Results of U-Pb dating of zircon and baddeleyite from the Noril’sk-1 ultramafic-mafic intrusion (Russia)

We present for the first time the mineralogical and isotope-geochemical particularities of zircon and baddeleyite from various rocks of the economic ore-bearing Noril’sk-1 intrusion located in the northwestern part of the Siberian platform. The ultramafic-mafic Noril’sk-1 intrusion hosts one of the world’s major economic platinum-group-element (PGE)-Cu-Ni sulphide deposits.A detailed study of crystal morphology and internal structure identify four zircon populations, characterized by different U-Pb (SHRIMP-II) ages. The U-Pb ages of baddeleyite and the defined zircon populations cover a significant time span (from 290 ± 2.8 to 226.7 ± 0.9 Ma). The established U-Pb ages imply that crystallization of baddeleyite and zircon populations corresponds to several stages of protracted evolution of the ore-forming magmatic system (290 ± 2.8, 261.3 ± 1.6, 245.7 ± 1.1, 236.5 ± 1.8, and 226.7 ± 0.9 Ma, respectively) that served as the favorable factor for accumulation of magmas and ores of unique scales and concentrations.     

内蒙古敖汉旗朝吐沟组火山岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄

内蒙古赤峰敖汉旗一带的朝吐沟组由变基性岩、变质酸性火山岩夹云母石英片岩组成。采用LA-ICP-MS技术,对朝吐沟组2件变流纹岩样品进行了U-Pb同位素测定,获得的锆石206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值分别为359.4±1.4Ma和360.3±1.4Ma,即晚泥盆世法门期,表明朝吐沟组形成于晚泥盆世,而非前人认为的早石炭世。朝吐沟组火山岩石组合为变玄武岩和变流纹岩,显示出典型的双峰式火山岩特征,揭示该区在晚泥盆世处于伸展构造环境。     

四川攀西红格矿区辉长岩和正长岩的SHRIMP U-Pb和Sm-Nd定年及其地质意义

用SHRIMP U-Pb和Sm-Nd定年技术,对攀西红格矿区含矿层状辉长岩、碱性正长岩进行了年龄测定。获得红格辉长岩中3种不同晶形锆石的U-Pb年龄分别为258.4±4.1Ma、1841±34Ma、2487±12Ma,由辉长岩、辉石和磷灰石所构成的Sm-Nd等时线年龄为253±14Ma;碱性正长岩中锆石的U-Pb年龄为257.2±1.5Ma。结果表明,红格辉长岩中具有典型基性岩锆石特征的锆石U-Pb年龄(258Ma)与同一地质样品的Sm-Nd年龄(全岩+矿物内部等时线年龄),以及同一矿区的正长岩锆石U-Pb年龄在测定误差范围内一致。鉴于层状辉长岩和碱性正长岩在空间上密切共生,在形成时间上一致,可以认为它们都属于晚二叠世末岩浆活动的产物;而1841Ma和2487Ma的锆石,可能是在基性-超基性岩浆的上侵过程中,从基底所捕获的岩浆锆石和继承锆石,其年龄信息,揭示了康滇地轴岩浆岩带的下部或结晶基底存在元古代甚至新太古代末期的岩石或物质。     

Kalikorva structure and its position in the system of the northern Karelian greenstone belts: Geochemical and geochronological data

New geochemical data on volcanic rocks and the first U-Pb zircon ages for the Kalikorva structure made it possible to determine the time and conditions of their formation and constrain geodynamic models. The lower sequences of the Kalikorva structure is dominated by metatholeiites with high MgO, Cr, and Ni contents, high Mg#, and REE distribution patterns close to the mantle level. They contain rare komatiite interlayers and lenses of pyroxenites and peridotites and can be considered as products of the deep melting of mantle material. At the same time, the tholeiitic metabasalts bear island-arc signatures and are intercalated with metagraywackes and metadacites (adakites). This rock association could be formed under spreading conditions at the beginning of an island-arc regime. The upper sequence is dominated by metagraywackes and contains diverse rocks with both MORB (tholeiitic and komatiitic basalts) and island-arc (calc-alkaline andesite and dacites, subalkaline basalts, and picritic basalts) affinity, which is typical of back-arc basins. The U-Pb dating of zircons from the metadacites and detrital zircons from the metagraywackes of the Kalikorva structure yielded similar ages of 2785 ± 13 and 2766 ± 21 Ma, respectively. They coincide with the age of the late volcanic complex of the Hisovaara Group of the Hisovaara structure (2780 Ma). Both complexes include island-arc associations with subduction signatures and contain adakites, Nb-Ti basalts, and basaltic andesites. The metagraywackes and metadacites of the Chupa sequence of the Belomorian mobile belt are older than the similar rocks of the Kalikorva complex and have an age of 2870 ± 30 Ma. Ages of 2735 ± 20 Ma and 2720 ± 4 Ma were previously obtained for the metaandesites of the Kichany volcanogenic complex, which could be an even younger volcanic arc.     

