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Geoscience ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (06): 1580-1596.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2023.063

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Petrogenesis and Tectonic Implications of Granite Porphyry in the Beidashan Area,Alxa Block: Constraints from Geochemistry, Zircon U-Pb Geochronology and Hf Isotopes

SU Hui1,2(), ZENG Renyu1,2,3,4(), GAN Debin1,2, YAN Jie1,2   

  1. 1. College of Earth Sciences,East China University of Technology,Nanchang,Jiangxi 330013,China
    2. East China University of Technology,State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment,Nanchang,Jiangxi 330013,China
    3. Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Hunan,Changsha 410083, China
    4. Department of Earth Science,Durham University, Durham DH13LE,UK
  • Received:2022-12-13 Revised:2023-06-15 Online:2023-12-10 Published:2024-01-24

Abstract:

The Beidashan Complex is located in the Beidashan area of the Alxa block,and represents an Early Precambrian metamorphic basement.These magmatic-metamorphic events are of great significance for studying the tectonic evolution and tectonic affinity of the Early Precambrian Alxa block.Here,we studied the petrography,geochemistry,zircon geochronology and Hf isotopes of the Cijingzi granite porphyry in the Beidashan area.The geochemical data shows that Cijingzi granite porphyry is characterized by high SiO2(73.85%-75.41%),Al2O3(13.40%-14.19%) and K2O(3.83%-4.80%),and low Na2O(2.10%-3.31%) and $\mathrm{Fe}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{3}{ }^{\mathrm{T}}$(0.93%-1.33%).The rocks have obvious negative Eu anomalies(δEu=0.15-0.29),with obvious enrichment of light rare earth elements(LREE)and depletion in heavy rare earth elements(HREE)in the chondrite-normalized REE patterns.It is also depleted in Nb, Ta,Ti and other high field strength elements(HFSEs)in the primitive mantle-normalized trace element patterns,similar to highly fractional I-type granite.LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of the Cijingzi granite porphyry yielded an emplacement age of 2,035.6±8.4 Ma.The Cijingzi granite porphyry has εHf(t)=0.48-7.04 and Hf model age=2,627-2,222 Ma,indicating that the characteristics of the mixing of crust-derived magmas with mantle-derived ones.Combined with the previous studies,the magmatic event at Ca.2.0 Ga in the Alxa block exhibits the bimodal volcanic assemblage,and the felsic rocks are mostly of A-type,which were formed in an extensional environment.Zircon ages and Hf isotope compositions shows that the Alxa block and the Khondalite belt of the North China Craton have clear affinity in the Paleoproterozoic.

Key words: North China Craton, Alxa block, Beidashan area, Paleoproterozoic, zircon, magmatic event

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