Types,features, and prospecting potential for Mesozoic metal ore deposits in Zhejiang Province,southeast China

The geotectonic units of Zhejiang Province include the Yangtze Plate in the northwest juxtaposed against the South China fold system in the southeast along the Jiangshan–Shaoxing fault. The South China fold system is further divided into the Chencai–Suichang uplift belt and the Wenzhou–Linhai geotectogene belt, whose boundary is the Yuyao–Lishui fault. The corresponding metallogenic belts are the Mo–Au(–Pb–Zn–Cu) metallogenic belt in northwest Zhejiang, the Chencai–Suichang Au–Ag–Pb–Zn–Mo metallogenic belt, and the coastal Ag–Pb–Zn–Mo–Au metallogenic belt. The main Mesozoic metal ore deposits include epithermal Au–Ag(Ag), hydrothermal vein-type Ag–Pb–Zn(Cu), and porphyry–skarn-type Mo and vein-type Mo deposits. These ore bodies are related to the Mesozoic volcanic-intrusive structure: the epithermal Au–Ag(Ag) deposits are represented by the Zhilingtou Au–Ag deposit and Houan Ag deposit and their veins are controlled by volcanic structure; the hydrothermal vein-type Ag–Pb–Zn deposits are represented by the Dalingkou Ag–Pb–Zn deposit and also controlled by volcanic structure; and the porphyry–skarn-type Mo deposits are represented by the Tongcun Mo deposit and the vein-type Mo deposits are represented by the Shipingchuan Mo deposit, all of which are related to granite porphyries. These metal ore deposits have close spatio-temporal relationships with each other; both the epithermal Au–Ag(Ag) deposits and the hydrothermal vein-type Ag–Pb–Zn deposits exhibit vertical zonations of the metallic elements and form a Mo–Pb–Zn–Au–Ag metallogenetic system. These Jurassic–Cretaceous deposits may be products of tectonic-volcanic-intrusive magmatic activities during the westward subduction of the Pacific Plate. Favourable metallogenetic conditions and breakthroughs in the recent prospecting show that there is great resource potential for porphyry-type deposits (Mo, Cu) in Zhejiang Province.     

Genetic analysis of recent marine sediments by the signal storage method

China has many volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, few of which are familiar to Western geologists. The economic importance of VMS deposits in China has been increasingly recognized, especially after progress has been made on exploration and research in major orogenic belts since the 1980s. VMS deposits of various types with ages ranging from Proterozoic to Mesozoic have been identified within a number of major metallogenic belts. The VMS deposits in northwestern China occur in Hercy-Caledonian orogenic belts (the Altaides [Altay] and Qilian); those in southwestern China appear in the Himalaya-Tethyan orogenic belt as well as at the margin of Yangtze continental plate; and those in eastern China are related to basemental sequences of Proterozoic to early Paleozoic ages. Most of the important VMS deposits in China appear to be associated with paleotectonic settings of convergent plate margins. Only a few deposits presently have been identified as economically important, but if VMS deposits occur in clusters within metallogenic belts, then the potential for discovering more deposits is considerable.     

中国一些主要金属矿床类型及其时空分布规律问题

中国已发现了许多规模较大的金属矿床，其中以铁-铜-镍、锌-铅、锰-铝和钨-锡-钼十种四组矿床最具特色。它们分别产于前寒武纪古陆和显生宙的地槽褶皱系中。比较发育的成矿期是太古一早元古代、中元古代、晚古生代和中生代。根据许多矿床分别产于以海相喷出沉积为主和喷出、侵入均极发育的不同地质构造环境中，说明一些金属矿床的形成是严格地受地质构造环境控制的。在地质构造演化历史过程中，类似的地质构造环境虽然可以形成近似的矿床，但这仅是少数矿床类型，总的说成矿作用是由简而繁，显生宙比隐生宙出现更多的新矿床类型。因此中国一些金属矿床的时空分布是明显地具有一定的规律性的。     

