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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (02): 535-551.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.105

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Genesis of Eocene Porphyry in Masjed Daghi, Iran: Evidence from Spectrographic, U-Pb Dating and Geochemical Characteristics

KOU Guanyu1(), ZHOU Ye2, ZHENG Yuanchuan1, YU Jiaxing1   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083,China
    2. Center of Natural Resources of Kunming, China Geological Survey, Kunming,Yunnan 650011,China
  • Received:2020-09-23 Revised:2020-10-15 Online:2021-04-25 Published:2021-05-25

Abstract:

The Ahar-Julfa/Arasbaran metallogenic belt is located in the Urmieh-Dokhtar magmatic Arc of the central part of the Tethyan metallogenic belt. The Masjed Daghi porphyry deposit in Iran is located in the northwestern part of the Ahar-Julfa metallogenic belt, in which the porphyry deposits have not been sufficiently studied. This paper is based on the Eocene porphyry from the Masjed Daghi porphyry deposit, with the aim to deepen the understanding on the metallogenic background and magmatic environment of the Ahar-Julfa metallogenic belt. We used infrared spectroscopy, raman spectroscopy, electron probe microscopic analyzer (EPMA), whole-rock major- and trace-element analyses, and zircon trace element and U-Pb-Lu-Hf isotope analyses to clarify the formation setting, oxygen fugacity, water content and other characteristics of the ore-forming magma. Zircon U-Pb dating of the porphyry yielded Eocene (54.1±1.5 Ma) age and positive εHf(t) ratios (+4.5 to +13.5), with TDM ages of 260 to 841 Ma. The rocks have high K2O (4.9%) and Sr (120×10-6-122×10-6) but low Y (5×10-6) contents. In addition, the porphyries have high zircon Ce4+/Ce3+ ratios (152-543), and their plagioclase has high Al content. Such evidence indicates that the Eocene Masjed Daghi porphyries have water-rich and high-O fugacity features, and were generated from mafic magma upwelling during subduction.

Key words: Masjed Daghi, porphyry deposit, feldspar, zircon, EPMA, U-Pb dating

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