Lead Isotope Studies of Rock Samples from the Superior Geological Province

1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Ozard ◽  
R. D. Russell

Single filament whole rock lead isotope analyses were corrected for fractionation by using an internal standard (double spike). An estimated standard deviation of 0.15% was obtained for lead isotope ratios and 0.25% for lead and uranium concentrations. These are some of the first analyses of this accuracy for lead isotopes in whole rocks. Lead and uranium analyses from the Vogt–Hobbs area near Lake Timagami, Ontario and from the Rice Lake – Beresford Lake area, Manitoba gave ages with the pattern lead–lead age > uranium 235 – lead 207 age > uranium 238 – lead 206 age. This pattern was interpreted as arising from loss of lead from the systems studied. A similar three-stage history, marked by major events prior to 3000 m.y. ago and at approximately 2600 m.y. ago, fits both of these suites. This history is shown to be consistent with rubidium–strontium data, zircon uranium–lead ages, potassium–argon, and ore lead data.

1989 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 894-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Andrew ◽  
Colin I. Godwin

Whole-rock and galena lead-isotope analyses have been obtained from the Sicker Group Paleozoic island-arc volcanic package and from a Jurassic island-arc represented by the Bonanza Group volcanics and Island Intrusions. Galena lead-isotope analyses from the volcanogenic ore deposits at the Buttle Lake mining camp in the Sicker Group provide estimates of the initial lead ratios for the Sicker Group. Lead-isotope signatures are uniform within each of the major orebodies, but the Myra orebody is less radiogenic than the older H–W orebody. This has major significance in terms of ore genesis for these important deposits.There are significant differences in isotopic composition between the Sicker Group and Devonian island-arc type rocks in the Shasta district, California, which rules out direct correlations between the rock units of these two areas. Relatively high initial values of 207Pb/204Pb (> 15.56) and 208Pb/204Pb (> 38.00) suggest that large quantities of crustal lead must have been involved in the formation of the Sicker Group volcanic rocks. Thus it is proposed that the trench related to the Paleozoic island arc had a substantial input of continental detritus and may have lain near a continent.The Jurassic island arc is characterized by low 207Pb/204Pb ratios (< 15.59), suggesting a more primitive arc environment than for the Paleozoic arc. Bonanza Group volcanic rocks contain lead that is less radiogenic than lead in the Island Intrusions. Present and initial lead-isotope ratios of both the Bonanza Group volcanics and Island intrusions follow the same trend, supporting the hypothesis that they are comagmatic. Lead isotopes from a galena vein within the Island Copper porphyry deposit plot with the initial ratios for Bonanza Group volcanics and Island Intrusions. This confirms the hypothesis that this mineralization is related to the Jurassic island-arc volcanic event.Initial lead-isotope ratios for the Jurassic rock suite form a linear array on both 207Pb/204Pb versus 206Pb/204Pb and 208Pb/204Pb versus 206Pb/204Pb plots. If interpreted as due to isotopic mixing, the more radiogenic end member has a composition that is lower in 207Pb/204Pb and higher in 206Pb/204Pb than typical upper continental crust. Assimilation of Sicker Group material during the emplacement of the Jurassic arc can explain the mixing trend.


1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 241-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Koide ◽  
Eizo Nakamura

1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian R. Fletcher ◽  
R. M. Farquhar

Lead-isotope ratios have been determined for a preliminary set of 16 galenas from the Grenville and some adjacent Palaeozoic formations in southern Ontario and Quebec. The 206Pb/204Pb ratios of the Grenville-hosted deposits range from 16.24 to 20.20. Six of the Grenville-hosted samples have a post-Ordovician age of mineralization, but may represent re-mineralized Grenville lead. With the five 'true' Grenville samples they can be used to define a Grenville 'secondary isochron' on a 207Pb/204Pb–206Pb/204Pb plot. The trend of this isochron appears to be consistent with published feldspar- and marble-lead data for nearby sections of the Grenville. Its slope (.120 ±.015) is compatible with a time of ~1300 Ma ago for inclusion of uranium in the sediments of the Grenville supergroup, followed by lead mineralization at ~1000 Ma. Calculations based on a simple lead-isotope evolution model give a similar age (1280 ± 15 Ma) for the stratabound Tétrault Pb–Zn deposit.The geologically similar New Calumet deposit has a quite different model age of 1115 ± 20 Ma. This is similar to the model age of the Balmat, New York ore deposits and it appears that New Calumet and Balmat may be members of a contemporaneous mantle (volcanic)–continental sequence.An apparent correspondence of the isotopic ratios of the Palaeozoic samples with the Grenville secondary isochron raises some critical questions regarding the development and migration of the Pb in these deposits.


