We are grateful to Associate Editors Prof. Chi Guoxiang and Prof. Tang Hongfeng for their constructive comments, which helped us improve this manuscript. We would like to thank the managers of the Baojin Mining Group Co., Ltd for their support of our fieldwork. We also thank experimenters from Nanjing University for their advice and assistance during fluid inclusion analyses. We also thank Quan Ruiping from the Beijing Createch Testing Technology Co., Ltd for her help during the U-Pb isotope analyses. We also thank Editage (www.editage.cn) for English language editing. We express our most sincere appreciation to the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education on the Safe Mining of Deep Metal Mines, Northeastern University. This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41372098).
The Dongjun Pb-Zn-Ag deposit in the northern part of the Great Xing’an Range (NE China) consists of quartz-sulfide vein-type and breccia-type mineralization, related to granite porphyry. Hydrothermal alteration is well-developed and includes potassic-silicic-sericitic alteration, phyllic alteration and propylitic alteration. Three stages of mineralization are recognized on the basis of field evidence and petrographic observation, demarcated by assemblages of quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite (early stage), quartz-polymetallic sulfide (intermediate stage) and quartz-carbonate-pyrite (late stage). Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating indicates that the granite porphyry was emplaced at 146.7 ± 1.2 Ma (Late Jurassic). Microthermometry and laser Raman spectroscopy shows that ore minerals were deposited in conditions of intermediate temperatures (175–359°C), low salinity (0.5–9.3 wt% NaCl eqv.) and low density (0.60–0.91 g/cm3). Ore-forming fluids were derived largely from magmatic hydrothermal processes, with late-stage addition of meteoric water, belonging to a H2O-NaCl-CO2 ± CH4 system. The δ34SV-CDT values range from 0.75‰ to 4.70‰. The 206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, and 208Pb/204Pb values of the ore minerals are in the ranges of 18.240–18.371, 15.542–15.570, and 38.100–38.178, respectively. Data for the S and Pb isotopic systems indicate that the ore-forming metals and sulfur were derived from Mesozoic magma. Based on the geological characteristics and geochemical signatures documented in this study, we conclude that the Dongjun deposit is a mesothermal magmatic hydrothermal vein-type Pb-Zn-Ag deposit controlled by fractures and related to granite porphyry, in response to Late Jurassic tectonic–magmatic–hydrothermal activity. We further conclude that fluid immiscibility, fluid mixing and fluid-rock interactions were the dominant mechanisms for deposition of the ore-forming materials.
XIE Wei, WEN Shouqin, ZHANG Guangliang, TANG Tieqiao.2021. Geochronology, Fluid Inclusions and Isotopic Characteristics of the Dongjun Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Inner Mongolia, NE China[J]. ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA(English edition),95(5):1611~1633
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