The Changfagou Cu deposit in Jilin province, China, is located in the eastern segment of the northern margin of the North China Craton and lies at the southern end of the Lesser Xing’an Mountains-Zhanggangcailing Mountains. According to the mineral paragenetic association and its various relationships, the hydrothermal mineralization can be divided into 4 metallogenic stages from early to late: stage I is K-feldspar-quartz-magnetite, stage II is quartz-molybdenite, stage III is quartz-chalcopyrite (polymetallic sulfide), and stage IV is carbonate. Stages II and III are the main metallogenic stages. Overall, the metallogenic fluid associated with the Changfagou deposit is characterized as a F-rich CO2-H2O-NaCl hydrothermal system. The hydrogen and oxygen isotopic characteristics suggest the initial ore-forming fluids of the Changfagou deposit evolved from a primitive magmatic fluid and mixed with meteoric water. The sulfur and lead isotopic characteristics show that the metallogenic material was derived from partial melting of the lower crust. Phase separation or immiscibility is the important mechanism in the precipitation of molybdenum, whereas a decrease in temperature is the important mechanism in the precipitation of copper polymetallic sulfides. The above characteristics are similar to those of the porphyry deposits related to continental environments. Compared with the deposits in the Xilamulun metallogenic belt, both have similar metallogenic ages and tectonic positions. In conclusion, the Changfagou deposit formed in an intracontinental extensional environment due to lithospheric thinning. The mineralization was related to magmatism associated with partial melting of the lower crust. The intersection of the Dunhua-Mishan fracture and Kangbao-Chifeng fracture along the northern margin of the North China Craton is a promising location for porphyry ore deposits related to a continental tectonic setting.
Fluid Inclusions and C-H-O-S-Pb Isotope Systematics of the Changfagou Deposit, Jilin Province, Northeast China
