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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (06): 1702-1712.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.121

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Chronology and Geochemical Characteristics of Granitic Gneiss in Xiaoqinling District on the Southern Margin of North China Craton and Its Significance

XIE Gen1,2(), YU Guangming2, LU Yingchuan2,3, FENG Xin1,2, TIAN Guanghao1,2, WANG Ran1,2, WANG Jian4   

  1. 1. Langfang Center for Integrated Natural Resources Survey, China Geological Survey, Langfang, Hebei 065000, China
    2. Command Center for Integrated Natural Resource Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100055, China
    3. Center for Geophysical Survey, China Geological Survey, Langfang, Hebei 065000, China
    4. School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales CF10 3AT, UK
  • Received:2021-08-11 Revised:2021-11-02 Online:2021-12-10 Published:2022-02-14

Abstract:

The Xiaoqinling district, located in the southern end of the Trans-North China Orogen, is important for constraining the Proterozoic evolution of the southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC), and the collision timing of the eastern and western NCC blocks. SIMS zircon dating of the granitic gneiss from the Dahu Au-Mo deposit in the Xiaoqinling district yielded a concordant age of (2,455±59) Ma (magmatic zircons) and(1,821±31) Ma (metamorphic zircons). Whole-rock geochemistry shows that the granitic gneiss has high contents of SiO2, total-alkali, and low Al2O3, CaO, MgO, and P2O5. Additionally, the rocks show enrichment in LILEs (Rb, Th, K) and depletion in HFSEs (Nb), Sr, P, and Ti. Combined with the A/CNK-A/NK discrimination and the Ga-Rb compositional features, we conclude that the protolith of the granitic gneiss is A1-type granites formed in a non-collisional environment. This implies that the A-type granites in the Dahu Au-Mo deposit were dominantly derived from partial melting of the Meso-Neoarchean crystalline basement caused by the early Paleoproterozoic mafic magma underplating in an intracontinental rift setting. In the late Paleoproterozoic, the region may have been affected by post-orogenic extension of the eastern and western NCC blocks.

Key words: granitic gneiss, SIMS zircon U-Pb dating, A-type granite, tectonic setting, Xiaoqinling

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