Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Bolong Porphyry Cu Au Deposit, Tibet and Its Mineralizing Significance
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    Bolong porphyry copper deposit is the largest newly discovered deposit in the middle of Tibet plateau. Three stages of granodiorite porphyries were emplaced in the Bolong porphyry deposit, and the former two stages of granodiorite porphyries are mineralized porphyries. Zircon U Pb dating, bulk rock geochemical compositions and Sr Nd Hf isotopic compositions of these porphyries were analyzed. Zircon U Pb dating results shows that all these porphyries were intruded at 119~120Ma. The former two stages of granodiorite porphyries are enriched in light rare earth elements and large ion lithophile elements, and depleted in heavy earth elements and high field strength elements, with weak Eu anomalies, indicating that these granodiorite porphyries resemble arc magmas in composition. (87Sr/86Sr)i values of the first and the second stage of granodiorite porphyry are 0.70562~0.70711 and 0.70567~0.70850 respectively, with εNd(t) ranges within -4.0~-3.1 and -8.0~-2.4, εHf(t) varies within 2.5~6.9 and 3.3~6.9 respectively, suggesting that two stages of granodiorite porphyries were derived from juvenile lower crust. The third stage of granodiorite porphyry also shows arc magma affinities in composition, its higher εNd(t) (-0.7~-0.2) and εHf(t) (1.3~12.2) might suggest that the third stage of granodiorite porphyry was also generate from lower crust with more mantle derived materials. Bolong porphyry deposit were formed at the late stage of the northward subduction of the Bangong Lake Neo Tethyan Ocean, and the magmatic activity in the Bolong deposit should have close relationship with oceanic subduction, melt generated from subducted oceanic crust and subarc mantle wedge was upwelled, which might triggered partial melting of juvenile lower crust and formed the Bolong porphyry copper deposit. imply that the southern Qiangtang terrane should be thickened at 120Ma.

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zhu xiang ping, chen hua an, ma dong fang, huang han xiao, li guang ming, li yu bin, li yu chang, wei lu jie, liu chao qiang.2013. Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Bolong Porphyry Cu Au Deposit, Tibet and Its Mineralizing Significance[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica,87(10):1593-1611

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  • Received:July 16,2012
  • Revised:May 26,2013
  • Adopted:October 28,2013
  • Online: October 30,2013
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