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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (01): 266-281.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.066

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Discovery of Late Triassic Adakitic Rocks at Nianzishan in the Central Great Xing’an Range and Its Geological Significance

FU Anzong1(), YANG Wenpeng1, LIU Yuan1, ZHAO Handong1, WANG Guipeng1, SHI Guoming1, LI jinming1, DENG Changzhou2   

  1. 1. Heilongjiang Institute of Natural Resources Survey, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150036, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou 550081, China
  • Received:2020-09-29 Revised:2021-04-22 Online:2022-02-10 Published:2022-03-08

Abstract:

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Early Mesozoic Nianzishan granites were studied to constrain the tectonic evolution in the Central Great Xing’an Range. The studied syenogranite and quartz monzonite samples show LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb ages of 225.6-228.9 Ma, indicating that they were both emplaced in the Late Triassic. Both rock types have similar adakitic geochemical, including high Al2O3 and Sr contents and Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios, low Y and Yb contents, HREE depletions and slightly negative Eu anomalies. However, the syenogranite has higher MgO, LREE, Cr, V, and Sr contents, and higher Sr/Y and K/Rb ratios than the quartz monzonite. Such differences are likely caused by their different petrogenesis: partial melting of thickened lower crust for the syenogranite and partial melting of a delaminated lower crust for the quartz monzonite. Combined with previous studies, we conclude that the Late Triassic Adakitic rocks at Nianzishan were formed in a compressional orogenic setting related to the collision of the Xing’an and Songnen blocks, which was overprinted by the south-dipping subduction of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean. The discovery of adakitic rocks by melting of delaminated lower crust indicates the potential for exploration of porphyry Cu-Mo deposits in the Nianzishan and adjacent area.

Key words: Adakite, zircon U-Pb age, geochemistry, Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean, Nianzishan area

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