简介:Datingofmetallicoredepositshasbeenoneoftheproblemsconcernedwithbyoregeologistsformanyyears.TheestablishmentoftheRe-OsIsotopeLaboratoryattheInstituteofRockandMineralAnalysis,ChineseAcademyofGeologicalSciences,hasprovideduswithanewtechniquetocarryoutgeochronologicalstudiesofmolybdenumores.AsoneofthemostimportantRe-bearingminerals,molybdenitecontainsalmostnocommonosmium,but^187Oswasderivedcompletelyfromdecayof^187Re,with^187OscontentasthefunctionofRecontentinthemineral.AnID-ICP-MStechniquehasbeenusedinthisstudy,andRe-Osisotopicagesofseverallargemolybdenumdepositsofdiffer-enttypesfromtheEastQinlingmolybdenumbelthavebeendetermined.ItisindicatedthattheHuanglongpucarbonatitevein-typemolybdenum-(lead)deposithasaRe-OsagecorrespondingtoIndosinian,whiletherestporphyry-typemolybdenumdepositsandporphyry-skarn-typemolybdenum-(tungsten)depositshaveRe-OsagescorrespondingtoYenshanian.
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简介:TheDachangtin-polymetallicdistrict,Guangxi,China,isoneofthelargesttinorefieldsintheworld.Bothcassiterite-sulfideandZn-CuskarnmineralizationarehostedintheMid-UpperDevoniancarbonate-richsedi-mentsadjacenttotheunderlyingCretaceousLongxianggaigranite(91-97Ma).TheLamoZn-CudepositisatypicalskarndepositinthedistrictandoccursatthecontactzonebetweentheUpperDevonianlimestoneandthegranite.Theoremineralsmainlyconsistofsphalerite,arsenopyrite,pyrrhotite,galena,chalcopyrite,andminormolybdenite.However,theageofmineralizationandsourceofthemetalsarenotwellconstrained.Inthisstudy,weusethemolybdeniteRe-Osdatingmethodandin-situPbisotopesofsulfidesfromtheLamodepositforthefirsttimeinordertodirectlydeterminetheageofmineralizationandthetracingsourceofmetals.SixmolybdenitesamplesyieldedamoreaccurateRe-Osisochronageof90.04-1.1Ma(MSWD--0.72),whichismuchyoungerthanthereportedgarnetSm-Ndisochronageof95±11MaandquartzfluidinclusionsRb-Srisochronageof99±6Ma.ThisageisalsointerpretedastheageofZn-Cuskarnminer-alizationintheDachangdistrict.Further,inthisstudywefoundthatin-situPbisotopesofsulfidesfromtheLamodepositandfeldsparsinthedistrict'sbiotitegraniteandgraniticporphyrydikeshaveanarrowrangeandanoverlapofPbisotopiccompositions(206pb/204pb18.417-18.594,207pb/204pb=15.641-15.746,and208pb/204pb=38.791-39.073),suggestingthatthemetalsweremainlysourcedfromCretaceousgraniticmagma.