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Geoscience ›› 2013, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1): 67-78.

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SHRIMP Geochronology and Hf Isotope of Zircons from Granitoids of the Weilasituo Deposit in Inner Mongolia

WANG Xin-yu1, HOU Qing-ye1, WANG Jin2, CHEN Yue-long1, LIU Jin-bao3, WANG Zhong3,LI Da-peng1   

  1. 1School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China;
    2Liaoning Geological Survey for Chemical Industry, Jinzhou, Liaoning121000,China;
    3Geological Survey of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia010020, China
  • Received:2012-02-28 Revised:2012-07-23 Online:2013-01-16 Published:2013-01-17

Abstract:

Weilasituo copper polymetallic deposit is located in the intersection of central Asia orogenic belt and Da Xinganling orogenic belt. The zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating shows that granitoids ages are (298.0±2.5) Ma,(308.3±4.2) Ma,(313.9±3.4) Ma and (320.5±4.1) Ma,indicating that they formed in Late Carboniferous. Rock geochemistry characteristics shows that the granitoids are the product of magmatic arc activities. Except for the zircons of granodiorites samples with εHf(t) values from -4.1 to+4.08, the zircon εHf(t) values of the other samples are positive, ranging from +0.4 to +9.9. The peak of zircon Hf model age is consistent with the time of Paleo-Asian Ocean development, suggesting that the main source material of granitoids in mining area is the subducted oceanic curst of the Paleo-Asian Ocean and some Precambrian crust. Systematic study on granitoids in mining area may provide the basic information for exploring the evolution of Xinganling-Mongolian orogenic belt in the Late Paleozoic and new evidence for the genesis of copper polymetallic deposit.

Key words: Weilasituo deposit, zircon, U-Pb age, Hf isotope, Inner Mongolia

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