西北地区重要金属矿产成矿特征及其找矿潜力

西北地区主要金属矿产种类繁多,大中型金属矿床309处。其地处大陆腹地,以塔里木陆块为主体,东接华北地台西段的阿拉善地块,南、北分别由众多微陆块镶嵌的显生宙造山系构成。北造山系以天山-兴安岭华力西造山系的西段为主体,向北接有阿尔泰-额尔古纳加里东造山系,间有准噶尔、伊犁等微地块。南造山系则自北向南依次由秦祁昆中央造山系中西段、松潘甘孜造山系等组成,间有中祁连、柴达木等微地块。构造复杂,是典型的陆内造山带发育地区。总体上处于古亚洲造山区,南接特提斯造山区,东叠环太平洋造山区。西北地区以元古宙-古生代金属成矿为显著特色。岩浆熔离型铜镍矿床、块状硫化物铜多金属矿床、海底喷流(气)型铅锌矿床、斑岩型铜钼矿床、矽卡岩型钨矿床及热液蚀变岩型金属矿床是主要的成矿类型。依据时空统一、区域地质构造和成矿演化,结合成矿理论分析,西北地区成矿单元划分主要处于3个成矿域:自北而南古亚洲成矿域、秦祁昆中央成矿域和特提斯成矿域。古亚洲成矿域主要由阿尔泰、西天山-西南天山、东天山、北山成矿带组成,夹持有准噶尔盆地和塔里木盆地,以晚古生代内生矿床产出为特点。秦祁昆中央成矿域以自西而东主要有西昆仑-阿尔金、祁连山、东昆仑、秦岭成矿带构成,祁连山、东昆仑之间夹持有柴达木盆地,以元古宙、早古生代内生矿床成矿为显著特点。特提斯成矿域仅出露于青海的南部,三江成矿区的北段以中新生代成矿为特点。已有的矿产资源资料和最新地质大调查专项工作进展表明,在西北地区广大的找矿空间和良好的成矿条件基础上,需重新认识成矿地质背景,科学地确定主攻方向,以新发现的十余处具有大型-超大型金属矿床潜力的远景区为勘查重点,集中攻关,加强综合性研究,实现地质找矿重大突破。     

Tectonic evolution,superimposed orogeny,and composite metallogenic system in China

Continental China is a mosaic of numerous tectonic blocks, which amalgamated from Neoarchean to Cenozoic broadly coeval with the cycles of global supercontinents such as Kenorland, Columbia, Rodinia, Gondwana, and Pangaea. By reviewing the long-lasting geological evolution in the different tectonic blocks, it reveals that more than two episodes of tectonic events, including accretionary and collisional orogeny, and dismantling, as well as mantle plume, occurred successively or simultaneously within a single tectonic belt. This is called superimposed orogeny in this study. Examples of the dominant types of superimposed orogeny in China include: (1) Cenozoic continental collision superimposed on Paleo- to Mesozoic accretionary orogeny in the Tibet and Sanjiang orogenic belts; (2) Reactivation of Paleozoic accretionary orogen in later Mesozoic oceanic subduction in the eastern part of Qinling–Qilian–Kunlun and Central Asian orogenic belts; (3) Mesozoic oceanic subduction under the paleo-suture in the South China Block; (4) Mesozoic demantling along the Paleo- and Neoproterozoic, and Paleozoic sutures in the eastern part of North China Craton; and (5) mantle plume rising through metasomatized lithospheric mantle or stagnant oceanic slab in the Emeishan large igneous province. A comprehensive review of the spatial-temporal distribution of ore deposits and their salient features shows that the superimposed orogeny has exerted significant control on metallogeny in China. The giant porphyry and skarnore deposits, as well as orogenic gold deposits were preferentially formed along previous tectonic suture, craton margin, and arc during later orogenesis due to the remobilization of previously enriched metals. Superimposed orogeny has reworked the lithospheric structure with concomitant granitoid-associated metallogeny. The mixing of magmas from juvenile lower crust, ancient lower crust, and middle crust, which tends to induce the different mineralization of Cu–Au, Mo, and Pb–Zn–W–Sn deposits respectively, was considered to generate a wide variety of combinations of metal species. The superimposed orogeny caused the overlapping of diverse genetic types of deposit formed in different tectonic periods in the same tectono-metallogenic belt. The stratiform ore deposit, including BIF, VMS, SEDEX, or sedimentary sulfide layers, formed from Neoarchean to Paleozoic, were modified by later mineralization, resulting in the enrichment of the various metal species and enhancement of ore resources. This study brings up the concept of composite metallogenic system to summarize the regional metallogeny driven by superimposed orogeny. The composite metallogenic system was dominantly characterized by the multi-episodic and diverse mineralization concomitant with one or more features, including mineralization evolved from the previous metal enrichment, later overlapping or modification on previous ore belt, and diversifying of metal species derived from reworked lithosphere.     

