Abstract: The results of 190Pt–4He dating of placer-forming platinum-group minerals (PPMs) from the placer deposits of Mokhovoi Creek, its tributaries, and eluvial and proluvial deposits of the peneplain surface of dunites of the Chad alkaline-ultramafic massif (Aldan Shield, Ayan-Maya district of Khabarovsk krai) are presented. 190Pt and 4He were measured in 27 samples. The statistical processing of the mineralogical and geochemical data allows us to separate three 190Pt–4He age isochrones (Ma): 123 ± 6; 113 ± 6; and 107 ± 6, which is in good agreement with the geological observations and the mineralogy of the platinum group elements (PGEs) of the Chad massif. The range of 190Pt–4He age isochrones indicates that platinum-metal ore formation occurred over 16 Myr. The geological and mineralogical data and the 190Pt–4He isochrones of different ages allow us to conclude that the platinum-metal ore formation in the Chad massif was polycyclic during the Early Cretaceous. A comparison of the 190Pt–4He ages of the PPMs of the Chad and Kondyor alkaline-ultramafic massifs indicates that there are temporal features between the platinum ore formation and the formation of these plutons during the Mesozoic tectonic–magmatic activation of the Aldan Shield.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)240-247
Number of pages8
JournalDoklady Earth Sciences
Volume504
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2022

    Research areas

  • Pt–He dating, Aldan Shield, alkaline rocks, Chad massif, genesis, mineralogical–geochemical types, platinum group minerals, ultramafic rocks, 190Pt–4He dating

    Scopus subject areas

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

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