LA-ICP-MS Zircon U-Pb Geochronology of the Fine-grained Granite and Molybdenite?Re-Os?Dating in the Wurinitu Molybdenum Deposit, Inner Mongolia, China

The Wurinitu molybdenum deposit, located in Honggor, Sonid Left Banner of Inner Mongolia, China, is recently discovered and is considered to be associated with a concealed fine-grained granite impregnated with molybdenite.?The wall rocks are composed of Variscan porphyritic-like biotite granite and the Lower Ordovician Wubin’aobao Formation.?LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of the fine-grained granite reveals two stages of zircons,?one were formed at 181.7±7.?4 Ma and?the other at 133.6±3.3 Ma. The latter age is believed to be the formation age of the fine-grained granite, while the former may reflect the age of inherited zircons, based on the morphological study of the zircon and regional geological setting. The Re-Os model age of molybdenite is 142.2±2.5?Ma, which is older than the diagenetic age of the fine-grained granite.?Therefore the authors believe that the metallogenic age of the Wurinitu molybdenum deposit should be?nearly 133.6±3.3 Ma or slightly later, i.e., Early Cretaceous.?Combined with regional geological background research, it is speculated that the molybdenum deposits were formed at the late Yanshanian orogenic cycle in the Hingganling-Mongolian orogenic belt, belonging to the relaxation epoch posterior to the compression and was associated with the closure of the Mongolia-Okhotsk?Sea.     

Geochronology and Petrogenesis for the Protolith of Biotite Plagioclase Gneiss at Lianghe, Western Yunnan

In this paper,we report an integrated study of U-Pb age and Hf isotope compositions of zircons from biotite plagioclase gneiss at Lianghe in western Yunnan.The zircons preserved inherited core and rim texture.Igneous zircon grains and rims yielded a weighted mean ~(206)Pb/~(238)U age of 120.4±1.7 Ma,theirε_(Hf)(120 Ma)values were mainly negative ranging from-13.9 to-10.7,with Hf model ages between 1.9 Ga and 2.0 Ga,some zircons had positiveε_(Hf)(120 Ma)values ranging from 0.2 to 2.1.The inherited cores ...     

Re–Os and U–Pb Geochronology of the Erlihe Pb–Zn Deposit, Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China, and Constraints on Its Deposit Genesis

The Erlihe Pb–Zn deposit is an important mine of the Pb–Zn metallogenic zone in the South Qinling Orogen. It has been considered a sedimentary exhalative deposit in previous investigations because the ore body occurs concordantly at the transitional location of an upright fold. Re and Os isotopic analyses for paragenetic pyrites with sphalerite and galena from the ore body have been used to determine the timing of mineralization and to trace the source of metallogenic materials. The Re–Os isotopic data of four pyrite samples construct an isochron, yielding a weighted average age of 226±17 Ma (mean square weighted deviation=1.7), which is considered the main mineralization age. A dioritic porphyrite vein sample, showing weaker mineralization, was also dated using the SHRIMP zircon U–Pb isotopic method to constrain the youngest metallogenic age of the ore deposit, because it distributes along a group of tensional joints cutting not only the upright fold in the deposit field, but also the main ore bodies. The dioritic porphyrite sample yields a weighted mean 206Pb/238U age of 221±3 Ma, which is slightly younger than the Re–Os isotopic isochron age of the pyrites, considered as the upper age limit of the mineralization, namely the ending age of the mineralization. The Os isotopic compositions of sulfide minerals distribute within a range between Os isotopic compositions of the crust and the mantle, indicating that the ore deposit can be derived from magma-related fluid, and the metallogenic materials are most likely derived from the mixing source of the crust and the mantle. The Erlihe Pb–Zn deposit and associated dioritic porphyrite vein, important records of Qinling tectonic–magmatism–mineralization activities, were formed during the Triassic collisional orogeny processes.     

南岭寨背和陂头花岗岩基属印支期侵位的岩浆动力学证据及构造意义

文章通过对南岭东段寨背和陂头岩基地质-岩石地球化学特征研究,判明它们的侵位深度(7.5 km)、围岩温度(250℃)及岩浆初始温度(950℃),建立起寨背-陂头岩基的数学计算模型,并计算得出:寨背和陂头花岗岩熔体侵位后,其初始温度降低至结晶温度所需的时间(Δtcol)分别为4.04 Ma(寨背岩基)和3.97 Ma(陂...     

贵州梵净山白云母花岗岩锆石年代、铪同位素及对华南地壳生长的制约

贵州梵净山地区位于＂江南造山带＂西南段,出露地层为中新元古界梵净山群、青白口系板溪群、南华系及古生界地层。梵净山群已强烈褶皱,被青白口系板溪群角度不整合覆盖。浅色白云母花岗岩侵位于褶皱的梵净山群中;锆石原位LA-ICP-MS分析结果显示,其形成时代为（838.5±1.5）Ma。地球化学分析结果表明,其A/CNK值〉1....     

