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Geoscience ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (04): 738-750.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2019.04.05

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Formation and Mineralogy of Porphyritic Biotite Hornblende Diorite in Qicun Pluton, Southern Hebei Province

GAO Xinyu1(), ZHANG Juquan1(), WANG Yiqi1, SUN Tianqi1, ZHAO Gaichao1, WANG Linxuan1, LI Yaqi1, XU Cui2   

  1. 1. School of Resource, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050031, China
    2. Branch of Laboratory, Geological Survey Institute of Hebei, Langfang, Hebei 065000, China
  • Received:2018-12-20 Revised:2019-01-19 Online:2019-08-20 Published:2019-09-05
  • Contact: ZHANG Juquan

Abstract:

The Qicun pluton is a representative Mesozoic high-Mg diorite complex in the southern Taihang Mountains. It is mainly composed of porphyritic biotite hornblende diorite, hornblende diorite, gabbro-diorite and monzonite. In this study, formation and mineralogy of porphyritic biotite hornblende diorite in Qicun is studied in detail to reveal its petrogenesis and geological significance. We found that the hornblende belongs mainly to magnesiohornblende and magnesiohastingsite, and the biotite is magnesiobiotite. The core of the plagioclase is mainly andesine and labradorite, and the rim is mostly oligoclase. Hornblende thermobarometry shows that the hornblende phenocrysts were formed at 930-970 ℃ and 300-340 MPa, corresponding to crustal depth of ca. 10-15 km, with ${f_{O}}_{2}$ of ΔNNO +0.1 to +2.3 and magma water content of 4.8%-5.5%. Hornblende, associated with biotite that represents the final magma solidification, was formed at 684-760 ℃ and 42-61 MPa, with magma water contents decreased to 3.1%-4.3%, and slightly elevated ${f_{O}}_{2}$(ΔNNO +0.7 to +2.4). Additionally, results of biotite thermometry are in good agreement with those of the hornblende thermobarometry, supporting that the estimation of magma-forming conditions are reliable. Consequently, we suggested that the high-Mg magma in Qichun area with high oxygen fugacity was temporarily stored in the middle crust, and underwent hornblende-dominated fractionation. The volatile-rich magma was then rapidly emplaced and formed the high-Mg diorite and the associated iron skarn deposits.

Key words: Qicun pluton, biotite, amphibole, petrogenesis, mineralogy

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