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Geoscience ›› 2012, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 656-662.

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40Ar/39Ar Dating for Kfeldspar from Duobuza Porphyry Coppergold Deposit in Tibet, China and Its Geological Significance

 CHU  Xiang-Beng-1, CHEN  Hua-An-1, MA  Dong-Fang-1, HUANG  Han-Xiao-1, LI  Guang-Meng-1,   Liu-Chao-Jiang-2, WEI  Lu-Jie-2   

  1. 1Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan610081, China;2No5 Geological Party,
    Exploration and Development Bureau of Geology and Mineral of Tibet Autonomous Region, Golmud, Qinghai816000, China
  • Received:2011-11-15 Revised:2012-04-26 Online:2012-08-18 Published:2012-08-24

Abstract:

Duobuza porphyry coppergold deposit is a newly discovered deposit, which is located in the middle of Tibet plateau and in the west of BangonghuNujiang metallogenic belt. K-feldspar from the potassic alteration zone was analyzed by 40Ar/39Ar dating technique, and these results yielded a plateau age of (118.31±0.60) Ma and a reverse isochron age of (118.30±0.79) Ma with initial 40Ar/36Ar=291±17, indicating that potassic alteration age in Duobuza porphyry deposit ranges from 119 to 118 Ma and coincide with the mineralization age (molybdenite Re-Os age, 119-118 Ma ). The magmatichydrothermal evolution of Duobuza deposit should be from magmatic stage (around 120 Ma) to potassic alteration and mineralization (119-118 Ma), then to phyllic alteration (118-115 Ma), and the duration of magmatichydrothermal evolution probably persisted 5 million years.

Key words: 40Ar/39Ar age, Kfeldspathic alteration, Duobuza porphyry deposit;BangonghuNujiang metallogenic belt, Tibet