Identification

Title

Spence porphyry copper deposit: Hematite (U-Th-Sm)/He geochronology

Abstract

This spreadsheet contains (U-Th-Sm)/He data for 73 hematite samples from the supergene profile of the Spence porphyry copper deposit in the Central Andes. These data are discussed in the G-cubed publication titled 'A rusty record of weathering and groundwater movement in the hyperarid Central Andes' (Shaw et al., 2021). Spence porphyry copper deposit Drill hole SPD0324, UTM WGS1984 19S, E 474975.22, N 7481100.39 Drill hole SPD 1848, UTM WGS1984 19S, E 474998.29, N 7481399.87 Drill hole SPD 0402, UTM WGS1984 19S, E 473969.87, N 7479755.01

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item167044

name: Data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607774

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Royal Society Research Grant RG140683

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Helium

Uranium

Porphyry copper deposits

Weathering

NGDC Deposited Data

Thorium

Geochronology

Samarium

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-69.5000

East bounding longitude

-69.0000

North bounding latitude

-22.5400

South bounding latitude

-22.9400

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

ANDES [id=842000]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2017-01-02

End position

2019-03-29

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2021-06-25

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

(U-Th-Sm)/He dating was done at Caltech, using the single aliquot method (Farley, 2002; House et al., 2000). Hematite fragments were loaded into Pt tubes and degassed by incremental heating with a Nd-YAG laser to >1000⁰ C. He extraction conducted under high pO2 (100 torr), buffering the hematite-magnetite transition to >1200° C (Hofmann et al., 2020). Isotope-dilution measurements of 4He were made with an enriched 3He spike, using a Pfeiffer Vacuum quadrupole mass spectrometer. U, Th and Sm were measured on the same aliquots using an Agilent 8800 triple-quadrupole ICP-MS (e.g. Hofmann et al., 2017). (U-Th-Sm)/He ages were calculated according to Farley (2002). Since aliquots were taken from structures much larger than the typical alpha-particle stopping distance in hematite of 13-16 µm (Ketcham et al., 2011), no correction for alpha-ejection or -implantation was applied.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

MS Excel

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

PhD student, School of Earth Sciences

organisation name

University of Bristol

full postal address

Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road

Bristol

BS8 1RJ

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-26

Metadata language