Research Article

Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology of Granite from Duobaoshan Porphyry Cu (Mo) Deposit, Northeast China: Implications for Cooling History and Ore Preservation

Table 2

Apatite fission track (AFT) results of samples from the Duobaoshan copper deposit.

Sample numberNcρd(Nd) (×106 cm-2)ρs(Ns) (×105 cm-2)ρi(Ni) (×106 cm-2)U concentration (ppm)P(χ2) %rPooled age (Ma ±1σ)Mean track length (μm ±1σ)(Nj)Dpar (μm)Standard deviation (μm)

DB01300.905(2261)5.857(1233)1.295(2727)17.957.10.93671.8 ± 3.513.76 ± 0.12(100)1.581.28
DB37300.878(2194)2.826(578)0.869(1777)12.499.60.93150.2 ± 3.013.80 ± 0.10(100)1.601.00
DB66300.871(2178)2.212(365)0.573(945)8.21000.96359.1 ± 4.213.79 ± 0.11(100)1.661.11
DB82300.864(2161)4.178(988)1.119(2646)16.286.20.89056.7 ± 2.913.82 ± 0.10(100)1.631.02
DB119300.838(2094)2.915(483)0.808(1338)12.093.20.90053.2 ± 3.413.80 ± 0.10(100)1.720.97
DB120290.831(2077)5.002(1189)0.960(2281)14.464.70.89976.0 ± 3.813.67 ± 0.10(100)1.531.07

Notes: Nc = number of apatite crystals analyzed. ρd = induced FT density calculated from muscovite external detectors used with SRM612 dosimeter. Nd = total number of FT counted in ρd. ρs = spontaneous FT density on the internal surfaces of apatite crystals analyzed. Ns = total number of FT counted in ρs. ρi = induced FT density on the muscovite external detector for crystals analyzed. Ni = total number of FT counted in ρi. P (χ2) = chi-squared probability that all single-crystal ages represent a single population of ages where degrees of freedom = Nc-1 [34]. r = correlation coefficient between Ns and Ni. Nj = number of horizontally confined FT lengths measured. Apatite-Zeta CN5 = 353.0 ±10.