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Strontium Isotope Geochemistry of Fluorites from Qinglong Antimony Deposit in Guizhou Province

PENG Jian-tang, HU Rui-zhong, JIANG Guo-hao   

  1. Institute of Geochemistry, Guiyang 550002, China
  • Received:2003-06-20 Revised:2003-06-20 Online:2003-06-20 Published:2003-06-20

Abstract: The Qinglong antimony deposit in southwestern Guizhou is an important Sb-producer in South China.Despite previous detailed investigations,no agreement has been reached on the source of ore-forming materials.Sr isotope ratios of fluorites from the Qinglong antimony deposit are in the range of 0.70776 to 0.70932.These are significantly higher than Sr isotope ratios for host sedimentary an d igneous rocks of 0.70672 to 0.70821 for the Permian Maokou limestone and of 0.70441~0.70638 for the Emeishan basalt, respectively.It appears that the ore-forming fluid is relatively enriched in radiogenic 87Sr, suggesting an exterior origin(probably deeper sedimentaly or basement rocks)rather than the country rocks, and an open system of Sb-F mineralization.Because the Sr isotope ratios of the ore-forming fluid ale significaly higher than those of the Emeishan basalt,it is not appropriate to ascribe the Sb-F mineralization in Qinglong deposit to magmatic-hydrothermal process associated with the basaltic eruption.The Sr isotope ratios of the fluorites are also higher than those of the Permian limestone an d coeval seawater,so it is impossible that the ore-forming fluid could be derived only from the Permian seawater.Consequently a genetic model of submarine volcanic sedex is also not suitable for this antimony deposit.This conclusion coincides with our previous result deduced from REE geochemistry . Existing hydrogen and oxygen isotope studies of ore-forming fluid indicate an origin of highly evolved meteroric water (by reaction with host rocks) rather than seawater.Considering that the ore-forming fluid and the metallogenic materials such as F an d Sb were not simply derived from the host rocks,the Sb-F mi neralization at Qinglong district was not resulted from in-situ remohilization as expected .