Geochemistry of the Jinduicheng Mo-bearing porphyry and deposit,and its implications for the geodynamic setting in East Qinling,P.R. China

Simultaneous determinations of U–Pb dating and Hf isotopes on single zircon grains by excimer laser-ablation quadrupole and multiple-collector ICP-MS and petrologic and ore geochemical studies have been applied to the ore-bearing porphyry of the Jinduicheng porphyritic molybdenum deposit in East Qinling. Lithogeochemical data show that the porphyry is characteristic of high K₂O, K-feldspar porphyritic calc-alkaline granitoids with ¹⁷⁶Hf/¹⁷⁷Hf=0.282020–0.282436 and ε_Hf(t)=?23.7 to ?8.9, which indicates its mixed origin involving a crustal and a mantle component. The weighted average U–Pb age from single zircon grains of the porphyry is 141.5±1.5 Ma. This age coincides with the oldest molybdenite Re-Os model age as dated by others, suggesting that the period of mineralization was almost simultaneous with the porphyry emplacement, or slightly later. The porphyry intrusion and the molybdenum mineralization occurred during the transition from compression to extension in the Jurassic – Cretaceous periods. The corresponding tectonic setting was the intracontinental orogenic and extension stage after collision and orogenesis between the Southern China plate and the Northern China plate. The Jinduicheng porphyry and the deposit's geochemical data indicate that the ore-forming material originated from a mixing of lower crust and upper mantle. When the molybdenum-enriched magma intruded into the upper crust along zones of structural weakness, ore-forming fluid generated by magma crystallization of the porphyry interacted with wall rock or mingled with meteoric water to form the deposit.     

内蒙古大苏计和曹四夭大型钼矿床的发现及意义

大苏计矿床和曹四夭矿床是近几年在内蒙古中部地区找到的2处大型特大型钼矿床,产出规模分别达到20万吨和200万吨.钼矿化主要在太古宙变质岩及中生代石英斑岩、正长斑岩和花岗斑岩体内呈浸染状、网脉状和脉状产出,并且构成筒状、倒扣“碗状”和囊状矿体.两处矿床无论在产出环境和地质特征上,还是在矿物种属、元素组合和热液蚀变方面,均与美国克莱麦克斯钼矿床和黑龙江岔路口钼矿床较为相似,是中生代构造-岩浆活动的产物,属古大陆碰撞造山后伸展环境产出的斑岩型矿床.文章所提出的地壳4个演化阶段和3个成矿期次的成矿模式对于提高大苏计和曹四夭钼矿床理论研究水平,推动低山丘陵覆盖区大型隐伏钼矿床的找矿勘查工作深入进行,均具有重要意义.     

Emplacement Ages and Petrogenesis of the Molybdenum–bearing Granites in the Jinduicheng Area of East Qinling, China: Constraints from Zircon U–Pb Ages and Hf Isotopes

The Mesozoic porphyry assemblage in the Jinduicheng area is a special molybdenum area in China, the Mo deposits, including the Jinduicheng, Balipo, Shijiawan, Huanglongpu, are distributed. The emplacement age and geochemical features of the granites in the Jinduicheng area can provide essential information for the exploration and development of the porphyry molybdenum deposit. In this study, we report LA–ICP–MS zircon U–Pb age and zircon Hf isotopic compositions of granite porphyries from the Jinduicheng area, and provide insights on the petrogensis and source characteristics of the granites. The results show that the zircon U–Pb ages of the Jinduicheng granite porphyry (143±1 Ma) and the Balipo granite (154±1 Ma), agree well with the Re–Os ages of molybdenite in the Jinduicheng molybdenum polymetallic deposit (139±3 Ma) and the Balipo molybdenum polymetallic deposit (156±2 Ma), indicating that the emplacement of granite porphyries occurred between Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Zircons granite from the Jinduicheng area give the εHf(t) values mainly ranging from ?10 to ?16, and ?20 to ?24, respectively, corresponding to two–stage model ages (tDM2: mainly focused on 1.86–2.0 Ga, and 2.2–2.6 Ga, respectively) of zircons of the granite from the Jinduicheng values. The ore–forming materials are mainly derived from crust, with minor mantle substances. Zircons of the granite from the Balipo area give εHf(t) values ranging from ?18 to ?20, ?28 to ?38, and ?42 to ?44, respectively, corresponding to two–stage model ages (tDM2: mainly focused on 1.88–3.0 Ga, and 3.2–3.90 Ga, respectively). the εHf(t) values of the Jinduicheng porphyry more than that of the Balipo porphyry, and two–stage model ages (tDM2) less than that of the Balipo porphyry, shows that he source of the porphyries originated from ancient lower crustal materials in the Jinduicheng area, and mixed younger components, more younger components contributed for the source of the Jinduicheng porphyry.     