Associated terrestrial and marine fossils in the late-glacial Presumpscot Formation, southern Maine, USA, and the marine reservoir effect on radiocarbon ages

Excavations in the late-glacial Presumpscot Formation at Portland, Maine, uncovered tree remains and other terrestrial organics associated with marine invertebrate shells in a landslide deposit. Buds of Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar) occurred with twigs of Picea glauca (white spruce) in the Presumpscot clay. Tree rings in Picea logs indicate that the trees all died during winter dormancy in the same year. Ring widths show patterns of variation indicating responses to environmental changes. Fossil mosses and insects represent a variety of species and wet to dry microsites. The late-glacial environment at the site was similar to that of today's Maine coast. Radiocarbon ages of 14 tree samples are 11,907 ± 31 to 11,650 ± 50 ¹⁴C yr BP. Wiggle matching of dated tree-ring segments to radiocarbon calibration data sets dates the landslide occurrence at ca. 13,520 + 95/−20 cal yr BP. Ages of shells juxtaposed with the logs are 12,850 ± 65 ¹⁴C yr BP (Mytilus edulis) and 12,800 ± 55 ¹⁴C yr BP (Balanus sp.), indicating a marine reservoir age of about 1000 yr. Using this value to correct previously published radiocarbon ages reduces the discrepancy between the Maine deglaciation chronology and the varve-based chronology elsewhere in New England.     

阿尔泰南缘乌吐布拉克铁矿区花岗质岩石年代学及成因

本文对新疆阿尔泰南缘乌吐布拉克铁矿区斜长花岗岩和黑云母斜长花岗岩进行了锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄测定,分别获得了385.6±2.3 Ma（MSDW=0.13）和387.7±2.1 Ma（MSDW=0.23）的谐和年龄,两者为中泥盆世早期同源岩浆侵入体。乌吐布拉克铁矿的形成与岩浆侵入活动密切相关,据此限定铁矿成矿时代略晚于388～386 Ma,为中泥盆世早期成矿。乌吐布拉克斜长花岗岩与黑云斜长母花岗岩均具有高硅（SiO2=66.01%～79.14%）、富钠贫钾（Na2O＞K2O）的特点。A/CNK〖HT4”〗{A/CNK=n(Al2O3)/\n(CaO)+n(Na2O)+n(K2O)]}值均小于1.1,表明两者为准铝质低钾花岗岩。微量元素表现为富集Th、Ta、Hf等高场强元素,亏损Rb 、Ba、K、Sr、P大离子亲石元素。稀土元素表现为轻稀土相对富集,轻重稀土元素分馏明显[(La/Yb)N=2.46～7.24],具有中等或强的Eu负异常。结合区域地质资料,认为乌吐布拉克矿区花岗岩形成于与板块俯冲有关的活动大陆边缘的陆缘弧环境中。     

青海门源地区红沟铜矿床含矿基性火山岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄

对红沟铜矿床含矿火山岩进行高精度锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素测年,获得单颗粒锆石的加权平均年龄为443.2Ma±1.2Ma。红沟铜矿床形成时代为晚奥陶世,形成环境为晚奥陶世陆缘裂谷环境。高精度年龄的获得对于整个祁连山地区产于陆缘裂谷环境的铜多金属矿床的成矿时代和成因研究具有重要意义。     

云南个旧神仙水岩体锆石U—Pb年代学及岩石地球化学研究

云南个旧地区花岗岩极其发育,且与锡成矿关系密切。其中个旧西区神仙水花岗岩体呈岩株状,岩性主要为碱长花岗岩和正长岩。岩石地球化学研究表明,神仙水花岗岩具有高硅、贫钙镁、富碱的特征;ω（TFeO）／ω（MgO）和ω（Na2O＋K2O）／ω（A12：O3）比值高。富集大离子亲石元素Rb、n、u、K、La、Nd和高场强元素zr、Hf,亏损Ba、sr、Ta、P、Ti。Eu负异常较强,轻稀土富集,重稀土相对亏损,稀土配分模式呈右倾海鸥型,岩石类型属于A型花岗岩。锆石LA—ICP．Ms定年结果表明神仙水花岗岩体形成于81Ma左右,相当于晚白垩世。根据区域地质和花岗岩地球化学特征,判断其形成于伸展构造环境。     

鲁西沂南铜井闪长质岩体锆石U-Pb年龄、元素及同位素地球化学特征

对鲁西沂南铜井岩体的中生代闪长玢岩进行了主量元素、微量及稀土元素、Sr-Nd-Pb同位素以及锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素研究,结果表明,铜井闪长玢岩SiO2含量为54.68%～63.01%,富Na,Na2O/K2O为0.93～4.46,Mg#较高,为55～66,为中钾-高钾钙碱性系列,TiO2含量较低,0.2%～0.71%。样品具有显著的LREE富集[(La/Yb)n=10～15]以及高场强元素Nb、Ta和Ti的负异常,Eu基本无异常,Sr、Ba含量高(分别为241×10-6～711×10-6和554×10-6～822×10-6)的特征。ISr和εNd(t)值分别为0.706473～0.708867和-15.13～-9.18,与鲁西方城玄武岩和前人所研究的沂南辉长岩结果有所差异,显示其源区具有多端员混合特征,除了富集岩石圈地幔外,亏损地幔和地壳物质的贡献也很重要,Pb同位素也显示其源区有扬子克拉通物质的贡献,佐证了华北克拉通中生代富集岩石圈地幔的形成与扬子克拉通的俯冲有关。闪长岩中锆石具有典型的岩浆锆石特征,U-Pb年龄为128～129Ma,锆石εHf(t)值主要在-13～-8(平均值为-10.3)范围内,暗示了岩浆来源于富集岩石圈地幔,但受到亏损地幔物质的混染。沂南铜井闪长玢岩岩浆源区的多元性以及亏损地幔物质参与程度的逐渐增强,说明该地区中生代岩石圈减薄已达到最大,岩浆源区的差异可能也是该地区与胶东地区成矿性差异的主要原因之一。