• 제목/요약/키워드: Early Cretaceous

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한국남부(韓國南部)의 백악기말(白堊紀末) 이후(以後)의 화성활동(火成活動)과 광화작용(鑛化作用)에 대(對)한 판구조론(板構造論)의 적용성(適用性) 연구(硏究)( I ) (Applicability of plate tectonics to the post-late Cretaceous igneous activities and mineralization in the southern part of South Korea( I ))

  • 민경덕;김옥준;윤석규;이대성;주승환
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제15권3호
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    • pp.123-154
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    • 1982
  • Petrochemical, K-Ar dating, Sand Rb/Sr isotopes, metallogenic zoning, paleomagnetic and geotectonic studies of the Gyongsang basin were carried out to examine applicability of plate tectonics to the post-late Cretaceous igneous activity and metallogeny in the southeastern part of Korean Peninsula. The results obtained are as follows: 1. Bulgugsa granitic rocks range from granite to adamellite, whose Q-Ab-Or triangular diagram indicates that the depth and pressure at which the magma consolidated increase from coast to inland varying from 6 km, 0.5-3.3 kb in the coastal area to 17 km, 0.5-10 kb in the inland area. 2. The volcanic rocks in Gyongsang basin range from andesitic to basaltic rocks, and the basaltic rocks are generally tholeiitic in the coastal area and alkali basalt in the inland area. 3. The volcanic rocks of the area have the initial ratio of Sr^{87}/Sr^{86} varying from 0.706 to 0.707 which suggests a continental origin; the ratio of Rb/Sr changing from 0.079-0.157 in the coastal area to 0.021-0.034 in the inland area suggests that the volcanism is getting younger toward coastal side, which may indicate a retreat in stage of differentiation if they were derived from a same magma. The K_2O/SiO_2 (60%) increases from about 1.0 in the coastal area to about 3.0 in the inland area, which may suggest an increase indepth of the Benioff zone, if existed, toward inland side. 4. The K-Ar ages of volcanic rocks were measured to be 79.4 m.y. near Daegu, and 61.7 m.y. near Busan indicating a southeastward decrease in age. The ages of plutonic rocks also decrease toward the same direction with 73 m.y. near Daegu, and 58 m.y. near Busan, so that the volcanism predated the plutonism by 6 m.y. in the continental interior and 4 m.y. along the coast. Such igneous activities provide a positive evidence for an applicability of plate tectonics to this area. 5. Sulfur isotope analyses of sulfide minerals from 8 mines revealed that these deposits were genetically connected with the spacially associated ingeous rocks showing relatively narrow range of ${\delta}^{34}S$ values (-0.9‰ to +7.5‰ except for +13.3 from Mulgum Mine). A sequence of metallogenic zones from the coast to the inland is delineated to be in the order of Fe-Cu zone, Cu-Pb-Zn zone, and W-Mo zone. A few porphyry type copper deposits are found in the Fe-Cu zone. These two facts enable the sequence to be comparable with that of Andean type in South America. 6. The VGP's of Cretaceous and post Cretaceous rocks from Korea are located near the ones($71^{\circ}N$, $180^{\circ}E$ and $90^{\circ}N$, $110^{\circ}E$) obtained from continents of northern hemisphere. This suggests that the Korean peninsula has been stable tectonically since Cretaceous, belonging to the Eurasian continent. 7. Different polar wandering path between Korean peninsula and Japanese islands delineates that there has been some relative movement between them. 8. The variational feature of declination of NRM toward northwestern inland side from southeastern extremity of Korean peninsula suggests that the age of rocks becomes older toward inland side. 9. The geological structure(mainly faults) and trends of lineaments interpreted from the Landsat imagery reveal that NNE-, NWW- and NEE-trends are predominant in the decreasing order of intensity. 10. The NNE-trending structures were originated by tensional and/or compressional forces, the directions of which were parallel and perpendicular respectively to the subduction boundary of the Kula plate during about 90 m.y. B.P. The NWW-trending structures were originated as shear fractures by the same compressional forces. The NEE-trending structures are considered to be priginated as tension fractures parallel to the subduction boundary of the Kula plate during about 70 m.y. B.P. when Japanese islands had drifted toward southeast leaving the Sea of Japan behind. It was clearly demonstrated by many authors that the drifting of Japanese islands was accompanied with a rotational movement of a clock-wise direction, so that it is inferred that subduction boundary had changed from NNE- to NEE-direction. A number of facts and features mentioned above provide a suite of positive evidences enabling application of plate tectonics to the late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous activity and metallogeny in the area. Synthesizing these facts, an arc-trench system of continental margin-type is adopted by reconstructing paleogeographic models for the evolution of Korean peninsula and Japan islands. The models involve an extention mechanism behind the are(proto-Japan), by which proto-Japan as of northeastern continuation of Gyongsang zone has been drifted rotationally toward southeast. The zone of igneous activity has also been migrated from the inland in late-Cretaceous to the peninsula margin and southwestern Japan in Tertiary.

