Geological Characteristics and Mineralization Age of the Sandstone Type Re-Mo(-Os) Mineral Occurrence in Muchuan, Sichuan
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    Mo-bearing sandstone discovered in the Minzhu-Taiping area, Muchuan County, Sichuan Province, is a new type of mineral deposit-sedimentary sandstone type Re-Mo (-Os) deposit. X-ray powder diffractionanalysis shows that the finely crystalline-microcrystalline scaly Mo-bearing mineral in the ore is crystalline molybdenite. High-precision mass spectrbmetry indicates that the contents of the dispersed element Re and plat-inum-group element Os are high in molybdenite. So the two elements can be recovered for industrial uses. High-precision Re-Os isotope dating suggests that the Muchuan Re-Mo (Os) deposit form in 202~206 Ma, synchroneously with the ore-bearing Mesozoic red bed basin sandstone. No sign of hydrothermal activity or tec-tonic setting has been found. The authors think that the molybdenite is the product of the syngenetic sedimenta-ry period. This discovery and research are of great theoretical significance and practical value for the study of mineralogy and the geology of mineral deposits.

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CAO Zhimin, LUO Yaonan, WANG Rucheng, H. J. STEIN, J. L. HANNAH, R. J. MARKEY) College of Marine Geology, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao,) Bureau of Geology, Mineral Exploration, Development of Sichuan Province, Chengdu,) National Key L.2002. Geological Characteristics and Mineralization Age of the Sandstone Type Re-Mo(-Os) Mineral Occurrence in Muchuan, Sichuan[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica,76(1):95-99

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