Metallogenic Epoch of the Two Types of Tungsten Ore Deposits

There are many quartz vein-type tungsten polymetallic ore deposits in northern Guangdong which can be divided into two types according to their wall rocks. One type of the ore deposits is hosted in the Cambrian sandstones and coarse-grained granite while the tungsten polymetallic mineralization is closely related to the fine-grained granite, which is represented by the Miantuwo tungsten deposit. The age of fine-grain granite is dated to be 146.95±0.84 Ma/153.82±0.96 Ma, using zircon U-Pb method, while the molybdenite Re-Os isochrone and biotite Ar-Ar isochrone are 150.5±1.4 Ma and 151.0±1.2 Ma respectively, and thus the Miantuwo deposit was formed in the Late Jurassic. The other type of the ore deposits is hosted in the Devonian limestones with the Heshangtian tungsten deposit as a representative. The after type of ore deposits is different from the one aforementioned. 39Ar/40Ar dating of the micas from the Heshantian deposit shows that the mineralization age is 161.1±1.1 Ma, i.e., the deposit was also formed in the Late Jurassic. That is the quartz vein tungsten ore deposits in northern Guangdong are closely related to the Late Jurassic granites. Indosinian granites and the Devonian limestones can be the country rocks of the ore veins in northern Guangdong, and therefore, attentions should be paid to above two types of country rocks in the future explorations.

 

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