滇川西部金沙江石炭纪蛇绿岩SHRIMP测年:古特提斯洋壳演化的同位素年代学制约

本文应用SHRIMP方法精确测定了金沙江蛇绿岩带中蛇绿岩的辉长岩和斜长岩、呈脉状产于辉长岩和变质橄橄岩中的斜长花岗岩、以及呈岩株状侵入蛇绿岩中的花岗闪长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄,提供了古特提斯洋壳演化的年代学制约。滇西之用层状角闪辉长岩的年龄为328±8Ma,书松斜长岩为329±7Ma,白马雪山辉长岩为282～285Ma,它们可能反映了海底扩张不同阶段的时代。研究还表明,在这些辉长岩和斜长岩中,部分锆石记录了375～352Ma的略老的年龄,暗示蛇绿岩浆活动可能始于晚泥盆世。在金沙江蛇绿岩中,滇西娘九丁斜长花岗岩和川西雪堆斜长花岗岩,具有高硅低钾的成分特征。但是,这些岩石的REE总量高,LREE富集;Sr初始值高,达0.7058～0.7070;在其锆石组成中,存在继承锆石。这些证据表明斜长花岗岩中存在陆壳物质的混染,可能与洋壳俯冲消减有关。娘九丁斜长花岗岩的年龄为285±6Ma,雪堆斜长花岗岩为300±5Ma,记录了古特提斯洋壳俯冲消减事件。滇西吉义独花岗闪长岩,呈岩株状侵入蛇绿岩中,年龄为263±6Ma,限定了蛇绿混杂岩的年代上限。     

攀西层状基性-超基性岩体的Sm-Nd年龄

攀西层状基性-超基性岩侵入体富含大型钒钛磁铁矿床,对其已进行过详细研究。但是岩体的形成时代一直存在争议。本文采用Sm-Nd同位素年代学方法对攀枝花、白马、红格岩体的年龄进行了研究。获得的年龄结果表明,岩体形成于晚海西-印支期,年龄283～197 Ma。红格岩体283±38(2σ)Ma,白马岩体197±60(2σ)Ma,攀枝花岩体上部岩相旋回210±43(2σ)Ma,下部岩相旋回282 Ma左右。攀西层状基性-超基性岩体与峨眉山玄武岩大致形成于同一时期。     

湖南骑田岭芙蓉矿田成岩成矿时代的厘定及其地质意义

通过对湖南骑田岭岩体芙蓉超单元南溪单元中粒斑状角闪石黑云母二长花岗岩、芙蓉矿田白腊水矿区的10号矿脉中蚀变花岗岩型锡矿石、19号矿脉中矽卡岩型矿石矿物、42号含矿花岗斑岩体和ZK801钻孔(80~90m)的细粒花岗岩的Rb-Sr、Sm-Nd和锆石SHRIMP U-Pb同位素年代学研究,分别获得南溪单元弱蚀变花岗岩全岩Rb-Sr等时线年龄为146±10Ma(95%可信度)和岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为155±6Ma(95%可信度),蚀变矿化花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为156±5Ma(95%可信度),10号蚀变花岗岩型矿脉矿石的Rb-Sr等时线年龄为137±5Ma(95%可信度),19号矽卡岩型矿脉的矿石—矿物Sm-Nd等时线年龄为133±15Ma(95%可信度);42号含矿花岗斑岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为146±5Ma(95%可信度);ZK801钻孔中细粒花岗岩全岩的Rb-Sr等时线年龄为140±7Ma(95%可信度)。上述精确的年代学研究结果表明,芙蓉超单元花岗岩侵位时间为燕山早期,而不是印支期。由此推测骑田岭芙蓉超单元花岗岩形成于早—中侏罗世,它的构造环境可能为地壳处于强烈剪切挤压晚期,而区内花岗斑岩和细粒花岗岩岩浆活动可能发生在140~145Ma之间,其构造环境可能为地壳由挤压剪切向拉张伸展转化的时期形成的;白腊水矿区不同类型矿床年代学研究结果(133~141Ma)清楚地表明,其成矿作用的时间与区内花岗斑岩和细粒花岗岩的岩浆活动时间有明显的耦合关系。据此推断,骑田岭芙蓉锡矿是在晚侏罗世,地壳由挤压剪切向拉张伸展转化的时期形成的。而与芙蓉花岗岩主体侵入岩浆活动无直接成生关系。     

