Stable isotope characteristics and origin of ore-forming fluids in copper-gold-polymetallic deposits within strike-slip pull-apart basin of Weishan-Yongping continental collision orogenic belt, Yunnan Province, China

WANG Yong1, HOU Zengqian2, DONG Fangliu2, ZENG Pusheng2, MO Xuanxue3, BI Xianmei3

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Front. Earth Sci. ›› DOI: 10.1007/s11707-007-0039-9

Stable isotope characteristics and origin of ore-forming fluids in copper-gold-polymetallic deposits within strike-slip pull-apart basin of Weishan-Yongping continental collision orogenic belt, Yunnan Province, China

  • WANG Yong1, HOU Zengqian2, DONG Fangliu2, ZENG Pusheng2, MO Xuanxue3, BI Xianmei3
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More than 140 middle-small sized deposits or minerals are present in the Weishan Yongping ore concentration area which is located in the southern part of a typical Lanping strike-slip and pull-apart basin. It has plenty of mineral resources derived from the collision between the Indian and Asian plates. The ore-forming fluid system in the Weishan Yongping ore concentration area can be divided into two subsystems, namely, the Zijinshan subsystem and Gonglang arc subsystem. The ore-forming fluids of Cu, Co deposits in the Gonglang arc fluid subsystem have δD values between –83.8‰ and –69‰, δ18O values between 4.17‰ and 10.45‰, andδ13C values between –13.6‰ and 3.7‰, suggesting that the ore-forming fluids of Cu, Co deposits were derived mainly from magmatic water and partly from formation water. The ore-forming fluids of Au, Pb, Zn, Fe deposits in the Zijinshan subsystem have δD values between –117.4‰ and –76‰, δ18O values between 5.32‰ and 9.56‰, and δC values between –10.07‰ and –1.5‰. The ore-forming fluids of Sb deposits have δD values between –95‰ and –78‰, δ18O values between 4.5‰ and 32.3‰, and δ13C values between –26.4‰ and –1.9‰. Hence, the ore-forming fluids of the Zijinshan subsystem must have been derived mainly from formation water and partly from magmatic water. Affected by the collision between the Indian and Asian plates, ore-forming fluids in Weishan–Yongping basin migrated considerably from southwest to northeast. At first, the Gonglang arc subsystem with high temperature and high salinity was formed. With the development of the ore-forming fluids, the Zijinshan subsystem with lower temperature and lower salinity was subsequently formed.

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WANG Yong, HOU Zengqian, DONG Fangliu, ZENG Pusheng, MO Xuanxue, BI Xianmei. Stable isotope characteristics and origin of ore-forming fluids in copper-gold-polymetallic deposits within strike-slip pull-apart basin of Weishan-Yongping continental collision orogenic belt, Yunnan Province, China. Front. Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-007-0039-9
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