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Geoscience ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (04): 959-976.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2024.0959

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Petrogenesis and Geological Significance of the Caledonian Heavy Rare Earth Ore Parent Rock in Southern Jiangxi Province

ZHANG Defu1,2(), WANG Xianguang1,3(), HE Tao4, CAO Mingxuan5, LÜ Tingting6, GONG Liangxin4, XU Jin4   

  1. 1. School of Earth Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Ionic Rare Earth Resources and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Jiangxi College of Applied Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China
    3. Jiangxi Mineral Resources Guarantee Service Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
    4. Jiangxi Nonferrous Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development Institute, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
    5. Hefei University of Technology, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei, Anhui 230000, China
    6. Ganzhou General Inspection and Testing Institute, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China
  • Online:2024-08-10 Published:2024-10-16
  • Contact: WANG Xianguang

Abstract:

Many studies have been conducted to investigate the Yanshanian heavy rare earth ore-bearing parent rocks, however only a few reports concern the Caledonian ore-bearing parent rocks.In this study, we analyzed the geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology, Lu-Hf and Sr-Nd isotopes of the biotite monzonitic granites in the Caledonian Sunwu pluton in Southern Jiangxi Province.The rock samples show a SiO2 content of 69.7%-73.0%, a K2O/Na2O ratio of 1.38-2.20, and an A/CNK ratio of 1.20-1.67, belonging to the high-silicon and high-potassium-calcium alkaline-potassium basaltic S-type granite.The rock samples are relatively enriched in light rare earths ((La/Yb)N=6.78-10.38) and show moderate negative europium anomalies (δEu=0.43-0.63).The weighted average ages of zircon 206Pb/238U in the two granites are (451±3.8) Ma and (461±5.6) Ma, respectively, belonging to the Middle Ordovician Epoch.The crustal model age ( T D M C) for Hf isotope of zircon is 1918-1496 Ma, and for the whole rock is 1.79-1.76 Ga.The magma source area is mainly composed of Mesoproterozoic lower crust granulite facies source rocks, and the rock mass is intraplate granite formed during the Early Caledonian intracontinental orogeny in South China.The weathering of rare earth element-bearing minerals in the Sunwu pluton can form ion-adsorption heavy rare earth deposits.The Caledonian granite should be given sufficient attention in future exploration work for heavy rare earth elements.The research results provide a reference for the exploration of ion-adsorbed rare earth deposits in the weathering crust of Caledonian granite.

Key words: monzonitic granite, U-Pb dating, Lu-Hf isotope, Sr-Nd isotope, Sunwu pluton, ion-adsorbed rare earth ore

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