U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry of molybdenum-bearing granodiorite porphyry at Copperstain Creek, west Nelson, New Zealand
A molybdenite-mineralised granodiorite porphyry at Copperstain Creek has a U-Pb zircon age of 133.5 ± 0.2 Ma. This is older than the Early Cretaceous (126-105 Ma) Separation Point Suite, with which other molybdenum-bearing granodiorite porphyries in west Nelson have been correlated on the basis of s...
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Veröffentlicht in: | New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics 2004-06, Vol.47 (2), p.219-225 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A molybdenite-mineralised granodiorite porphyry at Copperstain Creek has a U-Pb zircon age of 133.5 ± 0.2 Ma. This is older than the Early Cretaceous (126-105 Ma) Separation Point Suite, with which other molybdenum-bearing granodiorite porphyries in west Nelson have been correlated on the basis of similar compositions and K-Ar ages. The Copperstain Creek granodiorite differs compositionally from the high Na and Sr/Y rocks of the Separation Point Suite in having medium Na and low Sr/Y. Oxygen isotope δ
18
O
magma
values of ≤10‰ for the Copperstain Creek granodiorite and granites from the Separation Point Suite indicate that both are I-type granites. However, the Copperstain Creek granodiorite porphyry has a minimum δ
18
O
magma
value of 9.4‰, which indicates a magma with a crustal component, whereas the Separation Point Suite granites have values (5.4-7.9‰) which are very primitive ("mantle-like"). These new U-Pb age and oxygen isotope data indicate that the Copperstain Creek granodiorite is not related to the Separation Point Suite granitoids. |
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ISSN: | 0028-8306 1175-8791 |
DOI: | 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515049 |