2.8）和（100.2±1.7）Ma（MSWD=2.7）。结合锆石CL图像中清晰的震荡环带、Th/U的值（0.15~0.94）和以往研究成果,认为高通岭岩体结晶年龄应为 100 Ma左右,可能是同期的中高温岩浆含矿热液导致了高通岭钼矿床的形成;而90~97 Ma年龄系中低温热液活动的年龄,导致了黄铁矿化、绢云母化、绿泥石化和高岭土化等中低温蚀变。     

Temporal relationship between granite cooling and hydrothermal uranium mineralization at Dalongshan in China: a combined radiometric and oxygen isotopic study

A combined study using multi-radiometric dating and oxygen isotopic geothermometry was carried out for Mesozoic quartz syenite, alkali-feldspar granite and associated hydrothermal uranium mineralization at Dalongshan in the Middle-Lower Yangtze valley of east-central China. Radiometric dating of the quartz syenite yields a whole-rock Rb–Sr isochron age of 135.6±4.3 Ma, a zircon U–Pb isochron age of 132.9±2.2 Ma, and K–Ar ages of 126±2, 118±3 and 94±4 Ma for hornblende, biotite and orthoclase, respectively. The alkali-feldspar granite yields a whole-rock Rb–Sr isochron age of 117.3±3.3 Ma, a zircon U–Pb isochron age of 114.7±2.1 Ma, and K–Ar ages of 112±2, 109±3 and 88±4 Ma for hornblende, biotite and orthoclase, respectively. Oxygen isotope thermometry for both granites gives temperatures of 685 to 720, 555 to 580, 435 to 460 and 320 to 330 °C, for hornblende, magnetite, biotite and orthoclase respectively, when paired with quartz. The systematic differences among the ages by the different techniques on the different minerals are used to reconstruct the cooling history of the granite. The results yield rapid cooling rates of 27.4 to 58.6 °C/Ma from 800 to 300 °C in the early stage, but slow cooling rates of 6.3 to 7.2 °C/Ma from 300 to 150 °C in the late stage. The regular sequence of oxygen isotope temperatures for the different quartz–mineral pairs demonstrates that diffusion is a dominant factor controlling the closure of both radiometric and O isotopic systems during granite cooling. Pitchblende U–Pb isochron dating yields an uranium mineralization age of 106.4±2.9 Ma, which is younger than the age of the granite emplacement and thus considerably postdates the time of magma crystallization, but is close to the closure time of the K–Ar system in the biotite. This points to a close relationship between granite cooling and ore-forming process. It appears that hydrothermal mineralization took place in the stage of slow cooling of the granite, whereas the rapid cooling of the granite was concurrent with the migration of hydrothermal fluids along fault structures. Therefore, the activity of the ore-forming hydrothermal system is temporally dictated by the cooling rates of the granite and may lag about 25 to 30 Ma behind the crystallization timing of associated granite.     

海南尖峰岭岩体热液锆石U-Pb定年及微量元素研究: 对热液作用及抱伦金矿成矿时代的限定

海南抱伦金矿矿区尖峰岭岩体中的锆石可分为岩浆锆石和热液锆石.岩浆锆石无色、透明, 长柱状、无明显包裹体, U、Th含量多小于1000μg/g, 206Pb-238U年龄加权平均值为240±2.1Ma, 代表了尖峰岭岩体的结晶年龄.热液锆石呈褐色、浑浊、半透明的自形短柱状, 相对于岩浆锆石具有异常高的U、Th及微量元素含量, 其U含量最高可达30000μg/g, Th含量最高可达20000μg/g, 微量及稀土元素含量比岩浆锆石普遍高一个数量级, 且具有较高的普通Pb.LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果表明, 这些热液锆石的形成年龄为106~120Ma之间, 206Pb-238U年龄加权平均值为112.8±4.3Ma, 代表了热液作用的年龄, 显示该区在112~120Ma左右经历了一次强烈的热液作用, 可能与该区燕山期大规模的岩浆作用以及抱伦金矿的成矿有关.研究还表明, 对热液锆石直接进行微区原位U-Pb定年, 可用来准确测定热液作用的时间和限定热液成因金矿床的成矿时代.      

