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Geoscience ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (04): 991-1012.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2024.088

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Formation Age and Magmatic Source of the Wulantaolegai Cu-Ni Deposit in Central Inner Mongolia

WANG Jiaxin1(), JIAO Jiangang1,2,3(), MA Yunfei1,4, LI Feng5, GAO Chao1,6   

  1. 1. School of Earth Science and Resources,Chang’an University,Xi’an,Shaanxi 710054, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Western China’s Mineral Resources and Geological Engineering,Ministry of Education,Xi’an,Shaanxi 710054,China
    3. Xi’an Key Laboratory for Mineralization and Efficient Utilization of Critical Metals,Xi’an,Shaanxi 710054,China
    4. Inner Mongolia Branch of China National Geological Exploration Center of Building Materials Industry,Hohhot,Inner Mongolia 010010,China
    5. Inner Mongolia Fourth of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration Development Co.,Ltd.,Ulanqab,Inner Mongolia 012000,China
    6. Inner Mongolia No.2 Geological and Mineral Exploration and Development Co.,Ltd.,Bayannur,Inner Mongolia 015000,China
  • Online:2024-08-10 Published:2024-10-16
  • Contact: JIAO Jiangang

Abstract:

The newly discovered medium-scale Wulantaolegai copper-nickel sulfide deposit marks a significant breakthrough in nickel prospecting in central Inner Mongolia.Central Inner Mongolia hosts several important mafic and ultramafic metallogenic belts.The Wulantaolegai Cu-Ni deposit formed within the Huanghuatan and Xiaonanshan mineralization belt.To understand the formation age and tectonic setting of the deposit and its correlations with the metallogenic zone,we conducted LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating and Hf isotope analysis,whole-rock major and trace element geochemistry,and Sr-Nd isotope analyses of gabbro and lamprophyre in the mining area.The results show that the U-Pb age of the gabbro is 270.8±3.2 Ma,and U-Pb ages of the lamprophyre are approximately 251.5-250.9 Ma.They recorded two stages of magmatic activity during the extension following the collision between the Siberian Craton and the North China Craton.The gabbro shows a sub-alkaline tholeiite series with a SiO2 content of approximately 47.3%-51.5% and a Na2O+K2O content of approximately 1.0%-3.1%.The high (87Sr/86Sr)i value of approximately 0.7199-0.7239 and low εNd(t) value of approximately -12.18 to -9.55 suggest that the source of the magma may be EM Ⅱ-type enriched lithospheric mantle.A low SiO2 content of approximately 47.72%-52.15% and Na2O+K2O content of approximately 4.47%-9.43% indicates that the lamprophyre belongs to the calc-alkaline potassium series.The peralkalic lamprophyre,enriched in LILE and LREE but depleted in HFSE (such as Nb,Ta and Ti),as well as its negative εHf(t) of approximately -20.0--2.9,indicates an enriched lithospheric mantle metasomatized by subduction fluids.These research achievements provide valuable insights for ore prospecting in the regional mafic and ultramafic rock bodies.

Key words: formation age, petrogenesis, copper-nickel sulfide deposit, Wulantaolegai

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