Isotope geochemistry and geochronology of the gabbro of the Volkovsky Massif,Urals

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, and Lu-Hf isotope data are reported on the gabbro of the Volkovsky Massif, the only massif of the Uralian Platinum Belt wherein economic copper-iron-vanadium and high-grade gold-palladium mineralization is present. The massif is made up of gabbro blocks with concentrically zoned structure and diorite intrusions in its core. In the northeast and southwest, the gabbro is cut by syenite of the Kushva Massif. Gabbro blocks mainly consist of the olivine-anorthite gabbro, while labradorite two- pyroxene gabbro intersects both olivine-anorthite gabbro and Ti-magnetite and copper-PGE mineralization developed in them. The study of both gabbro types by Sm-Nd isochron and U-Pb (SHRIMP II) zircon methods with subsequent REE and Lu-Hf isotope analysis of zircon made it possible to date reliably (428 ± 7 Ma (SHRIMP) and 436 ± 21 Ma (Sm-Nd)) postore labradorite gabbro and, correspondingly, the upper age limit of the mineralization of the Volkovsky Massif. Ore-bearing olivine-anorthite gabbro contain four different-age zircon populations: 2682 ± 37–972 ± 18 Ma, 655 ± 15 to 565 ± 9 Ma; 450 ± 12 Ma, and 343 ± 8 Ma. Hf-Nd isotope systematics showed that zircon with an age of 450 ± 12 Ma presumably marks the formation age of the rocks, the older zircon was trapped, while zircon with an age of 343 ± 8 Ma was formed during low-temperature transformation of the rock and sometimes contains excess radiogenic Hf. Proterozoic xenogenic zircon was inherited from diverse rocks of ancient crust, while the oldest grain with an age of 2065 Ma was possibly formed in a deep mantle source. Vendian zircon was presumably also entrapped, and its morphology and geochemistry point to the crystallization from a basaltic melt. The abundance of pre-Paleozoic zircon in the olivine-anorthite gabbro suggests significant contribution of ancient material in their petrogenesis. This material could serve as source of ore components (metals and sulfur) for unique copper-sulfide gold-PGE mineralization of the Volkovsky Massif.     

Baddeleyite and zircon U-Pb ages of the ultramafic rocks in Chigu Tso area,Southeastern Tibet and their constraints on the timing of Comei Large Igneous Province

A suite of ultramafic and mafic rocks developed in the Chigu Tso area, eastern Tethyan Himalaya. Baddeleyite and zircon U-Pb ages acquired by SIMS and LA-ICP-MS from olivine pyroxenite rocks in the Chigu Tso area are 138.9±3.0 Ma and 139.0±1.9 Ma, respectively. These two Early Cretaceous ages are similar with the ages of the more abundant mafic rocks in the eastern Tethyan Himalaya, indicating that this suite of ultramafic and mafic rocks in the Chigu Tso area should be included in the outcrop area of the Comei Large Igneous Province (LIP). These ultramafic rocks provide significant evidence that the involvement of mantle plume/hot spot activities in the formation of the Comei LIP. Baddeleyite U-Pb dating by SIMS is one reliable and convenient method to constrain the formation time of ultramafic rocks. The dating results of baddeleyite and zircon from the olivine pyroxenite samples in this paper are consistent with each other within analytical uncertainties, suggesting that baddeleyite and zircon were both formed during the same magmatic process. The consistency of baddeleyite U-Pb ages in the Chigu Tso area with zircon U-Pb ages for a large number of Early Cretaceous mafic rocks in the eastern Tethyan Himalaya further support that zircon grains from such mafic rocks yielding Early Cretaceous ages are also magmatic in origin.     

