Geology and mineralization of the Pulang supergiant porphyry copper deposit (5.11 Mt) in Shangri-la,Yunnan Province,China: A review

The porphyry copper belt in the Geza island arc in southwestern China is the only Indosinian porphyry copper metallogenic belt that has been discovered and evaluated so far. The Pulang porphyry copper deposit (also referred to as the Pulang deposit) in this area has proven copper reserves of 5.11×10⁶ t. This deposit has been exploited on a large scale using advanced mining methods, exhibiting substantial economic benefit. Based on many research results of previous researchers and the authors’ team, this study proposed the following key insights. (1) The Geza island arc was once regarded as an immature island arc with only andesites and quartz diorite porphyrites occurring. This understanding was overturned in this study. Acidic endmember components such as quartz monzonite porphyries and quartz monzonite porphyries have been identified in the Geza island arc, and the mineralization is mainly related to the magmatism of quartz monzonite porphyries. (2) Complete porphyry orebodies and large vein orebodies have developed in the Pulang deposit. Main orebody KT1 occurs in the transition area between the potassium silicate alteration zone of quartz monzonite porphyries and the sericite-quartz alteration zone. Most of them have developed in the potassium silicate alteration zone. The main orebody occurs as large lenses at the top of the hanging wall of rock bodies, with an engineering-controlled length of 1920 m and thickness of 32.5‒630.29 m (average: 187.07 m). It has a copper grade of 0.21%‒1.56% (average: 0.42%) and proven copper resources of 5.11×10⁶ t, which are associated with 113 t of gold, 1459 t of silver, and 170×10³ t of molybdenum. (3) Many studies on diagenetic and metallogenic chronology, isotopes, and fluid inclusions have been carried out for the Pulang deposit, including K-Ar/Ar-Ar dating of monominerals (e.g., potassium feldspars, biotites, and amphiboles), zircon U-Pb dating, and molybdenite Re-Os dating. The results show that the porphyries in the Pulang deposit are composite plutons and can be classified into pre-mineralization quartz diorite porphyrites, quartz monzonite porphyries formed during the mineralization, and post-mineralization granite porphyries, which were formed at 223±3.7 Ma, 218±4 Ma, and 207±3.9 Ma, respectively. The metallogenic age of the Pulang deposit is 213‒216 Ma. (4) The petrogeochemical characteristics show that the Pulang deposit has the characteristics of volcanic arc granites. The calculation results of trace element contents in zircons show that quartz monzonite porphyries and granite porphyries have higher oxygen fugacity. The isotopic tracing results show that the diagenetic and metallogenic materials were derived from mixed crust- and mantle-derived magmas.©2022 China Geology Editorial Office.     

黑龙江多宝山斑岩铜(钼)矿床蚀变-矿化阶段及其流体演化

黑龙江多宝山斑岩铜(钼)矿床是大兴安岭中北部多宝山-阿尔山铜(钼)成矿带内最大的斑岩型矿床,位于兴蒙造山带的最东端。矿床赋存于花岗闪长岩及多宝山组下部地层中。据野外脉体类型和穿插关系、围岩蚀变类型、矿物组合,将多宝山斑岩铜(钼)矿床的蚀变和矿化自早至晚划分为4个阶段:Ⅰ钾硅化阶段;Ⅱ 硅化-钼矿化阶段;Ⅲ绢英岩化-铜矿化阶段;Ⅳ碳酸盐石英阶段。石英中包裹体类型主要有水溶液包裹体、富CO₂包裹体、含子晶多相包裹体、纯CO₂包裹体。成矿流体从早阶段到晚阶段具有规律性演化特征:钾硅化阶段发育水溶液包裹体、富CO₂包裹体,盐度集中在6%~10% NaCleqv,密度0.5~0.9g·cm^-3,均一温度峰值为245~400℃;硅化-钼矿化阶段发育水溶液包裹体、富CO₂包裹体、含子晶多相包裹体均一温度峰值为260~300℃,盐度1.7%~39% NaCleqv,密度0.3~1.1g·cm^-3;绢英岩化-铜矿化阶段发育水溶液包裹体、富CO₂包裹体,均一温度峰值220~280℃,盐度0.1%~24.8% NaCleqv,峰值集中在6%~12%,密度0.5~1.0g·cm^-3;碳酸盐阶段仅发育水溶液包裹体包裹体,均一温度峰值为125~170℃,盐度0.5%~12.8% NaCleqv,密度0.8~0.9g·cm^-3。激光拉曼探针分析结果表明成分主要为H₂O和CO₂。本文对多宝山矿床主成矿期压力进行了估算,Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ阶段捕获压力分别为110~160MPa、58~80MPa、8~17MPa。测温实验结合野外现象及包裹体岩相学表明多宝山斑岩铜(钼)矿床是一个复杂的构造-岩浆成矿系统,与成矿有关的热流体不是单一的岩浆分异的结果,构造裂隙系统也为含矿流体提供了很好的导矿与容矿空间,矿床沉淀机制为温度压力的变化及空间的开放导致流体不混溶与沸腾作用,不同流体的混合、水岩反应致使流体pH值、成分发生变化,从而导致铜、钼的矿化。     

