Age and fluid source constraints of the Haoyaoerhudong orogenic gold deposit,North China:Evidence from geochronology and noble gas isotopes

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外文摘要：The Haoyaoerhudong gold deposit,located in the northwestern part of the North China craton(NCC),has produced over 120 metric tonnes(t)of gold since 2007.It has a total reserve of＞240 t at average gold grade of 0.62 g/t,making it one of the largest open pit gold mines in China.The steeply dipping,large-tonnage,low-grade,vein-or veinlet-type gold orebodies are hosted in strongly-deformed Mesoproterozoic carbonaceous schist of the Bayan Obo Group.The laminated/boudinaged veins/veinlets in the sinistral ductile-brittle shear zones are dominated by quartz,biotite,gold-bearing löllingite,pyr-rhotite,(arseno)pyrite,with minor native gold,titanite and xenotime.In this paper,we present new in situ U-Pb geochronological data on magmatic zircon from the pre-ore dikes,on metamorphic and hydrothermal xenotime,and on hydrothermal titanite from the hydrothermally altered carbonaceous schist and auriferous quartz-sulfides veins/veinlets,as well as He-Ar isotopic analysis on gold-bearing(arseno)pyrite in the syn-ore stage.The metamorphic xenotime U-Pb age of 426±6.0 Ma(2σ)records a regional metamorphic event,possibly related to the accretion of the Bainaimiao arc onto the NCC.Two pre-ore andesitic dikes yielded similar emplacement ages at～278 Ma constrained by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry(LA-ICP-MS)U-Pb zircon data.Hydrothermal xenotime grains from the altered carbonaceous schist and auriferous quartz-sulfides veins yielded U-Pb ages of 256.0±4.1 Ma(2σ)and 254.4±2.1 Ma(2σ),respectively,overlapping with that of the hydrothermal titanite at 255.4±0.8 Ma(2σ)from the laminated quartz-sulfides veinlets.This indicates that the gold mineralization occurred at ca.255 Ma.The～255 Ma gold mineralization age is much younger than the previously reported Early-Middle Permian regional magmatic activity(ca.291 Ma to 268 Ma),and may be associated with the regional sinistral strike-slip event in the late orogenic cycle related to the collision between the Siberian craton and the NCC.The 3He/4He(R/Ra)and 40Ar/36Ar values of the gold-bearing(arseno)pyrite are 0.04 to 0.09(average=0.07)and 375.8 to 2023(average=1045),which reveal the ore-forming fluids dominantly originated from the crustal rocks,with limited involve-ment from the mantle.Collectively,our new geochronological data,noble gas isotopic analyses,and geo-logical evidence support a typical orogenic gold deposit model at Haoyaoerhudong.

外文关键词：

XenotimeTitaniteIn situ U-Pb datingNoble gasOrogenic gold depositNorth China Craton

作者：

Chenglong Fan、Jingwen Mao、Huishou Ye、Yitian Wang、Junchen Liu、Wei Jian、Xuyang Meng、Wenhao Tang、Weiwei Chao、Peng Wang

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作者单位：

School of Earth Sciences and Resources,China University of Geosciences,Beijing 100083,China

MNR Key Laboratory for Exploration Theory & Technology of Critical Mineral Resources,China University of Geosciences,Beijing 100083,China

Ministry of Natural Resources(MNR)Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment,Institute of Mineral Resources,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Beijing 100037,China

Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploration of Nonferrous Metal Deposits and Efficient Utilization of Resources by the Province and Ministry,Guilin University of Technology,Guilin 541004,China

State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment,East China University of Technology,Nanchang 330013,Jiangxi,China

School of Earth Sciences and Spatial Information Engineering,Hunan University of Science and Technology,Xiangtan 411201,China

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基金：

Academic-Industry Cooperation ProjectNational Natural Science Foundation of China

项目编号：

HE191341972094

出版年：

2024

DOI：

10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101812

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