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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (06): 1486-1496.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2022.06.04

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Geochemical Characteristics and Genesis of Pinghe Crystalline Graphite Deposit in Sichuan Province

XIA Jinsheng1,2(), SUN Li1(), ZHANG Peng3(), CHEN Changkuo4, WANG Junzhu2, SI Jiangfu2   

  1. 1. MNR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment,Institute of Mineral Resources,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Beijing 100037,China
    2. Natural Resources Bureau of Liupanshui,Liupanshui,Guizhou 553000,China
    3. Shandong Fifth Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration,Taian,Shandong 271000,China
    4.113 Geological Party,Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration,Liupanshui,Guizhou 553000,China
  • Received:2021-12-04 Revised:2022-06-13 Online:2022-12-10 Published:2023-01-11
  • Contact: SUN Li,ZHANG Peng

Abstract:

The Pinghe scaly graphite deposit,one of the crucial graphite deposits in China,located on the Micangshan-Dabashan thrust belt of upper Yangtze Block.Field survey,mineralogical and geochemical analysis of graphite bearing metamorphic rocks were carried out to study the ore genesis of this deposit.The ore bodies are hosted in the Mawozi Formation of the Mesoproterozoic Huodiya Group.The ore bodies which conform to the wall rocks mainly display bedding to lenticular occurrence.The host rocks of the deposit are mainly graphite schists and minor graphite bearing dolomotic marbles.The average fixed carbon content of the ore bodies is 16.32%.Graphites in the ore bodies mainly show flake textures with big flakes (>0.15 mm) of 37% and small to middle flakes (<0.15 mm) of 63%.The analysis on major and trace elements indicates that the protolith of the graphite-bearing schist has affinity to terrigenious argillaceous siltstone.Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating yields the metamorphic age of the graphite-bearing schist at (751.6±4.5) Ma.The δ13C of graphites averages on -24.17‰,which indicates the genesis of graphite in the deposit is mainly attributed to organic carbon.Therefore,we infer that the formation of the Pinghe deposit is closely linked to an organic origin and regional metamorphism.

Key words: Pinghe,Sichuan, scaly graphite deposit, geochemical feature, ore genesis

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