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In-situ S and Pb isotope constraints on an evolving hydrothermal system, Tianbaoshan Pb-Zn-(Cu) deposit in South China TEXT SIZE: A A A
The Upper Yangtze Pb-Zn metallogenic province in South China consists of > 400 carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposits within Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic strata. Origin of these deposits has been a matter of debate and is thought to be related to Proterozoic basement rocks, Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and the late Permian flood basalts of the Emeishan large igneous province (ELIP). The Tianbaoshan Pb-Zn-(Cu) deposit contains similar to 22Mt Pb-Zn ores @ 1.43 wt% Pb and 10.4 wt% Zn, and similar to 0.1Mt Cu ores @ 2.55 wt% Cu. Copper sulfide ores are composed dominantly of chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite, whereas Pb-Zn sulfide ores consist mainly of sphalerite and galena with minor chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite. In-situ delta S-34 values (+ 3.2- + 4.6 parts per thousand) of chalcopyrite in the Cu ores are similar to the bulk delta S-34 values (+ 3.9- + 5.4 parts per thousand) of chalcopyrite separates from the Cu ores and sphalerite separates (+ 1.7- + 3.9 parts per thousand) from the Pb-Zn ores. Such a sulfur isotope signature indicates that reduced sulfur of both the Cu and Pb-Zn ores was derived from a mixed source of magmatic sulfur (derived from igneous rocks) and sedimentary sulfur or evaporated marine sulfate by thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR). In-situ Pb isotopic ratios of chalcopyrite grains in the Cu ores are similar to those of galena grains from both the Cu and Zn-Pb ores, suggesting that they have the same metal sources. Hence, our study demonstrates that both the Cu and Pb-Zn ores were cogenetic and their mineralizing elements were derived from or flowed through a mixed source of basement rocks and sedimentary rocks, and even basalts. The Tianbaoshan Pb-Zn-(Cu) deposit is an epigenetic sulfide deposit hosted in carbonate rocks and was formed from an evolving hydrothermal system from Cu to Pb-Zn.
 

Publication name

 ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS Volume: 115 Article Number: 103177 DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103177 Published: DEC 2019

Author(s)

 Tan, Shu-Cheng; Zhou, Jia-Xi; Zhou, Mei-Fu; Ye, Lin

Corresponding author(s) 

 ZHOU Jiaxi 
 zhoujiaxi@ynu.edu.cn  
 Yunnan Univ, Sch Resource Environm & Earth Sci, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, Peoples R China.
 Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, State Key Lab Ore Deposit Geochem, Guiyang 550081, Guizhou, Peoples R China

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