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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (04): 651-661.

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Zircon U-Pb Age and Geochemistry of Gabbro from Jiamate Au-Cu Ore District in Northern Junggar, China and Their Geological Significance

LI Yuanyou1(), LIU Guoren2,3(), YU Xiubin4, LI Yan5, QI Shijun3, LI Qiang6, JIN Jianbin3   

  1. 1. The No.4 Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration of Shandong Province, Weifang, Shandong 261021, China
    2. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China
    3. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Institute of Geology for Mineral Resources, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830001, China
    4. The First Geological Institute of China Metallurgical Geology Bureau, Sanhe, Hebei 065201, China
    5. Institute of Prospecting Technology Research of Hebei Bureau of Geology, Sanhe, Hebei 065201, China
    6. Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment of Ministry of Land and Resources, Institute of Mineral Resources,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
  • Received:2016-05-22 Revised:2016-12-28 Online:2017-08-10 Published:2017-09-15

Abstract:

Jiamate Cu-Au deposit is located in the northern margin of Junggar. The orebodies are hosted in the contact zone of gabbro and basalt of the Beitashan Formation, as well as within the quartz diorite and contact zone. Orebodies occur as vein and lenticular shape, and mineralization are related to quartz diorite and gabbro. The main wall rock alterations include epidotization, biotitization, chloritization, carbonatization, and magnetite mineralization. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of gabbro yields the age of 380 Ma, which constrains the age of Cu-Au mineralization later than 380 Ma. The gabbro samples show negative anomalies of Th, Nb, Ta, Ti, Nd and Zr, as well as positive anomalies of Rb, K, Pb and P. Combined with the enrichment of LREE and slightly negative to zero Eu anomalies, we propose the gabbro is related to subduction process and was formed in an island arc setting. The primitive magma originated from a mixture of mantle wedge that was modified by the subduction material and the asthenosphere. The magma was evolved and had experienced weak crustal contaminations.

Key words: gabbro, geochemistry, zircon U-Pb age, Jiamate ore district, Northern Junggar,Xinjiang

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