Genesis of Re-rich Molybdenite in the Baishan Mo deposit,Eastern Tianshan,Xinjiang, Northwest China

The Baishan molybdenum deposit is located in the central part of the Eastern Tianshan-Beishan tectonic belt, NW China. The deposit is hosted in early Carboniferous Gandun Formation biotite-rich hornfels and is genetically related to unexposed granodiorite porphyry beneath the orebodies. The molybdenite occurs in three different types from early to late stage: Molybdenite - Fe-Cu-sulfides - K-feldspar - quartz veins (Group 1); Molybdenite - Fe-Cu-sulfides - quartz veins (Group 2); and disseminated molybdenite in the wall rock (Group 3). Rhenium concentrations in the molybdenite grains range from 108 to 277 ppm in Group 1, 69–121 ppm in Group 2 and 46–135 ppm in Group 3. The Re concentrations of molybdenite in the Baishan Mo deposit decrease from early to late and from the center to periphery, and molybdenite types vary from the 2H₁ poly-type in Groups 1 and 2 to the 2H₁ + 3R2H₁ poly-type in Group 3, based on X-ray diffraction results. The Re-enriched molybdenite probably formed from an oxidized magmatic fluid that separated from a highly oxidized and H₂O- and volatile-enriched adakitic intrusion generated in the lower crust.     

Fluid inclusion study of the Wunugetu Cu–Mo deposit,Inner Mongolia,China

Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization at the Wunugetu porphyry Cu–Mo deposit, China, include four stages, i.e., the early stage characterized by quartz, K-feldspar and minor mineralization, followed by a molybdenum mineralization stage associated with potassic alteration, copper mineralization associated with sericitization, and the last Pb–Zn mineralization stage associated with carbonation. Hydrothermal quartz contains three types of fluid inclusions, namely aqueous (W-type), daughter mineral-bearing (S-type) and CO₂-rich (C-type) inclusion, with the latter two types absent in the late stage. Fluid inclusions in the early stage display homogenization temperatures above 510°C, with salinities up to 75.8 wt.% NaCl equivalent. The presence of S-type inclusions containing anhydrite and hematite daughter minerals and C-type inclusions indicates an oxidizing, CO₂-bearing environment. Fluid inclusions in the Mo- and Cu-mineralization stages yield homogenization temperatures of 342–508°C and 241–336°C, and salinities of 8.6–49.4 and 6.3–35.7 wt.% NaCl equivalent, respectively. The presence of chalcopyrite instead of hematite and anhydrite daughter minerals in S-type inclusions indicates a decreasing of oxygen fugacity. In the late stage, fluid inclusions yield homogenization temperatures of 115–234°C and salinities lower than 12.4 wt.% NaCl equivalent. It is concluded that the early stage fluids were CO₂ bearing, magmatic in origin, and characterized by high temperature, high salinity, and high oxygen fugacity. Phase separation occurred during the Mo- and Cu-mineralization stages, resulting in CO₂ release, oxygen fugacity decrease and rapid precipitation of sulfides. The late-stage fluids were meteoric in origin and characterized by low temperature, low salinity, and CO₂ poor.     

滇西北雪鸡坪铜矿床流体包裹体特征研究及矿床成因讨论

雪鸡坪铜矿床产于印支晚期石英二长闪长玢岩-石英闪长玢岩-石英二长斑岩复式侵入体内,为一斑岩型铜矿床。矿床形成经历了多阶段热液成矿作用,主要有微细脉浸染状黄铁矿±黄铜矿-石英、细脉状辉钼矿±黄铁矿±黄铜矿-石英及微细脉状贫硫化物-石英-方解石等。流体包裹体岩相学、显微测温、激光拉曼及碳、氢、氧同位素综合研究表明,微细脉浸染状黄铁矿±黄铜矿-石英阶段石英中主要发育含Na Cl子矿物三相及气液两相包裹体,与含矿的石英二长斑岩石英中发育的流体包裹体特征相似,表明成矿流体主要为中高温、高盐度Na Cl-H2O体系热液,可能主要来源于印支期石英二长斑岩侵入体;辉钼矿±黄铁矿±黄铜矿-石英中主要发育含CO2三相及气液两相包裹体,成矿流体为中温、低盐度Na Cl-CO2-H2O体系热液,与前者来源明显不同;贫硫化物-石英-方解石石英中主要发育气液两相包裹体,成矿流体为中低温、低盐度Na Cl-H2O体系热液,推测其可能较多来自于大气降水。因此,雪鸡坪铜矿床为不同来源、不同地球化学性质热液叠加成矿作用的结果。     

A geochemical study of the Sweet Home Mine,Colorado Mineral Belt,USA: hydrothermal fluid evolution above a hypothesized granite cupola