“三江”地区火山成因块状硫化物矿床的基本特征与主要类型

“三江”地区是我国一个主要的火山成因块状硫化物成矿区域,包括2个成矿带:①赠科—乡城矿带,主要产出伴随晚三叠世义敦岛弧裂谷火山作用形成的黑矿型Zn-Pb-Cu块状硫化物矿床;②昌宁—孟连矿带,以伴随保山—掸邦微陆块晚古生代裂谷火山作用形成的老厂型Pb-Zn-Cu和别子型Cu-Zn块状硫化物矿床为主,本文揭示“三江”地区,尤其是赠科—乡城和昌宁—孟连矿带的构造-火山-矿床的地质特征,阐明该区块状硫化物矿床的主要成因类型。     

陕西南秦岭南部褶皱带贵金属、有色金属成矿规律及找矿方向

南秦岭南部褶皱带是秦岭造山带的重要组成部分，随着找矿勘查工作的深入，相继发现了一系列金、银、锑、铅、锌、铜矿床（点），成为陕西省又一重要有色、贵金属成矿带。南秦岭南部元古宙至中生代多次发生火山成矿作用、沉积或喷流沉积成矿作用和构造-岩浆成矿作用，金、银、锑、铅、锌、铜成矿具有一定的规律，找矿前景好。从资源潜力及经济意义上来看，金应该是该区的主攻矿种。同时，应该兼顾银、锑、铅、锌、铜的找矿工作。开展自水江-留坝成矿带金、银锑找矿、牛山隆起北缘成矿带金铜多金属找矿和红椿坝断裂两侧铜金找矿是主要找矿方向。     

论华南喷流—沉积块状硫化物矿床

现代海底喷流－沉积硫化物矿床的发现极大地推动了海底热液成矿理论的发展,也大大地提高了对古代海底喷流块充化物矿术的研究水平。本文指出喷流－沉积是重要的成矿作用,提出喷流－沉积矿床是华南Ｃｕ、Ｐｂ、Ｚｎ、Ｓｎ、Ａｇ、Ａｕ等矿产资源的重要来源,形成了一批超大型矿床,并将华南许多曾被认为属夕卡岩矿床重新确认为喷流－沉积岩床。文章还论述了华南喷流－沉积块状硫化物矿床的特征、分类、时空分布及其成矿特点等问题,提出断裂拗陷带型喷流－沉积块状硫化物矿床是华南具有特色的类型,而陆相断陷盆地中喷流－沉积矿床值得进一步深入研究。     

Mineral resources of Southern Africa in time-stratigraphic perspective

The tectono-stratigraphic setting of mineral deposits in southern Africa is reviewed with reference to 5 outline maps portraying stages in the evolution of the subcontinent.The Early and Middle Archaean Eras are characterized by deposits of Cr, Au and Fe; the Late Archaean by Au, U and Ni. In the Early Proterozoic the intrusion of vast mafic complexes supplied Cr, Ni, Pt, Cu and V-Fe ore, while sedimentary basins received Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb and Zn in marginal seas. The Middle Proterozoic was a singularly poor metallogenic Era, producing only pegmatite minerals and a variety of Cu deposits. The Late Proterozoic is typified by widespread occurrence of Cu, Pb, Zn and local U in geosynclinal belts; pegmatite minerals formed on a large scale in rejuvenated basement. Carbon is the most important element of Phanerozoic deposits, accounting for the fossil fuels besides appearing as diamond in kimberlite. It also contributed to the precipitation of sandstone-type U. Post-Gondwana morphology and climate effected further surface concentration and dispersal of minerals.     

