Sulfur isotope data from sulfide and sulfate minerals have been measured from the two typical examples of the Permian volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposits at the Tasik Chini district in the Central Belt of Peninsular Malaysia. In this study, we present the sulfur isotope data for 33 sulfide minerals and 23 barite samples from two VHMS deposits in the Tasik Chini district. Sulfides show a narrow range of sulfur values from - 2.9% to + 8.30%, which can be interpreted to be derived from a mixed sulfur source of reduced seawater sulfate with the possible addition of magmatic sulfur. Sulfate sulfur in barites yields a delta S-34 range between 11% and 22%, which is comparable to that of Permian seawater sulfate. Sulfur isotope results obtained for the VHMS deposits in the Tasik Chini district suggest that the source of ore fluids during the formation of the Tasik Chini VHMS deposit is a seawater-dominated fluid with probably minor magmatic fluid input. This is similar to VHMS associated with ancient and modern submarine hydrothermal systems.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Tasik Chini, VHMS, sulfur isotope, Peninsular Malaysia
Research Division:	Earth Sciences
Research Group:	Geology
Research Field:	Resource geoscience
Objective Division:	Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources)
Objective Group:	Other mineral resources (excl. energy resources)
Objective Field:	Other mineral resources (excl. energy resources) not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Basori, MBI (Dr Mohd Basori)
UTAS Author:	Zaw, K (Professor Khin Zaw)
UTAS Author:	Large, RR (Professor Ross Large)
ID Code:	152265
Year Published:	2017
Web of Science® Times Cited:	8
Deposited By:	CODES ARC
Deposited On:	2022-08-16
Last Modified:	2022-11-23
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