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Geoscience ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (03): 627-644.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2022.089

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Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Intermediate-basic Dikes in the Beishan Area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for Tectonic Evolution of the Northern Margin of the Tarim Plate

XUE Zhongkai1(), FAN Baocheng1,2, HUANG Haoqing3,4(), TANG Weidong1, GE Zhanlin1,8, LI Pengwei5, HU Jianhui1,6, YANG Xiaoqi7, GUO Yongchao7, LI Kong1   

  1. 1. Xi’an Center of Mineral Resources Survey, China Geological Survey, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710100, China
    2. Xi’an Center of Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710054, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
    4. Research Center of Applied Geology of China Geological Survey, Chengdu, Sichuan 610036, China
    5. Langfang Comprehensive Survey Center of Natural Resources, China Geological Survey, Langfang, Hebei 065000, China
    6. School of Geophysics, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
    7. Ejina Banner Yuantong Mining Co., Ltd., Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia 735400, China
    8. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences(Beijing),Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2022-06-28 Revised:2023-04-25 Online:2023-06-10 Published:2023-07-20

Abstract:

The formation age and genesis of the altered intermediate bedrock dike in the Laodonggou gold depo-sit (Ejin Banner, northern margin of Tarim terrane) provide a window to study the gold mineralization constraints and the Paleo-Asian Ocean evolution. In this study, a series of gold ore-related diabase dike and altered diorite porphyrite dike samples were collected from the Laodonggou ore section II, on which we conducted LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotope and whole-rock geochemical analyses. The results showed that the emplacement of diabase dikes and diorite porphyrite dikes occurred in the Early Permian (286.5±1.7 Ma) and Middle Triassic (243.2±1.1 Ma), respectively, and such age sequence is consistent with the observed field crosscutting relationship. According to the characteristics of diorite porphyrite dikes interlaced with gold orebo-dies, the gold mineralization is suggested to be slightly after 243 Ma. Zircon εHf(t) value of the diabase dikes ranges from -3.67 to 0.97, and the whole-rock element composition shows that the rocks are peraluminous calc-alkaline. This indicates that the magma source region contains both Neoproterozoic juvenile crustal components and Mesoproterozoic ancient crustal components. Altered diorite porphyrite dike εHf(t)=-0.07 to -4.76, and the whole-rock element composition is the peraluminous K-rich basalt series (K-rich characteristics affected by the potassic alteration in the mining area), indicating that the magma is mainly derived from the Mesoproterozoic crustal melting. Based on the Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic tectonic evolution in the northern margin of the Tarim block, we proposed that the Late Carboniferous-Early Permian paleo-oceanic basin subduction in the Beishan region may have led to partial melting of the mantle wedge, and that the magma may have ascended into shallow faults and cooled to form diabase dikes. In the end Early Permian, the Beishan region entered an intracontinental tectonic stage, and post-orogenic extension occurred in the Middle Triassic. This likely resulted in the decompression and melting of Mesoproterozoic crustal materials, and magma emplacement along crustal faults to form diorite porphyrite dikes.

Key words: U-Pb age, Lu-Hf isotope, lithogeochemistry, zircon, altered diorite porphyrite, diabase, Lao-donggou gold deposit, Ejina

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