东昆仑造山带后碰撞花岗岩岩石地球化学和40Ar/39Ar同位素年代学约束

野外地质和室内岩相学、岩石地球化学特征研究表明,东昆仑造山带存在大量后造山期花岗岩.在此基础上,对其重要地段的典型样品进行了40Ar/39Ar同位素年龄测定,分别得到142.14±1.98 Ma,207.35±0.86 Ma和223.6±1.3 Ma三个坪年龄.结果表明,本地区印支末期已经进入后造山作用阶段,该阶段延续时间可能较长,一直延续到燕山期--典型的陆内碰撞时期.本文从岩石地球化学和同位素年代学角度对本区酸性岩浆活动的构造环境和时限进行了制约.     

中国西南哀牢山蛇绿岩同位素地质年代学及大地构造意义

在前人地质研究基础上,采用颗粒锆石U－Pb法、Pb-Pb蒸发性,并引用了已发表的角闪石Ar-Ar法资料对中国西南哀牢山双沟蛇绿岩进行了同位素地质年代学研究。龙墉辉长岩锆石U－Pb下交点年龄（362±41）Ma,角闪石^40Ar/^39Ar坪年龄（349±13）Ma;双沟斜长花岗岩U－Pb年龄（328±16）Ｍa。这些研究表明哀牢山古洋盆形成于泥盆纪与石炭纪之交;哀牢山、金沙江、可可西里以及松大（Ｓong da）洋可能同时形成,构成扬子板块大陆古特提斯边缘海。     

藏南冈底斯带西段麦拉花岗岩锆石SHRIMP定年及地质意义

用SHRIMP测定了冈底斯岩带西段麦拉山口岩体同碰撞黑云母二长花岗岩锆石的U-Pb年龄,黑云母二长花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为47.1±1.1Ma。这就为前人提出的雅鲁藏布江地区洋盆闭合、板块开始碰撞的时间为50Ma左右提供了同位素年代学的证据。     

江西大吉山钨矿成矿年代学研究

大吉山钨矿床是一个大型的石英脉型钨矿床。矿床在空间上与燕山早期复式花岗岩相伴。利用云母单矿物的K Ar同位素年龄测试方法,测定了矿床有关的花岗岩及矿脉的同位素年龄。结果表明,黑云母花岗岩中黑云母K Ar年龄为(160 3±3 03)Ma和(164 2±3 5)Ma,二云母花岗岩中白云母K Ar年龄为(160 6±2 8)Ma,含钨石英脉中白云母K Ar年龄为(152 6±2 35)Ma和(158 1±2 8)Ma。钨成矿与花岗岩的成岩基本不存在时差,推测含钨石英脉的形成可能与岩浆分异出的富含矿化剂和成矿元素的流体有关。     

粤西大金山钨锡多金属矿床地质特征及成岩成矿年代学研究

粤西大金山钨锡多金属矿是一个近年新发现的与花岗岩有关的石英脉型钨锡多金属矿,目前估算的资源量已达中型,并具有大型矿床的找矿潜力。矿体形态简单,主要以石英脉的形式产出,由石英脉、云英岩脉和多金属硫化物石英脉等组成。钨锡多金属矿化的主要类型为细脉状和网脉状,围岩蚀变主要有硅化、云英岩化和绿泥石化等。本文在详细介绍矿床地质特征的基础上,对矿床进行了成岩成矿年代学研究。采用LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年技术,得到了花岗岩的成岩年龄:中细粒黑云母花岗岩形成于82.89±0.35Ma~85.6±0.52Ma,似斑状黑云母花岗岩形成于75.01±0.16Ma~84.17±0.34Ma。通过对与中细粒黑云母花岗岩有关的5件石英脉型辉钼矿进行Re-Os同位素分析,获得其模式年龄为80.07±1.19Ma~84.93±1.42Ma。以上年代学测试结果说明大金山钨锡多金属矿成岩成矿时代为晚白垩世,成岩成矿作用基本同时。本文认为大金山钨锡多金属矿成岩成矿作用发生在华南晚中生代岩石圈拉张-伸展的构造背景下,是华南晚中生代大规模成岩成矿作用的产物。     

