Massive sulfide ore from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE deposit was dated by Re-Os technique using Carius Tube digestion, Os distillation, Re extraction by acetone and ICP-MS measurement. An isochron giving an age of 833 ± 35 Ma, initial 187Os/188Os ratio of 0.279 ± 0.018 (MSWD = 1.7) and γOs = 130 ± 15 is obtained. The Re-Os age obtained agrees, within analytical uncertainties, with previous SHRIMP zircon U-Pb age of 827 ± 8 Ma (n=5, MSWD = 4.3). The result suggests that the deposit was formed at Neoproterozoic and that the formation of the Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit may be closely related to the plume activity, which were attributed to the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent. The high γOs of the massive ores sug-gests that crustal material was involved in the formation of the Jinchuan deposit, however, the quantity of the added crustal material is less than 10%.
YANG Gang1,2, DU Andao1, LU Jiren3, QU Wenjun1 & CHEN Jiangfeng2 1. National Research Center of Geoanalysis, Beijing 100037, China
Six massive ores in the Jinchuan deposit were dated by Re-Os technique. The Os concentrations and isotopic ratios were determined by N-TIMS, while Re and Pt concentrations were determined by ICP-MS. The samples gave an isochron age of (852±25) Ma with an initial 187Os/188Os ratio of 0.255 ± 0.014. A 7-point Pt-Os isochrone gives an age of (870±38) Ma with an initial 186Os/188Os ratio of 0.119 84±0.000 27.
