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Geoscience ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (06): 1482-1494.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2023.016

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Geological and Geochemical Characteristics of Ore-forming Granite Porphyry and Its Metallogenic Significance in the Zhalageamu Copper Deposit, Inner Mongolia

SONG Yanbo1(), WANG Jianping1(), SHEN Cunli2, CHE Dong1, YANG Wenhua2, GUO Haijiao2   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources,China University of Geosciences(Beijing),Beijing 100083, China
    2. Nonferrous Geological Bureau of Inner Mongolia,Hohhot,Inner Mongolia 010010, China
  • Received:2022-11-03 Revised:2023-02-20 Online:2023-12-10 Published:2024-01-24

Abstract:

The Zhalageamu copper deposit is located in the northeastern margin of the ancient Xilinhot Block, and is a recently discovered medium-sized hydrothermal copper deposit in the Zn-Pb-Ag metallogenic belt (western slope of the south-central Greater Khingan Range) in Inner Mongolia.Studies on its magmatic and metallogenic mechanism provides the theoretical basis for copper exploration and broadens the exploration direction.The granite porphyry is closely space-time associated with Cu mineralization of the Zhalageamu copper deposit.To clarify the formation age and source characteristics of the granite porphyry from Zhalageamu, and to address the magmatic-metallogenic relationship, the granite porphyry was collected for petrography and geochemical analysis, zircon U-Pb dating and Sr-Nd isotope analysis.The result shows that the granite porphyry from Zhalageamu is characterized by high SiO2 and Al2O3, low MgO, and enrichments in Rb, K, La, and Th and depletions in Ta, Nb, Ti, and P.All of the samples are characterized by the enrichment of LREEs relative to HREEs, and weak negative Eu anomaly.This indicates that the granite porphyry belongs to high-K calc-alkaline I-type granite.The granite porphyry has εNd(t)=2.1 to 3.3 and young Nd model age of 980-740 Ma, indicating that the primary magma of the granite porphyry is derved from the mixture of crust and mantle materials.The magmatic zircon age of the granite porphyry is 254.51± 2.13 Ma, indicating that the granite porphyry and relevant Cu mineralization generated in the Late Permian.A comprehensive analysis supports that the Zhalageamu copper deposit was formed in a Late Permian volcanic arc setting, which may be closely related to the subduction of the Hegenshan oceanic Plate.

Key words: Zhalageamu copper deposit, granite porphyry, petrogeochemistry, zircon U-Pb dating, Sr-Nd isotope

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