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남한 지역 현생 화강암류의 연대측정 결과 정리 (Review of Radiometric Ages for Phanerozoic Granitoids in Southern Korean Peninsula)

  • 정창식;김남훈
    • 암석학회지
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    • 제21권2호
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    • pp.173-192
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    • 2012
  • 남한 지역에 분포하는 현생 화강암류의 연대측정 결과를 정리하였다. 경기육괴 29개, 옥천대 36개, 영남육괴 13개, 경상분지 20개 등 총 98개 지점의 연대에 대하여 보고된 자료를 검토하여 신뢰도를 평가하고 가장 대표성 있는 자료를 선별하였다. 고생대 화강암으로는 경상분지 북부에 장사리와 영덕 암체가 분포하고 있으며 영덕 암체 내에 포획암으로 잡혀 있는 섬록암의 최고연대가 265 Ma까지 보고되므로 시추코어 자료와 함께 고려할 때 페름기 초부터 한반도 남동부에서 섭입환경과 연관되어 활발한 화성활동이 있었음을 알 수 있다. 트라이아스기 초기에는 영남육괴 상주-김천-안동-청송 지역에서 역시 섭입 환경과 관련된 토날라이트-트론제마이트-화강섬록암-몬조나이트질의 화성활동이 일어났다. 트라이아스기 후기에는 경기육괴 남서부와 옥천대 중부를 중심으로 후충돌형 쇼쇼나이트 내지 high-K 계열 화강암과 A-형 알칼리 화강암의 관입이 있었다. 쥬라기 초기 화강암류는 영남육괴 중부와 경기육괴 북동부 설악산 지역, 경상분지 북부에 분포하며 경기육괴 나머지 지역과 옥천대 지역에는 쥬라기 중기 화강암류가 주를 이룬다. 이러한 차이는 쥬라기 초기와 중기에 해구의 위치, 해양판의 침강각 또는 섭입각도가 달랐기 때문으로 생각된다. 쥬라기 후기부터 백악기 초까지의 화성활동 휴지기를 거쳐 백악기 후기부터 경상분지 내에서 집중적인 화강암의 관입이 있었다. 경상분지 밖에서는 110 Ma 내외에 경기육괴 남서부와 중부에서, 또 90 Ma 내외에 설악산, 무암사, 월악산, 속리산 지역 등 경기육괴 북동부와 옥천대 중부에서 화강암의 관입이 일어났는데, 선백악기 화강암류에 비해 지하 천부에 정치하였다. 고제3기 화강암은 경주 지역을 중심으로 동해안 지역에 제한적으로 분포한다.

청송광산의 동-연-아연 광화작용 (Cu-Pb-Zn Mineralization of the Cheongsong Mine)

  • 이현구;김상중
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.197-207
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    • 1997
  • Rocks in the Cheongsong mine area consist of Precambrian gneiss, Cretaceous sedimentry rocks and late Cretaceous quartz porphyry. The Cheongsong deposit is composed of many hydrothermal quartz veins of strikes $N30^{\circ}{\sim}60^{\circ}W$, dips $60{\sim}85^{\circ}E$ which fill WNW fault system. Pyrite and hematite occur within transparent quartz near margins of early stage II, and milky quartz of middle stage II coexists with sphalerite, chalcopyrite and galena coexisting with Cu-Pb-Bi minerals in center part of stage II quartz veins. Stage III calcite vein filled cracks or fractures of earlier quartz veins contains native copper and chalcopyrite. Supergene minerals are chalcocite, covellite, malanchite and chrysocolla. Alteration minerals are sericite, chlorite, argillite, epitode and pyrite. Ranges of salinities and homogenization temperatures for fluid inclusions in the individual periods of stage II are: 3.7 to 7.8 wt.% eq. NaCl and 200 to $380^{\circ}C$ in transparent quartz of early stage II; 0.7 to 6.4 wt.% eq. NaCl and 200 to $320^{\circ}C$ in milky quartz of middle stage II; 0.0 to 0.9 wt.% eq. NaCl and 250 to $320^{\circ}C$ in calcite of late stage II. Those of stage III calcite range about 0 wt.% eq. NaCl, and from 140 to $260^{\circ}C$, respectively. The relationship between salinities and temperatures shows decrease tendency with paragenetic time from stage II to III. The ${\delta}^{18}O_{H_2O}$ value is 0.5‰ in stage I, range from 0.5 to -0.4‰ in stage II, and from -3.2 to -3.7‰ in stage III. Calcite in the stage II and stage III has ${\delta}^{13}C$ values of -5.0‰ and -4.5 to -4.9‰, respectively. There is a decrease in sulfur fugacity values with paragenetic time of stage II, from $10^{-6.3}$ atm for early mineralization, to $10^{-6.5}$ atm for middle stage, to $10^{-8.0}$ atm for late mineralization of stage II. The results of stable isotope and fluid inclusion indicate that ore fluids reacted with meteoric water and wall rock in the Cheongsong hydrothermal system.