Deposition of quartz–molybdenite–pyrite–topaz–muscovite–fluorite and subsequent hübnerite and sulfide–fluorite–rhodochrosite mineralization at the Sweet Home Mine occurred coeval with the final stage of magmatic activity and ore formation at the nearby world-class Climax molybdenum deposit about 26 to 25 m.y. ago. The mineralization occurred at depths of about 3,000 m and is related to at least two major fluid systems: (1) one dominated by magmatic fluids, and (2) another dominated by meteoric water. The sulfur isotopic composition of pyrite, strontium isotopes and REY distribution in fluorite suggest that the early-stage quartz–molybdenite–pyrite–topaz–muscovite–fluorite mineral assemblage was deposited from magmatic fluids under a fluctuating pressure regime at temperatures of about 400°C as indicated by CO₂-bearing, moderately saline (7.5–12.5 wt.% NaCl equiv.) fluid inclusions. LA-ICPMS analyses of fluid inclusions in quartz demonstrate that fluids from the Sweet Home Mine are enriched in incompatible elements but have considerably lower metal contents than those reported from porphyry–Cu–Au–Mo or Climax-type deposits. The ore-forming fluid exsolved from a highly differentiated magma possibly related to the deep-seated Alma Batholith or distal porphyry stock(s). Sulfide mineralization, marking the periphery of Climax-type porphyry systems, with fluorite and rhodochrosite as gangue minerals was deposited under a hydrostatic pressure regime from low-salinity ± CO₂-bearing fluids with low metal content at temperatures below 400°C. The sulfide mineralization is characterized by mostly negative δ³⁴S values for sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and tetrahedrite, highly variable δ¹⁸O values for rhodochrosite, and low REE contents in fluorite. The Pb isotopic composition of galena as well as the highly variable ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of fluorite, rhodochrosite, and apatite indicates that at least part of the Pb and Sr originated from a much more radiogenic source than Climax-type granites. It is suggested that the sulfide mineralization at the Sweet Home Mine formed from magmatic fluids that mixed with variable amounts of externally derived fluids. The migration of the latter fluids, that were major components during late-stage mineralization at the Sweet Home Mine, was probably driven by a buried magmatic intrusion.     

Ore Genesis of the Lunwei Granite‐Related Scheelite Deposit in the Wuyi Metallogenic Belt,Southeast China: Constraints from Geochronology,Fluid Inclusions,and H–O–S Isotopes

A granite‐related scheelite deposit has been recently discovered in the Wuyi metallogenic belt of southeast China. The veinlet–disseminated scheelite occurs mainly in the inner and outer contact zones of the porphyritic biotite granite, spatially associated with potassic feldspathization and silicification. Re–Os dating of molybdenite intergrowths with scheelite yield a well‐constrained isochron age of 170.4 ± 1.2 Ma, coeval with the LA–MC–ICP–MS concordant zircon age of porphyritic biotite granite (167.6 ± 2.2 Ma), indicating that the Lunwei W deposit was formed in the Middle Jurassic (~170 Ma). We identify three stages of ore formation (from early to late): (I) the quartz–K‐feldspar–scheelite stage; (II) the quartz–polymetallic sulfide stage; and (III) the quartz–carbonate stage. Based on petrographic observations and microthermometric criteria, the fluid inclusions in the scheelite and quartz are determined to be mainly aqueous two‐phase (liquid‐rich and gas‐rich) fluid inclusions, with minor gas‐pure and CO₂‐bearing fluid inclusions. Ore‐forming fluids in the Lunwei W deposit show a successive decrease in temperature and salinity from Stage I to Stage III. The homogenization temperature decreases from an average of 299 °C in Stage I, through 251 °C in Stage II, to 212 °C in Stage III, with a corresponding change in salinity from an average of 5.8 wt.%, through 5.2 wt.%, to 3.4 wt.%. The ore‐forming fluids have intermediate to low temperatures and low salinities, belonging to the H₂O–NaCl ± CO₂ system. The δ¹⁸O_H2O values vary from 1.8‰ to 3.3‰, and the δD_V‐SMOW values vary from –66‰ to –76‰, suggesting that the ore‐forming fluid was primarily of magmatic water mixed with various amounts of meteoric water. Sulfur isotope compositions of sulfides (δ³⁴S ranging from –1.1‰ to +2.4‰) and Re contents in molybdenite (1.45–19.25 µg/g, mean of 8.97 µg/g) indicate that the ore‐forming materials originated mainly in the crust. The primary mechanism for mineral deposition in the Lunwei W deposit was a decrease in temperature and the mixing of magmatic and meteoric water. The Lunwei deposit can be classified as a porphyry‐type scheelite deposit and is a product of widespread tungsten mineralization in South China. We summarize the geological characteristics of typical W deposits (the Xingluokeng, Shangfang, and Lunwei deposits) in the Wuyi metallogenic belt and suggest that porphyry and skarn scheelite deposits should be considered the principal exploration targets in this area.     

