| Abstract: | There are four deposit types related to a Permian mafic complex in northern Xinjiang, i.e.,copper-nickel sulfide deposit, vanadic titanomagnetite deposit, magnetite (-cobalt) deposit and Cu-Ni-VTiFe composite deposit. The deposits are distributed spanning tectonic units with dose andconsecutive metallogenic ages. A transitional deposit type can occur among the end-member deposits.Trace elements of host rocks show that they can derive from similar source area. Hence, theyconstitute a particular metallogenic series related to a mafic-ultramafic complex that is also a symbolseries of the post-collisional stage of the Central Asia Metallogenic Province (CAMP). Themetallogenic ages of the series are between 260 Ma and 300 Ma throughout the Permian. Unlikemineralization from a mantle plume, the metallogenic period of this series spans at least 40 Ma.Compared with related deposits of the Emeishan mantle plume, the North Xinjiang series has asimilar ore-forming element assemblage but has preferably developed Cu-Ni sulfide deposits ratherthan vanadic titanomagnetite deposits. In concomitance with this series, North Xinjiang area hasdeveloped a set of syntectonic Au-Cu-Mo metailogenic series related to a felsic volcanic-intrusivecomplex, which might indicate that there is no direct relationship with mantle plume activity. Fromearly to late, i.e., the sequence of copper-nickel sulfide to magnetite (-cobalt) to vanadictitanomagnetite deposit, the host rock series evolves from mafic-ultramafic and tholeiite series tomafic and alkalic series, the ∑REE content tends to increase with increasing of REE fractionation, andsome of the trace elements (particularly LIL) also show an increasing tendency. The aboveevolutionary regularity possibly reflects a course where the magma source deepens and thermalinterface moves down, energy gradually exhausts, and neo-continentai crust forming in the post-collision stage tends to stabilize. |