北京密云环斑花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素及其地质意义

密云岩体位于华北克拉通东部,由环斑花岗岩和斑状黑云母花岗岩组成,是典型 A 型环斑花岗岩岩体之一。锆石的 LA-ICPMS U-Pb 年代学研究表明,密云环斑花岗岩形成于1681±10Ma 和1679±10Ma,而围岩片麻岩的原岩形成于2521±14Ma。锆石的 LA-MC-ICPMS Hf 同位素研究表明,太古代片麻岩来源于亏损地幔物质的部分熔融,从而表明2.5 Ca 是华北克拉通地壳重要的生长期;环斑花岗岩中锆石 Hf 同位素组成为δ_(Hf)(t)=～-5,两阶段模式年龄为 T_(DM2)=2.6～2.8Ga,表明它们来源于太古代新生地壳的部分熔融,密云环斑花岗岩侵位于华北克拉通大陆裂解、伸展环境,可能与全球古元古代未期Columbia 超大陆的裂解有关。     

东天山红柳河地区晚加里东期花岗岩类岩石锆石U—Pb年龄及其地质意义

本文对东天山红柳河地区 2个花岗岩类岩体进行了年代学和元素 同位素地球化学研究。锆石U Pb年龄表明 ,红柳河北闪长岩体 ( 4 41.4± 1.6Ma)和前进工区花岗岩体 ( 4 40 .9± 3 .1Ma)形成于晚加里东期。这两个花岗岩类岩体的形成不仅证实了东天山存在着晚加里东期岩浆活动 ,而且其形成与哈萨克斯坦 准噶尔大洋板块向塔里木板块俯冲密切相关。     

Subduction and Collision of the Jinsha River Paleo-Tethys: Constraints from Zircon U-Pb Dating and Geochemistry of the Ludian Batholith in the Jiangda–Deqen–Weixi Continental Margin Arc

The Jiangda–Deqen–Weixi continental margin arc(DWCA) developed along the base of the Changdu–Simao Block and was formed as a result of the subduction of the Jinsha River Ocean Slab and the subsequent collision. The Ludian batholith is located in the southern part of the DWCA and is the largest batholith in northwest Yunnan. Granite samples from the Ludian batholith yield an early Middle Permian age of 271.0 ± 2.8 Ma. The geochemical data of the early Middle Permian granitoids show high Si2 O, low P2 O5 and MgO contents that belong to calc-alkaline series and peraluminous I-type rocks. Their εHf(t) values range from-5.01 to +0.58, indicating that they were formed by hybrid magmas related to the subduction of the Jinsha River Tethys Ocean. The monzonite and monzogranite samples yield Late Permian ages of 250.6 ± 1.8 Ma and 252.1 ± 1.3 Ma, respectively. The Late Permian granitoids are high-K calc alkaline and shoshonite series metaluminous I-type rocks. Their εHf(t) values range from-4.12 to-1.68 and from-7.88 to-6.64, respectively. The mixing of crustal and mantle melts formed the parental magma of the Late Permian granitoids. This study, combined with previous work, demonstrates the process from subduction to collision of the Jinsha River Paleo-Tethys Ocean.     

