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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (06): 1272-1282.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.06.15

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The Existence and Effect of Organic Matter in the Mineralization Process of Mayuan Pb-Zn Deposit, North of the Yangtze Plate, China

SONG Zhijiao1(), CHEN Cuihua1(), YIN Li2, ZHANG Yan1   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
    2. Land and Resources Bureau of Pujiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611630, China
  • Received:2017-12-21 Revised:2018-09-28 Online:2018-12-10 Published:2018-12-20

Abstract:

Mayuan lead-zinc deposit is located in the east of Micangshan tectonic belt, the northern margin of the Yangtze plate, which is one of the most important lead-zinc deposits in this area. The ore body is hosted in the Sinian Dengying Formation breccia dolomite, and there is a large amount of bitumen associated with sphale-rite and galena in ores. In order to explore the effect of organic matter on lead-zinc mineralization in Mayuan lead-zinc deposit, detailed study of mineralogy, petrography, microthermometry and systematic analysis of laser Raman spectra and carbon isotopic compositions were carried out on bitumen, ores and surrounding rocks. The results show that there are a large number of organic inclusions in the deposit, and the organic inclusions are composed of CH4, C2H6, H2S, CO2 and other components. The result of homogenization temperature of inclusions, the maximum palaeotemperature calculated by vitrinite reflectance of bitumen and carbon isotopic compositions show that the organic matter in the deposit may be formed by thermal cracking of the paleo-oil reservoir once existed in the Sinian Dengying Formation. The thermal cracking of the paleo-oil reservoir provided a reduction environment and a reduction sulfur for lead-zinc mineralization.

Key words: organic matter, fluid inclusion, carbon isotope, Pb-Zn deposit, Mayuan,Shaanxi

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