| Review of the stable isotope geochemistry of Mesozoic igneous rocks and Cu-Au deposits along the middle-lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China | |
| Xiao-Yong Yang; Insung Lee | |
| 2011 | |
| Source Publication | International Geology Review
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| Volume | 53Issue:5-6Pages:741-757 |
| Abstract | Ore deposition took place in the Yangtze Valley episodically during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, generating approximately 200 polymetallic Cu-Fe-Au, Mo, Zn, Pb, and Ag deposits. We analysed the stable isotopes of sulphur, oxygen, and hydrogen from the Cu-Au deposits and correlated our new data with published stable isotope for associated Yanshanian (Mesozoic) igneous rocks. The latter bears a close relationship to Cu-Au mineralization in the area. Cu-Au deposits in the middle-lower Yangtze Valley can be divided into three types: skarn, porphyry, and volcanic. The S-O-H isotopic values allow constraints to be placed on the conditions of origin of these famous Cu-Au ores and their related igneous rocks. Sulphur from the sulphide ores mostly was derived from a magmatic source; however, a few deposits reflect a sedimentary source of sulphur. Oxygen isotope values in quartz from the Shaxi porphyry Cu-Au deposit and from the Tongling skarn Cu-Au deposits range from 2.6 parts per thousand to 12.5 parts per thousand and from -1.3 parts per thousand to 24.5 parts per thousand, respectively; these values represent larger variations compared with those from other Cu-Au deposits in this metallogenic belt. Hydrogen versus oxygen isotope plots of the Cu-Au ore-forming fluids demonstrate that the fluids came from different sources: the most important involved the mixing of magmatic and meteoric water; the second most important was strictly magmatic water; and the third most important may have been a mixture of formation water or meteoric water that had reacted with carbonate wall rocks. |
| Keyword | Porphyry Cu-au Deposits Stable Isotope Geochemistry Sulphur Hydrogen Oxygen Isotopes Middle-lower Yangtze Metallogenic Province |
| Subject Area | 矿床地球化学 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/352002/7063 |
| Collection | 矿床地球化学国家重点实验室_矿床地球化学国家重点实验室_期刊论文 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xiao-Yong Yang,Insung Lee. Review of the stable isotope geochemistry of Mesozoic igneous rocks and Cu-Au deposits along the middle-lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China[J]. International Geology Review,2011,53(5-6):741-757. |
| APA | Xiao-Yong Yang,&Insung Lee.(2011).Review of the stable isotope geochemistry of Mesozoic igneous rocks and Cu-Au deposits along the middle-lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China.International Geology Review,53(5-6),741-757. |
| MLA | Xiao-Yong Yang,et al."Review of the stable isotope geochemistry of Mesozoic igneous rocks and Cu-Au deposits along the middle-lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China".International Geology Review 53.5-6(2011):741-757. |
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