河北丰宁县大草坪钼矿区岩体锆石U-Pb年龄研究

大草坪钼矿属冀北上黄旗构造岩浆岩带钼多金属成矿带,对其赋矿围岩的年龄、矿床成因及类型一直存在争论。通过对岩浆结晶锆石及捕虏晶锆石U-Pb年龄研究,表明大草坪花岗岩岩浆结晶锆石U-Pb年龄为(220.0±1.7)Ma、(224.0±1.5)Ma和(232.7±1.5)Ma,作者据此重新厘定大草坪花岗岩成岩期为印支期,有别于1989年《河北省、北京市、天津市区域地质志》中厘定的燕山期。根据大草坪花岗闪长岩中岩浆结晶锆石U-Pb年龄(134.3±1.2)Ma和(140.0±1.5)Ma,重新厘定大草坪花岗闪长岩成岩期为燕山期,有别于前人厘定的海西期。表明本区含矿岩体来源于古老基底就地多期改造重熔。     

四川攀西地区层状基性-超基性岩体SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

应用SHRIMP锆石U-Pb测年,对攀西地区白马和太和含矿层状基性-超基性岩体的年龄进行研究,获得白马层状辉长岩体锆石U-Pb年龄为258±2Ma(95%可信度),太和层状辉长岩体锆石U-Pb年龄为262±2Ma(95%可信度)。结果表明,攀西地区的白马和太和含矿层状辉长岩体均形成于二叠纪晚期。该年龄信息显示了从层状辉长岩体的侵入到峨眉山玄武岩的喷发高峰期(250Ma)仅距5~10Ma,二者应属于同期不同阶段岩浆活动的产物。鉴于空间上层状辉长岩体与峨眉山玄武岩密切相关,基性-超基性岩体和玄武岩的形成均与晚古生代末期峨眉地幔柱活动有关。     

LA-ICP-MS石榴子石U-Pb定年方法在异剥钙榴岩和矽卡岩年代学研究中的应用

本文利用Coherent GeoLasHD型193 nm ArF准分子激光剥蚀系统和Agilent 7900型四极杆电感耦合等离子体质谱仪, 建立了LA-ICP-MS石榴子石U-Pb定年方法。利用该方法, 对采自冀北地区晚古生代镁铁质-超镁铁质混杂岩体中的异剥钙榴岩和闽西南马坑式铁矿含矿石榴子石矽卡岩这两种岩石中的石榴子石开展U-Pb定年研究。在冀北地区晚古生代镁铁质-超镁铁质混杂岩体中的异剥钙榴岩中, 获得石榴子石下交点年龄为(387.6±5.4) Ma (D496-1, MSWD=1.1, N=30)和(409.3±7.8) Ma (D493-1, MSWD=2.0, N=60), 在马坑铁矿石榴子石矽卡岩中, 获得石榴子石下交点年龄为(128.6±2.1) Ma (ZK7921-b24, MSWD=2.0, N=60)和(128.7±3.2) Ma (ZK7922-b1, 用锆石91500校正, MSWD=1.8, N=42); 在潘田铁矿的石榴子石矽卡岩中, 获得石榴子石的下交点年龄为(128.7±1.7) Ma (PT-b1, MSWD=1.7, N=30)和(132.1±1.3) Ma (PT-b1样品, 用锆石91500校正, MSWD=1.6, N=30)(除了指明使用锆石标样91500校正石榴子石未知样品外, 其他皆用石榴子石标样Willsboro校正石榴子石未知样品的U/Pb分馏)。以上结果与Sm-Nd等时线年龄及前人报道的锆石U-Pb年龄在误差范围内一致。对马坑式铁矿石榴子石矽卡岩U-Pb定年结果表明, 利用石榴子石标样Willsboro和锆石标样91500作为外标样校正同一样品中石榴子石U/Pb同位素分馏, 获得的下交点年龄一致, 206Pb/238U年龄的加权平均值也一致, 说明石榴子石与锆石之间的基体效应较小, 在缺乏石榴子石标样时, 可用锆石标样91500代替。在上述研究基础上分析了石榴子石U-Pb定年方法在矽卡岩型矿床成矿时代研究及异剥钙榴岩年代学研究中的应用潜力, 认为石榴子石U-Pb定年方法在矽卡岩型矿床及异剥钙榴岩年代学研究中具有巨大的应用推广前景, 具有重要的理论指导和实际应用意义。     