Geochronology of igneous rocks at and near to the Nezhdaninka gold deposit, Yakutia, Russia: U-Pb, Rb-Sr, and Sm-Nd isotopic data

The intrusive rocks associated with the large Nezhdaninka gold deposit (Au > 470 t) hosted in the Permian carbonaceous terrigenous sequence have been dated on zircon and rock-forming minerals with precision U-Pb (ID-TIMS) and Rb-Sr methods. The lamprophyre of the dike complex that occurs in the ore field and spatially is related to gold mineralization has concordant U-Pb zircon age (121 ± 1 Ma) and the same isochron Rb-Sr age (121.0 ± 2.8 Ma). The concordant U-Pb zircon age of granodiorite that dominates in the Kurum pluton is 94 ± 1 Ma, whereas the Rb-Sr isochron age of various intrusive rocks from this pluton is 1–4 Ma younger. This difference is caused by long-term cooling of the Kurum pluton and later closure of Rb-Sr isotopic system of biotite (300–350°C) and other rock-forming minerals as compared with U-Pb isotopic system of zircon (～ 900°C). The Rb-Sr age of quartz diorite from the Gel’dy group of stocks (92.6 ± 0.8 Ma) coincides within uncertainty limits with the age of the Kurum pluton. Thus, the rocks pertaining to two epochs of magmatic activity, which developed in the South Verkhoyansk Foldbelt and divided by a time span of 25–28 Ma, are documented in the Nezhdaninka ore field. Taking into account that the age of gold mineralization is no less than 120 Ma, the data obtained allow us to specify the previously proposed formation model of the Nezhdaninka deposit. These data give grounds to rule out the Late Cretaceous Kurum pluton and the Gel’dy group of stocks from constituents of the ore-magmatic system, and to suggest that an Early Cretaceous deep-seated magma source existed beneath the deposit. Along with host terrigenous rocks, this magma source participated in the supply of matter to the hydrothermal system. The Nd, Sr, and Pb isotopic systematics of igneous rocks and ore mineralization in the Nezhdaninka ore field show that the Early and Late Cretaceous magma sources were formed in the Precambrian crust dated at ～1.8 Ga.     

湘南新田岭大型钨钼矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素测年及其地质意义

新田岭矿床是湘南地区一大型矽卡岩-石英脉型钨钼多金属矿床,在成因上与骑田岭岩体早期侵位的角闪石黑云母二长花岗岩相关。分别对该矿床矽卡岩型和石英脉型矿石内的辉钼矿单矿物进行了Re-Os同位素测年,结果显示,矽卡岩型矿石中1件辉钼矿的187Re-187Os模式年龄为159.1±2.6Ma,6件石英脉型矿石中辉钼矿的187Re-187Os模式年龄为159.1～160.2Ma,加权平均值为159.4±1.3Ma,对应的等时线年龄为161.7±9.3Ma,与已有的矽卡岩内铁云母Ar-Ar年龄(157.1±0.3Ma)和石英脉内石英流体包裹体的Rb-Sr年龄(157.4±3.2Ma)在误差范围内相吻合,指示新田岭钨钼矿床的成矿时限大致可限定为157.1～161.7Ma,表明钨钼矿化与该区骑田岭岩体早期侵位的角闪石黑云母花岗岩(160～163Ma)具有密切的时间关系。结合已有的研究结果认为,新田岭大型钨钼矿床与骑田岭岩体早期侵位的角闪石黑云母二长花岗岩具有密切的时、空联系,而南部的芙蓉锡矿与晚期侵位的黑云母二长花岗岩更为密切,整个骑田岭A型花岗岩的侵位及相关的钨锡多金属成矿作用应为一个连续的演化过程,均为南岭地区150～160Ma钨锡多金属爆发式成矿作用的产物。该区在中-晚侏罗世(150～165Ma)岩石圈的伸展减薄背景下,软流圈地幔物质沿着深大断裂上涌,强烈的壳幔相互作用可能为大规模的花岗质岩浆活动及钨锡多金属的成矿大爆发提供了主要的热动力和部分物源。