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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (03): 898-910.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.052

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Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Setting of Granite Porphyry Dike in Saibagou Gold Deposit,Northern Margin of Qaidam: Evidence from Geochronology and Geochemistry

ZHU Dequan1(), TANG Mingying2,3,4(), DING Zhengjiang2,5,6, ZHU Haibo3,4, WANG Weixiao3,4, ZHANG Yu7, HE Zongwei3,4, WU Hongbin3,4   

  1. 1. No.248 Geological Brigade of Shandong Nuclear Industry, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, China
    2. School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255000, China
    3. No.8 Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration of Shandong Province, Rizhao, Shandong 276800, China
    4. Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Prospecting and Resource Evaluation in Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Rizhao, Shandong 276800, China
    5. No.6 Exploration Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration of Shandong Province, Weihai, Shandong 264209, China
    6. Engineering Laboratory of Deep Gold Exploration Big Data Application and Development of Shandong Province, Weihai, Shandong 264209, China
    7. Henan Institute of Geosciences, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001,China
  • Received:2021-03-15 Revised:2022-04-14 Online:2022-06-10 Published:2022-07-19
  • Contact: TANG Mingying

Abstract:

The medium-sized Saibagou quartz vein-type gold deposit is located in the eastern part of the northern margin of Qaidam. The granite porphyry zircon U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry were analyzed in this study. The LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating yielded (372.4±4.1) Ma, indicating Late Devonian magmatism. The granite porphyry is characterized by high SiO2 and alkali-rich, with differentiation index (DI) of 81.40-84.54 and solidification index (SI) of 3.56-8.17, indicating substantial fractionation. The geochemical features show remarkable enrichments in La, Hf, Rb, and Th, but depletions in Nb, Ta, P, Ti, Ba, and Sr. The total rare-earth element (ΣREE) is 71.80×10-6-75.21×10-6, and the REE patterns are right-inclining with slightly negative Eu anomalies (δEu=0.77-0.96). Discriminant diagram shows that the granite porphyry is peraluminous calc-alkaline I-type, and was likely formed in a post-orogenic setting during the Middle-Late Devonian intracontinental extension in the northern margin of Qaidam. The granitic magmatism was likely syn-ore and occurred close to the orebodies and filled in structures. Therefore, the maximum age of the Saibagou gold mineralization can be set at 372.4 Ma, and future prospecting work should focus on the granitic porphyry dikes.

Key words: granite porphyry, geochronology, geochemistry, tectonic setting, Saibagou gold deposit, northern margin of Qaidam

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