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Geoscience ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (04): 1016-1038.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2024.119

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Petrogenesis of the Concealed Monzogranite in the Bainiuchang Ag-polymetallic Deposit, Southeastern Yunnan, and Its Implications for Ag-polymetallic Mineralization: Constraints from U-Pb Geochronology, Geochemistry, and Hf Isotopes

MI Xue1(), LIU Xuelong1,*(), ZHANG Shitao1, CHEN Shufu2, MENG Guangzhi2, ZHANG Hong3, CHENG Jialong4, ZHOU Jiehu1, LU Bode1, DAO Junshan2, SHI Nan1, FAN Maohuang2   

  1. 1. School of Land Resources Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650093, China
    2. No.306 Geological Team, Yunnan Nonferrous Metals Geological Bureau, Kunming, Yunnan 650217, China
    3. Mengzi Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd., Honghe, Yunnan 661100, China
    4. Yunnan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration, Kunming, Yunnan 650051, China
  • Online:2025-08-10 Published:2025-08-27
  • Contact: LIU Xuelong

Abstract:

The Bainiuchang silver polymetallic deposit, one of the super-large deposits in southeastern Yunnan, is located in the northwestern part of Bozhu Mountain, southeastern Yunnan. Based on systematic fieldwork, this study conducted LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating, whole-rock geochemical analysis, and zircon Lu-Hf isotope analysis on the concealed monzogranite in Bainiuchang to determine the formation age, genesis, magma source, and alteration effects of the deep concealed granite. Combined with the tectonic setting, the relationship between the concealed granite and mineralization was analyzed. The results show that the zircon U-Pb ages of four monzogranite samples from Bainiuchang are (87.7±0.5) Ma, (87.34±0.4) Ma, (88.5±0.5) Ma, and (87.1±0.5) Ma, respectively, all belonging to the late Yanshanian period. The Bainiuchang monzogranite is characterized by high silicon (SiO2=66.27%-73.77%) and high alkali (Na2O+K2O=6.17%-8.48%) contents, with high total rare earth elements (ΣREE=172.49×10-6-333.22×10-6, average 271.30×10-6), obvious fractionation of light and heavy rare earth elements (LREE/HREE=12.74-20.47, average 16.76), and weak negative Eu anomalies (0.44-0.78). It is relatively enriched in large ion lithophile elements (Rb, K) and high field strength elements (Th, U, Ce, Zr, Hf, Ta), belonging to peraluminous high-K calc-alkaline S-type granite. The zircon εHf(t) values of the Bainiuchang monzogranite range from -21.5 to -4.3, with corresponding two-stage Hf model ages of 1259-1614 Ma, indicating that the magma was derived from the melting of Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic ancient crustal materials. Comprehensive analysis suggests that the formation of the Bainiuchang F3 fault provided migration channels and space for deep magmatic activity in the study area. The upwelling of granitic magma transported ore-forming elements such as Sn, Cu, and Zn, and consolidated to form the deep concealed granite. The formation of the deep concealed monzogranite in Bainiuchang is closely related to the tectonic transition from syn-collision to post-collision orogeny in the late Yanshanian period.

Key words: zircon U-Pb dating, LA-ICP-MS, monzogranite, deep concealed granite body, Bainiuchang

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