Equipment

• Agilent 8900 ICP-MS QQQ (also called triple quadrupole ICP-MS; ICP-MS/MS; ICP-QQQ-MS)
• Applied Spectra Resolution-SE 193nm ArF excimer laser ablation system with a S-155 sample chamber and automaton capacity

Capacities

• U-Pb dating (zircon, garnet, cassiterite)
• In-situ Rb-Sr dating of micas (no mineral separation needed)
• Mineral trace element analysis (including Cl, Br, and low level sulfur (~10 ppm S))
• Mineral trace element mapping. Examples:

Capacities in Development

• U-Pb dating of titanite, monazite, apatite, and wolframite
• In-situ S isotope composition analysis

LA-ICP-MS/MS Lab Rates of Analysis

• Rates and sample preparation

Publications on Methodology or Using our Lab Results:

• Kang, J., Gregory, D.D., Gill, B., Huang, S., Lai, C., Chang, Z., Cui, H., Belousov, I., and Xiao, S., 2024, Trace element evidence for diverse origins of pyrite in Neoproterozoic sedimentary strata: Geochimica et Cosomochimica Acta: v. 364, p. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.005
• Huang, Shiqiang, Chang, Zhaoshan, Liu, Kairan, and Garbe-Schonbert, Dieter, 2023, Optimisation of LA-ICP-MS/MS Rb-Sr dating of micas with non-matrix-matched reference materials: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, online on 8/16/2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12524
• Conrey, R.M., Bailey, D.G., Singer, J.W., Wagoner, L.J., Parfitt, B., Hay, J., Keh, O., Chang, Z., and Huang, S., 2023, Combined use of multiple external and internal standards in LA-ICP-MS analysis of geological samples using lithium borate fused glass: Submitted to Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, v. 23. https://doi.org/10.1144/geochem2023-001
• Chappell, J.C., Gysi, A.P., Monecke, T., and Chang, Z., 2023, Experimental apatite-fluid interaction and partitioning of rare earth elements at 150 and 250°C: American Mineralogist, v. 108, p. 1409-1420. Doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2022-8589.
• Holley, E.A., Zaronikola, N., Pfaff, K., Thompson, J., Spiller, E., Anderson, C., and Eggert, R., 2023, Cobalt mineralogy at the Iron Creek deposit, Idaho cobalt belt, USA: Implications for deomstric critical mineral production: Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G51160.1
• Huang, S., Song, Y., Zhou, L., Leach, D.L., Chang, Z., and Hou, Z., 2022, Influence of organic matter on Re-Os dating of sulphides: Economic Geology, v. 117, p. 737-745. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4881
• Chang, Z., Huang, S., and Kirschbaum, M., 2022, Sulfur content in calcite measured using LA-ICP-MS/MS and its application in mineral exploration. In: The Critical Role of Minerals in the Carbon-Neutral Future, Proceedings of the 16^th Biennial SGA meeting, 28-31 March 2022, Rotorua, New Zealand, v. 2, p. 31.
• Kirschbaum, M., Chang, Z., Agnew, P., Pacey, A., Nickerson, P., Sasso, A., Schroeder, K., and Gundy, K., 2022, Distal signatures of the Bingham porphyry Cu-Au-Mo mineralization in carbonate wallrocks. In: The Critical Role of Minerals in the Carbon-Neutral Future, Proceedings of the 16^th Biennial SGA meeting, 28-31 March 2022, Rotorua, New Zealand, v. 2, p. 95.
• Piurkowsky, S., Chang, Z., Brunetto, P., 2022, Geochemical zoning patterns in carbonate wallrocks of the Candelaria Cu-Au district, Chile. In: The Critical Role of Minerals in the Carbon-Neutral Future, Proceedings of the 16^th Biennial SGA meeting, 28-31 March 2022, Rotorua, New Zealand, v. 2, p. 142.
• Chang, Z., Huang, S., Kirschbaum, M., and Piurkowsky, S., 2021, Applications of triple quadrupole ICP-MS (ICP-MS/MS, or ICP-MS QQQ) in economic geology: Goldschmidt 2021, 4-9 July 2021 (Keynote). https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2021.8289
• Huang, S., and Chang, Z., 2021, In situ Rb-Sr dating of muscovite by LA-ICP-MS/MS: Goldschmidt 2021, 4-9 July 2021. https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2021.6297
• Liu, K., Chang, Z., and Huang, S., 2021, Scheelite trace element composition: magmatic versus metamorphic hydrothermal deposits: Goldschmidt 2021, 4-9 July 2021 (invited). https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2021.5512