内蒙古林西上二叠统林西组碎屑锆石LA-ICP-MS年代学及其构造意义

为厘清内蒙古林西县会长地一带出露的一套生物化石匮乏的砂砾岩组合的地质时代、地层归属及其碎屑物质来源,进而探讨西拉木伦河缝合带的形成演化,对研究区砂岩样品进行了碎屑锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学研究。测试结果主要分布在6个年龄区间：（285±4）~（246±4） Ma （峰值为264 Ma）、（317±5）~（293±4） Ma （峰值为310 Ma）、（610±10）~（344±6） Ma （主峰值为423 Ma）、（992±14）~（907±13） Ma、（1 467±18）~（1 424±22） Ma、（1 948±14）~（1 768±16） Ma,另具3颗年龄分别为（1 171±17）、（1 238±17）和（2 443±31） Ma的锆石。锆石CL图像与Th/U值共同指示绝大多数锆石为岩浆结晶锆石。264 Ma的峰值年龄限定了地层的沉积下限为晚二叠世,应属林西组;沉积物源区示踪显示砂岩沉积时具佳蒙板块（北方地块群）与华北板块两个物源区,指示佳蒙板块（北方地块群）与华北板块于晚二叠世时已拼合,拼合位置为西拉木伦河一线。     

北秦岭榴辉岩及相关岩石年代学的进一步确定及其对板片俯冲属性的约束

在岩相学观察和锆石CL图像研究的基础上,利用LA ICP MS原位分析方法,对北秦岭官坡超高压榴辉岩和伴生的石榴石角闪岩(榴闪岩)进行了详细的锆石微区微量元素和U Th Pb同位素分析,在榴辉岩样品中得到变质年龄为(502±11)Ma,原岩结晶年龄>(657±18)Ma;在榴闪岩样品中得到原岩结晶年龄为(791±6)Ma,变质年龄为487~503 Ma,角闪岩相退变质年龄为(366±4)Ma。岩石地球化学研究显示,北秦岭官坡地区的榴闪岩具有低Si(SiO2质量分数为4916%~5078%),高Ti(TiO2质量分数为228%~283%)、富集LREE、LILE和大部分的HFSE元素,不显Nb、Ta负异常的板内玄武岩特征,与北秦岭超高压榴辉岩地球化学特征一致。结合两者的野外产状、岩相学特征、锆石形貌和年代学研究结果,表明本文研究的官坡地区的榴闪岩是超高压榴辉岩在抬升过程中在角闪岩相条件下退变质的产物。综合两者的年代学研究结果,得到北秦岭地区超高压榴辉岩的变质年龄为(502±11)Ma,原岩结晶年龄为(791±6)Ma,角闪岩相退变质年龄为(366±4)Ma。研究得到的(502±11)Ma的榴辉岩相变质年龄与前人得到的该榴辉岩围岩超高压泥质片麻岩的变质年龄(507±38)Ma以及北秦岭松树沟地区的超高压长英质片麻岩的变质年龄485~514 Ma一致,表明它们经历了同期超高压变质作用。而且,榴辉岩(502±11)Ma的变质年龄与其原岩的结晶年龄(791±6)Ma存在近300 Ma的时间间隔,表明原岩具有板内玄武岩性质的北秦岭官坡超高压榴辉岩不可能是秦岭古生代大洋板块深俯冲的产物,而可能是已构造就位的古洋壳或裂谷火山岩在古生代随陆壳一起发生大陆深俯冲作用的产物。     

Neoarchean sanukitoid magmatism in the Kola region: Geological, petrochemical, geochronological, and isotopic-geochemical data

