Jurassic Au–Ag mineralization of the Linjiasandaogou deposit in the Liaodong Peninsula, northeast China: Evidence from apatite U–Pb dating and the in situ geochemistry of sulfides

The Liaodong Peninsula in northeast China hosts visible and invisible Au-dominated mineralization. Compared with visible Au, age and mechanisms of invisible Au-dominated mineralization are still unclear. The Linjiasandaogou deposit in the Liaodong Peninsula comprises disseminated and veinlet ores ho...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of geochemical exploration 2023-08, Vol.251, p.107242, Article 107242
Hauptverfasser: Sun, Guotao, Zeng, Qingdong, Zhou, Jia-Xi
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Zusammenfassung:The Liaodong Peninsula in northeast China hosts visible and invisible Au-dominated mineralization. Compared with visible Au, age and mechanisms of invisible Au-dominated mineralization are still unclear. The Linjiasandaogou deposit in the Liaodong Peninsula comprises disseminated and veinlet ores hosted in Paleoproterozoic schist and Triassic granite porphyry and lamprophyres. Three mineralization stages were identified in this deposit: the early pyrite (Py1), arsenian pyrite (Py2)–arsenopyrite–sphalerite (Sp1)–quartz–apatite, and freibergite–sphalerite (Sp2)–galena–quartz stages. Gold mineralization is mainly in invisible forms and was deposited during the second stage, whereas Ag was deposited during the third stage. Uranium-Pb dating of hydrothermal apatite from the second stage indicates that Au mineralization occurred at ca. 184 Ma, when the Yaojiagou granite was emplaced. In situ S isotope analysis shows that sulfides which formed during the mineralization stages have a narrow range of δ34SV-CDT values (4.80 ‰–8.53 ‰) that are typical of a magmatic–hydrothermal system. Py2 has higher As, Au, and Ag contents of 15,100–95,576, 15.4–183, and 20.8–129 ppm, as compared with Py1 (As
ISSN:0375-6742
1879-1689
DOI:10.1016/j.gexplo.2023.107242