戴云山构造带成矿地质特征

戴云山构造带的断裂活动、岩浆活动及火山作用强烈,不同期次的岩浆侵入和火山活动对Au、Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn矿床的形成起着一定的控制作用.元古界变质基底和上古生界在火山岩中呈"天窗"出露.戴云山构造带内主要有层间破碎带蚀变岩型金矿床、沉积变质-热液叠加改造型铅锌银矿床、接触交代型矿床、斑岩型铜(钼)矿床、火山热液型矿床.研究表明:晋宁-加里东期是该区最重要的成矿期,燕山晚期为另一重要成矿期.区域断裂、褶皱构造、构造界面以及2组构造的交汇都对矿床的产出起着重要的控制作用.     

西南三江锌铅银铜锑金成矿带成矿特征及资源潜力

西南三江成矿带是我国重要有色金属和贵金属多金属成矿带之一,锌铅银铜锑金等多金属矿产资源十分丰富。本文从西南三江成矿带范围、成矿地质条件、主攻矿种、矿床类型和矿产资源潜力等方面概述了西南三江成矿带的成矿特征及资源潜力。西南三江成矿带地处特提斯—喜马拉雅构造域的东部,是欧亚板块与印度板块碰撞结合带,大地构造复杂,地层发育齐全,岩浆活动频繁,成矿地质条件优越。西南三江成矿带划分了与富碱性斑岩有关的金铜钼铅锌矿床成矿系列、与碳酸盐岩—碎屑岩系有关铅锌矿床成矿系列和与碰撞造山韧性剪切带有关的金镍铬矿床成矿系列等二十个矿床成矿系列,主攻矿种为锌、铅、铜、银、金和锑,发育有斑岩型、沉积-改造型和MVT型等多种矿床类型。兰坪金顶超大型铅锌矿床和鹤庆北衙超大型金矿床是西南三江成矿带多期多类型叠加成矿的典型矿床,本文简要介绍了其矿床地质特征。根据全国矿产资源潜力评价项目最新成果,本文按预测深度汇总了西南三江成矿带锌、铅和铜等20种矿产的预测资源量,划分了青海多彩地区铜多金属、西藏夏日多—多霞松多铜钼、云南兰坪—云龙铅锌铜和云南鹤庆—祥云金多金属等24个成矿远景区,初步总结了其中13个重点远景区的主攻矿种、主攻矿床类型和资源潜力。     

地史早期岩石中的铅锌演化--狼山-渣尔泰山中元古代铅锌成矿的物质基础

以中国内蒙古狼山一渣尔泰山中元古代SEDEX型铅．锌成矿带为例，研究了该区从太古代到中元古代地壳岩石的铅锌含量和变化关系以及与成矿的关系。研究发现，从早到晚，岩石SiO2和K2O含量升高，铅含量也与二者同步增加；FeO、MgO、CaO及Na20含量呈下降趋势，锌含量也同步降低。在太古代时，岩石的Zn／Pb比值一般〉8，中元古代时这一比值降低为2～4。矿石的Zn／Pb比值与基底岩石Zn／Pb比值具有很好的一致性。铅锌这种随时间的变化与中元古代铅的暴发性成矿及大规模铅锌共生矿床的形成是同步的，说明基底岩石中的铅和锌是该成矿带SEDEX矿床成矿的物质基础。     