江西铜坑嶂斑岩钼矿床成矿流体特征与成矿作用研究

江西铜坑嶂钼矿是新近发现的中型斑岩型钼矿,矿体主要分布在白垩纪花岗斑岩体内。根据矿物组合和穿插关系可将该矿床分为三个矿化蚀变阶段:钾硅酸盐化阶段、萤石-黑云母(白云母)-钾长石-辉钼矿阶段和绢云母-石英-碳酸盐阶段。流体包裹体研究表明早阶段成矿流体为富含碱质、挥发份的高氧化性岩浆流体,该成矿流体形成压力较大(约1000bar),温度较高(550～>600℃之间)并发生了沸腾作用,分离出高盐度多相流体包裹体和富气相低盐度包裹体。随着温度的降低(420～440℃之间)和压力的持续释放(320～360bar)成矿流体再次沸腾并导致了钼矿的沉淀。晚阶段与绢云母化等蚀变有关的脉体中大量存在的高盐度(29.58%～44.12%NaCleqv)流体包裹体指示岩浆流体为该蚀变作用的主导,该阶段少数石英脉中富液相包裹体的广泛发育可能与岩浆水和大气降水的混合作用有关。激光拉曼和扫描电镜实验在早阶段流体中检测到Fe3O4、SO2,表明该阶段流体氧化性较高,钾长石化发育,属碱性环境。主成矿阶段流体中还原性气体CH4等的存在,以及辉钼矿与蚀变白云母共生,揭示出该阶段处于相对还原的酸性环境,亦表明氧逸度、pH值变化可能共同导致了钼的沉淀。     

A fluid inclusion and stable isotope study of 200 Ma of fluid evolution in the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland

Fluid inclusions in granite quartz and three generations of veins indicate that three fluids have affected the Caledonian Galway Granite. These fluids were examined by petrography, microthermometry, chlorite thermometry, fluid chemistry and stable isotope studies. The earliest fluid was a H₂O-CO₂-NaCl fluid of moderate salinity (4–10 wt% NaCl eq.) that deposited late-magmatic molybdenite mineralised quartz veins (V₁) and formed the earliest secondary inclusions in granite quartz. This fluid is more abundant in the west of the batholith, corresponding to a decrease in emplacement depth. Within veins, and to the east, this fluid was trapped homogeneously, but in granite quartz in the west it unmixed at 305–390 °C and 0.7–1.8 kbar. Homogeneous quartz δ¹⁸O across the batholith (9.5 ± 0.4‰n = 12) suggests V₁ precipitation at high temperatures (perhaps 600 °C) and pressures (1–3 kbar) from magmatic fluids. Microthermometric data for V₁ indicate lower temperatures, suggesting inclusion volumes re-equilibrated during cooling. The second fluid was a H₂O-NaCl-KCl, low-moderate salinity (0–10 wt% NaCl eq.), moderate temperature (270–340 °C), high δD (−18 ± 2‰), low δ¹⁸O (0.5–2.0‰) fluid of meteoric origin. This fluid penetrated the batholith via quartz veins (V₂) which infill faults active during post-consolidation uplift of the batholith. It forms the most common inclusion type in granite quartz throughout the batholith and is responsible for widespread retrograde alteration involving chloritization of biotite and hornblende, sericitization and saussuritization of plagioclase, and reddening of K-feldspar. The salinity was generated by fluid-rock interactions within the granite. Within granite quartz this fluid was trapped at 0.5–2.3 kbar, having become overpressured. This fluid probably infiltrated the Granite in a meteoric-convection system during cooling after intrusion, but a later age cannot be ruled out. The final fluid to enter the Granite and its host rocks was a H₂O-NaCl-CaCl₂-KCl fluid with variable salinity (8–28 wt% NaCl eq.), temperature (125–205 °C), δD (−17 to −45‰), δ¹⁸O (−3 to + 1.2‰), δ¹³C_CO2 (−19 to 0‰) and δ³⁴S_sulphate (13–23‰) that deposited veins containing quartz, fluorite, calcite, barite, galena, chalcopyrite sphalerite and pyrite (V₃). Correlations of salinity, temperature, δD and δ¹⁸O are interpreted as the result of mixing of two fluid end-members, one a high-δD (−17 to −8‰), moderate-δ¹⁸O (1.2–2.5‰), high-δ¹³C_CO2 (> −4‰), low-δ³⁴S_sulphate (13‰), high-temperature (205–230 °C), moderate-salinity (8–12 wt% NaCl eq.) fluid, the other a low-δD (−61 to −45‰), low-δ¹⁸O (−5.4 to −3‰), low-δ¹³C (<−10‰), high-δ³⁴S_sulphate (20–23‰) low-temperature (80–125 °C), high-salinity (21–28 wt% NaCl eq.) fluid. Geochronological evidence suggests V₃ veins are late Triassic; the high-δD end-member is interpreted as a contemporaneous surface fluid, probably mixed meteoric water and evaporated seawater and/or dissolved evaporites, whereas the low-δD end-member is interpreted as a basinal brine derived from the adjacent Carboniferous sequence. This study demonstrates that the Galway Granite was a locus for repeated fluid events for a variety of reasons; from expulsion of magmatic fluids during the final stages of crystallisation, through a meteoric convection system, probably driven by waning magmatic heat, to much later mineralisation, concentrated in its vicinity due to thermal, tectonic and compositional properties of granite batholiths which encourage mineralisation long after magmatic heat has abated. Received: 3 April 1996 / Accepted: 5 May 1997     