Geology and mineralization of the Tiegelongnan supergiant porphyry-epithermal Cu (Au,Ag) deposit (10 Mt) in western Tibet,China: A review

The Tiegelongnan Cu(Au,Ag)deposit in central Tibet contains more than 10 Mt of copper ranking 29 th in the world.It is characterized by typical porphyry-epithermal alteration and mineralization.In order to improve the understanding of porphyry-epithermal copper deposit in Tibet,new zircon U-Pb age and sulfur isotope data along with published data in the Tiegelongnan are presented to investigate the formation and preservation mechanism.Ore-related intrusive rocks in the Tiegelongnan including Early Cretaceous(about 120 Ma)granodiorite porphyry and diorite porphyry are closely related to the northward subduction of Bangongco-Nujiang ocean.Sulfur mainly comes from deep magma,and ore-forming fluid is affected by both magmatic and meteoric water.The metallogenic setting of Tiegelongnan is consistent with those of Andean porphyry copper deposits in South America.The cover of the Meiriqiecuo Formation volcanic rocks,Lhasa-Qiangtang collision and India-Eurasian collision have significance in the preservation and uplift of the deposit.The formation,preservation and discovery of Tiegelongnan play an important role in exploration of ancient porphyry-epithermal deposits in Tibet.     

Geology and mineralization of the supergiant Shimensi granitic-type W-Cu-Mo deposit (1.168 Mt) in northern Jiangxi,South China: A Review

The Shimensi deposit is a recently discovered W-Cu-Mo polymetallic deposit located in the Jiangnan porphyry-skarn W belt in South China. The deposit has a resource of 0.74×10⁶ t of WO₃ accompanied by 0.4×10⁶ t Cu and 28000 t Mo and other useful components like Ga, making it one of the largest W deposits in the world. This paper is aimed to reveal the ore-controlling mechanisms of the Shimensi deposit, involving the role of the ore-related granites, the tectonic background for its formation, and the metallogenesis model. The systematic geological survey suggests multi-types of alteration are developed in the deposit, mainly including greisenization, potassic-alteration, sericitization, chloritization, and silicification. Drilling engineering data and mining works indicate that the Shimensi deposit consists of two main orebodies of I and II. Therein, the W resource has reached a supergiant scale, and the accompanied Cu, Mo, Au, Bi, Ga, and some other useful components are also of economic significance. The main ore-minerals consist of scheelite, wolframite and chalcopyrite. Disseminated mineralization is the dominant type of the W-Cu-Mo polymetallic orebodies, and mainly distributes in the inner and external contact zone that between the Neoproterozoic biotite granodiorite and the Yanshanian granites. The main orebody occurs at the external contact zone, and the pegmatoid crust near the inner contact zone is an important prospecting marker of the W mineralization. Of them, the disseminated W ores within the wall rock of the Neoproterozoic biotite granodiorite is a new mineralization type identified in this paper. Combining previous geochronological and isotopic data, we propose that the mineralization of the Shimensi deposit is closely related to the intruding of the Yanshanian porphyritic biotite granite and granite porphyry. Geochemical data suggest that the biotite granodiorite is rich in Ca and had provided a large amount of Ca for the precipitation of scheelite in this area. Thus, it is a favorable wall rock type for W mineralization. The Shimensi deposit belongs to granitic-type W polymetallic deposit related to post-magmatic hydrothermal, and the ore-forming fluid was initially derived from the Yanshanian magmas.©2022 China Geology Editorial Office.     