Geodynamics and metallogeny of the eastern Tethyan metallogenic domain

The Tethyside orogen, a direct consequence of the separation of the Gondwanaland and the accretion of Eurasia, is a huge composite orogenic system that was generated during Paleozoic–Mesozoic Tethyan accretionary and Cenozoic continent–continent collisional orogenesis within the Tethyan domain. The Tethyside orogenic system consists of a group of diverse Tethyan blocks, including the Istanbul, Sakarya, Anatolide–Taurides, Central Iran, Afghanistan, Songpan–Ganzi, Eastern Qiangtang, Western Qiangtang, Lhasa, Indochina, Sibumasu, and Western Burma blocks, which were separated from Gondwana, drifted northwards, and accreted to the Eurasian continent by opening and closing of two successive Tethyan oceanic basins (Paleo-Tethyan and Neo-Tethyan), and subsequent continental collision.The Tethyan domain represents a metallogenic amalgamation across diverse geodynamic settings, and is the best endowed of all large orogenic systems, such as those associated with the Cordilleran and Variscan orogenies. The ore deposits within the Tethyan domain include porphyry Cu–Mo–Au, granite-related Sn–W, podiform chromite, sediment-hosted Pb–Zn deposits, volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) Cu–Pb–Zn deposits, epithermal and orogenic Au polymetallic deposits, as well as skarn Fe polymetallic deposits. At least two metallogenic supergroups have been identified within the eastern Tethyan metallogenic domain (ETMD): (1) metallogenesis related to the accretionary orogen, including the Zhongdian, Bangonghu, and Pontides porphyry Cu belts, the Pontides, Sanandaj–Sirjan, and Sanjiang VMS belts, the Lasbela–Khuzdar sedimentary exhalative-type (SEDEX) Pb–Zn deposits, and podiform chromite deposits along the Tethyan ophiolite zone; and (2) metallogenesis related to continental collision, including the Gangdese, Yulong, Arasbaran–Kerman and Chagai porphyry Cu belts, the Taurus, Sanandaj–Sirjan, and Sanjiang Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) Pb–Zn belts, the Southeast Asia and Tengchong–Lianghe Sn–W belts or districts, the Himalayan epithermal Sb–Au–Pb–Zn belt, the Piranshahr–Saqez–Sardasht and Ailaoshan orogenic Au belts, and the northwest Iran and northeastern Gangdese skarn Fe polymetallic belts. Mineral deposits that are generated with tectonic evolution of the Tethys form in specific settings, such as accretionary wedges, magmatic arcs, backarcs, and passive continental margins within accretionary orogens, and the foreland basins, foreland thrust zones, collisional sutures, collisional magmatic zones, and collisional deformation zones within collisional orogens.Synthesizing the architecture and tectonic evolution of collisional orogens within the ETMD and comparisons with other collisional orogenic systems have led to the identification of four basic types of collision: orthogonal and asymmetric (e.g., the Tibetan collision), orthogonal and symmetric (Pyrenees), oblique and symmetric (Alpine), and oblique and asymmetric (Zagros). The tectonic evolution of collisional orogens typically includes three major processes: (1) syn-collisional continental convergence, (2) late-collisional tectonic transform, and (3) post-collisional crustal extension, each forming distinct types of ore deposits in specific settings. The resulting synthesis leads us to propose a new conceptual framework for the collision-related metallogenic systems, which may aid in deciphering relationships among ore types in other comparable collisional orogens. Three significant processes, such as breaking-off of subducted Tethyan slab, large-scale strike-slip faulting, shearing and thrusting, and delamination (or broken-off) of lithosphere, developed in syn-, late- and post-collisional periods, repsectively, were proposed to act as major driving forces, resulting in the formation of the collision-related metallogenic systems. Widespread appearance of juvenile crust and intense inteaction between mantle and crust within the Himalayan–Zagros orogens indicate that collisional orogens have great potential for the discovery of large or giant mineral deposits.     