1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 2188-2196 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Stevenson ◽  
G. L. Cumming ◽  
D. Krstic

An area of Archean rocks extending from northwestern Saskatchewan into the Northwest Territories is referred to as the Nolan block.Whole rocks and minerals separated from granodiorite surrounding an occurrence of amazonite at Portman Lake in the centre of this block have been studied in some detail using several dating techniques. The following ages result: [Formula: see text] on abraded zircons from the granodiorite; 2589 ± 4 Ma whole-rock Pb/Pb age of the granodiorite; 2561 ± 6 and 2475 ± 13 Ma internal Pb/Pb isochrons; and 2610 ± 10 Ma Pb/Pb model ages on galena and amazonite.Pb/Pb internal isochrons were obtained by successive leaching of whole-rock samples and apparently indicate episodes of minor resetting of the whole-rock system. The close agreement between zircon ages, whole-rock Pb/Pb isochrons, and model ages on galena with no indication of Hudsonian updating suggest that the area has been essentially undisturbed since the Archean. The internal isochrons seem similar to Rb/Sr dates in the area and may indicate similarities in thermal response of the Rb–Sr and U–Pb systems in rocks.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slađana Đurđić ◽  
Vesna Stanković ◽  
Slavica Ražić ◽  
Jelena Mutić

Lead isotope ratio pattern (206Pb/207Pb, 208Pb/206Pb, 206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, and 208Pb/204Pb) was analyzed in 59 samples of Serbian wine, from four geographical regions. By utilization of powerful inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS), lead isotope ratios were used as unique “fingerprint”, when combined with multivariate methods of analysis (Principal Component Analysis), provided information on the geographical origin of wine. In validation of ICP- QMS method and quantitative analysis, the certified reference material NIST SRM 981 was employed to test the mass-bias correction and thallium isotopes 203Tl and 205Tl (NIST SRM 997) as an internal standard. The obtained results were discussed in correlation with the corresponding values of LIRs of different European and Australian wines. In addition, the impact of anthropogenic Pb from different sources on the total Pb isotopic composition in Serbian wines was analyzed too. On the other side, the obtained values of Pb content were compared with the applicable health safety standards, according to the International Code of Oenological Practices.


Author(s):  
Chaofeng Li ◽  
Huiqian Wu ◽  
Xuance Wang ◽  
Zhuyin Chu ◽  
Youlian Li ◽  
...  

The rapid expansion of coal-fired power plants around the world has produced a huge volume of toxic elements associated with combustion residues such as coal fly ash (CFA) and coal ash (CA), which pose great threats to the global environment. It is therefore crucial for environmental science to monitor the migration and emission pathway of toxic elements such as CFA and CA. Lead isotopes have proved to be powerful tracers capable of dealing with this issue. Unfortunately, up to now, few high precision lead isotope data of CFA and CA certified reference materials (CRMs) determined by using the double spike technique have been reported. Hence, to facilitate the application of lead isotopes in environmental science, it is indispensable and urgent to determine a suite of high precision Pb isotope ratios and Pb elemental contents for CFA and CA CRMs. Here, we measured lead isotope ratios from four CFA and CA CRMs using thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) combined with the 204Pb–207Pb double spike method. Lead isotope ratios values of CRMs (GBW11124, GBW08401, GBW11125d, and JCFA-1) covered wide variation ranges from 17.993 to 19.228 for 206Pb/204Pb, from 15.513 to 15.675 for 207Pb/204Pb, and from 38.184 to 39.067 for 208Pb/204Pb. Lead isotope ratios of these CRMs, except for GBW11124, show good external reproducibility (2 RSD, n = 8), which is better than 0.05% for 206Pb/204Pb and 207Pb/204Pb, 0.07% for 208Pb/204Pb, 0.04% for 206Pb/207Pb, and 0.05% for 208Pb/206Pb. The Pb concentrations of these CRMs were determined using 207Pb single spike method. The reproducibility (1 RSD, n = 4) of Pb elemental content was <0.60%. This indicates the distribution of Pb elements in these CRMs is homogeneous. With the exception of GBW11124, the suite of CRMs can be used for determining CFA and CA matrix composition for quality control of Pb isotope analyses.


1983 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 1521-1527
Author(s):  
W. F. Slawson

Twelve new lead isotope analyses of samples from the West and East Shasta districts, California are presented. The measured isotopic ratios 206Pb/204Pb versus 207Pb/204Pb exhibit a good linear trend with a slope of 0.1794 ± 0.0066. Arguments are presented that the two-stage ages calculated from this slope are not real events. It is suggested the linear array is due to fortuitous addition of contaminants to the volcanogenic mineralizations. Thus common lead isotopes are possibly better geochemical tracers than they are geochronometers. This may be particularly true in cases where the total lead content is low.


1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 1973-1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Karhan ◽  
Zbyněk Ksandr ◽  
Jiřina Vlková ◽  
Věra Špatná

The determination of alcohols by 19F NMR spectroscopy making use of their reaction with hexafluoroacetone giving rise to hemiacetals was studied on butanols. The calibration curve method and the internal standard method were used and the results were mutually compared. The effects of some experimental conditions, viz. the sample preparation procedure, concentration, spectrometer setting, and electronic integration, were investigated; the conditions, particularly the concentrations, proved to have a statistically significant effect on the results of determination. For the internal standard method, the standard deviation was 0.061 in the concentration region 0.032-0.74 mol l-1. The method was applied to a determination of alcohols in the distillation residue from an oxo synthesis.


2019 ◽  
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pp. 940-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhian Bao ◽  
Kangjun Huang ◽  
Tianzheng Huang ◽  
Bing Shen ◽  
Chunlei Zong ◽  
...  

This study presents a chemical protocol for the separation of Mg that is particularly adapted for diverse igneous rock samples, especially for high-K and low-Mg rocks.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 102970
Author(s):  
Takeshi Minami ◽  
Akinori Takeuchi ◽  
Setsuo Imazu ◽  
Masayoshi Okuyama ◽  
Yu Higashikage ◽  
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