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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (02): 316-328.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.02.10

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Zircon U-Pb Ages, Geochemical Characteristics and Tectonic Implications of Xigongka Granodiorite Around Gonghe Basin, West of Western Qinling Mountains

YANG Hanwen1,2(), SHEN Junfeng2(), WEI Liyong1, ZHANG Zhen1, LIU Mannian1, FENG Boxin1, ZHANG Luoning3   

  1. 1. No.5 Gold Geological Party of PAP, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710100,China
    2. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    3. Hebei Geological Survey Institute, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050081, China
  • Received:2017-11-25 Revised:2018-02-11 Online:2018-04-10 Published:2018-05-07

Abstract:

Xigongka granodiorite is located in Gonghe Basin, west of the Western Qinling mountains Orogenic Belt, and the main composition of rock is gray, fine-grained, block granodiorite. In this paper,we carried out the petrography, zircon U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry of Xigongka granodiorite. Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating yielded a weighted mean age of (227.2±7.3) Ma, which is interpreted as the emplacement age of the Xikongka intrusion.The Xigongka intrusion is weakly peraluminous and high-K calc-alkaline with A/CNK values of 0.99-1.20 and high contents of SiO2(69.86%-70.94%),K2O(3.20%-4.08%),K2O+Na2O(5.61%-7.03%), and belongs to I-type granite. It is characterized by enrichment in LILE(such as K, Rb, Ba, Th, U), and by depletion in HFSE(such as Nb, Ta, Ti, P) with high LREE/HREE ratios of 11.04-13.13 and moderate negative Eu anomalies (δEu=0.72-0.84). The geochemical characteristics of the Xigongka granodiorite suggested that it was partial melting of crustal components. In combination with previous studies, the Xigongka intrusion was formed in the Late Triassic,which is consistent with the ages of other intrusions in the region. Therefore, they were all formed in the same tectonic environment of post-collision. This finding indicated that the west part of Western Qinling Orogen turned into the tectonic environment of post-collision in the Late Triassic and it also provided new constraints on the tectono-magmatic evolution of Gonghe Basin in Western Qinling Orogen.

Key words: zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, tectonic setting, Xigongka granodiorite, Gonghe Basin, western Qinling mountains

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