Abstract
The Matouniu gold polymetallic deposit in the Eastern Hebei Province (Jidong) in the northern margin of the North China Craton (NCC) is a skarn‐type ore deposit. Geochemical data, zircon U–Pb, and Hf isotope analysis of the mineralization‐related dioritic porphyrite and C–O–S–Pb isotopes from the deposit were used to investigate the origin, magmatic evolution, mineralization, and tectonic setting of the Matouniu gold polymetallic deposit. Zircon U–Pb dating reveals an emplacement age of 146.7 ± 1.1 Ma, indicating that the magmatism and mineralization occurred during the Late Jurassic. Geochemical, Hf, and Pb isotopic compositions indicate that the dioritic porphyrite was formed by the partial melting of the ancient mafic lower crust, leaving behind residual plagioclase, amphibole, and garnet, with traces of mantle material involvement. The S and Pb isotopic compositions revealed that both the ore‐forming materials and the dioritic porphyrite were derived from a deep‐seated magmatic source, which mainly originated from the lower crust, with minor input from the mantle. The C–O isotopic compositions suggest that the early ore‐forming fluids had a mainly deep‐seated magmatic source with minor meteoric water involvement, and were accompanied by continuous meteoric water involvement and water‐rock interaction during the fluid migration. The Matouniu gold polymetallic deposit and Late Jurassic dioritic porphyrite associated with skarn mineralization formed under geodynamics involved a compressional regime that was associated with the continuous subduction of the Palaeo‐Pacific Plate beneath the East Asia Plate.
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