Paleoproterozoic Keulik–Kenirim Ore-Bearing Gabbro–Peridotite Complex,Kola Region: A New Occurrence of Ferropicritic Magmatism

Comprehensive research of ore-bearing differentiated intrusions of the Keulik–Kenirim structural unit, which represents a fragment of the Paleoproterozoic Pechenga–Varzuga Belt, has been carried out for the first time. The intrusions are subvolcanic by type and lenticular in shape, nearly conformable and steeply dipping. They are made up of peridotite, olivine and plagioclase pyroxenites, and gabbro metamorphosed under amphibolite facies conditions along with host basic volcanics. All intrusive rocks are enriched in TiO2 and FeO. Sulfide Cu–Ni mineralization is represented by disseminated, pocket, and stringer-disseminated types, which are clustered in the peridotitic zone as hanging units and bottom lodes. The Ni content in disseminated ore is estimated at 0.45–0.55 wt % and 1.15–3.32 wt % in ore pockets; the Cu grades are 0.17–0.20 and 0.46–5.65 wt %, respectively. To determine the age of intrusions and metamorphism of intrusive and volcanic rocks, various isotopic systems have been used: Sm–Nd (TIMS) in rock and U–Pb (SIMS SHRIMP) and Lu–Hf (LA-ICP-MS) in zircon. Conclusions on the origin of zircons are based on concentrations of trace elements including REE therein and Hf–Nd correlation in zircons and rocks. The U–Pb system of zircons reflects episodes of igneous rock formation (1982 ± 12 Ma) and their postmagmatic transformation (1938 ± 20 Ma). The last disturbance of the U–Pb isotopic system occurred 700 and 425 Ma. Xenogenic zircons dated from 3.17 to 2.65 Ga have been revealed in the studied samples. These zircons were captured by magma from the Archean basement during its ascent. The intrusions were emplaced synchronously with economic ore formation in the Pechenga ore field (1985 ± 10 Ma). The peak metamorphism of intrusive rocks under amphibolite facies conditions is recorded at 40 Ma later. The differentiated intrusions of the Keulik–Kenirim structural unit are close in their internal structure, mineralogy, and geochemistry, as well as in age and features of related Cu–Ni mineralization to ore-bearing intrusions of the Pechenga ore field, which are derivatives of ferropicritic (ferriferous) magmatism.     

冀北太古代花岗质片麻岩的成因

冀北是华北克拉通早前寒武纪变质基底的主要出露地区之一。分布于承德-滦平和赤城-张家口地区的新太古代花岗质片麻岩主要由英云闪长岩、奥长花岗岩、花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩(TTGM)组成,构成了低钾、中钾和高钾钙碱性三个岩石化学系列。二长花岗质片麻岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb和Lu-Hf同位素特征揭示其岩浆结晶年龄为2509±10Ma。全岩岩石化学、Sm-Nd同位素和锆石Lu-Hf同位素研究表明:(1)低钾钙碱性系列的岩石形成于拉班玄武质岩石的低度部分熔融;(2)中钾钙碱性系列岩石主要形成于玄武质岩石和杂砂岩的部分熔融,局部存在英云闪长质片麻岩的部分熔融;(3)高钾钙碱性系列的岩石形成于以高钾中酸性火山岩为主要成分的杂砂岩的部分熔融。结合近年来冀北早前寒武纪地质研究成果,这些太古代花岗质片麻岩全岩Sm-Nd同位素和锆石Lu-Hf同位素特征揭示~2.7Ga是本区太古代地壳的主要生长期。在新太古代发生了大规模的火山喷发,火山物质形成后不久发生部分熔融形成花岗质岩浆,接着发生变质、变形作用。这些花岗质片麻岩的形成与南美洲西海岸的构造-岩浆活动特征有类似之处,可能反映了太古代末期冀北地区从活动大陆边缘地壳增生、加厚到弧后伸展转化的动力学背景。     

