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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (04): 1138-1145.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2022.04.16

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Sulfur and Lead Isotopic Compositions of Zebuxia Pb-Zn Deposit in Tibet:Implications for the Sources of Ore-forming Material

DU Baofeng1,2(), ZHANG Rongzhen1,3, YANG Changqing1, LI Shanpo1, TAN Heyong1, ZHU Hongyun1,2   

  1. 1. Henan Institute of Geological Survey, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001,China
    2. Henan Key Laboratory of Metal Mineral Mineralization Geological Processes and Resource Utilization, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001,China
    3. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2021-05-31 Revised:2021-11-04 Online:2022-08-10 Published:2022-09-09

Abstract:

Zebuxia Pb-Zn deposit in Tibet is located in the western part of the north Gangdean metallogenic belt,and it occurs in the Dianzhong Formation of Paleogene. Based on analysis of the metallogenic geological conditions,this paper studies systematically the composition characteristics of sulfur and lead isotope in the ore minerals and discusses the sources of the ore-forming materials. The results have shown that the composition of sulfur isotope in ore sulfides has a narrow variation range from -0.6‰ to 2.7‰ and a tower distribution features,which indicates relatively concentrate and presents a characteristic of sulfur from magmatic origin,and may be related to the lots of granite porphyry or concealed granite. The lead isotopic composition of ore sulfides is stable and should belong to ordinary lead. According to the μ values range from 9.61 to 10.0 and the tectonic evolution diagram of lead isotopic,it can be concluded that the ore lead mainly derived from upper crust. Combined with regional diagenesis-metallogenic event and geological characteristics of Zebuxia Pb-Zn deposit,the ore-forming materials probably came from the magma formed by partial melting of the upper crust in the period of main collisional setting in Tibetan orogenic belt.

Key words: sulfur isotope, lead isotope, sources of ore-forming material, Zebuxia Pb-Zn deposit, Tibet

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