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영덕(盈德) 금(金)-은광상(銀鑛床)에서 산출(産出)되는 금(金)-은광물(銀鑛物)과 광상(鑛床)의 생성환경(生成環境) (Au-Ag Minerals and Genetic Environments from the Yeongdeog Gold-Silver Deposits, Korea)

  • 이현구;유봉철;김상중
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제28권6호
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    • pp.541-551
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    • 1995
  • The Yeongdeog gold-silver deposits at Jipum, Gyeongsangbugdo, is of a middle Paleogene $(45.52{\pm}1.02Ma)$ vein type, and is hosted in shale and sandstone of Cretaceous age. Based on mineral paragenesis, vein structure and mineral assemblages, the ore mineralization can be divided into two distinct depositional stages. The early stage is associated with base-metals such as pyrite, arsenopyrite (27.99~30.99 at%), hematite, rutile, pyrrhotite, sphalerite (10.53~18.42 FeS mole%), chalcopyrite and galena with wallrock alteration such as chlorite, sericite and pyrite. The late stage is characterized by the Au-Ag mineralization such as electrum, Ag-bearing tetrahedrite, freibergite, pyrargyrite, unidentified mineral, pyrite, sphalerite (1.08~5.57 FeS mole%), chalcopyrite and galena. Fluid inclusion data indicate that fluid temperatures and salinities range from 343 to $227^{\circ}C$ and from 8.3 to 5.7 wt% eq. NaCl in early stage, respectively. Temperatures and salinities of NaCl eq. wt% range from 299 to $225^{\circ}C$ and from 12.9 to 4.3 in late stage, respectively. They suggest that complex cooling histories were occured by the mixing of the fluids. Sulfur fugacity $(-logfs_2)$ deduced by mineral assemblages and composition ranges from 8.3 to 14.7 atm. in early stage, and from 8.8 to 14.5 atm. in late stage. It suggests that the mineralization was related to decrease of temperature in early stage and fluctuations of $fS_2$ with decrease of temperature in late stage. Sulfur and oxygen isotope compositions are 4.48~5.60‰ and 9.25~10.8% in early stage, and late stage is 4.84~7.00‰ and 5.7‰, respectively. It indicated that hydrothermal fluids may be magmatic origin with some degree of mixing of another water during paragenetic time.

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경상분지 화산암류의 지화학적 연구. 섭입대(베니오프대)의 깊이와 지각의 두께 (Petrochmical study on the Volcanic Rocks Related to Depth to the Benioff Zone and Crustal Thickness in the Kyongsang Basin, Korea: A Review)

