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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (06): 1114-1130.

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Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Ore-related Magmatic Rocks from the Yongxin Gold Deposit, Northwest Xiao Hinggan Mountains and Their Ore-forming Tectonic Implication

LI Chenglu1,2(), XU Wenxi2, YU Yuanbang3, LI Guanghui2, LI Shengrong1, YUAN Maowen1, LI Shisheng1, XU Guozhan2   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Heilongjiang Institute of Geological Survey, Harbin,Heilongjiang 150036, China
    3. Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resource of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin,Heilongjiang 150036, China
  • Received:2017-05-04 Revised:2017-10-22 Online:2017-12-10 Published:2017-12-25

Abstract:

The Yongxin gold deposit is a large-scale fracture-controlled alteration type deposit found in Xiao Hinggan Mountains in recent years. The dioritic porphyry intersected with the orebodies and intruded into the hanging wall volcanic rocks of the Longjiang Formation. The LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating of the andesite and dioritic porphyry yield concordant ages of (113.7±1.8) Ma and (114.8±1.9) Ma, respectively, implying that they formed at the Early Cretaceous. The geochemical data of the andesite and dioritic porphyry show large variations in Na and K contents, intermediate concentrations of Ca and Mg and enrichment in Al and Fe. From the volcanic rocks to the dyke, the petrochemical features indicate a transition from calc-alkaline to alkaline. They display uniform REE distribution patterns with ores, but the ores exhibit relatively lower REE concentration. The trace elements of the samples generally enrich in Zr, Hf, Nd and U, and deplete in Nb, Ta, Th, P and Ti. The samples are plotted into the field of classic island arc rocks in Sr/Y vs. Y and (La/Yb)N vs.(Yb)N discrimination diagrams, and the field of volcanic arc granite in Nb vs. Y and Ta vs. Yb diagrams, and the crust-mantle granite field in the (La/Yb)N vs. δEu diagram. Combined with the S, Pb and Fe isotopes of pyrite, spatial and temporal distribution of regional gold deposits and geochemical features of rocks and ores, we suggest that the formation of the Yongxin gold deposit are genetically related to the volcanic-magmatism associated with upwelling of mantle materials trigged by the rollback of subducted paleo-Pacific plate in the Early Cretaceous.

Key words: andesite, diorite porphyry, zircon U-Pb age, geochemical characteristic, tectonic implication, Yongxin gold deposit, Xiao Hinggan Mountains

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