龙江盆地中生代火山岩锆石U-Pb年代学及其对基底性质的制约

龙江盆地是松辽盆地外围西部重要的火山断陷盆地之一,盆地内自下而上依次发育龙江组、光华组和甘河组火山岩。本文对龙江盆地火山岩进行了详细的锆石U-Pb年代学研究,结果显示：龙江组流纹岩、辉石英安岩、安山岩锆石U-Pb年龄分别为（129.7±2.4）、（129.0±2.3）和（125.6±1.3）Ma;光华组3个流纹岩锆石U-Pb年龄分别为（122.5±1.4）、（119.9±1.1）和（116.7±1.5）Ma;甘河组最年轻的锆石年龄为（114.3±2.9）Ma;显示盆地内火山岩浆活动的时限为129.7~114.3 Ma,火山岩均为早白垩世岩浆活动的产物。同时在甘河组玄武质粗面安山岩中测到多组捕获锆石年龄,反映出晚二叠世（254 Ma）、晚石炭世（302 Ma）、晚泥盆世（367 Ma）、早志留世（433 Ma）、古元古代（2 395 Ma）、新太古代（2 523 Ma）岩浆事件记录,这在一定程度上为龙江盆地存在古老结晶基底提供了证据。     

黑龙江先锋北山金矿床火山岩地球化学特征、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年及地质意义

黑龙江省先锋北山金矿床地处完达山造山带西南段,矿体主要赋存在流纹岩、岩屑晶屑凝灰岩和流纹质角砾岩中。文章系统研究了与成矿密切相关的火山岩的地球化学特征,同时,对其进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年。与成矿相关的火山岩(流纹岩、岩屑晶屑凝灰岩、流纹质角砾岩)表现出高硅、富碱,贫铝、镁、钙的特征,属碱性系列岩石;具有弱的Eu负异常;富集大离子亲石元素K、Rb、Th等;亏损高场强元素Ta、Nb、P、Ti等。同时,Ba、Sr、Eu等元素亦表现为亏损,具有典型的同碰撞环境的地球化学特征。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年显示,流纹岩、流纹质角砾岩和石英闪长玢岩的206Pb/238U谐和年龄分别为(116.98±0.47)Ma、(116.98±0.42)Ma和(108.48±0.99)Ma。结合矿区侵入接触关系,限定先锋北山金矿床的形成时间介于(116.98±0.47)Ma~(108.48±0.99)Ma,即早白垩世晚期。该矿床的形成与太平洋板块的俯冲和佳木斯与完达山地块的拼合有着密切的关系,系古太平洋板块构造体制由挤压变为伸展背景下的产物。     

滩间山群的重新厘定-来自柴达木盆地边缘玄武岩年代学和地球化学证据

柴达木盆地周缘滩间山群在岩石组合、玄武岩同位素年代学和地球化学特征以及在区域成矿过程中作用具有明显差异.柴北缘和柴南缘(东昆仑地区)滩间山群具有不同的岩石组合和沉积建造:柴北缘滩间山群下部为中基性海相火山岩,上部为碎屑岩-碳酸盐岩;柴南缘下部为中基性-中酸性火山岩夹碎屑岩,中部为碎屑岩夹中基性火山岩,上部为碳酸盐岩夹碎...     

豫西崤山早元古代中酸性侵入岩锆石/斜锆石U-Pb测年及其对熊耳火山岩系时限的约束

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吉林果松盆地早白垩世果松组火山岩年代学及其地质意义

以果松盆地果松组火山岩为研究对象,对标准剖面安山岩进行了精确的锆石U-Pb定年分析,旨在确定其形成时代。样品中的锆石多呈自形-半自形晶,振荡环带发育,Th/U比值在0.48~2.77之间,显示其典型的岩浆成因。锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,原定中晚侏罗世的果松组火山岩形成于130 Ma(加权平均年龄为130±2 Ma,MSWD=0.48)或129 Ma(加权平均年龄为129±2 Ma,MSWD=0.14),应划归为早白垩世。根据果松盆地中生界岩石组合特点,结合新获得的火山岩测年数据和生物化石种群特征,重新厘定果松盆地中生代地层序列,进而讨论了果松盆地与邻区白垩纪地层单元的地层对比关系。     

