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Manya, Shukrani |
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2016-03-02T12:02:59Z |
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2016-03-02T12:02:59Z |
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2012-09-01 |
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2018-04-18T11:49:53Z |
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2018-04-18T11:49:53Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Manya, Shukrani. "SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating of the mafic and felsic intrusive rocks of the Saza area in the Lupa goldfields, southwestern Tanzania: Implication for gold mineralization." Natural Science 4, no. 9 (2012): 724. |
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| dc.identifier |
10.4236/ns.2012.49096 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/559 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10257 |
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| dc.description |
The Lupa Goldfield (LGF) is one of the eight structural terranes in the NW-SE striking Uben- dian Belt of SW Tanzania. The LGF is comprised of granitic gneisses with bands of amphibolites which are intruded by mafic intrusions including gabbros, granodiorites, diorites; and various granites as well as metavolcanics. These rocks are cross-cut by narrow mafic dykes and aplites. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb data are presented for the granodiorite and a mafic dyke that cross-cut the granodiorites in the Saza area of the LGF, with the aim of constraining the mafic and felsic magmatism and their implication to gold minera- lization. The zircon U-Pb data shows that the Saza granodiorites were emplaced at 1924 ± 13 Ma (MSWD = 2.6) whereas the cross-cutting mafic dyke yielded a zircon U-Pb age of 1758 ± 33 Ma (MSWD = 0.88). The dated granodiorite sample was in sheared contact with an altered mafic intrusive rock, most likely a diorite, along which an auriferous quartz vein occurs. The 1924 ± 13 Ma age of granodiorites is within error of the reported molybdenite Re-Os age of 1937 Ma determined for the gold mineralization event in Lupa goldfields. Although auriferous quartz veins are younger than the granodiorites, the more or less similar ages between the emplace- ment of granodiorites and the mineralizing event indicate that the granodiorites might be the heat source (or driver) of hydrothermal fluids re- sponsible for gold mineralization in the Lupa goldfields. This would further suggest that gold mineralization in the LGF is intrusion-related type. The mafic dykes represent the youngest rocks to have been emplaced in the area and hence the 1758 ± 33 Ma age of the mafic dykes conclude the magmatic evolution in the Lupa goldfields during the Palaeoproterozoic. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Scientific Research Publishing |
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| dc.subject |
Lupa Goldfields |
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| dc.subject |
Saza |
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| dc.subject |
SHRIMP Zircon U-Pb Dating |
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| dc.subject |
Palaeoproterozoic |
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Gold Mineralization |
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| dc.title |
SHRIMP zircon U-Pb Dating of the Mafic and Felsic Intrusive Rocks of the Saza area in the Lupa Goldfields, Southwestern Tanzania: Implication for Gold Mineralization |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
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