  • Jong Gyu Sung
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.323-337
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    • 1999
  • 경상분지의 후기 백악기~고 제 3기의 화산암류는 high-K 칼크 알칼리의 특성을 나타내며, 클라-태평양의 섭입에 연관된 마그마작용에 성인적으로 연관된다. 그들은 삽입에 관련된 마그마에서 보이는 바와 같이 고장력원소가 결핍되며 LIL원소가 부화되는 특성을 지닌다. K-h 관계에 기초하여 마그마의 생성 깊이를 180~230km라고 한 이전의 연구들은 재고되어질 필요가 있다. 물을 0.4%함유한 감\ulcorner암의 부분 용융의 깊이는 80~120km로 알려져 있으며, 성숙되기 전의 호에서 섭입 슬램은 70km보다 얕은 깊이에서도 용융이 될 수 있다. 더욱 더 $K_2O$ 함량은 지각물질에 의한 혼염과 섭입 슬램의 유체에 의해서, 그리고 적은 정도의 부분 용융에 의해서도 증가될 수 있다. 섭입의 각도를 $30^{\circ}$로 자정하였을 때 수직깊이 180~23km는 수평거리가 해구로부터 310~400km로 계산된다. 이 깊이는 도호 및 대륙호에 속한 다른 지역의 근원마그마 생성심도에 비해 매우 큰값이며 섭입에 의해 야기되는 환산암의 생성지의 분포하는 조와적이지 못한다. 경상분지 화산암의 $K_{55}$는 0.3~2.3wt.%이며, 그 평균값을 Marsh and Carmichael (1974)의 도표에 적응하면 섭입대의 깊이는 80~170km가 된다. 깊이 180~230km의 맨틀 암석은 석류석 러졸라이트로 자정되며 이것의 분별로부터 나타나는 회토류 양상은 경상분지의 것과 일치하지 않는다. 더욱 더 섭입에 관련된 마그마작용을 연구한 여러 연구자들은 이보다 더 얕은 깊이를 제안하였다. CaO와 $Na_2O$ 함량을 이용하여 구한 후기 백악기~고 제 3기의 경상분지의 고지각 두께는 각각30km이며, La/Sm대 La/Yb 에 의한 값은 약 30km로 추정되며, 이들은 이전의 연구들을 지지한다. 뇌 활성화 영역에서 자화율 변화에 따른최대 선호 강도변화는 1.5T에서는 TE, 66ms에서 3.36%. 3.0T에서는 TE. 46ms에서 10.05%로 3.0T가 1.5T에 비해 약 3배 정도 변화가 큰 것을 알 수 있었다. 산출된 최적의 TE 값은 각각의 TE 값에서 얻은 활성화 상태와 휴식상태의 차이값의 최대의 TE 값와 일치하였다. 결론 : 뇌 기능영상에서 3.0T MRl는 1.5T에 비해 deoxyhemoglobin에 의한 자화율의 변화를 약 3배정도 잘 반영하므로 뇌 기능영상 측정시 보다 유용성이 있는 것으로 사료된다. 에코 MR 영상과 더불어 DESS 영상이 슬관절 연골연화즈의 진단에 보다 더 도움을 줄 것으로 생각한다.의 동기는 ‘일반 대중매체의 영향’이 가장 많았으며 건강소식지가 동기인 경우도 20.4%였다. 사업군에서 건강소식지가 유방암 자가검진법 실천에 영향을 미친 경우가 79.6%였으며 유방암 자가검진법에 관한 보건교육을 받고 실천하지 않은 사람들 중 미래의 실천의지에 건강소식지가 영향을 미친 경우는 43.6%였다. 이상의 소견에서 지역주민을 대상으로 인쇄매체를 통한 보건교육은 인쇄물만으로도 쉽게 실천 할 수 있는 유방암 자가검진법이 가장 효과적이었으며, 자궁암검진에 관해서도 검진을 받을 수 있도록 지역사회의 보건의료의 하부구조를 정비하여 제도적 장치를 마련하고 정보를 제공한다면 자궁암검진 실천율도 증가할 것이다.고 12.9% 의 발달율을 보여 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이상의 결과로 보아 핵이식 수정란을 효율적으로 생산하기 위하여 수핵난자의 세포질에 ionomycin 과 DMAP 의 혼합처리로 탈핵난자의 활성화를 유도하는 것이 효율을 증진시킬 수 있었다고 본다. 또한 공핵수정란을 수정 후 90시간과 114시간 개별 배양하여 할구를 공핵체로 핵이식에 이용하였을 때도 그룹배양에 비하여 효율이 떨어지지 않음을 알 수 있었으며, 수정란의 할구 크기의 차이가

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저콘 포화온도로 추정한 남한 현생이언 화강암의 상대적인 마그마 생성온도 (Relative Magma Formation Temperatures of the Phanerozoic Granitoids in South Korea Estimated by Zircon Saturated Temperature)