New geological, isotopic-geochronological, petrochemical, and isotopic geochemical data were obtained on the Porosozero and Kolmozero sanukitoid intrusions in the Kola region. The Porosozero differentiated intrusion was formed in four phases successively emplaced during approximately 60 Ma. Phase 1 consists of a gabbrodiorite-quartz monzodiorite-granodiorite-granite series. The zircon ages of granodiorite and quartz monzodiorite from the Porosozero are 2733 ± 6 and 2734 ± 4 Ma, respectively. Phase 2 of the intrusion comprises biotite leucogranites and aplite and leucoplagiogranite veins. The zircon age of the leucogranite is 2712 ± 6 Ma. Phase 3 consists of lamprophyre dikes of odinite-spessartite-vogesite composition. The emplacement age of the lamprophyres is constrained by the age of magmatic zircon from an odinite dike: 2680 ± 10 Ma. The age of the metasomatic zircon is 2629 ± 8 Ma. Phase 4 is composed of the youngest pegmatite veins. The Rb-Sr isochron age of the phase-1 rocks is 2724 ± 74 Ma. The zircon age of granitoids from the Kolmozero is 2736 ± 4 Ma. The rocks of the sanukitoid intrusions affiliate with the calc-alkaline series, have Mg# = 0.45?0.60, are enriched in Ba, Sr, K, P, and LREE, and contain elevated concentrations of Cr and Ni. Sm-Nd isotopic data on sanukitoids from both intrusions suggest that they were derived from a mantle source enriched in LILE and LREE and having ?_Nd(2740) from +1.02 to +0.36. It was melted approximately 140 Ma after its origin [T(DM) = 2.9?2.8 Ga]. The rocks of the Porosozero and Kolmozero are proved to be similar to magmatic sanukitoid series of Archean and Phanerozoic age whose genesis was controlled by mantle-crustal interaction in suprasubduction environments at active continental margins. Elevated concentrations of Ag and Au in rocks from the Porosozero make it metallogenically promising in terms of precious metals.     

U–Pb Zircon geochronology of the Cambro-Ordovician metagranites and metavolcanic rocks of central and NW Iberia

New U–Pb zircon data from metagranites and metavolcanic rocks of the Schist-Graywacke Complex Domain and the Schistose Domain of Galicia Tras-os-Montes Zone from central and NW Iberia contribute to constrain the timing of the Cambro-Ordovician magmatism from Central Iberian and Galicia Tras-os-Montes Zones which occurred between 498 and 462 Ma. The crystallization ages of the metagranites and metavolcanic rocks from the northern Schist-Graywacke Complex Domain are as follows: (a) in west Salamanca, 489 ± 5 Ma for Vitigudino, 486 ± 6 Ma for Fermoselle and 471 ± 7 Ma for Ledesma; (b) in northern Gredos, 498 ± 4 Ma for Castellanos, 492 ± 4 Ma for San Pelayo and 488 ± 3 Ma for Bercimuelle; (c) in Guadarrama, 490 ± 5 Ma for La Estación I, 489 ± 9 Ma for La Cañada, 484 ± 6 Ma for Vegas de Matute (leucocratic), 483 ± 6 Ma for El Cardoso, 482 ± 8 Ma for La Morcuera, 481 ± 9 Ma for Buitrago de Lozoya, 478 ± 7 Ma for La Hoya, 476 ± 5 Ma for Vegas de Matute (melanocratic), 475 ± 5 Ma for Riaza, 473 ± 8 Ma for La Estación II and 462 ± 11 Ma for La Berzosa; and (d) in Toledo, 489 ± 7 Ma for Mohares and 480 ± 8 Ma for Polán. The crystallization ages of the metagranites from the Schistose Domain of Galicia Tras-os-Montes Zone are 497 ± 6 Ma for Laxe, 486 ± 8 Ma for San Mamede, 482 ± 7 Ma for Bangueses, 481 ± 5 Ma for Noia, 480 ± 10 for Rial de Sabucedo, 476 ± 9 Ma for Vilanova, 475 ± 6 Ma for Pontevedra, 470 ± 6 Ma for Cherpa and 462 ± 8 Ma for Bande. This magmatism is characterized by an average isotopic composition of (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_485Ma ≈ 0.712, (ε_Nd)_485Ma ≈ ?4.1 and (T_DM) ≈ 1.62 Ga, and a high zircon inheritance, composed of Ediacaran–Early Cambrian (65 %) and, to a lesser extent, Cryogenian, Tonian, Mesoproterozoic, Orosirian and Archean pre-magmatic cores. Combining our geochronological and isotopic data with others of similar rocks from the European Variscan Belt, it may be deduced that Cambro-Ordovician magmas from this belt were mainly generated by partial melting of Ediacaran–Early Cambrian igneous rocks.     

