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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (04): 635-652.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.04.01

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Metallogenic Chronology and Geochemistry of the Zhuanshanzi Gold Deposit, Inner Mongolia

OUYANG Xin1,2(), GU Xuexiang1,3(), ZHANG Yongmei1,3,4, LIU Li1, LIU Tao5, WANG Wendong5   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083,China
    2. China Academy of Natural Resources and Economics, Beijing 101149,China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083,China
    4. State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046,China
    5. Harbin Natural Resources Integrated Investigation Center, China Geological Survey, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081,China
  • Received:2019-12-12 Revised:2020-02-27 Online:2020-08-31 Published:2020-09-03
  • Contact: GU Xuexiang

Abstract:

Zhuanshanzi gold deposit is a medium-high temperature magmatic hydrothermal deposit in the combination of North China Plate and Xingmeng orogenic belt, while its depositionl age and tectonic setting are still in debate. In this study, an integrated analysis of isotope chronology and geochemistry for the Zhuanshanzi gold deposit was carried out. The results give a concordant age of (264±3.8) Ma for the ore-hosted rhyolite, (237±1.4) Ma for the ore-hosted porphyritic granite, (219±4.7) Ma for the ore-intercalated diorite. The ore-forming age is limited to 237-219 Ma. The Zhuanshanzi gold deposit is generated in Triassic.The petrogeochemical analysis shows that the (264±3.8) Ma rhyolite is characterized by high content of K2O and low concentration of MgO, with enrichment in Rb, Th, U, K, Pb, Nd, Hf, Gd and depletion in Ba, Nb, Ce, Sr, P, Ti.The (237±1.4) Ma porphyritic granite is characterized by low concentration of P2O5, with enrichment in Rb, Th, U, K, Pb and depletion in Ba, Nb, Ta, Ce, Sr, P, Zr, Ti. The (219±4.7) Ma diorite is characterized by high contents of K2O, MgO and low concentration of P2O5, with enrichment in Rb, K, Sr and depletion in Nb, Ta, P, Ti. In a word, the (264±3.8) Ma rhyolite is formed from the magma that remelting of the lower crust due to the upwelling of the lithospheric during the period that the paleo-Asian ocean subduction to North China Plate. The (237±1.4) Ma porphyritic granite and the (219.7±4.7) Ma diorite generated in the extensional environment after the collision between North China Plate and Siberian Plate.

Key words: petrogeochemistry, zircon U-Pb dating, Zhuanshanzi gold deposit, Inner Mongolia

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