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Geoscience ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (04): 995-1015.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2024.027

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Petrological Characteristics and Petrogenetic Significance of Mesozoic Xiaodaqingshan Granite in Jining Area, Inner Mongolia

WU Jiangwei1(), HU Hao2, ZHANG Fuchen3, NIU Yi4, ZHOU Zhiguang2,*(), ZHANG Da2   

  1. 1. Minmetals Exploration & Development Co.,Ltd.,Beijing 100010,China
    2. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
    3. China Water Resources Beifang Investigation, Design and Research Co.,Ltd.,Tianjin 300222, China
    4. Tianjin Central Station of Geological Environmental Monitoring, Tianjin 300191, China
  • Online:2025-08-10 Published:2025-08-27
  • Contact: ZHOU Zhiguang

Abstract:

The Mesozoic magmatic rocks in the middle segment of the northern margin of the North China Craton have complex petrological characteristics, and there are divergent understandings on the formation of granites, which restricts the in-depth understanding of petrogenetic dynamics. In this paper, the Mesozoic Xiaodaqingshan granite pluton in Inner Mongolia, located in this tectonic belt, is selected as the research object. Studies on petrography, zircon U-Pb dating, whole-rock element composition, and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope composition are carried out to explain the genesis and source properties of the magmatic rocks, and to further discuss the Mesozoic tectonic dynamic environment in the study area. The results show that the weighted average 206Pb/238U age of zircons from monzogranite is (135.4±1.2) Ma, indicating that the host granites formed in the Early Cretaceous. The rocks are characterized by high silica (73.37%-77.21%), high alkali (5.93%-8.78%), and high aluminum saturation index (1.02-1.32), belonging to the peraluminous high-K calc-alkaline series. They are enriched in large ion lithophile elements (Rb, K) and high field strength elements (Th, U), depleted in Nb, Ba, Sr, Ti, and P; enriched in light rare earth elements and depleted in Eu; with low (87Sr/86Sr)i values (0.7094-0.7391), highly negative εNd(t) values (-15.37 to -16.19), 206Pb/204Pb ratios of 17.158-17.365, 207Pb/204Pb ratios of 15.437-15.442, and 208Pb/204Pb ratios of 37.881-38.082. Comprehensive geochemical characteristics indicate that the Xiaodaqingshan granite is a highly differentiated I-type granite, mainly derived from partial melting of lower crustal materials. Combined with regional geological evidence, it is considered that the Xiaodaqingshan granite in Jining area, Inner Mongolia, formed in the post-orogenic stage, and its formation may be controlled by the combined effects of the closure of the Mongolia-Okhotsk Ocean basin and the subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate.

Key words: zircon U-Pb dating, geochemistry, Jining area, Mongolia-Okhotsk Ocean, Paleo-Pacific Ocean

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