Carboniferous porphyry Cu (-Au) mineralization of the West Junggar region,NW China: the Shiwu example |
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Authors: | ChangHao Li HongDi Pan Wei Huang Chong Cao |
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Institution: | 1. Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;2. School of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;3. College of Earth Sciences, Chang’an University, Xi’an, China;4. No.1 Regional Geological Survey Party, Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, Urumqi, China |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe West Junggar region, located in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), is characterized by extensive Carboniferous magmatism and porphyry Cu (-Au) deposits. The Shiwu porphyry Cu-Au deposit, located in the east of the Barluk Mountains, the West Junggar region, is not only a newly discovered deposit but also a representative porphyry Cu-Au deposit in this area. The volcanic rocks (including andesite and tuff) and intrusive rocks (including diorite, quartz diorite, quartz diorite porphyry, and tonalite porphyry) occurred in the Shiwu area and the mineralization associated with the quartz diorite porphyry. The secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) zircon U–Pb ages of quartz diorite porphyry and tonalite porphyry are 310.4 ± 2.3 Ma and 310.1 ± 2.4 Ma, respectively, indicating that the Shiwu deposit is related to the Late Carboniferous magmatism. Intrusive rocks, which were characterized by the enrichment of large ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and pronounced negative high field strength elements (HFSEs), belong to the calc-alkaline or tholeiitic series. Their (87Sr/86Sr)i, (143Nd/144Nd)I, and εNd(t) values range from 0.703569 to 0.704311, 0.512488 to 0.512512, and 4.9 to 5.3, respectively. Volcanic rocks, which belong to the calc-alkaline series, have similar geochemical features as the intrusive rocks, and their (87Sr/86Sr)i, (143Nd/144Nd)i, and εNd(t) values, respectively, are 0.703704–0.704071, 0.512520–0.512542, and 5.49–5.92. These characters indicate that the igneous rocks in the Shiwu area derived dominantly from the mantle and formed in an island arc setting. These characters also further confirmed that the Barluk Mountains is still in an island arc setting in the Late Carboniferous and the accretionary orogenesis can exist until 310 Ma at least. |
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Keywords: | SIMS zircon U–Pb geochemistry Sr–Nd isotopes Shiwu West Junggar Xinjiang |
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