Theoretical Modelling of Water—Rock δD—δ18O Isotopic Exchange System and Source of OreForming Fluid：A Case Study on Jinduicheng Superlarge—Scale Molybdenum Deposti,Central China

Based on the theoretical modelling of water-rock δD-δ¹⁸O isotopic exchange process, the evolution and sources of ore-forming fluid in four metallogenic epochs of the Jinduicheng superlarge-scale porphyry-type molybdenum deposit were investigated. It was revealed that in the pre-metallogenic and early-metallogenic epochs, the ore-forming fluid was a residual fluid derived from magmatic water-wall rock interaction at middle to high temperatures (T = 250–500°C) and lower W/R ratios (0.1> = W/R>0.001), while in the metallogenic and postmetallogenic epochs, the ore-forming fluid was a residual fluid derived from meteoric water-wall rock interaction at middle to lower temperatures (T = 150–310°C) and relatively high W/R ratios (0.5>W/R≥0.1). The meteoric water played an important role in molybdenum mineralization, and at the main metallogenic epoch the W/R ratio reached its maximum value. This project was financially supported by both the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Key Research Project of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources of China.     

河北省涞源县龙门斑岩型钼矿床锆石U-Pb和辉钼矿Re-Os年龄及其地质意义

龙门钼矿床是太行山北段成矿带内近些年探明的一个大型钼矿床,钼矿体主要产于花岗斑岩、闪长岩和新太古代片麻岩中,以角砾岩型矿石为主.矿区内辉钼矿化主要类型为浸染状、薄膜状、细脉状,发育钾长石化、硅化、绢云母化、黄铁矿化蚀变,类似典型的斑岩型矿床的矿化和蚀变特征.文章对龙门钼矿床的闪长岩和花岗斑岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年,获得闪长岩的锆石谐和年龄为(138.1±0.6)Ma(MSWD=0.6,n=21),花岗斑岩的锆石谐和年龄为(137.0±0.7)Ma(MSWD=1.03,n=17),结合地质特征,显示花岗斑岩晚于闪长岩形成.对主要矿石类型中的辉钼矿进行了Re-Os同位素测年,获得辉钼矿的Re-Os等时线年龄为(136.5±1.5)Ma,与赋矿的花岗斑岩的侵位年龄相一致,二者应为同一岩浆-流体活动的产物.龙门钼矿床辉钼矿样品的w(Re)为13.1×10-6～59.3×10-6,表明其成矿物质来源于壳幔混源.龙门矿区及太行山北段成矿带内的隐爆角砾岩体是下一步找矿勘查的方向.     

滇西北中甸地区铜厂沟斑岩钼铜矿床热液蚀变分带、脉体系统及找矿标志

铜厂沟斑岩型钼铜矿床位于云南中甸地区斑岩成矿带的南端,形成于燕山晚期陆-陆碰撞至造山后伸展构造的转换阶段。文章通过对铜厂沟钼铜矿床蚀变分带特征和脉体穿切关系的详细研究,系统厘定了矿床蚀变类型及空间分布规律,查明了蚀变和脉体系统与矿化的关系。根据矿物组合、蚀变类型等因素,将分为A脉、B脉和D脉3大类,共16种不同的脉体类型。其中,A脉和B脉与成矿关系密切,对钼铜资源量贡献最大。早期的A脉,主要以钾长石化为主,矿化较弱;晚期形成的A脉多发育有黑云母化且与钾长石化蚀变叠加,矿化增强,以石英+黄铁矿+辉钼矿+黄铜矿±钾长石脉为主;B脉主要贡献于辉钼矿矿体的形成,是区内矿化的主要表现形式,且叠加于钾硅酸盐化,形成于钾硅酸盐化向石英-绢云母化的转变阶段;D脉中铜钼矿化明显减弱,属于矿化体外围的脉体,对矿体影响较小。因此,铜厂沟钼铜矿床蚀变分带规律在空间上表现为钾硅酸盐化（石英-钾长石-黑云母化）发育于斑岩体核部,向外依次是石英-绢云母化（石英-绢云母±黄铁矿化）,和青磐岩化（绿泥石-绿帘石-碳酸盐岩化）,对应的矿化组合分别为辉钼矿-白钨矿-黄铁矿、辉钼矿-黄铜矿-黄铁矿±白钨矿,以及外带的黄铜矿-黄铁矿-辉钼矿,显示出成矿元素由高温向低温变化的规律。铜厂沟斑岩型钼铜矿床的形成与区内燕山晚期伸展作用相伴的大规模构造-岩浆事件相关,源自深部的含矿热液在花岗质斑岩体内形成了脉状、网脉状的辉钼矿化,同时沿断裂带运移并扩散,于碳酸盐岩的接触带部位形成了矽卡岩型的铜钼矿化。因此,有利的构造环境、强烈的蚀变作用、多样的脉体类型导致铜厂沟大型斑岩型钼铜矿床最终形成。     

