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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (03): 504-513.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.015

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In-situ Monazite U-Pb Geochronology of Highly Fractionated Granites in Shamai Tungsten Deposit, Inner Mongolia and Its Mineralization Significance

MI Kuifeng1,2(), YANG Yan1, YAN Tingjie1,2, LÜ Zhicheng1,2, LIU Zhenjiang3   

  1. 1. Development and Research Center, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100037, China
    2. Technical Guidance Center for Mineral Resources Exploration, Ministry of Natural Resources of People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100083, China
    3. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2019-01-02 Revised:2019-12-20 Online:2020-07-04 Published:2020-07-05

Abstract:

The Xing’an-Mongolia Orogenic Belt (XMOB) is an important metallogenic belt in northern China, hosting a series of tungsten polymetallic deposits. The Shamai tungsten deposit, located in the eastern part of the Erenhot-Dongwuqi metallogenic belt in the XMOB, is a typical quartz-vein hosted tungsten deposit. In this paper, in-situ LA-ICP-MS monazite U-Pb dating was used to determine the ages of the ore-bearing granites at Shamai, and the metallogenic epoch and geodynamic background of the regional tungsten mineralization were discussed. The monazite from the medium-grained biotite monzogranite and porphyritic biotite monzogranite, yield concordant ages of (141.6±1.1) Ma and (141.4±0.3) Ma, respectively, reflecting their crystallization ages. Tungsten mineralization in the Erenhot-Dongwuqi metallogenic belt occurred in two stages at ca. 300 Ma and ca. 140-130 Ma. The former stage was likely related to the subduction of the Paleo-Asian ocean, while the latter stage was likely co-influenced by the (post)-subduction tectonics of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean and the Paleo-Pacific Ocean.

Key words: Shamai Tungsten deposit, highly fractionated granite, in-situ monazite U-Pb age, Erenhot-Dongwuqi metallogenic belt

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