Geochronology and fluid source constraints of the Songligou gold‐telluride deposit, western Henan Province, China: Analysis of genetic implications

The Songligou gold‐telluride deposit, located in Songxian County, western Henan Province, China, is one of many gold‐telluride deposits in the Xiaoqinling‐Xiong'ershan district. Gold orebodies occur within the Taihua Supergroup and are controlled by the WNW F101 Fault, and the fault was cut acr...

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Published in:Resource geology 2020-04, Vol.70 (2), p.169-187
Main Authors: Wang, Peng, Jian, Wei, Mao, Jing‐Wen, Ye, Hui‐Shou, Chao, Wei‐Wei, Tian, Yong‐Fei, Yan, Jian‐Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Bastnasite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorite
Cratons
Cretaceous
Feldspars
Fluorite
Galena
Genetic analysis
Geochronology
Geochronometry
Gold
Granite
Haematite
Hematite
Intermetallic compounds
Isotopes
Lead
Magma
Magnetite
Mantle
Mineralization
Oceanic crust
ore‐forming fluid source
Pyrite
pyrite Rb–Sr age
Quartz
Radiometric dating
Songligou gold‐telluride deposit
southern margin of the North China Carton
Sphalerite
Strontium
Strontium 87
Strontium isotopes
Subduction
Subduction (geology)
Sulfide
Sulfides
Sulphides
Tectonics
Tellurides
Tellurium
Zincblende
Zircon
zircon U–Pb age
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Summary:The Songligou gold‐telluride deposit, located in Songxian County, western Henan Province, China, is one of many gold‐telluride deposits in the Xiaoqinling‐Xiong'ershan district. Gold orebodies occur within the Taihua Supergroup and are controlled by the WNW F101 Fault, and the fault was cut across by a granite porphyry dike. Common minerals in gold orebodies include quartz, chlorite, epidote, K‐feldspar, calcite, fluorite, sericite, phlogopite, bastnasite, pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, tellurides, gold, bismuthinite, magnetite, and hematite, and pyrite is the dominant sulfide. Four mineralization stages are recognized, including pyrite‐quartz stage (I), quartz‐pyrite stage (II), gold‐telluride stage (III), and quartz‐calcite stage (IV). This work reports the Rb–Sr age of gold‐telluride‐bearing pyrite and zircon U–Pb age of granite porphyry, as well as S isotope data of pyrite and galena. The pyrite Rb–Sr isochron age is 126.6 ± 2.3 Ma (MSWD = 1.8), and the average zircon U–Pb age of granite porphyry is 166.8 ± 4.1 Ma (MSWD = 4.9). (87Sr/86Sr) i values of pyrite and δ34S values of sulfides vary from 0.7104 to 0.7105 and −11.84 to 0.28‰, respectively. The obtained Rb–Sr isochron age represents the ore formation age of the Songligou gold‐telluride deposit, which is much younger than the zircon U–Pb age of the granite porphyry. Strontium and S isotopes, together with the presence of bastnaesite, suggest that the ore‐forming fluid was derived from felsic magmas with input of a mantle component and subsequently interacted with the Taihua Supergroup. Tellurium was derived from metasomatized mantle and was related to the subduction of the Shangdan oceanic crust and Izanagi plate beneath the North China Craton (NCC). This deposit is a part of the Early Cretaceous large‐scale gold mineralization in east NCC and formed in an extensional tectonic setting. The Songligou gold‐telluride deposit formed at 126.6 ± 2.3 Ma, and it is a felsic intrusion‐related gold‐telluride deposit whose ore‐forming fluid experiences water‐rock reaction with the Taihua Supergroup. Tellurium derived from metasomatized mantle that was related to subductions of the Shangdan oceanic crust and Izanagi plate beneath the North China Craton. It released in an extension tectonic setting triggered by westward subduction of Izanagi plate and mantle upwelling afterward.
ISSN:1344-1698
1751-3928
DOI:10.1111/rge.12228