The problem, significance and implications for metamorphism of 60 million years of multiple phases of staurolite growth

Microstructural measurements of FIAs in staurolite reveal at least 3 periods of growth in the Proterozoic Colorado Front Range and 5 in the Paleozoic Western Maine. Dated monazite inclusions in staurolite have an absolute age of 1760±12 Ma (FIA 1), 1720±7 Ma (FIA 2), 1682±18 Ma (FIA 3) in Colorado, and 408±10 Ma (FIA 2), 388±8 Ma (FIA 3), 372±6 Ma (FIA 4), 352±4 Ma (FIA 5) in Maine, supporting the multiple periods of deformation and metamorphism indicated by the FIA succession in each region. Multiple phases of growth by similar reactions in the same as well as in diverse adjacent rocks in both regions suggest that PT and X are not the only factors controlling the commencement and cessation of metamorphic reactions. The FIAs preserved by the staurolite porphyroblasts indicate that the local partitioning of deformation at the scale of a porphyroblast was the eventual controlling factor on whether or not the staurolite forming reactions took place.     

青海省都兰县热水铜钼矿床辉钼矿Re--Os测年及成矿意义

为了查明都兰县热水铜钼矿床的形成时间,笔者对其主要铜钼多金属矿体地表和岩芯的6件辉钼矿样品进行了Re--Os同位素分析,辉钼矿Re含量为(5.969±0.042)×10~(-6)～(15.55±0.11)×10~(-6),Re--Os同位素模式年龄分布范围在(233.1±3.1～235.6±3.1)Ma,其年龄加权平均值为(234.2±1.3)Ma(MSWD=0.40),等时线年龄为(234.2±2.8)Ma(MSWD=1.09)。揭示该矿床的成矿时代为晚三叠世早期。结合区域地质特征、地球化学资料和同位素年代学数据,认为该矿床可能形成于东昆仑造山带的后碰撞背景。东昆仑成矿带在三叠纪存在一期广泛的构造-岩浆成矿事件,从祁漫塔格到鄂拉山等地均有出现。     

新疆东天山觉罗塔格地区花岗岩类年代学、构造背景及其成矿作用研究

东天山觉罗塔格地区岩浆岩非常发育,以花岗岩类分布最为广泛,对其研究还较为薄弱。本文对觉罗塔格地区主要的花岗岩类岩体系统开展了地质特征研究并进行了同位素精确测年,报道了区内16个主要花岗岩类岩体的锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄：镜儿泉岩体376.9±3.1Ma、西凤山岩体349.0±3.4Ma、石英滩岩体342±11Ma、长条山岩体337.4±2.8Ma、天目岩体320.2±3.1Ma、百灵山岩体317.7±3.7Ma、白石泉岩体303±18Ma、迪坎岩体288.0±2.5Ma、黄山岩体288±17Ma、白山东岩体284.5±4.5Ma、管道岩体284.1±5.8Ma、红石岩体282.7±4.2Ma、陇东岩体276.2±2.5Ma、多头山岩体271.7±5.5Ma、双岔沟岩体252.4±2.9Ma、土墩岩体246.2±2.6Ma,上述定年结果为研究区岩浆活动与区域构造演化及深部过程的关系研究提供了可靠的年代学支持。结合前人已有的部分年代学成果认为,觉罗塔格地区花岗岩类的形成年龄分布在386~230Ma之间,岩浆活动可分为晚泥盆世(386.5~369.5Ma)、早石炭世(349~330Ma)、晚石炭世-晚二叠世(320~252Ma)、早中三叠世(246~230Ma)等4个阶段。前3个阶段岩浆活动具有持续时间逐渐变长、岩浆活动逐渐加剧的特点,并在第三阶段达到顶峰,而第四阶段岩浆活动则明显变弱。花岗岩类岩浆活动在时空分布上表现为,自哈尔里克-大南湖岛弧带→阿奇山-雅满岛弧带→康古尔-黄山韧性剪切带,岩体侵位由早到晚; 自研究区东部→中西部→沿韧性剪切带,岩体侵位由老到新。结合区域构造演化研究成果认为,觉罗塔格地区花岗质岩浆活动与区域构造演化具有很强的耦合关系,花岗岩类在前碰撞阶段、主碰撞阶段、后碰撞阶段、板内阶段等4个构造演化阶段均有发育,与花岗岩类在时间分布上的4个阶段完全对应,其中尤以后碰撞构造演化阶段花岗岩类的分布最广泛、岩浆活动最强烈。觉罗塔格地区与4个阶段花岗岩类有关的成矿作用由早到晚具有无明显矿化→斑岩型铜矿、火山岩型铁矿→韧性剪切带型金矿、夕卡岩型银(铜)矿→斑岩-石英脉型钼矿的演化特点,其中以对应于主碰撞阶段的斑岩型铜矿和后碰撞阶段的韧性剪切带型金矿最为发育。本文系统阐述了东天山觉罗塔格地区中酸性岩体的时空格架、与区域构造演化的耦合、与成矿作用的关系,为北疆地区晚古生代特别是后碰撞背景下的岩浆演化及其成矿关系的研究提供了有力支持。     

