| Recognition of Late Triassic Cu-Mo Mineralization in the Northern Yidun Arc (S.E. Tibetan Plateau): Implications for Regional Exploration | |
| Zhen-Dong Tian; Cheng-Biao Leng; Xing-Chun Zhang; Li-Min Zhou; Yan-Wen Tang | |
| 2019 | |
| Source Publication | Minerals (IF:2.088[JCR-2016],2.034[5-Year]) |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Abstract | The Yidun arc, located in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, was formed by the westward subduction of the Ganze-Litang Paleo-Tethys ocean in Late Triassic. It is well-known for the formation of numerous Mesozoic porphyry-skarn Cu-Mo-(Au) deposits in the arc. To date, more than 20
Cu-Mo-(Au) deposits (>10 million tonnes Cu resources) have been discovered in the southern Eastern Yidun arc. However, few Cu-Mo deposits have been discovered in the northern Eastern Yidun arc.
In recent years, some Cu-Mo deposits or occurrence are successively discovered in the northern Eastern Yidun arc, but their ore-forming ages are not well constrained. It remains unclear whether such Cu-Mo mineralization formed by similar metallogenic event and geodynamic setting as the Cu-Mo-(Au) mineralization in the south. In order to determine the metallogenic age and shed light on potential links between Cu-Mo mineralization and regional magmatic events, we present molybdenite Re-Os and zircon U-Pb ages to constrain the timing of two types of Cu-Mo mineralization in the northern Eastern Yidun arc (type I and type II). Molybdenite ICP-MS Re-Os dating results show that type I mineralization was formed at 217.7 ± 3.6 Ma, which is highly consistent with the formation ages of the host granite (218.1 ± 1.5 Ma, 2σ, n = 15, MSWD = 0.92) and aplite dyke (217.3 ± 1.3 Ma,
2σ, n = 16, MSWD = 0.50) within error. While the type II mineralization has a relatively younger formation age of 211.8 ± 4.7 Ma than the host granite (217.1 ± 1.5 Ma, 2σ, n = 14, MSWD = 0.96) and type I Cu-Mo mineralization. These data indicate that the Cu-Mo mineralization in the northern Eastern Yidun arc was temporally and spatially related to the Late Triassic magmatism in the region. Rhenium (Re) oncentrations in the molybdenite from type I mineralization, ranging from 12.77 to
111.1 ppm (typically > 100 ppm), indicate that the ore-forming metals were derived mainly from a mantle source. However, Re contents in molybdenite from the type II mineralization, ranging from 7.983 to 10.40 ppm, indicate that the ore-forming metals were derived from a mixed mantle and crustal source with a predominantly crustal component. This study confifirms that the northern Eastern Yidun
arc exists Late Triassic Cu-Mo metallogenesis, and thus much attention should be paid on this region to fifind more Late Triassic Cu-Mo resources. |
| Keyword | Yidun Arc Triassic Cu-mo Mineralization Zircon U-pb Dating Molybdenite Re-os Dating Exploration |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/42920512-1/10537 |
| Collection | 矿床地球化学国家重点实验室 |
| Affiliation | 1.State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China 2.College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 3.State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China 4.National Research Center for Geoanalysis, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhen-Dong Tian；Cheng-Biao Leng；Xing-Chun Zhang；Li-Min Zhou；Yan-Wen Tang. Recognition of Late Triassic Cu-Mo Mineralization in the Northern Yidun Arc (S.E. Tibetan Plateau): Implications for Regional Exploration[J]. Minerals,2019:1-22. |
| APA | Zhen-Dong Tian；Cheng-Biao Leng；Xing-Chun Zhang；Li-Min Zhou；Yan-Wen Tang.(2019).Recognition of Late Triassic Cu-Mo Mineralization in the Northern Yidun Arc (S.E. Tibetan Plateau): Implications for Regional Exploration.Minerals,1-22. |
| MLA | Zhen-Dong Tian；Cheng-Biao Leng；Xing-Chun Zhang；Li-Min Zhou；Yan-Wen Tang."Recognition of Late Triassic Cu-Mo Mineralization in the Northern Yidun Arc (S.E. Tibetan Plateau): Implications for Regional Exploration".Minerals (2019):1-22. |
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