Geology,geochronology, and exploration of the Jiama giant porphyry copper deposit (11 Mt), Tibet,China: A review

Jiama, with more than 11 Mt of copper metal, is the largest porphyry-skarn copper system in the Gangdese metallogenic belt, Tibet, China, creating ideal conditions for deciphering the origin of porphyry ores in a collision setting. Despite massive studies of the geology, chronology, petrogenesis, and ore-related fluids and their sources in Jiama, there is a lack of systematic summaries and reviews of this system. In contrast to traditional porphyry copper systems in a subduction setting, recent studies and exploration suggest that the Jiama deposit includes porphyry-type Mo-Cu, skarn-type Cu polymetallic, vein-type Au and manto orebodies. This paper reviews the latest studies on the geology, chronology, petrogenesis, fluid inclusions, and isotopic geochemistry (hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and lead) of the Jiama deposit. Accordingly, a multi-center complex mineralization model was constructed, indicating that multi-phase intrusions from the same magma reservoir can form multiple hydrothermal centers. These centers are mutually independent and form various orebodies or are superimposed on each other and form thick, high-grade orebodies. Finally, a new comprehensive exploration model was established for the Jiama porphyry copper system. Both models established in this study help to refine the theories on continental-collision metallogeny and porphyry copper systems.©2023 China Geology Editorial Office.     

黑龙江多宝山斑岩铜矿赋矿岩体侵位深度及其对成矿的约束

多宝山铜矿是中国北方著名的斑岩型矿床,许多学者对该矿床的成因、大地构造环境、成矿机制等进行了大量的研究,并取得较好的成果。但对矿床保存和后期改造尚缺研究,需要中低温热年代学研究控制矿床的剥蚀深度、阶段和时代,而含矿岩体的侵位深度是先决条件。为了准确确定多宝山铜矿含矿岩体的侵位深度,笔者选取赋矿花岗闪长斑岩体作为研究对象,并利用角闪石-斜长石地质温压计进行成矿深度分析。通过研究得出赋矿花岗闪长斑岩体成岩压力为1.69×108~1.78×108 Pa,温度范围在650~710℃之间,成岩深度为6.36~6.69 km,对于研究矿床剥蚀深度及速率、演化阶段、构造背景等都具有重要的意义。     

