Petrological geochemistry and chronology of ore-bearing intrusion in Wuxi Porphyry Gold Deposit,in South Anhui ProvinceEI北大核心CSCD

The Wuxi gold deposit is located in Langqiao town, Jingxian county in South Anhui province, which is situated in the Jiangnan orogen, between the Middle and Lower Yangtze polymetallic metallogenic belt and South China metallogenic belt. The LA-ICP-MS dating results for zircons from the drill samples and outcrop rock in ore-bearing granite porphyry are consistent, 139.6±1.7 Ma(ZK7301), 137.3±1.6 Ma(ZK7001), 137.3±1.1 Ma (10WX-1), respectively. This intrusion is controlled by fault structure, and slightly contaminated by the early Archean crustal material. The developed cryptoexplosive breccia and mineralized breccia indicated the Wuxi orebody and granite porphyry were formed contemporaneously. The Wuxi granite porphyry is characterized by peraluminous, enriched in LILE (large ion lithophile elements), depleted in HFSE (high field strength elements) and heavy rare earth elements, significant differentiation between LREE and HREE, slight Eu negative anomaly. The apatite from the Wuxi granite porphyry has similar REE characteristics with those of the Yangtze series, indicating it was affected by mantle derived magmatic fluid activities; and the high δEu value of the apatite implies open tectonic environment and high oxygen fugacity during magma evolution. Zircon oxygen fugacity calculation indicates the granite porphyry formed in a high oxygen fugacity condition, thus it is conducive for precipitation and mineralization of Cu, Au and other ore-forming elements. While the formation of the Wuxi granite porphyry was closely related to the subduction and collision of the Paleo-pacific plate. The developed faults in the deposit provided channels for ore-forming fluid migration, which is conducive to the mineralization. Further prospecting and geochemical work are necessary for the area. ©, 2015, Science Press. All right reserved.