海南屯昌地区高通岭钼矿床的地质、地球化学 特征及成矿时代

高通岭钼矿床位于华南板块南部的华南褶皱系五指山褶皱带内,共查明平行脉状矿体9个、矿化体5个.矿石分石英脉型和钾长花岗岩型2种,矿石中含辉钼矿、黄铁矿、黄铜矿、方铅矿、闪锌矿及石英、钾长石、黑云母、绢云母、绿泥石等.高通岭花岗岩体的Mo含量比其克拉克值高4倍,沿岩体构造裂隙发育钾长石化、黄铁矿化、硅化、绢云母化、绿泥石化等蚀变和钼矿化.成矿流体成分为K -Na -Cl--F--SO42-型;S、C、H、O同住素组成反映成矿物质以岩浆源为主,流体为岩浆水与大气降水混合来源.辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄为98.4Ma 2.5Ma.与高通岭花岗岩体侵位的时代一致.该矿床为与燕山晚期岩浆活动有关的热液石英-硫化物脉型钼矿床.     

Geology and mineralization of the Duobaoshan supergiant porphyry Cu-Au-Mo-Ag deposit (2.36 Mt) in Heilongjiang Province,China: A review

The reserves of the Duobaoshan porphyry Cu-Au-Mo-Ag deposit(also referred to as the Duobaoshan porphyry Cu deposit) ranks first among the copper deposits in China and 33rd among the porphyry copper deposits in the world. It has proven resources of copper(Cu), molybdenum(Mo), gold(Au), and silver(Ag) of 2.28×10⁶ t, 80×10³ t, 73 t, and 1046 t, respectively. The major characteristics of the Duobaoshan porphyry Cu deposit are as follows. It is located in a zone sandwiched by th...     

Evidence of fluid inclusions for two stages of fluid boiling in the formation of the giant Shapinggou porphyry Mo deposit,Dabie Orogen,Central China

The Shapinggou porphyry Mo deposit, one of the largest Mo deposits in Asia, is located in the Dabie Orogen, Central China. Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization at Shapinggou can be divided into four stages, i.e., stage 1 ore-barren quartz veins with intense silicification, followed by stage 2 quartz-molybdenite veins associated with potassic alteration, stage 3 quartz-polymetallic sulfide veins related to phyllic alteration, and stage 4 ore-barren quartz ± calcite ± pyrite veins with weak propylitization. Hydrothermal quartz mainly contains three types of fluid inclusions, namely, two-phase liquid-rich (type I), two- or three-phase gas-rich CO₂-bearing (type II) and halite-bearing (type III) inclusions. The last two types of fluid inclusions are absent in stages 1 and 4. Type I inclusions in the silicic zone (stage 1) display homogenization temperatures of 340 to 550 °C, with salinities of 7.9–16.9 wt.% NaCl equivalent. Type II and coexisting type III inclusions in the potassic zone (stage 2), which hosts the main Mo orebodies, have homogenization temperatures of 240–440 °C and 240–450 °C, with salinities of 34.1–50.9 and 0.1–7.4 wt.% NaCl equivalent, respectively. Type II and coexisting type III inclusions in the phyllic zone (stage 3) display homogenization temperatures of 250–345 °C and 220–315 °C, with salinities of 0.2–6.5 and 32.9–39.3 wt.% NaCl equivalent, respectively. Type I inclusions in the propylitization zone (stage 4) display homogenization temperatures of 170 to 330 °C, with salinities lower than 6.5 wt.% NaCl equivalent. The abundant CO₂-rich and coexisting halite-bearing fluid inclusion assemblages in the potassic and phyllic zones highlight the significance of intensive fluid boiling of a NaCl–CO₂–H₂O system in deep environments (up to 2.3 kbar) for giant porphyry Mo mineralization. Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions indicate that ore-fluids were gradually evolved from magmatic to meteoric in origin. Sulfur and lead isotopes suggest that the ore-forming materials at Shapinggou are magmatic in origin. Re–Os dating of molybdenite gives a well-defined ¹⁸⁷Re/¹⁸⁷Os isochron with an age of 112.7 ± 1.8 Ma, suggesting a post-collisional setting.     

