Tibetan ore deposits: A conjunction of accretionary orogeny and continental collision

J Deng, Q Wang, X Sun, L Yang, DI Groves, Q Shu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the spatial-temporal distribution, geological and geochemical features,
and geophysical context of diverse types of Cenozoic ore deposits formed during India …

Crustal magmatic controls on the formation of porphyry copper deposits

JW Park, IH Campbell, M Chiaradia, H Hao… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Porphyry deposits are large, low-grade metal ore bodies that are formed from hydrothermal
fluids derived from an underlying magma reservoir. They are important as major sources of …

Timing and mechanism of ore precipitation in porphyry Cu systems: insight from LA-ICP-MS analysis of fluid inclusions and in situ oxygen isotope analysis of …

X Sun, R Li, X Si, K **ao, J Deng - Economic Geology, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The timing and mechanism of ore precipitation in porphyry copper systems are hot topics
and remain controversial. The large Miocene collision-related Zhunuo porphyry Cu deposit …

Mercury isotope evidence for the importance of recycled fluids in collisional ore systems

B Xu, RS Yin, M Chiaradia, Z Miao, WL Griffin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The sources of fluids and metals in porphyry systems of continental-collision settings are
poorly constrained. Mercury isotopes display unique mass-independent fractionation …

Skarn zonation of the giant Jiama Cu-Mo-Au deposit in southern Tibet, SW China

Q Shu, J Deng, Z Chang, Q Wang, X Niu… - Economic …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Jiama is a giant skarn-porphyry deposit in southern Tibet, southwestern China. It is the
largest Cu (~ 7.4 Mt), second largest Au (~ 208 t), and fourth largest Mo (~ 0.62 Mt) skarn …

Trace element discrimination of arc, slab failure, and A-type granitic rocks

JB Whalen, RS Hildebrand - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
Although widely used, classification schemes for granitic rocks have until now failed to
separate slab failure from arc magmatism in collisional orogens. Our previous work showed …

Formation of giant copper deposits in Tibet driven by tearing of the subducted Indian plate

Z Hou, R Wang, H Zhang, Y Zheng, S **, H Thybo… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Porphyry copper deposits (PCDs) occur in accretionary and collisional orogens, yet it is
unclear how continental collision controls their formation. Two fundamental issues are …

Tectonic evolution, superimposed orogeny, and composite metallogenic system in China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Continental China is a mosaic of numerous tectonic blocks, which amalgamated from
Neoarchean to Cenozoic broadly coeval with the cycles of global supercontinents such as …

Origin of postcollisional magmas and formation of porphyry Cu deposits in southern Tibet

R Wang, RF Weinberg, WJ Collins, JP Richards… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The recent discovery of large porphyry copper deposits (PCDs) associated with Miocene (22–
12 Ma) granitoid magmas in the eastern section of the Paleocene-Eocene Gangdese …

A metasomatized lithospheric mantle control on the metallogenic signature of post-subduction magmatism

DA Holwell, M Fiorentini, I McDonald, Y Lu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Ore deposits are loci on Earth where energy and mass flux are greatly enhanced and
focussed, acting as magnifying lenses into metal transport, fractionation and concentration …