LA-ICP-MS Zircon U-Pb Dating and Petrologic Geochemistry of Fine-grained Granite from Zhuxi Cu-W Deposit, Jiangxi Province and Its Geological Significance

Abstract

Zhuxi W-Cu deposit in northern Jiangxi Province is a recently found super large skarn W deposit. The formation of this deposit is closely related to granitic intrusions. The mining area is located in the central Jiangxi Taqian-Fuchun ore belt in Qin(zhou)-Hang(zhou) joint zone. The discovery of this deposit is further evidence for the model of the Southern tungsten North expansion. However, due to the lack of systematic geochemistry and geochronology of ore-related intrusions, the knowledge of this model is limited. Ore-related fine-grained muscovite granite was chosen as the research object for the study reported on in this paper. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of granite yielded a 206Pb/238U weighted average age of 146.90±0.97 Ma (MSWD=0.55). These granitic rocks have high silicon, alkali and potassium, and are strongly peraluminous, which belongs to the typical S-type granite. This study has indicated that ore-related magmatism occurred at the late Jurassic in Jiangnan uplift and provides new evidence for the genesis of Zhuxi W-Cu deposit and metallogenic regularity of the Taqian-Fuchun metallogenic belt.

Keywords

• jiangxi zhuxi w-cu deposit
• granite
• geochemistry
• la-icp-ms zircon u-pb dating