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Geoscience ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (02): 271-283.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2019.02.03

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Characteristics and Geological Significance of Alkaline Melano-minerals in Maojiatun Granite, Heilongjiang Province

QIN Jinhua1,2(), LIU Cui1(), DENG Jinfu1, DUAN Peixin1, GUO Na3   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
    3. Xi’an Mineral Resources Survey Center(No.5 Gold Geological Party of PAP),China Geological Survey,Xi’an,Shaanxi 710100,China
  • Received:2018-03-21 Revised:2018-11-20 Online:2019-05-08 Published:2019-05-08
  • Contact: LIU Cui

Abstract:

Existence of alkaline melano-minerals is of great indicative significance for magmatic evolution processes. The Maojiatun alkaline granite body is located at the southern part of the Little Xing’an range-Zhangguangcai range, which represents the eastern part of the Xingmeng orogenic belt. The intrusion is characterized by the presence of alkaline melano-minerals with high contents of alkali and iron. In this study, we analyzed the mineralogical and EPMA chemical characteristics of the alkaline melano-minerals in the Maojiatun granite. Our study shows that the amphibole is iron magnesium-alumina natrium amphibole, and is featured by being Si, Na and Fe rich, and Ca, Mg and Al poor. The pyroxene is aegirine-augite, which is characterized by having high Si, Na and Fe, and low Ti, Mg, Al and Mn. We have determined that the host rock is alkaline magmatite, and the genetic type is aluminum-type A granite. Maojiatun alkaline granite has low M value, which indicates that it may have come from the remelting of juvenile crust. During crystallization, the magma system may have been under a closed and reducing condition, and there is a distinct zonation of acid and basic rocks from the center to margin of the intrusion. We concluded that the Maojiatun alkaline granite was formed in a late orogenic transition setting.

Key words: Maojiatun in Heilongjiang Province, alkaline dark mineral, genesis, post-orogenic extension, alkaline granite

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