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U–Pb and Re–Os geochronology of the Haolibao porphyry Mo–Cu deposit, NE China: implications for a Late Permian tectonic setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2013

QING-DONG ZENG ,
YAN SUN ,
XIAO-XIA DUAN  and
JIAN-MING LIU
QING-DONG ZENG*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
YAN SUN
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
XIAO-XIA DUAN
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
JIAN-MING LIU
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
*
*E-mail: zengqingdong@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
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Abstract

New geochronological data for the Haolibao porphyry Mo–Cu deposit, NE China, yield Permian crystallization zircon U–Pb ages of 278 ± 5 Ma for granite and 267 ± 10 Ma for the granite porphyry that hosts the Mo–Cu mineralization, and four Re–Os molybdenite ages yield an isochron age of 265 ± 3 Ma. These ages disagree with the previous K–Ar age determinations that suggest a correlation of intrusive rocks of the Haolibao area with the Yanshanian intrusive rocks of Cretaceous age. The mineralizations at the Haolibao area may be related to the tectonic–magmatic activity caused by collisional events between the North China Plate and Mongolian terranes during the Permian. The occurrence of the Haolibao plutonic rocks indicates that the Palaeo-Asian-Mongolian Ocean closed during the Permian along the Xilamulun River suture.

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U–PbRe–OsHaolibaopermianporphyry Mo–Cu depositNE China
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Geological Magazine , Volume 150 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 975 - 985
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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