黑龙江省多宝山斑岩型铜(钼)矿床成矿流体特征及演化

黑龙江省多宝山斑岩铜(钼)矿床位于小兴安岭西北部,是中亚-兴蒙造山带北东段最大的斑岩型铜(钼)矿床,矿体产于加里东期花岗闪长岩和中奥陶世多宝山组安山岩、凝灰岩中。铜矿化与绢英岩化关系密切,而钼矿化主要产于钾硅化带中。矿区内脉体广泛发育,从早到晚依次为:石英+钾长石脉、早阶段石英+辉钼矿脉、晚阶段石英+辉钼矿脉、石英+黄铜矿+黄铁矿脉、石英+黄铁矿脉和方解石+石英脉。脉石英中广泛发育流体包裹体,包括气液两相水溶液包裹体(W型)、纯气相包裹体(G型)、含CO2三相包裹体(C型)及含子矿物多相包裹体(S型)。石英+钾长石脉中仅发育气液两相包裹体,均一温度峰值﹥550℃、盐度为16.2%～18.1%NaCleqv;早阶段石英+辉钼矿脉中发育大量气液两相包裹体和含子矿物多相包裹体,并见少量含CO2三相包裹体,均一温度集中在350～450℃、盐度变化于1.1%～﹥65.3%NaCleqv;晚阶段石英+辉钼矿脉体发育大量含CO2三相包裹体和含子矿物多相包裹体,另有少量气液两相包裹体,均一温度集中在270～350℃、盐度为0.8%～42.4%NaCleqv;石英+黄铜矿+黄铁矿脉中发育丰富的气液两相包裹体,见少量含子矿物多相包裹体、含CO2三相包裹体和纯气相包裹体,均一温度峰值在230～330℃、盐度为0.8%～42.4%NaCleqv;石英+黄铁矿脉和方解石+石英脉中仅发育气液两相包裹体,均一温度变化于110～200℃、盐度为3.9%～8.4%NaCleqv。成矿流体在古深度4.1km左右,温度在230～450℃之间、压力在10～41MPa之间,发生了强烈的流体沸腾作用,大量CO2等气体从流体中释放出来,黄铜矿、斑铜矿和辉钼矿等巨量沉淀下来,形成了铜(钼)矿体。成矿流体总体上属H2O-CO2-NaCl体系,多期次的流体沸腾作用是该矿床的主要成矿机制。     

Geology and mineralization of the Sanshandao supergiant gold deposit (1200 t) in the Jiaodong Peninsula,China: A review

The Jiaodong Peninsula in Shandong Province, China is the world’s third-largest gold metallogenic area, with cumulative proven gold resources exceeding 5000 t. Over the past few years, breakthroughs have been made in deep prospecting at a depth of 500–2000 m, particularly in the Sanshandao area where a huge deep gold orebody was identified. Based on previous studies and the latest prospecting progress achieved by the project team of this study, the following results are summarized. (1) 3D geological modeling results based on deep drilling core data reveal that the Sanshandao gold orefield, which was previously considered to consist of several independent deposits, is a supergiant deposit with gold resources of more than 1200 t (including 470 t under the sea area). The length of the major orebody is nearly 8 km, with a greatest depth of 2312 m below sea level and a maximum length of more than 3 km along their dip direction. (2) Thick gold orebodies in the Sanshandao gold deposit mainly occur in the specific sections of the ore-controlling fault where the fault plane changes from steeply to gently inclined, forming a stepped metallogenic model from shallow to deep level. The reason for this strong structural control on mineralization forms is that when ore-forming fluids migrated along faults, the pressure of fluids greatly fluctuated in fault sections where the fault dip angle changed. Since the solubility of gold in the ore-forming fluid is sensitive to fluid pressure, these sections along the fault plane serve as the target areas for deep prospecting. (3) Thermal uplifting-extensional structures provide thermodynamic conditions, migration pathways, and deposition spaces for gold mineralization. Meanwhile, the changes in mantle properties induced the transformation of the geochemical properties of the lower crust and magmatic rocks. This further led to the reactivation of ore-forming elements, which provided rich materials for gold mineralization. (4) It can be concluded from previous research results that the gold mineralization in the Jiaodong gold deposits occurred at about 120 Ma, which was superimposed by nonferrous metals mineralization at 118–111 Ma. The fluids were dominated by primary mantle water or magmatic water. Metamorphic water occurred in the early stage of the gold mineralization, while the fluid composition was dominated by meteoric water in the late stage. The S, Pb, and Sr isotopic compositions of the ores are similar to those of ore-hosting rocks, indicating that the ore-forming materials mainly derive from crustal materials, with the minor addition of mantle-derived materials. The gold deposits in the Jiaodong Peninsula were formed in an extensional tectonic environment during the transformation of the physical and chemical properties of the lithospheric mantle, which is different from typical orogenic gold deposits. Thus, it is proposed that they are named “Jiaodong-type” gold deposits.©2021 China Geology Editorial Office.     

