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Geoscience ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (02): 353-374.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2022.062

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Geochemical Characteristics,Tectonic Setting, and Mineralization of Magmatic Rocks in Gudui Area, Southern Tibet

LOU Yuanlin1,2,3(), CHENG Ming1, TANG Yao1, ZHANG Chaoming1, LAN Jingzhou1, YUAN Yongsheng4, YANG Tao5   

  1. 1. Changsha Natural Resources Comprehensive Survey Center, China Geological Survey, Changsha, Hunan 410600, China
    2. Institute of Mineral Resource, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
    3. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
    4. Kunming Natural Resources Comprehensive Survey Center, China Geological Survey, Kunming, Yunnan 650100, China
    5. Changde Vocational Technical College, Changde, Hunan 415000, China
  • Received:2022-03-04 Revised:2022-09-29 Online:2023-04-10 Published:2023-05-23

Abstract:

Many Au-Sb-Pb-Zn polymetallic deposits are developed in Gudui area of southern Tibet, which is located in the North Himalayan metallogenic belt. Magmatism in southern Tibet was likely intense in response to the India-Asia collision, and Mesozoic-Cenozoic magmatic rocks are widely exposed in Gudui area. Based on field investigation, we focused on the Indosinian-Yanshanian and Himalayan tectono-magmatic activities, and described the spatial distribution characteristics and age of local magmatic rocks. We analyzed the characteristics of major, trace, and rare earth elements of typical intrusive and volcanic rocks, and discussed the tectonic setting and petrogenesis of these magmatic rocks. We concluded that the magmatism at Gudui area provided the initial heat source and drove the transport of ore-forming material. Upwelling of the mantle-derived hydrothermal fluids and the intrusion of the intermediate-felsic sub-volcanic rocks may have caused dynamic metasomatism and concentrated various ore-forming elements into the ore fluid, and then migrated and precipitated them along near EW-trending major faults and near NS-trending secondary faults to form the ore deposits. This study provides a new idea for exploring the relationship between the tectono-magmatic evolution and mineralization at Gudui area, which may also be applicable for the whole southern Tibet. Moreover, we provide fundamental geological data to establish new and accurate metallogenic models and ore prospecting patterns for the region.

Key words: magmatic rock, lithogeochemical characteristic, tectonic environment, magmatism and metallogeny, Gudui area, southern Tibet

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