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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (03): 474-485.

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Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of the Zhuopan Alkaline Complex in Yunnan Province and Their Geological Significance

LI Tengjian1(), ZHANG Jing1(), TONG Zida1, PAN Zewei2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources,China University of Geosciences,Beijing 100083,China
    2. Yunnan Geological Survey, Kunming,Yunnan 650051, China
  • Received:2016-10-11 Revised:2016-12-29 Online:2017-06-10 Published:2017-06-27

Abstract:

The Zhuopan alkaline complex is located in the western Lanping basin and is an important part of the Jinshajiang-Ailaoshan alkali-rich intrusion belt. The Zhuopan alkaline complex is mainly composed of gabbro, pyroxenolite and syenite,and their K2O contents of the whole rock vary from 1.98% to 8.97%; the Na2O contents are from 0.52% to 6.62%, the Na2O+K2O contents are from 1.98% to 8.97% and the K2O/Na2O ratios change between 0.35 and 11.15, indicating that they belong to the high K, alkali-rich shoshonite series.Electron microprobe analysis(EMPA)indicates that the pyroxene is dominated by the diopside; the feldspar is mainly albite (An<5) and orthoclase feldspar; and biotite is Mg-biotite in the complex rock.Pyroxene thermometer calculation shows that the crystallization temperature was from 1,070 to 1,490 ℃.According to the geochemical characteristics of the different rocks and minerals,we deduce that the Zhuopan alkaline complex was sourced from a magmatic system with high oxygen fugacity and iron content and formed in a transition tectonic setting changing from post collisional compression to extensional environment.

Key words: Zhuopan alkaline complex, EMPA, pyroxene, biotite, feldspar, Yunnan Province

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