Abstract
A porphyry-type Cu (Mo, Au) polymetallic ore belt extends in an E–W direction for >400 km along the Gangdese magma arc in the southern Tibetan plateau. Extensive field investigations and systematic geochemical study, combined with S and Pb isotopic tracing, indicate that Cu polymetallic mineralization of the copper belt is genetically related to late orogenic granitic porphyries formed in a late Himalayan crustal extension stage (18–14 Ma). Geochemistry of the porphyries shows the essential characteristics of adakite and suggests a dominant role of subduction-related components in their genesis. The genesis of these ore-bearing porphyries is mainly related to melt components derived from subducted slabs and has little relationship with fluids released from them. Pb isotopes show a clear linear array in the plumbotectonics model and are manifested by a progressive variation from orogenic Pb in the east segment of the copper belt to mantle Pb in the west segment, forming a mixing line of Indian Oceanic MORB and Indian Oceanic sediments. This suggests that the porphyry magma dominantly originated from partial melting of subducted oceanic crust and was mixed with a minor melts of sediments and mantle wedge components.
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