  • 사공희;권성택;조등룡;좌용주
    • 암석학회지
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.83-92
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    • 2005
  • 최근 화강암의 옛저콘(inherited zircon)의 존재여부로써 마그마 생성온도를 상대적으로 저온화강암과 고온화강암으로 구분할 수 있음이 제안되었으며, 이는 저콘 포화온도와 밀접하게 관련이 있음이 밝혀졌다. $SiO_2-Zr$ 그림에서 남한의 현생이언 화강암들은 고Zr 화강암과 저Zr 화강암으로 구분된다. 이들 구분은 관입시기와 관련된 것으로 보인다. 트라이아스-쥬라기 화강암들은 거의 대부분 저Zr 화강암에 속한다. 반면 백악기-제3기초 화강암들은 대부분 고Zr 화강암에 해당하나, 마산-진해 화강암은 저Zr 화강암에 속하여 지리적 차이를 보인다. 주성분원소와 Zr 함량을 이용하여 저콘 포화온도를 계산하면 저Zr 화강암(마산진해 화강암, 평균 $759\times16^{\circ}C$)을 제외한 경상분지의 백악기-제3기초 화강암 $(608-834^{\circ}C,\;평균\;782\times31^{\circ}C$)이 트라이아스_쥬라기 화강암 ($642-824^{\circ}C$, 평균 $756\pm31^{\circ}C$)보다 높은 온도를 지시한다. 현재까지 알려진 트라이아스-쥬라기 화강암의 U-Pb 저콘 연대 자료는 모두 콘코디아 그림에서 디스코디아를 정의하는데 이는 옛저콘의 존재를 지시하며 낮은 저콘 포화온도와 조화적이다. 반면에 상대적으로 높은 저콘 포화온도를 가지는 백악기-제3기초 화강암의 경우 옛저콘의 존재에 대하여 아직 알려진 바가 없기 때문에 고온 혹은 저온 화강암에 해당하는지를 판단할 수 없다. 그럼에도 불구하고 저콘 포화온도는 마그마 생성, 온도를 어느 정도 반영하기 때문에 백악기-제3기초 화강암은 트라이아스-쥬라기 화강암보다 높은 온도에서 생성되었음을 시사한다.

울산(蔚山) 철(鐵)·중석(重石) 광상(鑛床)의 성인(成因) (On the Genesis of Ulsan Iron-Tungsten Deposits)

  • 박기화;박희인
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.104-116
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    • 1980
  • The Ulsan mine is one of the largest contact metasomatic magnetite and scheelite deposits in the southeastern part of Korea. Mineralization at the Ulsan mine is localized along the contact between upper Cretaceous volcanic rocks and age unknown limestone which were intruded by 58 m.y. -old biotite-horndlende granite. General zonal sequence of skarn toward crystalline limestone from limestone-volcanics contact is grandite, grandite-salite and salite zones. On the otherhand volcanics origin skarns exhibits zonal sequences toward hornfels from boundary with limestone is garnet, garnet-epidote, and epidote zone. Compositions of garnets and clinopyro xenes are determined by the X-ray diffraction and reflective indecies. Local brecciation of these early skarns were followed by formation of the later skarn as zoned patches, breccia fillings and cross-cutting veins. Paragenetic sequence of late skarn minerals which is exhibited in the zoned patches and veins is an overlapping progression with time from andradite through hedenbergite or actinolite, quartz to calcite deposition. Magnetite metallization followed early formed skarns and pyrite pyrrhoite, sphalerite, galena, tennantite, scheelite and arsenopyrite deposition were simultaneously with hedenbergite, quartz and calcite of late skarn. Filling temperatures of fluid inclusions in calcites range from $160^{\circ}$ to $280^{\circ}C$.

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해남지역(海南地域) 화산암류(火山岩類)와 납석 및 고령토 광상(鑛床)의 K-Ar 연대(年代) (K-Ar Ages of Alunite and Sericite in Altered Rocks, and Volcanic Rocks around the Haenam Area, Southwest Korea)

  • 문희수;김영희;김종환;유장한
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.135-141
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    • 1990
  • A number of alunite and pyrophyllite deposits occur around the Haenam area where Cretaceous volcanic and volcanogenic sediments are widely distributed. The K-Ar ages of alunite, sericite and whole rocks collected from alunite and pyrophyllite deposits and unaltered rocks representing various stratigraphic horizon of the area were determined and their formation stage was discussed. The ages of volcanic rocks range between $68.6{\pm}1.9$ and $94.1{\pm}2.0$ Ma corresponding to Cenomanian-Maastrichtian of upper Cretaceous. Andesitic rock gives $94.1{\pm}2.0$. Rhyolite and acidic tuffs give $79.47{\pm}1.7$ and $82.8{\pm}1.2$ Ma corresponding to Campanian. The later stage andesite gives $68.6{\pm}1.9$ Ma of Maastrichtian. The results suggest that volcanism of the area can be devided into three different stages. The ages of alunite and sericite range $71.8{\pm}2.8$ to $76.6{\pm}2.9$ Ma of late Campanian to early Maastrichtian which is rather earlier than the age of granite(67 Ma). It indicates that the alteration ages of these clay mineral deposits appeared to be related with its volcanism rather than the hydrothermal stage of granite of this area.

