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Metal source and hydrothermal evolution of the Jiaoxi quartz vein-type tungsten deposit (Tibet): Insights from textural and compositional variations of wolframite and scheelite

  • Yong Wang , Chuankai He , Juxing Tang , Jan Marten Huizenga , Liqiang Wang and Xinghai Lang
Published/Copyright: July 10, 2023
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Abstract

We evaluate the controlling factors of hydrothermal wolframite and scheelite precipitation in the quartz vein-type Jiaoxi tungsten deposit situated in the western part of the Lhasa terrane (Tibet, China) using texture, major and trace element mineral geochemistry, and sulfur stable isotope geochemistry. Pyrite and chalcopyrite that are intergrown with Fe-enriched wolframite and siderite, have distinct in situ S isotope compositions (δ34SV-CDT) of −31.38 to +1.77‰, and +2.07 to +2.30‰, respectively. Major and trace element contents and in situ S isotope compositions of pyrite and chalcopyrite indicate that the hydrothermal evolution involved fluid-fluid mixing and greisenization. We report evidence for an early magmatic fluid, which is characterized by the enrichment of W, Mn, Zr, Ti, Sc, and Sn and depletion of Fe. This magmatic fluid was diluted by meteoric water and interacted with biotite monzogranite porphyry to leach Fe, Mg, and Zn into the system to form wolframites with variable Fe/(Fe+Mn) ratios ranging between 0.06–0.84. The late Fe-enriched magmatic fluid released from the muscovite granite mixed with meteoric water that leached minor Fe and S from shale to form late shale-hosted wolframite with a Fe/(Fe+Mn) mass ratio of >0.75 and coeval siderite and sulfides. This study highlights that multiple Fe sources were present in the system, including muscovite granite-released Fe through fluid exsolution, biotite monzogranite porphyry-released Fe during greisenization, and minor Fe released from the shale as a result of meteoric water leaching.

Acknowledgments and Funding

This study was financially supported by a grant from the National Key Research & Development Program of China (2021YFC2900100), the Opening Foundation of MNR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment (grant number: ZS2101), the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2020JDJQ0042), and the Scientific Research Fund of the China Central Non-Commercial Institute (SYSCR2019-03). We would like to thank Danzhen Wangxiu and Lishen for their assistance in the field, Liu Mu, Chen Hongfang, and Hu Yi for analytical assistance, and Huang Huiqing for his assistance in data processing. This manuscript greatly benefitted from constructive reviews by Julie Michaud and Iuliu Bobos. Finally, we would like to thank the associate editor Paul Tomascak for his detailed editorial comments.

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Received: 2022-01-01
Accepted: 2022-08-02
Published Online: 2023-07-10
Published in Print: 2023-07-26

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