6: Classification of VMS deposits: Lessons from the South Uralides

VMS deposits of the South Urals developed within the evolving Urals palaeo-ocean between Silurian and Late Devonian times. Arc-continent collision between Baltica and the Magnitogorsk Zone (arc) in the south-western Urals effectively terminated submarine volcanism in the Magnitogorsk Zone with which the bulk of the VMS deposits are associated. The majority of the Urals VMS deposits formed within volcanic-dominated sequences in deep seawater settings. Preservation of macro and micro vent fauna in the sulphide bodies is both testament to the seafloor setting for much of the sulphides but also the exceptional degree of preservation and lack of metamorphic overprint of the deposits and host rocks. The deposits in the Urals have previously been classified in terms of tectonic setting, host rock associations and metal ratios in line with recent tectono-stratigraphic classifications. In addition to these broad classes, it is clear that in a number of the Urals settings, an evolution of the host volcanic stratigraphy is accompanied by an associated change in the metal ratios of the VMS deposits, a situation previously discussed, for example, in the Noranda district of Canada.Two key structural settings are implicated in the South Urals. The first is seen in a preserved marginal allochthon west of the Main Urals Fault where early arc tholeiites host Cu–Zn mineralization in deposits including Yaman Kasy, which is host to the oldest macro vent fauna assembly known to science. The second tectonic setting for the South Urals VMS is the Magnitogorsk arc where study has highlighted the presence of a preserved early forearc assemblage, arc tholeiite to calc-alkaline sequences and rifted arc bimodal tholeiite sequences. The boninitc rocks of the forearc host Cu–(Zn) and Cu–Co VMS deposits, the latter hosted in fragments within the Main Urals Fault Zone (MUFZ) which marks the line of arc-continent collision in Late Devonian times. The arc tholeiites host Cu–Zn deposits with an evolution to more calc-alkaline felsic volcanic sequences matched with a change to Zn–Pb–Cu polymetallic deposits, often gold-rich. Large rifts in the arc sequence are filled by thick bimodal tholeiite sequences, themselves often showing an evolution to a more calc-alkaline nature. These thick bimodal sequences are host to the largest of the Cu–Zn VMS deposits.The exceptional degree of preservation in the Urals has permitted the identification of early seafloor clastic and hydrolytic modification (here termed halmyrolysis sensu lato) to the sulphide assemblages prior to diagenesis and this results in large-scale modification to the primary VMS body, resulting in distinctive morphological and mineralogical sub-types of sulphide body superimposed upon the tectonic association classification.It is proposed that a better classification of seafloor VMS systems is thus achievable using a three stage classification based on (a) tectonic (hence bulk volcanic chemistry) association, (b) local volcanic chemical evolution within a single edifice and (c) seafloor reworking and halmyrolysis.     

Jusa and Barsuchi Log Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits from the Southern Urals of Russia: Tectonic Setting, Structure and Mode of Formation

The Jusa and Barsuchi Log volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits formed along a paleo island arc in the east Magnitogrosk zone of the Southern Urals between ca 398 and 390 Ma. By analogy with the VMS deposits of the west Magnitogrosk zone, they are considered to be Baimak type deposits, which are Zn‐Cu‐Ba deposits containing Au, Ag and minor Pb. Detailed mapping and textural analysis of the two deposits shows that they formed as submarine hydrothermal mounds which were subsequently destroyed on the sea floor under the influence of ocean bottom currents and slumping. Both deposits display a ratio of the length to the maximum width of the deposit >15 and are characterized by ribbon‐like layers composed mainly of bedded ore and consisting principally of altered fine clastic ore facies. The Jusa deposit appears to have formed in two stages: deposition of colloform pyrite followed by deposition of copper–zinc–lead sulfides characterized by the close association of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, tennantite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, bornite, native gold and electrum and high concentrations of gold and silver. The low metamorphic grade of the east Magnitogorsk zone accounts for the exceptional degree of preservation of these deposits.     

Mineralization Ages of the Jiapigou Gold Deposits,Jilin

The Jiapigou gold deposits are typical vein type deposits associated withArchaean greenstone belts in China. According to the crosscutting relationships between dykesand auriferous veins, single hydrothermal zircon U-Pb dating and quartz K-Ar,~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar andRb-Sr datings, the main mineralization stage of the Jiapigou deposit has been determined to be2469-2475 Ma, while mineralization superimposition on the gold deposit occurred in1800-2000 Ma and 130-272 Ma. They form a mineralization framework of one oldermetallogenic epoch (Late Archaean-Early Proterozoic) and one younger metallogenic epoch(Mesozoic) of gold deposits in Archaean greenstone belts in China.     

