Age and metal source of orogenic gold deposits in Southeast Guizhou Province,China: Constraints from Re-Os and He-Ar isotopic evidence

The orogenic gold deposits in Southeast Guizhou are an important component of the Xuefeng polymetallic ore belt and have significant exploration potential, but geochronology research on these gold deposits is scarce. Therefore, the ore genetic models are poorly constrained and remain unclear. In the present study, two important deposits(Pingqiu and Jinjing) are investigated, including combined Re-Os dating and the He-Ar isotope study of auriferous arsenopyrites. It is found that the arsenopyrites from the Pingqiu gold deposit yielded an isochron age of 400 ± 24 Ma,with an initial ~(187)Os/~(188)Os ratio of 1.24 ± 0.57(MSWD = 0.96). An identical isochron age of 400 ± 11 Ma with an initial ~(187)Os/~(188)Os ratio of 1.55 ± 0.14(MSWD = 0.34) was obtained from the Jinjing deposit. These ages correspond to the regional Caledonian orogeny and are interpreted to represent the age of the main stage ore. Both initial ~(187)Os ratios suggest that the Os was derived from crustal rocks. Combined with previous rare earth element(REE), trace elements, Nd-Sr-S-Pb isotope studies on scheelite, inclusion fluids with other residues of gangue quartz, and sulfides from other gold deposits in the region, it is suggested that the ore metals from Pingqiu and Jinjing were sourced from the Xiajiang Group. The He and Ar isotopes of arsenopyrites are characterized by ~3 He/~4 He ratios ranging from 5.3 × 10~(-4) Ra to 2.5 × 10~(-2) Ra(Ra = 1.4 × 10~(-6), the ~3 He/~4 He ratio of air), 40 Ar=/~4 He ratios from 0.64 × 10~(-2) to 15.39×10~(-2), and ~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar ratios from 633.2 to 6582.0. Those noble gas isotopic compositions of fluid inclusions also support a crustal source origin,evidenced by the Os isotope. Meanwhile, recent noble gas studies suggest that the amount of in situ radiogenic ~4 He generated should not be ignored, even when Th and U are present at levels of only a few ppm in host minerals.     

黔东平秋金矿含金石英脉包裹体地球化学

本文主要通过包裹体岩相学特征、测温及成分分析等几个方面,对锦屏县平秋金矿含金石英脉的包裹体进行研究。结果显示成矿流体主要表现为具岩浆热液性质的中低温、低盐度、低密度的热液。     

黔东南平秋金矿成因研究:来自氢、氧、硫同位素的制约

黔东南地处江南造山带西南段雪峰隆起西南端,区内金矿床(点)广布,是湘黔金矿集中区的重要组成部分。平秋金矿是该区金矿床的典型代表,其矿体产于下江群番召组浅变质火山-沉积岩,严格受北东向断裂褶皱控制。为理清其成因,对平秋金矿床含矿石英脉中的石英包裹体进行了氢、氧同位素测试。结果显示,其δD为-51.3‰~-59‰,δ18OH2O-SMOW为4.46‰~8.16‰,表明平秋金矿成矿期流体以变质水为主。对成矿期黄铁矿的硫同位素分析结果表明,其δ34S值为-1.86‰~4.55‰,而围岩下江群浅变质岩中黄铁矿的δ34S值为9.63‰~13.56‰,二者相差巨大,表明矿床中硫不是直接来自于赋矿围岩。根据上述氢、氧、硫同位素测定结果并结合区域地质背景,本文认为平秋金矿的成矿流体和成矿物质源自下伏地层的变质脱水作用,成矿作用与加里东运动造成的变质变形有关。