Himalayan magmatism and porphyry copper–molybdenum mineralization in the Yulong ore belt, East Tibet

Summary ?The NW–SE-trending Yulong porphyry Cu–Mo ore belt, situated in the Sanjiang0 area of eastern Tibet, is approximately 400 km long and 35 to 70 km wide. Complex tectonic and magmatic processes during the Himalayan epoch have given rise to favorable conditions for porphyry-type Cu–Mo mineralization. Porphyry masses of the Himalayan epoch in the Yulong ore belt are distributed in groups along regional NW–SE striking tectonic lineaments. They were emplaced mainly into Triassic and Lower Permian sedimentary-volcanic rocks. K–Ar und U–Pb isotopic datings give an intrusion age range of 57–26 Ma. The porphyries are mainly of biotite monzogranitic and biotite syenogranitic compositions. Geological and geochemical data indicate that the various porphyritic intrusions in the belt had a common or similar magma source, are metaluminous to peraluminous, Nb–Y–Ba-depleted, I-type granitoids, and belong to the high-K calc-alkaline series. Within the Yulong subvolcanic belt a number of porphyry stocks bear typical porphyry type Cu–Mo alteration and mineralization. The most prominent porphyry Co–Mo deposits include Yulong, Malasongduo, Duoxiasongduo, Mangzong and Zhanaga, of which Yulong is one of the largest porphyry Cu (Mo) deposits in China with approximately 8 × 10⁶ tons of contained Cu metal. Hydrothermal alteration at Yulong developed around a biotite–monzogranitic porphyry stock that was emplaced within Upper Triassic limestone, siltstone and mudstone. The earliest alteration was due to the effects of contact metamorphism of the country rocks and alkali metasomatism (potassic alteration) within and around the porphyry body. The alteration of this stage was accompanied by a small amount of disseminated and veinlet Cu–Mo sulfide mineralization. Later alteration–mineralization zones form more or less concentric shells around the potassic zone, around which are distributed a phyllic or quartz–sericite–pyrite zone, a silicification and argillic zone, and a propylitic zone. Fluid inclusion data indicate that three types of fluids were involved in the alteration–mineralization processes: (1) early high temperature (660–420 °C) and high salinity (30–51 wt% NaCl equiv) fluids responsible for the potassic alteration and the earliest disseminated and/or veinlet Cu–Mo sulfide mineralization; (2) intermediate unmixed fluids corresponding to phyllic alteration and most Cu–Mo sulfide mineralization, with salinities of 30–50 wt% NaCl equiv and homogenization temperatures of 460–280 °C; and (3) late low to moderate temperature (300–160 °C) and low salinity (6–13 wt% NaCl equiv) fluids responsible for argillic and propylitic alteration. Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic studies show that the early hydrothermal fluids are of magmatic origin and were succeeded by increasing amounts of meteoric-derived convective waters. Sulfur isotopes also indicate a magmatic source for the sulfur in the early sulfide mineralization, with the increasing addition of sedimentary sulfur outward from the porphyry stock. Received August 29, 2001; revised version accepted May 1, 2002 Published online: November 29, 2002     

豫西银家沟硫铁多金属矿床Re-Os和40Ar-39Ar年龄及其地质意义

河南省银家沟硫铁多金属矿床位于华北克拉通南缘的华熊地块内,是东秦岭地区最大的硫铁多金属矿床,以其硫铁矿储量大及共、伴生元素复杂区别于东秦岭其他以钼为主的矿床.矿化在空间上呈规律性的带状分布,从岩体内向外,依次出现斑岩型钼矿体→斑岩型硫铁矿体→矽卡岩型铁矿体、钼矿体→矽卡岩型硫铁、铜、锌、金矿体→脉型铅、锌、银矿体.选取5件接触带矽卡岩型钼矿体中的辉钼矿样品进行Re-Os同位素定年,获得(142.9±2.1) Ma～(143.7±2.3) Ma的模式年龄,加权平均值为(143.4±0.9) Ma(MSWD=0.071),等时线年龄为(140.0±18.0) Ma(2σ,MSWD=0.095),将(143.4±0.9) Ma认作辉钼矿的结晶年龄,表明银家沟矿床矽卡岩型矿体形成于约143 Ma前;选取1件硅化、绢云母化、黄铁矿化、辉钼矿化钾长花岗斑岩中的绢云母样品定年,获得40Ar-39Ar坪年龄为(143.6±1.4) Ma,相应的39 Ar/36 Ar-40 Ar/39Ar等时线年龄为(143.0±2.0) Ma(MSWD=0.13),将(143.0±2.0)Ma认作绢云母的Ar封闭年龄,表明银家沟矿床斑岩型矿化亦发生在约143Ma前.本次辉钼矿Re-Os和绢云母40Ar-39A定年结果表明,银家沟矽卡岩型和斑岩型矿体均形成于早白垩世初期.银家沟矿床辉钼矿的ω(Re)在38.5×10-6～43.2×10-6之间,成矿物质主要来自由火成物质组成的宽坪群和二郎坪群,成矿与矿区内的钾长花岗斑岩有关.结合前人对东秦岭造山带中生代期间地球动力学背景的研究成果,笔者认为银家沟矿床形成于EW向构造体制向NNE向构造体制大转换阶段,即形成于挤压体制向伸展体制转换的背景.     

