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Zu, Bo, Xue, Chunji, Dong, Chen, Zhao, Yi (2019) Mineralogy and Garnet Sm–Nd Dating for the Hongshan Skarn Deposit in the Zhongdian Area, SW China. Minerals, 9 (4). 243 doi:10.3390/min9040243

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TitleMineralogy and Garnet Sm–Nd Dating for the Hongshan Skarn Deposit in the Zhongdian Area, SW China
JournalMinerals
AuthorsZu, BoAuthor
Xue, ChunjiAuthor
Dong, ChenAuthor
Zhao, YiAuthor
Year2019 (April 19)Volume9
Page(s)243Issue4
PublisherMDPI AG
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Download URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/4/243/pdf?version=1556179329
DOIdoi:10.3390/min9040243Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceZu, Bo, Xue, Chunji, Dong, Chen, Zhao, Yi (2019) Mineralogy and Garnet Sm–Nd Dating for the Hongshan Skarn Deposit in the Zhongdian Area, SW China. Minerals, 9 (4). 243 doi:10.3390/min9040243
Plain TextZu, Bo, Xue, Chunji, Dong, Chen, Zhao, Yi (2019) Mineralogy and Garnet Sm–Nd Dating for the Hongshan Skarn Deposit in the Zhongdian Area, SW China. Minerals, 9 (4). 243 doi:10.3390/min9040243
In(2019, April) Minerals Vol. 9 (4) MDPI AG
Abstract/NotesThe Hongshan deposit is one of the largest Cu-polymetallic deposits in the Zhongdian area, southwest China. Two types of Cu–Mo ores, mainly developed in the skarns, have been recognized in the Hongshan deposit, i.e., massive or layered skarn and vein-type, with the former being dominant. The highly andraditic composition of garnet (Adr100 to Adr64Gr32) and diopsidic composition of pyroxene (Di90Hd9 to Di1Hd99) indicate the layered skarn ores are of magmatic-hydrothermal origin that formed under oxidized conditions. Sm–Nd dating of garnet yield a well-constrained isochron age of 76.48 ± 7.29 Ma (MSWD = 1.2) for the layered skarn ores. This age was consistent with the Re–Os age for the pyrrhotite from the layered skarn ores, and thereby indicated that the layered skarn mineralization was formed in the Late Cretaceous, rather than in the Triassic as was previously thought. The coincidence of the geochronology from the layered skarn ores and vein-type mineralization further indicated that both ores were the result of a single genetic event, rather than multiple events. The recognition of the Late Cretaceous post-collisional porphyry–skarn Cu–Mo–W belt in the Zhongdian area exhibited a promising prospecting potential.

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Hongshan section, Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China

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Hongshan section, Hongniu-Hongshan Cu deposit, Shangri-La County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China Actinolite, Albite, Andalusite hornfels, Andesitic tuff, Andradite, Biotite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite Group, Diopside, Diorite, Endoskarn, Epidote, Exoskarn, Ferro-actinolite, Fluorite, Garnet Group, Granite, Grossular, Hornfels, Limestone, Magnetite, Marble, Monzonite, Porphyry, Pyralspite, Pyroxene Group, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Siltstone, Skarn, Slate, Tremolite, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite, Zircon


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