“…Lead isotope signatures can be used to define the source of Pb (Doe & Zartman, ), and to fingerprint mineral systems with model age information for an individual deposit (Downes & Seccombe, ). Therefore, the application of lead isotope analysis can provide important data to be used in constraining the process of ore formation (Harkins, Appold, Nelson, Brewer, & Groves, ; Zartman & Smith, ; Bozkaya, ; Huston, Pehrson, Eglington, & Zaw, ; Huston, Relvas, Gemmell, & Drieberg, ). A limited previous work dealing with lead isotopic characteristics for the well‐known and sizeable volcanic‐hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposits concluded that the source region of the VHMS deposits has a variety of tectonic settings, with a range in lead isotope composition, consistent with variable contributions of lead from the mantle, seawater, and sediments (Fouquet & Marcoux, ; Stuart, Ellam & Duckworth, 1999; Hannington, De Ronde, & Petersen, ; Huston et al, ).…”