U-Pb Geochronology Data for Carbonates from Neuquen Basin Copper Deposits

U-Pb geochronology data for carbonates from five Copper (Cu) deposits in the Neuquen Basin, Argentina: Los Chihuidos, Barda González, La Cuprosa, El Porvenir, and Tordillos. The dataset was collected for a thesis titled 'Constraining Cu-(Co) mineralisation in sediment-hosted copper deposits using rutile, apatite, and carbonate geochronology' at the University of Southampton. Context of samples and methods are described in Chapter 6 of the associated thesis.

Use Cases

• Calibrating mineralization ages based on U-Pb dating of carbonate cements.
• Comparing carbonate geochronology across different deposit types and host lithologies.
• Integrating carbonate age data with other geochronometers like rutile and apatite for deposit models.

Strengths

• Data is linked to a specific academic thesis, providing detailed methodological context.
• Samples are described by deposit and lithology, offering geological context for each data point.
• Covers five distinct copper deposits within a single basin for comparative analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Southampton thesis by Jamie Kelly.

Collection Method

U-Pb (Uranium-Lead) geochronology data collection for carbonate samples.

Geography

Neuquen Basin, Argentina.