Geochemical Characteristics and MetallogenicAge of the Maoping Graphite Deposit in the Panxi Area, Southern Sichuan

Zhicheng LIU; Mengtian ZHENG; Yuheng GUO; Wei DUAN; Yong ZHOU; Bo LIU; Wenchun TANG

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2024.01.009

Kuangchan zonghe liyong (Feb 2024)

Geochemical Characteristics and MetallogenicAge of the Maoping Graphite Deposit in the Panxi Area, Southern Sichuan

Zhicheng LIU,
Mengtian ZHENG,
Yuheng GUO,
Wei DUAN,
Yong ZHOU,
Bo LIU,
Wenchun TANG

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Zhicheng LIU: Sichuan Insitute of Land Science and Technology, Chengdu 610045, Sichuan, China
Mengtian ZHENG: Sichuan Insitute of Land Science and Technology, Chengdu 610045, Sichuan, China
Yuheng GUO: Sichuan Insitute of Land Science and Technology, Chengdu 610045, Sichuan, China
Wei DUAN: Geochemistry Exploration Brigade of Sichuan Bureau of Exploration and Development of Geology and Minerals Resources, Deyang 618000, Sichuan, China
Yong ZHOU: NO.605 Geological Party, Sichuan Bureau of Metallurgical Geology and Exploration, Meishan 620800, Sichuan, China
Bo LIU: NO.605 Geological Party, Sichuan Bureau of Metallurgical Geology and Exploration, Meishan 620800, Sichuan, China
Wenchun TANG: Geochemistry Exploration Brigade of Sichuan Bureau of Exploration and Development of Geology and Minerals Resources, Deyang 618000, Sichuan, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2024.01.009
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 45, no. 1
pp. 73 – 84

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This is an article in the field of earth sciences. The newly discovered Maoping graphite deposit is a super-large crystalline graphite deposit that is located in the middle-northern section of the Kang-Dian fault-uplift belt on the western margin of the Upper Yangtze paleo-continent, and the research on the source of mineralization and its mineralization age is relatively weak. The orebodies occur in the epimetamorphic rocks of Mesoproterozoic Tianbaoshan Formation. In this paper, the geochemical characteristics of major ores, trace amounts and rare earth elements were mainly studied. The results show that the original rock of the ore-bearing rock layer is parametamorphic rock, a set of carbonaceous quartz-bearing siltstone, which is deposited in an oxygen-deficient environment. The characteristics of trace elements indicate that the original rock of the ore body is formed by the deposition of offshore terrigenous clasts. The ores show sedimentary characteristics of coastal tidal flat facies, with an average ΣREE of 158 g/t, average δ Ce value of 0.63 (weak negative anomaly), and an average δ Eu value of 0.69 (negative abnormaly). The graphite ore body has a δ13C value of -28.35‰～-29.08‰, with an average of -28.59‰, indicating that the mineralized carbon is dominated by organic carbon. The LA-MC-ICP-MS Zircon U-Pb of amphibole zircon from Xijie hornblende diorite Zircon is (823.4±3.6) Ma, which is later than the formation era of volcanic rocks of the Tianbaoshan Formation (954 Ma), representing the time of superposition metamorphism of graphite. In summary,the genetic type of the ore deposit is sedimentary- metamorphism and its metamorphism may include the regional dynamic metamorphism of Jinning period that is superimposed by contact metamorphism.

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ISSN: 1000-6532 (Print)
Publisher: Institute of Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Mining engineering. Metallurgy
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