Abstract:
Abstract: Rhenium and osmium isotopes in a molybdenite sample and ten pyrite samples were used to determine the timing of mineralization by ICP-MS. Re-Os model age of the molybdenite sample is (2376±37)Ma, Re-Os ages of the ten pyrite samples yielded three kinds of ages : ① (2567±36)Ma—(2540±37)Ma (model age); ② (2237±112)Ma (model dating); ③ (1572±140)Ma (isochron age). These data suggest that the molybdenite of(2376±37)Ma was formed during early Proterozoic, and was the oldest Re-Os model age of molybdenite, the pyrite of(2237±112)Ma was formed during early Proterozoic, and both of them indicate that the molybdenite and the pyrite were derived from the crust and represented an important hydrothermal activity in 2.3 Ga; the pyrite of (2567±36)Ma—(2540±37)Ma was formed during new Archaeozoic period and yielded the oldest Re-Os model age, which indicates that the pyrite was formed with BIF in 2.5 Ga; the pyrite of(1572±140)Ma was formed during middle Proterozoic, which indicates that pyrite was derived from the crust and represented a hydrothermal activity. The Re-Os isotopic dating result provides a new proof for the existence of hydrothermal activity in iron deposits of the Anshan-Benxi area, and is also important for understanding the ore-forming processes and tectonic evolution in this area.