Abstract
The Chang’an Chong Cu-Mo deposit is located in the Chang’an Cu-Mo-Au ore cluster in the southern Ailaoshan tectonic belt in southwestern China. There are six intrusive bodies in the mining area, among which the No.Ⅱ intrusive body is the largest and most closely related to Cu-Mo mineralization of skarn. The No. 1 main orebody is composed of the No. 1 copper orebody and No. 1 molybdenum orebody, which are distributed in parallel with similar shapes. In this paper, the age of skarn is determined by the LA-SF-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of garnet, and it is nearly consistent with the age of alkaline porphyry in this region (41–32 Ma). Compared with the U-Pb age of zircon from the ore-bearing porphyry and the Re-Os age of molybdenite, the U-Pb age of garnet was consistent with them within error, indicating that they were the same mineralization event, which further proves that the porphyry-skarn Cu-Mo-Au mineralization event along the Ailaoshan-Red River fault zone mainly occurred at 38~32 Ma. In-situ S isotope results show that the δ34S mean values of disseminated pyrite (PyI), pyrite of sulfide veins (PyⅡ) and chalcopyrite (Ccp) in the main mineralization period are 2.35‰, 3.60‰ and 0.55‰, respectively. These δ34S values are similar to those of magma and slightly enriched in δ34S, and the δ34S value of chalcopyrite is mainly concentrated near 0‰, so it can be considered that the S of the ore-forming fluid came from magmatic-hydrothermal fluids. Based on the comprehensive analysis of the regional metallogenic background, deposit chronology and isotope geochemistry, it is concluded that the Chang’an Chong Cu-Mo deposit was formed in an intra-plate post-collision strike-slip environment.
Funder
Yunnan Major Scientific and Technological Projects
The Key R&D Program of Yunnan Province
Subject
Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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