秦岭富水杂岩的变辉长岩中斜锆石与锆石U-Pb同位素年龄的差异及其地质意义

秦岭富水杂岩体的一些变辉长岩含有粒度较大，U、Pb含量较高的斜锆石和锆石，是U-Pb同位素测年的极好矿物。本文对秦岭富水杂岩的中粗粒角闪黑云辉长岩中的斜错石和错石分别进行了SHRIMP法和TIMS法U-Pb同位素年龄测定，获得斜锆石和锆石的U-Pb同位素年龄分别为501.4±1.2 Ma和480.0±3.4 Ma，二者相差约20 Ma；对该岩石中的斜锆石和锆石的关系及锆石的成因进行了初步研究，认为斜锆石的U-Pb同位素年龄应可解释为秦岭富水杂岩中基性岩石的形成时代，而锆石的成因比较复杂，对其U-Pb同位素年龄地质意义的合理解释需作进一步的研究。     

苏南晚二叠世末期双峰次火山岩的发现和单颗粒锆石U－Pb年代学意义

苏南晚二叠世末期双峰次火山岩的发现和单颗粒锆石Ｕ－Ｐｂ年代学意义方中，李惠民，夏邦栋，楚雪君，刘寿和，王学锋（南京大学地球科学系，江苏南京，２１０００８；天津地质矿产研究所，天津，３００１７０）关键词晚二叠世，双峰火山岩，同生锆石，捕虏晶锆石，Ｕ－Ｐ...     

云南中甸地区翁水晚三叠世火山岩地球化学特征及其构造意义

“三江”构造带中甸弧北部的印支期岩浆活动目前尚无正式的研究报道.本文的岩石学及年代学的研究表明,中甸弧北部的翁水地区存在印支期中酸性岩浆活动,锆石U-Pb定年结果显示这些火山岩在211.1±1.5Ma喷发,与该地区的印支期火山岩与斑岩矿床的成矿斑岩的形成时代一致.翁水安山岩岩石地球化学特征显示其以中性的安山岩为主,具有亏损Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素的典型岛弧岩浆成分特征.与同一构造单元内中句弧南部的烂泥塘-浪都安山岩进行主、微量元素的对比研究发现,两者均具有正常岛弧火山岩的成分组成特征.结合其形成时代和构造背景,初步认为中甸弧北部的翁水和南部的烂泥塘-浪都安山岩以及该区域的成矿斑岩很可能形成于同一构造-岩浆事件,都是甘孜-理塘洋晚三叠世俯冲作用的岩浆产物.     

西昆仑塔什库尔干陆块赞坎铁矿赋矿地层形成时代及其地质意义

布伦阔勒岩群既是西昆仑塔什库尔干陆块的主体组成部分,也是该区域铁矿床的赋矿地层,在其中已经发现了赞坎、老并、莫喀尔和叶里克等大型磁铁矿床。文章通过对塔什库尔干陆块内赞坎铁矿区布伦阔勒岩群及侵入地层的岩浆岩进行精细的岩相学和SHRIMP年代学研究,确定赋矿地层的形成时代,进而探讨该矿床的形成时代。研究表明布伦阔勒岩群斜长角闪片岩中岩浆结晶锆石的的形成年龄为(1845.0±11.0)Ma,限定了地层的形成时代可能晚于(1845.0±11.0)Ma。再根据次斜长花岗斑岩侵入体的形成年龄(544.5±4.7)Ma,限定地层的形成时代要早于(544.5±4.7)Ma。因此推测赞坎铁矿区布伦阔勒岩群的形成年龄介于1845.0~544.5 Ma,为元古宙。而且在英安岩中的部分锆石核部还发现有3048.0~3054.0 Ma和2032.0 Ma的年龄信息,说明地层中还保留有更古老的基底物质(古元古代甚至中太古代基底岩石),也进一步说明塔县—瓦恰隆起带所出露的布伦阔勒群岩是最古老的地层之一,为塔什库尔干古陆块的存在提供了依据。由于赞坎磁铁矿床的形成主要与沉积成矿作用密切相关,其主要矿体是与布伦阔勒岩群底部含铁岩系同生的,因此铁矿床的形成时代应与布伦阔勒岩群含铁岩系的形成时代一致,为元古宙全球性前寒武纪铁矿成矿事件的产物。