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Origin of the giant Luziyuan Zn-Pb-Fe(-Cu) distal skarn deposit, Baoshan block, SE Tibet: Constraints from Pb-Sr isotopes, calcite C-O isotopes, trace elements and Sm-Nd dating
Lead isotope compositions are similar among all Luziyuan ore sulfide types, and show positive correlations plotted between the regional Early Cretaceous granites and local wallrocks in both uranogenic and thorogenic diagrams, suggesting a mixed Pb source between intermediate-felsic magmatic fluids and sedimentary wallrocks. This is similar to many coeval northern Baoshan skarn deposits, e.g., Jinchanghe and Hetaoping. Initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios of the pre-ore (0.715919-0.720102), syn-ore (0.713502-0.719259) and post-ore (0.714091-0.720304) minerals lie between those of coeval granitoids and skarn deposits in the region and the average continental crust. This further supports a mixed ore-forming material source, and is suggestive of distal-skarn mineralization type. Syn-ore calcite samples yielded an Early Cretaceous Sm-Nd isochron age (130 +- 15 Ma). Regional tectonic evolution suggests that the Luziyuan mineralization was likely formed under post-collisional extension after the Lhasa-Tengchong accretion onto the Eurasian margin along Baoshan-Sibumasu. Such an extension had most likely induced crustal anatexis and the formation of the ore-causative S-type granites.
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Publication title
Journal of Asian Earth SciencesVolume
205Article number
104587Number
104587Pagination
1-24ISSN
1367-9120Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Pergamon-Elsevier Science LtdPlace of publication
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