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    New insights into the metallogeny of MVT Zn-Pb deposits: A case study from the Nayongzhi in South China, using field data, fluid compositions, and in situ S-Pb isotopes

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    Zhou, J.
    Wang, Xuan-Ce
    Wilde, Simon
    Luo, K.
    Huang, Z.
    Wu, T.
    Jin, Z.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Zhou, J. and Wang, X. and Wilde, S. and Luo, K. and Huang, Z. and Wu, T. and Jin, Z. 2018. New insights into the metallogeny of MVT Zn-Pb deposits: A case study from the Nayongzhi in South China, using field data, fluid compositions, and in situ S-Pb isotopes. American Mineralogist. 103 (1): pp. 91-108.
    Source Title
    American Mineralogist
    DOI
    10.2138/am-2018-6238
    ISSN
    0003-004X
    School
    School of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100826
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65790
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    © 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. The newly discovered Nayongzhi Zn-Pb deposit ( > 20 Mt ores at 1.11-15.65 wt% Zn and 0.59-0.97 wt% Pb) in NW Guizhou province, South China, is hosted by late Ediacaran and early Cambrian carbonate rocks. The ore body is structurally controlled by a kilometer-scale reverse fault-anticline system and occurs as stratiform, lentiform, or steeply dipping vein structures. Its geological feature is comparable to that of the Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) Zn-Pb deposits. d 34 S values (+11.8 to +33.0‰) of sulfide minerals determined by NanoSIMS have a larger range than those determined by conventional bulk analysis (d 34 S = +18.12 to +24.79‰). This suggests that S isotopes determined by in situ analysis can reflect the nature of fractionation involved in mineralization. Furthermore, cores of sulfide crystals have higher d 34 S values (+26.1 to +33.0‰) than their rims (+11.8 to +24.5‰). This implies a mixture of multiple S reservoirs or a Rayleigh fractionation of S isotopes occurred during ore formation process. Additionally, both S isotopic compositions determined by in situ and bulk analyses reflect the enrichment of 34 S in hydrothermal fluid (d 34 S fluid > +11.8‰), a typical characteristic of marine sulfate-derived S. Such S isotopic signatures also show that thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) is the dominant mechanism for the incorporation of S 2- from SO42- $\rm SO-{4}^{2-} $. Pb isotopic ratios of galena obtained by femtosecond LA-MC-ICPMS plot in the field that overlaps with the Pb evolution curve of upper crust contributed to the orogeny and the field of modern lower crust, and can be compared to the Proterozoic metamorphic rocks. The means that the majority of Pb metal is sourced from the basement rocks. Although d 13 C values (-4.1 to +0.5‰) of calcite separates and corresponding fluids are similar to both fresh limestone (-1.7 to +1.3‰) and typical marine carbonate rocks, the d 18 O values (+12.4 to +14.1‰) are significantly lower than both limestone (+24.1 to +25.5‰) and marine carbonate rocks. Such C-O isotopic characteristics suggest that the source of C is ore-hosting carbonate rocks, whereas O has a mixed source of metamorphic fluids and carbonate rocks resulting from water/rock (W/R) interaction. This study demonstrates that (1) fluid mixing caused rapid sulfide precipitation, resulting in significant fractionation of S isotopes; and (2) both the W/R interaction and CO 2 degassing controlled local carbonate cyclic process of dissolution ? re-crystallization, which provided metastable physical and chemical conditions for giant sulfide mineralization. These two processes are crucial in forming MVT deposits.

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