Metallogenesis and hydrothermal evolution of Middle Jurassic porphyry Mo deposits in the southern Zhangguangcai Range,NE China: evidence from fluid inclusions,H–O–S isotopes,and Re–Os geochronology

A major metallogenic belt with substantial resources of gold, lead, zinc, copper, and molybdenum is present in the southern Zhangguangcai Range, NE China. Several large porphyry Mo deposits are located in this belt, as for example at Jidetun, Fu’anpu, and Daheishan. Five molybdenite samples from the Jidetun deposit yielded an Re–Os isochron age of 168.6 ± 2.1 Ma (mean standard weighted deviation = 0.20), and this is consistent with the Re–Os isochron ages of the other Mo deposits in the southern Zhangguangcai Range, giving a Middle Jurassic age for metallogenesis. The Jidetun, Fu’anpu, and Daheishan deposits all tend to have weakly enriched ³⁴S values of 0.80‰–3.20‰ and relatively low Re contents ranging from 3.073 to 43.567 ppm, which indicates the ore-forming materials were derived mainly from granitic magmas that had an origin in the mixture of crust and mantle. Three stages of mineralization can be identified in the deposits at Jidetun, Fu’anpu, and Daheishan. The original ore-forming fluids in stage I were characterized by high-temperature magmatic hydrothermal fluids that were most likely derived by exsolution from the Middle Jurassic ore-bearing magmas. However, two different fluid systems, NaCl–H₂O–CO₂ fluids and NaCl–H₂O fluids, were widespread in stage I of porphyry Mo deposits in the southern Zhangguangcai Range. Taking into account the regional geological characteristics and tectonic setting, we suggest that two different emplacement modes of the ore-bearing magmas explain the different fluid systems in stage I: the first magmas were emplaced along the contact zones between the strata and earlier granitoids, whereas the second magmas were emplaced entirely within the earlier granitoid intrusions. The stage II and III fluids were characterized by relatively lower temperatures and low H–O isotopic values, indicating a gradual evolution from magmatic to meteoric sources.     

Mineralogical, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope constraints on mechanisms of ore deposition at the Samgwang mine (Republic of Korea)—a mesothermal, vein-hosted gold–silver deposit

The Samgwang mine is located in the Cheongyang gold district (Cheonan Metallogenic Province) of the Republic of Korea. It consists of eight massive, gold-bearing quartz veins that filled NE- and NW-striking fractures along fault zones in Precambrian granitic gneiss of the Gyeonggi massif. Their mineralogy and paragenesis allow two separate vein-forming episodes to be recognized, temporally separated by a major faulting event. The ore minerals occur in quartz and calcite of stage I, associated with fracturing and healing of veins. Hydrothermal wall-rock alteration minerals of stage I include Fe-rich chlorite (Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratios 0.74-0.81), muscovite, illite, K-feldspar, and minor arsenopyrite, pyrite, and carbonates. Sulfide minerals deposited along with electrum during this stage include arsenopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, galena, argentite, pyrargyrite, and argentian tetrahedrite. Only calcite was deposited during stage II. Fluid inclusions in quartz contain three main types of C–O–H fluids: CO₂-rich, CO₂–H₂O, and aqueous inclusions. Quartz veins related to early sulfides in stage I were deposited from H₂O–NaCl–CO₂ fluids (1,500–5,000 bar, average 3,200) with T _htotal values of 200°C to 383°C and salinities less than about 7 wt.% NaCl equiv. Late sulfide deposition was related to H₂O–NaCl fluids (140–1,300 bar, average 700) with T _htotal values of 110°C to 385°C and salinities less than about 11 wt.% NaCl equiv. These fluids either evolved through immiscibility of H₂O–NaCl–CO₂ fluids as a result of a decrease in fluid pressure, or through mixing with deeply circulated meteoric waters as a result of uplift or unloading during mineralization, or both. Measured and calculated sulfur isotope compositions (δ³⁴S_H2S = 1.5 to 4.8‰) of hydrothermal fluids from the stage I quartz veins indicate that ore sulfur was derived mainly from a magmatic source. The calculated and measured oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions (δ¹⁸O_H2O = −5.9‰ to 10.9‰, δD = −102‰ to −87‰) of the ore-forming fluids indicate that the fluids were derived from magmatic sources and evolved by mixing with local meteoric water by limited water–rock exchange and by partly degassing in uplift zones during mineralization. While most features of the Samgwang mine are consistent with classification as an orogenic gold deposit, isotopic and fluid chemistry indicate that the veins were genetically related to intrusions emplaced during the Jurassic to Cretaceous Daebo orogeny.