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청양중석광상(靑陽重石鑛床)의 지질(地質)과 유체포유물(流體包有物)에 의(依)한 온도측정(溫度測定)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) (Geologic and Fluid Inclusion Studies of Chongyang Tungsten Ore Deposits, South Korea)

  • 김규한
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 1977
  • Chongyang tungsten ore deposits, one of the most important tungsten mines in South Korea, me open space filling hydrothermal vein deposits embedded in Precambrian biotite gneiss and, Cretaceous (?) granite porphyry. Some wolframite-bearing quartz veins are closely associated with -quartz porphyries which strike about $N15^{\circ}-25^{\circ}W$ and dip $800^{\circ}SE$ to vertical. Mineralization took place in near vertical vein systems of 5 to 2000 meter long in the biotite gneiss and granite porphyry stock during early Cretaceous and Tertiary (?) period. The hydrothermal mineral paragensis has indicated that there were two major stages: vein and vug stages. The principal vein mineral is wolframite in a gangue of quartz with small amount of fluorite, pyrite, beryl and carbonate minerals. Present in minor amounts are molybdenite, bithmuthinite, native bismuth, arsenopyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite and scheelite. Fluid inclusion study from the minerls at Chongyang mine reveals that vein stage fluids attained a temperature range of $200^{\circ}C-355^{\circ}C$ and vug stage $160^{\circ}C-350^{\circ}C$. The filling temperatures show the higher range of $200^{\circ}-355^{\circ}C$ in quartz and $280^{\circ}C-348^{\circ}C$ in beryls, whereas the lower emperature range of $283^{\circ}C-295^{\circ}C$ in rhodochrosite and $160^{\circ}-253^{\circ}C$ in fluorites. These temperatures are in reasonably good agreement with mineral paragnesis in this ore deposits. Volfamite minerals were analysed for major components. $WO_3$, MnO and FeO by wet chemical method. Chemical analysis indicates that they contain 70.56-71.54% $WO_3$, 8.52-10.01% MnO and 10.00-11.58% FeO. MnO/FeO ratios of wolframites shows the range of 0.78-0.94 which maybe indicates a comparatively high temperature type of hydrothermal deposits.

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Thermal and uplift histories of Mesozoic granites in Southeast Korea: new fission track evidences

  • Shin, Seong-Cheon;Susumu Nishimura
    • 암석학회지
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.104-121
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    • 1993
  • Fission track (FT) thermochronological analyses on Mesozoic granites provide new information about cooling and uplift histories in Southeast Korea. Twenty-nine new FT sphene, zircon and apatite ages and seven track length measurements are presented for eleven granite samples. Measured mineral ages against assumed closure temperatures yield cooling rates for each sample. Relatively rapid (7-$15^{\circ}C$/Ma) and simple cooling patterns from the middle Cretaceouss (ca. 90-100 Ma) granites are caused mainly by a high thermal contrast between the intruding magma and country rocks at shallow crustal levels (ca. 1-2.5 km-depths). On the contrary, a slow overall cooling (1-$4^{\circ}C$/Ma) of the Triassic to Jurassic granites (ca. 250-200 Ma), emplaced at deep depths (>>9 km), may mainly depend upon very slow denudation of the overlying crust. The uplift history of the Triassic Yeongdeog Pluton in the Yeongyang Subbasin, west of the Yangsan Fault, is characterized by a relatively rapid uplift (~0.4 mm/a) before the total unroofing of the pluton in the earliest Cretaceous (~140 Ma) followed by a subsidence (~0.2mm/a) during the Hayang Group sedimentation. Stability of original FT zircon ages (156 Ma) and complete erasure of apatite ages suggest a range of 3 to 5.5 km for the basin subsidence. Since 120 Ma up to present, the Yeongyang Subbasin has been slowly uplifted (~0.04 mm/a). The FT age patterns of Jurassic granites both from the northeastern wing of the Ryeongnam Massif and from the northern edge of the Pohang-Kampo Block indicate that the two geologic units have been slowly uplifted with a same mean rate (~0.04 mm/a) since early Cretaceous. Estimates of Cenozoic total uplifts since 100 Ma are different: Ryeongnam Massif (~6 km)=Pohang-Kampo Block (~6 km)>Yeongyang Subbasin(~4 km).

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