Metallogenesis in the Japanese island arc system

Ore deposits in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic orogenic belts of the Japanese island arc system consist essentially of stratabound, vein and skarn types. The stratabound base-metal deposits, which are the main source of copper, are divided into the lead-free, chalcopyrite-pyrite, Besshi-type, which occur mainly in glaucophane schists (metamorphosed basaltic pyro-clastic rocks) of the Sanbagawa belt, and the lead-bearing, polymetallic, massive sulphide, Kuroko-type, associated with rhyolite extrusion. Both types are regarded as having been formed syngenetically in a submarine environment. Vein-type deposits are widely distributed and economically the most important for metals, containing more than 50 per cent of the available tin, tungsten, molybdenum, gold, silver and manganese. The ore deposits are genetically related to either 'geosynclinal basalt' or an andesite-dacite-rhyolite and plutonic association of island arc magmatism. Special attention is given to deposits of plutonic affinity. Most Japanese plutons are granitoids. Ore deposits associated with Cretaceous-Palaeogene granitoids in southwest Japan constitute two metallogenic provinces, characterised by W-Sn-Cu and Mo-Pb-Zn veins and skarns. Northeast Japan shows a similar, but reversed, zoning, with no tin. Miocene granitoids in southwest Japan are accompanied by tin and some copper mineralization. The Japanese granitoids consist of approximately equal proportions of magnetite-series and ilmenite-series rocks. The magnetite-series is thought to be derived from a parental magma generated from mafic igneous rocks of the upper mantle—lower crust and related to major subduction. The ilmenite-series, with which tin deposits may be associated, is ascribed to magma originating in the lower crust from sedimentary, metamorphic and granitoid rocks. These magma types appear to be the most important factors in producing the various metallogenic provinces in Japan.

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