Ore-formation mechanism of the Weilasituo tin–polymetallic deposit, NE China: Constraints from bulk-rock and mica chemistry, He–Ar isotopes, and Re–Os dating

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.04.007" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.04.007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ore-formation mechanism of the Weilasituo tin–polymetallic deposit, NE China: Constraints from bulk-rock and mica chemistry, He–Ar isotopes, and Re–Os dating

Original language description

China’s W–Sn resources are dominant on a global scale. A series of Sn–polymetallic deposits has been found in recent years at depth on the flanks of known volcanic–subvolcanic Cu–Pb–Zn–Ag deposits in the Southern Great Xing’an Range, NE China. The large-scale Weilasituo tin–polymetallic deposit, formed at the depth of the Weilasituo Cu–Zn deposit, is most typical of these types of deposit. Tin–polymetallic orebodies are hosted in the early Paleozoic Xilingol Complex, and their mineralization is closely related to Early Cretaceous quartz porphyry. In this contribution, bulk-rock and mica chemical compositions, Re–Os geochronology, and He–Ar isotopic analyses are described in addressing the ore-formation mechanism of the deposit. Geochemical characteristics indicate that the ore-bearing quartz porphyry corresponds to the I-type granite serie. Five types of mica have been identified in the study area based on detailed petrography and EPMA and LA–ICP–MS analyses: (i) early magmatic Fe–Li mica in albitized quartz porphyry, (ii) late magmatic Fe–Li mica in mineralized quartz porphyry, (iii) hydrothermal Fe–Li mica in a cryptoexplosive breccia pipe (distributed around breccia fragments), (iv) Fe–Li mica in quartz veins, and (v) Fe–Li mica in plagioclase gneiss (wall rock). Magmatic zinnwaldite from the upper mineralized part of the quartz porphyry is enriched in Nb (100–160 ppm) and Ta (100–150 ppm). Hydrothermal zinnwaldite from the explosive breccia, quartz veins, and surrounding gneiss is unusually rich in Mg (up to 3.4 wt% MgO) and Sn (up to 200 ppm). 3He/4He ratios of the Weilasituo tin–polymetallic and Cu–Zn deposits are in the ranges 3.38–4.91 Ra and 4.8–4.9 Ra, respectively, indicating ore-forming fluids sourced from mixed crustal and mantle materials. Molybdenite Re–Os dating of W mineralization yielded an isochron age of 129.0 ± 4.6 Ma, similar to the porphyry crystallization and mineralization ages of the Weilasituo tin–polymetallic deposit, and also consistent with the mineralization age of the Cu–Zn deposit. We propose a new metallogenic model, with all subtypes of W–Sn–Cu–Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization in the Weilasituo area belonging to a single complex metallogenic system. Compared with other ore districts, ore-related granitoids in the Southern Great Xing’an Range display relatively uniform emplacement ages and were derived from partial melting of juvenile lower crust rather than old basement. Their ore-forming fluid source was greater influenced by mantle fluids than which found in South China.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10504 - Mineralogy

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ore Geology Reviews

ISSN

0169-1368

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

109

Issue of the periodical within the volume

June

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

163-183

UT code for WoS article

000472686500010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85064693079