U–Pb and Re–Os Geochronology of the Tongcun Molybdenum Deposit and Zhilingtou Gold‐Silver Deposit in Zhejiang Province,Southeast China,and Its Geological Implications

Mesozoic ore deposits in Zhejiang Province, Southeast China, are divided into the northwestern and southeastern Zhejiang metallogenic belts along the Jiangshan–Shaoxing Fault. The metal ore deposits found in these belts are epithermal Au–Ag deposits, hydrothermal‐vein Ag–Pb–Zn deposits, porphyry–skarn Mo (Fe) deposits, and vein‐type Mo deposits. There is a close spatial–temporal relationship between the Mesozoic ore deposits and Mesozoic volcanic–intrusive complexes. Zircon U–Pb dating of the ore‐related intrusive rocks and molybdenite Re–Os dating from two typical deposits (Tongcun Mo deposit and Zhilingtou Au–Ag deposit) in the two metallogenic belts show the early and late Yanshanian ages for mineralization. SIMS U–Pb data of zircons from the Tongcun Mo deposit and Zhilingtou Au–Ag deposit indicate that the host granitoids crystallized at 169.7 ± 9.7 Ma (2σ) and 113.6 ± 1 Ma (2σ), respectively. Re–Os analysis of six molybdenite samples from the Tongcun Mo deposit yields an isochron age of 163.9 ± 1.9 Ma (2σ). Re–Os analyses of five molybdenite samples from the porphyry Mo orebodies of the Zhilingtou Au‐Ag deposit yield an isochron age of 110.1 ± 1.8 Ma (2σ). Our results suggest that the metal mineralization in the Zhejiang Province, southeast China formed during at least two stages, i.e., Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, coeval with the granitic magmatism.     

云南澜沧江中南段多金属成矿谱系分析

基于GIS空间分析技术,对云南澜沧江中南段多金属矿床的赋矿地层时间谱系、容矿构造空间谱系和矿床成因谱系进行了较系统的分析.研究表明,下-中元古界、三叠系、泥盆系、二叠系是本区最重要的赋矿层位,有两个聚矿期和多个时代地层含矿的特点,不同时代地层的含矿性具有多样性和专属型特征,元古宙火山沉积为主的建造是铁-铜、钨-锡矿为主的赋矿层位,晚古生代-中生代早期是沉积、裂谷火山活动强烈时期,金、铜、铅、锌、银、汞、锑、钨、锡多金属矿床高度聚集.自东向西为中生代坳陷区金、铜、镍成矿带,思茅-龙洞河晚古生代-三叠纪沉积盆地铜、铅、锌、银成矿带,岩浆弧地块钨、锡、铅-锌、铁成矿带,浅变质岩基底铅-锌-银、铁成矿带,被动边缘活动带金、铅-锌-银、锡成矿区和保山-镇康微地块铅-锌、铜、铁、汞成矿带,构成了容矿构造空间谱系.全区多金属矿床有沉积、沉积改造、岩浆-变质热液、火山沉积-火山热液四大成矿谱系,14种成矿类型,铜多金属、铅-锌-银、锡-钨矿床是研究区最具找矿前景的优势矿种.     

Architecture and mineral deposit settings of the Altaid orogenic collage: a revised model

