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- Title
Geochemistry and geochronology of the Dongyang gold deposit in southeast China: Constraints on ore genesis.
- Authors
Xu, Nan; Li, Sheng‐Rong; Wu, Cai‐lai; Santosh, M.; Tang, L.
- Abstract
Mesozoic magmatism and lithospheric destruction in East China exerted significant control on gold metallogeny. Here, we investigate the mineralogy, geochemistry, geochronology, and isotopic systematics of the Dongyang gold deposit in southeast China to constrain its origin and geodynamics. This is a newly discovered epithermal gold deposit along the Circum–Pacific metallogenic belt and is characterized by intense silicification and sericitization. The C–H–O isotope data suggest deep magmatic sources of the ores and indicate that the ore‐forming fluids comprised a mixture of magmatic water and meteoric water. The S–Pb values of the pyrite indicate magmatic origin for the sulfur, and deposit was derived mostly from crustal sources, mixed with mantle materials. The Rb–Sr dating of the pyrite from the ore deposit shows an age of 164.2 ± 9.9 Ma, whereas the zircon U–Pb SHRIMP ages of the rhyolite porphyry is 160.9 ± 0.5 Ma, suggesting that the timing of mineralization is close to that of the crystallization of the dykes. In conjunction with previous studies on similar deposits, we suggest that the gold mineralization was the response of continental lithospheric thinning in southeast China triggered by the subduction of the Palaeo‐Pacific Ocean Plate.
- Subjects
CHINA; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL time scales; METALLOGENY; GOLD ores; ORES; ORE deposits; MINERALOGY
- Publication
Geological Journal, 2020, Vol 55, Issue 1, p425
- ISSN
0072-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/gj.3421