Metallogeny of the Tethyan Orogenic Belt: From Mesozoic Magmatic Arcs to Cenozoic Back-Arc and Postcollisional Settings in Southeast Europe, Anatolia, and the Lesser Caucasus: An Introduction

Moritz, Robert; Baker, Timothy D.

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“…Some users might prefer to work more coarsely with the isotope ratios of regions for comparison with object data. Owing to geotectonically similar ore‐forming events in different regions (e.g., mineralisations of the Tethyan Eurasian Metallogenic Belt, which spans over the Balkans–Turkey–Iran; Janković, 1997; Moritz & Baker, 2019), ore Pb isotope signatures commonly overlap. Including geochemical parameters (model ages, μ and κ values) in the data interpretation allows the identification of Pb isotope provinces and metal sources (Albarède et al, 2012).…”

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From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application

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Lead isotope provenance studies of archaeological artefacts rely crucially on the availability of reference data from raw material sources. The OXALID database, a collection of Excel sheets with Pb isotope data of ores and artefacts, is still the most cited data source in archaeometry. However, OXALID has not been updated for several years and contains almost exclusively data from Europe, particularly from the Mediterranean area. Digitalisation and open science philosophy currently revolutionise the use of machinegenerated data by developing digital data infrastructures. A modernised Pb isotope reference database, which is tailored for, but not limited to archaeometric research, is hence overdue. Here, we introduce GlobaLID, a FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) and extendable database and a web application with interactive and statistical tools for user-friendly data handling up to publication quality. GlobaLID aims to be a collection point for worldwide Pb isotope data. It is designed as research infrastructure for Pb isotope studies in (for example) archaeometry, ore deposit and environmental geochemistry. As a community engagement project, GlobaLID invites scientists around the world to become active contributors to enable GlobaLID's rapid growth. We released GlobaLID as a pilot study

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“…In between is the Taurid-Anatolian Platform with Upper Cretacous magmatic rocks and a series of ophiolithic rocks. Subduction, accretion, and collision events associated with the closure of the Tethyan Ocean, between the two plates happened during the Mesozoic period (summarised in Moritz andBaker, 2019 andUçurum, et al, 2021). In the north, the Eastern Pontides, close to the eastern Black Sea coast, have their continuation in the metalliferous zone of the Transcaucasus.…”

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Making Copper: Processing in Early Bronze Age Arslantepe (VI B2)

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This paper presents results of archaeometallurgical finds from Arslantepe VI B2 and observations and geoscientific analyses of ores and ore deposits in East Anatolia which are connected with this site. Function and technology of Early Bronze Age crucible smelting in a small scale domestic mode of production are discussed. Ore and rock inclusions in slag and lead isotope analyses are consistent with the origins of various copper sources on the Black Sea coast in the north (Artvin/Murgul, Trabzon) and in the south (Ergani Maden, Upper Mesopotamia) and broadens the Early Bronze Age trade of the Kura Araxes cultural network. The petrology of slags also from Çayönü Tepesi and Nevali Çori shows their formation by partial (eutectic) smelting processes and the non-liquation of refractory materials. The model of deliberate fluxing in smelting copper is proven to be disputable. Smelting of copper was performed in portable crucibles of surprisingly large size with air supply from below.

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“…The Tethyan orogen is an important metallogenic belt that hosts various types of ore deposits with quantities of metal resources (Richards, 2015;Moritz and Baker, 2019). The eastern part of the Tethyan metallogenic belt, represented by the Tibetan Plateau, has been reported with large amounts of porphyry Cu-Mo-Au, graniterelated Sn-W, podiform chromite, sediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits, volcanogenic massive sulfide Cu-Pb-Zn deposits, epithermal and orogenic Au, as well as skarn Fe, and base metal deposits (Hou and Zhang, 2015), mostly distributed in the Xinansanjiang (Hou et al, 2003;Hou et al, 2007;Liang et al, 2009), Gangdese (Yang et al, 2009;Yang et al, 2014;Yang et al, 2015;Zheng et al, 2016), and Himalaya metallogenic belts (Lin et al, 2016;Tang et al, 2017).…”

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Metallogeny in the Bangong–Nujiang belt, central Tibet, China: A review

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The Bangong–Nujiang metallogenic belt consists of scattered Tethyan oceanic blocks, mainly distributed underneath the margins of the Qiangtang and Lhasa terranes in central Tibet. A new world-class metallogenic belt has been reported in this region recently, based on the geological mapping and ore deposit prospecting over the last two decades. It currently comprises inferred resources of 30 Mt Cu and 500 t Au, together with several Cr–Ni, Fe, and W (Mo) resources, forming a significant potential area for future mineral exploration. These metals are mainly hosted in porphyry copper, skarn copper, skarn iron, orogenic gold, quartz-vein tungsten, and ophitic chromite deposits. The mineral deposits in the Bangong–Nujiang metallogenic belt have been widely recognized in different localities, including the southern edge of the southern Qiangtang block, part of the north Lhasa block, and even part of the central Lhasa block, indicating they were formed in variable geological settings, from the initial opening, subduction, and collision to the extension of the Bangong–Nujiang Ocean. Specifically, five major tectonic events contributed to mineralization, including the stage 1 (240–165 Ma) initial opening of the Bangong–Nujiang Ocean, stage 2 (165–145 Ma) oceanic subduction, stage 3 (145–100 Ma) close of the ocean, stage 4 (100–65 Ma) continent–continent collisional orogenesis, and stage 5 (65–0 Ma) post-orogenesis. At stage 1, Cr–Ni deposits were formed during the initial opening of the ocean; porphyry–epithermal Cu (Au), skarn Fe, and minor orogenic Au deposits were formed at stage 2 and stage 3; a younger pulse of a few porphyry–skarn Cu ± Mo and orogenic Au deposits were formed during stage 4; finally, W(Mo) deposits were generated in stage 5. In general, porphyry Cu systems, orogenic Au, and skarn Cu polymetallic deposits that occurred in the subduction and post-collision settings related W(Mo) deposits have the most potential for future exploration. An in-depth investigation of several scientific problems, such as addressing the tectonic setting, magmatism, and metallogeny of this region and genetic linkage of these deposit preservations to plateau uplift, is essential for the future success of exploration in the Bangong–Nujiang metallogenic belt.

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Metallogeny of the Tethyan Orogenic Belt: From Mesozoic Magmatic Arcs to Cenozoic Back-Arc and Postcollisional Settings in Southeast Europe, Anatolia, and the Lesser Caucasus: An Introduction

Cited by 16 publications

References 102 publications

From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application

From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application

Making Copper: Processing in Early Bronze Age Arslantepe (VI B2)

Metallogeny in the Bangong–Nujiang belt, central Tibet, China: A review

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