黑龙江多宝山斑岩铜矿的铜金属来源与富集规律

黑龙江多宝山斑岩铜矿位于兴——蒙海西期造山带的东端。该区早古生代的演化受制于兴——蒙洋向东偏北消减于布列亚-佳木斯地块之下,火山弧呈近北西向;晚古生代的演化受制于兴——蒙洋向北西消减于克鲁伦——额尔古纳地块之下,构造线为北东走向。多宝山矿床的金属铜是多来源的,主要矿源层是中奥陶世弧火山岩,次要矿源层是早泥盆世裂谷火山岩。中海西期的中性侵入岩也提供了部分矿源,但它对成矿更主要的贡献是三期脉动式的热液活动成为高背景场中铜元素迁移和富集的主要动力。金属铜在从围岩中汲取出来富集就位于斑岩体周围的同时,在矿区及邻区较大范围内形成铜元素的降低区。多宝山斑岩铜矿的成矿期是中海西期。晚海西-印支期和燕山期的构造-岩浆事件中有其它类型的铜(或铜-多金属)矿床形成,并使多宝山斑岩铜矿遭受改造。     

勘查指数及其在黑龙江多宝山地区斑岩铜矿勘查中的应用

详细地介绍了一个综合运用遥感、地质、物探、化探等地学信息进行区域性矿产资源勘查与预测的数学模型.模型中在对各类地学信息进行有益的变换、提取的基础上,借助概率论中广义二项分布函数对其进行综合处理与分析.该模型的输出结果不仅为区域性矿产预测提供定量分析数据,而且还是一种寻找与已知矿床具有类似地质条件和地球物理及地球化学环境的有效方法.     

黑龙江多宝山成矿区找矿新进展及其地质意义

近年来,多宝山成矿区先后发现了小泥鳅河金矿、三道湾子金矿、争光金锌矿、铜山金矿、上马厂金矿、小新屯金矿点等一大批金银钼锑资源潜力很大的化探异常。依据这些新的矿产勘查和区域地质调查新成果,总结了多宝山成矿区近年来取得的新近展及其地质意义。目的是为多宝山地区的整装勘查与资源潜力预测提供参考依据。     

黑龙江省多宝山Cu-Mo矿床成矿斑岩锆石U-Pb年龄及地球化学特征

多宝山矿床位于大兴安岭北部,是中国东北地区规模最大的斑岩型Cu-Mo矿床。文章对该矿床中与成矿关系密切的花岗闪长斑岩进行了详细的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年、主量元素、微量元素及Hf同位素研究。结果表明,花岗闪长斑岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(474.9±1.8)Ma,其w(Si O2)为70.73%~73.45%,w(K2O)和w(Na2O)分别为2.99%~3.88%、3.86%~4.38%,属高钾钙碱性系列。岩石富集轻稀土元素,(La/Yb)N=6.32~12.76,显示出Ba、K、La、Sr、Zr、Hf、Sm等元素富集,Th、Ta、Nb、Ce、P、Ti等元素亏损的特征。锆石εHf(t)值介于10.3~14.6。详尽的元素和同位素地球化学特征表明多宝山花岗闪长斑岩可能形成于大陆边缘弧环境,来源于加厚陆壳条件下亏损地幔新增生的年轻地壳物质的部分熔融过程。     

黑龙江多宝山成矿区找矿新进展及其地质意义

近年来,多宝山成矿区先后发现了小泥鳅河金矿、三道湾子金矿、争光金锌矿、铜山金矿、上马厂金矿、小新屯金矿点等一大批金银钼锑资源潜力很大的化探异常。依据这些新的矿产勘查和区域地质调查新成果,总结了多宝山成矿区近年来取得的新近展及其地质意义。目的是为多宝山地区的整装勘查与资源潜力预测提供参考依据。     

黑龙江多宝山成矿区找矿新进展及其地质意义

近年来,多宝山成矿区先后发现了小泥鳅河金矿、三道湾子金矿、争光金锌矿、铜山金矿、上马厂金矿、小新屯金矿点等一大批金银钼锑资源潜力很大的化探异常.依据这些新的矿产勘查和区域地质调查新成果,总结了多宝山成矿区近年来取得的新近展及其地质意义.目的是为多宝山地区的整装勘查与资源潜力预测提供参考依据.     

