Geochronology, petrology and Hf-S isotope geochemistry of the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposit in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, western China

	Geochronology, petrology and Hf-S isotope geochemistry of the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposit in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, western China
	Chusi Li; Zhaowei Zhang; Wenyuan Li; Yalei Wang; Tao Sun; Edward M. Ripley
	2015
发表期刊	Lithos
卷号	216 期号:2 页码:224-240
摘要	This paper reports the first set of data for the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposit in the Eastern Kunlun Paleozoic arc terrane which is located in the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. An ongoing drilling campaign reveals similar to 100 million tons of sulfide mineralization with the average grade of 0.8 wt.% Ni and 0.1 wt.% Cu for the deposit. This makes the Xiarihamu deposit one of the 20 largest magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits in the world and the largest ever found in arc settings. The deposit is hosted in a small ultramafic body intruding older gabbroic and metamorphic rocks. New zircon U-Pb isotope age data reveal that the ultramafic body (411.6 +/- 2.4 Ma) is similar to 20 Ma younger than the host gabbroic intrusion (431.3 +/- 2.1 Ma). The ultramafic body is composed predominantly of lherzolite and olivine websterite, with minor dunite, websterite and orthopyroxenite. Mineralization mainly occurs as sub-horizontal to gently dipping (<30 degrees) disseminated sulfide zones that are generally concordant with the lithological structure of the ultramafic intrusion. The lateral extension and thickness of individual mineralized zones are up to similar to 200 m and similar to 100 m, respectively. Sulfide mineral assemblages are composed of pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite. The Xiarihamu ultramafic rocks show light REE enrichments and pronounced negative Nb anomalies, plus significant Ca-depletion in olivine (<700 ppm Ca), which are characteristic of many arc basalts in the world. Olivine crystals in the Xiarihamu ultramafic rocks have relatively primitive compositions, with Fo contents up to 90 mol%, close to the mantle value. The contrasting Ni contents of olivine crystals with similar Fo contents from different sulfide-mineralized zones in a single drill core indicate that at least two pulses of sulfide-laden magma with different Ni compositions were involved in the development of the deposit. Estimated parental magma for the Xiarihamu lherzolites contains 52.4 wt.% SiO2 and 9.8 wt.% MgO, which are within the ranges of boninites worldwide, supporting the interpretation that the Xiarihamu sulfide ore-bearing ultramafic intrusion is the product of subduction-related boninitic magmatism. The epsilon Hf (t) values of zircon crystals from the Xiarihamu ultramafic rocks vary from 1 to 5, indicating minor crustal contamination of the parent magma. The involvement of external sulfur in the genesis of the Xiarihamu magmatic sulfide deposit is evident from higher delta S-34 values of sulfide ores (3.5 to 6.8 parts per thousand) than typical mantle value (0 +/- 2 parts per thousand), although the actual contaminants are yet to be identified.
关键词	Magmatic Sulfide Deposit Mafic–ultramafic Rocks Zircon U–pb Isotope Age Zircon Hf Isotopes Olivine Chemistry Xiarihamu
学科领域	矿床地球化学
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/352002/5934
专题	矿床地球化学国家重点实验室_矿床地球化学国家重点实验室_期刊论文
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chusi Li,Zhaowei Zhang,Wenyuan Li,et al. Geochronology, petrology and Hf-S isotope geochemistry of the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposit in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, western China[J]. Lithos,2015,216(2):224-240.
APA	Chusi Li,Zhaowei Zhang,Wenyuan Li,Yalei Wang,Tao Sun,&Edward M. Ripley.(2015).Geochronology, petrology and Hf-S isotope geochemistry of the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposit in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, western China.Lithos,216(2),224-240.
MLA	Chusi Li,et al."Geochronology, petrology and Hf-S isotope geochemistry of the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposit in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, western China".Lithos 216.2(2015):224-240.

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