南昆仑结合带盲矿西沟早白垩世高分异花岗岩的发现及其地质意义

In order to explore the petrogenesis and tectonic settings of the Early Cretaceous magmatic rocks in the South Kunlun Suture Zone, we systematically analyzed the petrography, geochronology, and whole-rock geochemistry of the granites in the Mangkuangxigou area. The Mangkuangxigou granites are featured by presence of tourmaline and mica in the rocks and formed at 113.4 to 117.5 Ma based on the zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating results. These granites have high contents of SiO2 (72.03% to 75.10%) and alkali (Na2O+K2O=7.62% to 7.86%), but low contents of MgO (0.13% to 0.56%) and TiO2 (0.08% to 0.30%), and belong to strongly peraluminous (A/CNK=1.20 to 1.24) and high-K calc-alkaline to calc-alkaline series. Meanwhile, these rocks are rich in Rb, Th and U, but depleted in Ba, Sr and Ti. They have low REE concentrations and show relatively enriched LREE and significant negative Eu anomalies (δEu=0.18 to 0.31). The SiO2 contents of the granites are negatively correlated with that of TiO2, Fe2O3T MgO, Al2O3, Th, and Rb, defining their affinities to highly fractionated S-type granites. Generation of the Mangkuangxigou granites was related to the partial melting of crustal rocks caused by underplating of mantle-derived magmas in an extensional setting. Such magmatism in the northern Tibetan Plateau was a far-reaching response caused by the closure of the Neo-Tethys Bangonghu-Nujiang Ocean, which may associate with a great W-Sn mineralization potential. © 2023 Science Press. All rights reserved.