黑龙江多宝山斑岩Cu-Mo矿床成岩成矿时代研究

多宝山斑岩型铜(钼)矿床是中国东北地区重要的斑岩型铜(钼)矿床,文章对矿区主要成矿岩体及辉钼矿样品进行了系统的成岩成矿年代学研究。对成矿岩体采用高精度LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得成矿母岩花岗闪长斑岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(474.8±4.7) Ma,矿体寄主岩石花岗闪长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(478.1±4.1) Ma,以及矿体外围黑云母花岗闪长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(483.9±4.5) Ma;矿体辉钼矿的Re-Os同位素模式年龄加权平均值为(475.1±5.1) Ma。测年结果显示,多宝山斑岩铜(钼)矿床形成于早奥陶世。结合含矿地层、矿区岩石组合特征,以及前人研究的岩石地球化学特征,推测多宝山矿床形成于早奥陶世与板块俯冲有关的岛弧环境,说明在区域上寻找类似多宝山的斑岩铜矿应沿早奥陶世多宝山-伊尔斯岩浆岛弧带开展。     

黑龙江多宝山地区铜金成矿作用及成矿规律

黑龙江省多宝山地区发育多期以铜金为主的成矿作用。加里东中期形成了斑岩型铜钼(金)矿床,燕山早期主要形成了矽卡岩型铜铁(金)矿床,燕山晚期形成了浅成热液型金矿床。不同时期矿床的空间分布受古生代海相火山岩为主的地层的控制,同时,受到NE向和NW向2组断裂交叉形成的环(菱)形构造的控制。各期岩浆作用最晚阶段形成的硅铝质含量较高且成矿元素明显富集的小型侵入体与成矿关系最为密切。多宝山地区是不同时代构造-岩浆作用的中心地带,富含铜、金等成矿组分的中奥陶统多宝山组海相火山岩地层是不同时代矿床的统一矿质来源,导致不同时代的成矿作用叠加发生、不同时代矿产种类具有一致性以及矿床集中分布等特点。     

Geology and mineralization of the Daheishan supergiant porphyry molybdenum deposit(1.65 Bt), Jilin,China: A review

The Daheishan supergiant porphyry molybdenum deposit(also referred to as the Daheishan deposit) is the second largest molybdenum deposit in Asia and ranks fifth among the top seven molybdenum deposits globally with total molybdenum reserves of 1.65 billion tons, an average molybdenum ore grade of0.081%, and molybdenum resources of 1.09 million tons. The main ore body is housed in the granodiorite porphyry plutons and their surrounding inequigranular granodiorite plutons, with high-grade ores lar...     

多宝山矿田铜山斑岩铜矿床地质特征与蚀变分带:对热液-矿化中心及深部勘查的启示

大兴安岭铜山斑岩铜矿床位于中亚成矿域东段多宝山矿集区的东南部。前人对其进行了一些研究工作,但是针对其作为斑岩铜矿类型本身最重要标志的斑岩并未报道,且缺乏对该矿床基础矿床地质特征的详细研究。笔者在详细的野外工作、岩相学和矿相学工作的基础上,首次发现了该矿床的矿化斑岩,并将矿区的蚀变、矿化、脉系,划分出热液期和表生期:热液期包括以磁铁矿-钾长石-黄铁矿(Ⅰ)-黄铜矿-绿帘石-绿泥石为特征的热液活动早阶段,以石英-辉钼矿-黄铜矿-黄铁矿(Ⅱ)-少量闪锌矿-方铅矿及痕量斑铜矿为特征的主成矿阶段,以石英-方解石-黄铁矿(Ⅲ)为特征的热液活动晚阶段以及孔雀石-蓝铜矿及少量蓝辉铜矿为特征的表生期。根据镜下156个薄片中的蚀变矿物鉴定及含量统计,划分出1064勘探线剖面的蚀变矿物组合及分带;根据铜山断层上、下盘蚀变带的类型、组合、强度对比分析,推测热液蚀变成矿中心与斑岩体顶部大致位于ZK1064-2钻孔正下方1400 m深处,这为下一步深部找矿勘探提供了指导方向。     

