Abstract
The Sargipali sulphide deposit, hosted by a sequence of metasediments of the Precambrian Gangpur Series, represents the stratiform and stratabound Pb-Cu mineralization. Lead-isotope analyses obtained from six galena samples of different forms and stratigraphical levels, yielded a model Pb age of 1665 Ma, which predates the episodes of deformation and metamorphism (∼ 850 Ma) as well as syn-to late-tectonic magmatism. The model Pb age, on the contrary, shows a relationship to the closing phase of the Gangpur sedimentation (1700 Ma) in a shallow-water marine environment. The notable paucity of the interlayered volcanic rock in the deposit and its Pb-rich nature possibly point to its being the sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) type. Documentary evidence for the Pb component from the geological environment of the “upper continental crust” is revealed by an exceptionally high μ(= 238U/204Pb) and the slightly above average W(= 232Th/238U) values. These indicate that the source rock was initially rich in U-Th-Pb concentration. For the Sargipali ore Pb, the parent is assumed to be late Archean-lower Proterozoic soda granite.
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Vishwakarma, R.K., Ulabhaje, A.V. Sargipali galenas: Unusual lead-isotope data from eastern India. Mineral. Deposita 26, 26–29 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00202360
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