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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (03): 438-452.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.03.03

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LA-ICP-MS Zircon U-Pb Geochronology and Geochemistry Characteristics of the Lianhuashan Alkaline-rich Porphyry Intrusion in Western Yunnan Province

WANG Tao1,2(), ZHANG Jing1,2(), TONG Zida1,2, LI Tengjian1,2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2017-07-15 Revised:2018-01-19 Online:2018-06-10 Published:2023-09-22
  • Contact: ZHANG Jing

Abstract:

The Lianhuashan alkalic porphyry in the eastern Lanping basin is an important part of the alkalic porphyry belt in Western Yunnan. The porphyry is mainly composed of quartz monzonite porphyry and amphibole quartz monzonite porphyry. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating reveals that the Lianhuashan porphyry was emplaced during the Eocene (from (35.6±0.5) Ma to (35.7±0.5) Ma). The K2O/Na2O values (0.97 to 1.42) and K2O+Na2O contents (8.86% to 9.59%) demonstrate high-K alkaline affinity. The study shows that all samples belong to the shoshonitic series and are LREE-enriched with weak negative Eu anomalies. Zircon Ti thermometry shows that all the analyzed magmatic zircons have relatively low crystallization temperatures (594 to 788 ℃), suggesting that the magma was originated from subduction and/or collision. Besides, inherited zircons of 1,177 to 68 Ma (Nb/U ratios=1.31 to 4.73) are found, which also reflect that the magma may have sourced from the mantle metasomatized by the oceanic subduction, with entrainment of crustal materials during its ascent. To conclude, the Lianhuashan alkalic porphyry was likely formed under a transitional tectonic setting from the India-Asia collisional compression to post-collisional extension.

Key words: zircon U-Pb dating, alkaline-rich porphyry, Lianhuashan intrusion, Lanping Basin

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