Geology,geochemistry, and genesis of the hot-spring-type Sipingshan gold deposit,eastern Heilongjiang Province,Northeast China

The Sipingshan gold deposit, located in the eastern part of the Nadanhada Terrane, is hosted within cherts and silicified breccias of the Upper Cretaceous Sipingshan Formation and rhyolites of the Upper Cretaceous Datashanlinchang Formation. The orebodies are composed of gold- and pyrite-bearing cherts, silicified breccias, and quartz veins accompanied by various types of wall rock alteration, including silicification, pyritization, sericitization, chloritization, pyrophyllitization, and carbonatization. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon ages determined for the ore-bearing rhyolites range between 122 ± 1.4 and 135.2 ± 1.9 million years slightly older than the metallogenic age of the Sipingshan gold deposit. The rhyolite has aluminium saturation index values ranging from 0.015 to 1.25 and shows the following features: enrichment in LILE (e.g. Rb, Pb, K, and Th); depletion of Ba, Sm, and Ti; and negative Eu anomalies. These geochemical characteristics indicate that (1) the rhyolite contains features typical of S-type granites; (2) the felsic magma likely originated through partial melting of the continental crust; and (3) plagioclase crystals were present in the partial melt residues in the magma source region, or else magma evolution involved plagioclase fractionation. The host cherts have high Al/(Al + Fe + Mn) ratios (0.23–0.81, averaging 0.60) and low Al₂O₃ and TiO₂ contents. Their North American shale-normalized REE patterns are characterized by flat REE, slightly positive Eu anomalies, no Ce anomalies, and (La/Yb)_SN ratios of 1.27–1.38, indicating that these cherts formed in a continental margin environment. In addition, the analysed cherts have low ΣREE (1.56–3.64 ppm) and Zr (9.1–13.5 ppm) contents, suggesting a hydrothermal origin. Fluid inclusions in quartz veins show elliptical to irregular shapes that range from 5 to 12 μm in size and have homogenization temperatures of 118.7–223.4°C, densities of 0.84–0.94 g/cm³, and pressures of 21.2–51.4 MPa, indicating that the hot-spring-type Sipingshan gold deposit is epithermal in origin.     

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Hekoulinchang Sn-Pb-Zn-Ag polymetallic deposit (73240 t) in Heilongjiang Province,China

The Hekoulinchang Sn-Pb-Zn-Ag polymetallic deposit(20000 t Sn at 0.27%,236 t Ag at 122.89 g/t,15000 t Pb at 0.84%,and 38000 t Zn at 1.43%)is located in the Wandashan Terrane of the easternmost segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.The timing of Sn-Pb-Zn-Ag polymetallic mineralization remains unclear due to a lack of precise isotope dating directly conducted on ore minerals.The authors herein report that the LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages of cassiterite and zircon from the granite porphyry in the Hekoulinchang Sn-Pb-Zn-Ag polymetallic deposit are 101.4±7.9 Ma and 115.4±1.0 Ma,respectively,indicating that Sn mineralization and magmatism occurred during the Early Cretaceous.The granite porphyry belongs to the subalkaline series peraluminous I-type granites that are depleted in Nb,Ta,and Ti and enriched in Rb,Th,U,and Pb.TheεHf(t)values of the granite porphyry range from 0.9 to 7.4,with an average of about 5.6 and two-stage model ages(T_DM2)of 705–1116 Ma,with an average age of 819 Ma.The ε_Nd(t)values of the apatites are–1.60–0.45,with an average of–0.9,and two-stage model ages(T_DM2)of 872–1040 Ma,with an average age of 983 Ma.The Nd-Hf isotope data indicate that the magma may have been derived from the partial melting of juvenile crustal material.