Exclusive evidences for CMF model and a case of orogenic silver deposits: Isotope geochemistry of the Tieluping silver deposit, east Qinling orogen.
Exclusive evidences for CMF model and a case of orogenic silver deposits: Isotope geochemistry of the Tieluping silver deposit, east Qinling orogen.
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2003
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Pirajno Key
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Pirajno Key
The Tieluping silver deposit is a recently discovered Mesozoic orogenic-type Ag-Pb-Au deposit in East Qinling Orogen. Its ore formation includes three stages: early, middle and late, which include quartz-pyrite, polymetallic sulfides and carbonates, respectively. The early stage fluids are characterized by δD = -90‰, δ13CCO2 = 2. 0‰ and δ18O =9‰ at 373℃, and are deeply sourced; the late stage fluids, with δD=-70‰, δ13CCO2 =- 1.3‰, δ18O = -2‰, are shallow-sourced meteoric water; whereas the middle stage fluids, with δD = - 109‰, δ13CCO2 =0. 1‰, δ18 O = 2‰, are a mix of deep-sourced and shallow-sourced fluids. Comparisons of the D-O-C isotopic systematics of the early stage ore-forming fluids with the fluids derived from Mesozoic granites, Early Precambrian metamorphic basement and Mesoproterozoic Xionger Group, shows that these units cannot generate fluids with the isotopic composition (high δ18O and δ13C ratios and low δD ratios) characteristic of the ore-forming fluids. This suggests that the E-stage ore-forming fluids originated from metamorphic devolatilisation of a carbonate-shale-chert lithological association, locally rich in organic matter, of the Luanchuan and Guandaokou Groups. In addition, sulfur and lead isotope data show that the ore-forming fluids must originate from a source abundant with radiogenic lead and low δ34S, that differs significantly from geologic units in the Xionger Terrane, the lower crust and the mantle. This supports the view that the Luanchuan and Guandaokou Groups south of the Machaoying fault might be the favorable sources, although little is known about their isotopic compositions. A tectonic model for collisional orogeny, metallogeny and hydrothermal fluid flow is employed here to explain the formation of the Tieluping silver deposit. During the Mesozoic collision between the South and North China paleocontinents, a crustal slab containing a lithological association consisting of carbonate-shale-chert, locally rich in organic matter (carbonaceous shale) was subducted northwards beneath the Xiong'er Terrane along the Machaoying fault. Metamorphic devolatilisation of the underthrusted Luanchuan and Guandaokou Groups provided the ore-forming fluids to develop the Au-Ag-(Pb-Zn) ore belt, which includes the Tieluping silver deposit.