Geology,Geochemistry, and Geochronology of the Fenghuangshan Skarn‐type Copper Deposit in the Tongling Ore Cluster,Anhui Province,East China

The Fenghuangshan skarn-type Cu deposit, Tongling Ore Cluster, Anhui Province, is an important component in the Middle–Lower Yangtze River ore-forming belt. To better understand magmatism and its relationship to mineralization, we investigated geochemical features, ore-forming fluids, and geochronology of the Xinwuli intrusion and the related Fenghuangshan Cu deposit. Lithogeochemical characteristics show that the Xinwuli quartz monzodiorite is formed by mixing magma derived from upper mantle alkaline basalt that has been contaminated by crust materials. C, H and O isotopes indicate that ore-forming fluids mainly come from the magma, with minor amounts of meteoric fluids involved at the late stage. S and Pb isotopic components indicate that ore-forming materials are derived from the mantle. Molybdenite Re–Os isotopic dating yields Re–Os model ages ranging from 139.1±2.4 Ma to 142.0±2.2 Ma, with an isochronal age of 141.1±1.4 Ma, which is consistent with sensitive, high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon U–Pb ages of quartz monzodiorite and granodiorite in the mining area. Dating analysis yields ages from 136.0±2.0 Ma to 143.0±2.4 Ma for the quartz monzodiorite (a weighted average of 139.4±1.2 Ma) and ages from 136.7±2.0 Ma to 145.3±2.4 Ma for granodiorite (a weighted average of 141.0±1.1 Ma).     

Proterozoic geology and regional correlation of the Ghanzi-Makunda area,western Botswana

The Ghanzi-Makunda area exposes three main Proterozoic assemblages. The oldest rocks belong to the Palaeoproterozoic (Eburnian) Okwa Basement Complex, which consists of porphyritic rhyolitic felsite and granitoids emplaced at 2055±4 Ma. A volcanic sequence named the Kgwebe volcanic complex consists of metarhyolites and metabasalts with interbedded tuff and agglomerate. These metavolcanic rocks represent a bimodal suite of continental tholeiites and high K rhyolites linked to the evolution of the Mesoproterozoic Kibaran orogenic system. Siliciclastic and carbonate rock successions of the Neoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic Ghanzi-Chobe Belt unconformably overlie the Mesoproterozoic Kgwebe volcanic complex. The Ghanzi-Chobe Supergroup comprises the Ghanzi Group and the Okwa Group. In Namibia, felsic lavas with UPb zircon ages of ca 750 Ma occur at the top of lithological units correlated to the Ghanzi Group. The deposition of the Ghanzi Group occured after 1020 Ma and before 750 Ma. In the Okwa Group, detrital zircons extracted from Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks of the Takatswaane Formation yielded the following dates: 1887±14 Ma, 1246±4 Ma, 1054±5 Ma, 627±6 Ma and 579±12 Ma. The age of 579 ± 12 Ma is considered to represent the maximum depositional age of the Okwa Group. Based on the data in this paper, as well as lithological similarities, the Ghanzi Group is correlated with the Nosib Group of the Damara Belt, while the Okwa Group is correlated with the Nama Group in Namibia.