The Altaids are an orogenic collage of Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic rocks located in the center of Eurasia. This collage consists of only three oroclinally bent Neoproterozoic–Early Paleozoic magmatic arcs (Kipchak, Tuva–Mongol, and Mugodzhar–Rudny Altai), separated by sutures of their former backarc basins, which were stitched by new generations of overlapping magmatic arcs. In addition, the Altaids host accreted fragments of the Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic oceanic island chains and Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic plume-related magmatic rocks superimposed on the accreted fragments. All these assemblages host important, many world-class, Late Proterozoic to Early Mesozoic gold, copper–molybdenum, lead–zinc, nickel and other deposits of various types.In the Late Proterozoic, during breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia, the Kipchak and Tuva–Mongol magmatic arcs were rifted off Eastern Europe–Siberia and Laurentia to produce oceanic backarc basins. In the Late Ordovician, the Siberian craton began its clockwise rotation with respect to Eastern Europe and this coincides with the beginning of formation of the Mugodzhar–Rudny Altai arc behind the Kipchak arc. These earlier arcs produced mostly Cu–Pb–Zn VMS deposits, although some important intrusion-related orogenic Au deposits formed during arc–arc collision events in the Middle Cambrian and Late Ordovician.The clockwise rotation of Siberia continued through the Paleozoic until the Early Permian producing several episodes of oroclinal bending, strike–slip duplication and reorganization of the magmatic arcs to produce the overlapping Kazakh–Mongol and Zharma-Saur–Valerianov–Beltau-Kurama arcs that welded the extinct Kipchak and Tuva–Mongol arcs. This resulted in amalgamation of the western portion of the Altaid orogenic collage in the Late Paleozoic. Its eastern portion amalgamated only in the early Mesozoic and was overlapped by the Transbaikal magmatic arc, which developed in response to subduction of the oceanic crust of the Paleo-Pacific Ocean. Several world-class Cu–(Mo)-porphyry, Cu–Pb–Zn VMS and intrusion-related Au mineral camps, which formed in the Altaids at this stage, coincided with the episodes of plate reorganization and oroclinal bending of magmatic arcs. Major Pb–Zn and Cu sedimentary rock-hosted deposits of Kazakhstan and Central Asia formed in backarc rifts, which developed on the earlier amalgamated fragments. Major orogenic gold deposits are intrusion-related deposits, often occurring within black shale-bearing sutured backarc basins with oceanic crust.After amalgamation of the western Altaids, this part of the collage and adjacent cratons were affected by the Siberian superplume, which ascended at the Permian–Triassic transition. This plume-related magmatism produced various deposits, such as famous Ni–Cu–PGE deposits of Norilsk in the northwest of the Siberian craton.In the early Mesozoic, the eastern Altaids were oroclinally bent together with the overlapping Transbaikal magmatic arc in response to the northward migration and anti-clockwise rotation of the North China craton. The following collision of the eastern portion of the Altaid collage with the Siberian craton formed the Mongol–Okhotsk suture zone, which still links the accretionary wedges of central Mongolia and Circum-Pacific belts. In the late Mesozoic, a system of continent-scale conjugate northwest-trending and northeast-trending strike–slip faults developed in response to the southward propagation of the Siberian craton with subsequent post-mineral offset of some metallogenic belts for as much as 70–400 km, possibly in response to spreading in the Canadian basin. India–Asia collision rejuvenated some of these faults and generated a system of impact rifts.     

秦岭Au- Pb- Zn成矿带成矿地质特征及潜力分析

地质大调查开展以来,秦岭地区地质调查和找矿勘探取得了重要进展,已成为我国重要的找矿远景区之一。为了更好地部署下一步找矿工作,开展了区域成矿规律总结研究、成矿远景区划分和找矿工作部署。本文重新划定了(修定)秦岭Au-Pb-Zn成矿带的边界。建立了秦岭成矿带的成矿系列组合,其中印支期是金铅锌大规模成矿的爆发期,区内矿床主要发育有卡林型金矿、造山型金矿、海底喷流-沉积-改造型铅锌矿、VMS型铜多金属矿、低温热液脉状汞锑矿、岩浆期后热液型铜金多金属矿等类型,带内仍具有极大的找矿潜力。结合区域找矿进展和潜力评价的最新成果,在该带内圈定了20处找矿远景区,其中8处为重点远景区,12处为一般远景区,建议下一步找矿勘查部署的主攻矿种为Au、Pb、Zn、Cu,主攻矿床类型为卡林型金矿、造山型金矿、海底喷流-沉积-改造型铅锌矿和岩浆期后热液型铜金多金属矿。该项成果对指导本成矿带下一步矿产勘查部署具有重要的意义。