内蒙古曹四夭钼矿区花岗斑岩地球化学特征及地质意义

曹四夭钼矿床位于华北克拉通北缘凉城断隆东侧,其矿化与多期次侵位的花岗质杂岩体具有密切的时间和空间联系。杂岩体的岩石类型包括:少斑状花岗斑岩、多斑状花岗斑岩、中细粒花岗岩、二长花岗斑岩和正长花岗斑岩等;前人的锆石U-Pb法测年数据表明,矿区岩浆活动可以分为155 Ma、149~140 Ma、134~131 Ma三个期次。本次研究获得矿区少斑状花岗斑岩的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb法测年加权平均年龄为167Ma±1.2Ma,反映矿区可能还存在较早期的岩浆活动(中-晚侏罗世),其可与155 Ma岩浆岩划分为矿区早期的岩浆活动。花岗斑岩体具有高酸度、高钾和高铝质含量特征,总体属于酸性富钾钙碱性系列;花岗斑岩体含铝指数(A/CNK)介于1.20~2.49之间,Tb、Nd、Ga和LREE(Eu除外)富集,Eu、Ti、Sr、P亏损,属于高度分异的A型花岗岩系列。曹四夭花岗斑岩体形成于中-晚侏罗世构造机制转化时期,可能与蒙古-鄂霍次克洋闭合后的后造山伸展有关,为晚侏罗世钼多金属矿化的母岩。     

湖南黄沙坪多金属矿床成矿斑岩锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素制约

湖南黄沙坪铅锌钨钼多金属矿床位于南岭花岗岩带中段的北缘,是区内的典型矿床之一.该矿床与成矿关系密切的岩体为花岗斑岩、花斑岩和石英斑岩.LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学显示,花岗斑岩的成岩年龄为(150.1±0.4) Ma,花斑岩的年龄为(150.2±0.4) Ma,石英斑岩的年龄为(155.3±0.7) Ma,表明岩体形成于晚侏罗世.锆石原位Hf同位素数据分析结果表明,含矿斑岩可能来源于中元古代古老基底的重熔,其中石英斑岩主要来源于地壳,花岗斑岩与花斑岩的形成伴有少量地幔物质的加入,是壳幔相互作用的产物.另外,由于花岗斑岩与花斑岩成岩年龄相近,Hf同位素组成相似,进一步印证了花斑岩和花岗斑岩是同源同期岩浆的产物.结合该矿床所处的区域大地构造背景以及成矿年龄,认为该矿床形成的动力学机制主要为中-晚侏罗世活动的Farallon-Izanagi洋岭和转换断层俯冲,导致华南内陆岩石圈全面伸展-减薄-地幔物质上涌,从而使得地壳物质部分熔融.     

内蒙古呼伦贝尔市哈达图牧场钼多金属矿地质特征及成因探讨

本文介绍了哈达图牧场钼多金属矿最新工作进展,通过成矿条件分析,北东向构造为主要的控矿构造,晚侏罗世花岗斑岩为主要的含矿岩石,通过分析研究认为成矿物质来源于花岗斑岩。     

内蒙古突泉—科尔沁右翼中旗地区中生代花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

内蒙古突泉—科尔沁右翼中旗地区位于大兴安岭中南段,中生代岩浆活动较为频繁,岩浆作用形成的岩石类型主要包括花岗闪长岩、正长花岗岩、二长花岗岩和花岗斑岩等。鉴于目前研究区地质资料缺乏对整个突泉—科右中旗地区中生代花岗岩较为完善的研究和论述,笔者旨在对全区范围内的中生代花岗岩进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄测定,同时在总结前人资料的基础上划分该地区不同的中生代岩浆作用期次,进而讨论本区不同花岗岩所代表的地质意义。花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄测试结果表明,孟恩陶勒盖花岗闪长岩的形成时代为（241.2±2.8） Ma,杜尔基镇南部正长花岗岩的形成时代为（148.2±1.0） Ma,宝格吐岩体的花岗闪长岩的形成时代为（226.0±1.1） Ma,马家屯花岗斑岩的形成时代为（124.6±1.1） Ma,这与广泛分布于本区中生代火山岩的形成时代较为一致。结合前人研究成果以及邻区的地质资料,认为本区岩浆活动可以划分为中—晚三叠世、晚侏罗世和早白垩世;中—晚三叠世花岗岩可能属于古亚洲洋闭合造山后岩石圈伸展作用的产物,而晚侏罗世花岗岩的形成可能与中侏罗世蒙古—鄂霍茨克洋闭合后岩石圈伸展作用有关,早白垩世花岗岩可能反映了板内拉张的构造背景。     

江西铜坑嶂钼矿和红山铜矿含矿斑岩锆石U-Pb定年及其地质意义

江西铜坑嶂钼矿和红山铜矿是在武夷山成矿带中最近发现的两个斑岩型矿床。本文利用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年方法对铜坑嶂花岗斑岩和红山含矿花岗斑岩分别进行了年代学研究,获得铜坑嶂岩体中花岗斑岩的锆石年龄为138±1Ma,代表斑岩体侵位的年龄;红山矿区含矿斑岩的锆石年龄,分作两期,分别为99Ma和49Ma,两期不同的年龄可能代表了两期热事件。研究表明,铜坑嶂钼矿的成岩成矿时代均发生在白垩纪,其岩浆作用与成矿作用基本吻合。综合前人资料,认为铜坑嶂钼矿区的斑岩和红山铜矿区的斑岩可能分别形成于大陆弧后伸展带和岩石圈伸展环境。     

鄂东南鸡笼山矽卡岩型金矿床花岗闪长斑岩的成因:地球化学和锆石U-Pb年代学约束

矽卡岩型金矿床是近二十年国际上新的一类矽卡岩型矿床,鸡笼山是鄂东南地区大型矽卡岩型金床之一,成矿与花岗闪长斑岩岩体密切相关,前人对该矿床及外围花岗闪长斑岩成因的研究相对较少。文章对鸡山和白果树2个岩体进行岩石学、地球化学和年代学研究,探讨其成因和形成时代。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年果表明鸡笼山和白果树岩体的分别形成于(151.6±0.7)Ma和(142.4±0.7)Ma,即晚侏罗世—早白垩世,与鄂东地区花岗闪长斑岩的成岩年龄在误差范围内基本一致。鸡笼山和白果树花岗闪长斑岩岩体具有中等富集硅、铝、碱的特征,类似于丰山洞铜钼矿床的含矿岩体。它们具有富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、Sr,亏损高场强元素Y、N Ti,并富集轻稀土元素及无负Eu异常的特征。研究表明,鸡笼山含矿岩体为准铝质高钾钙碱性I型花岗闪长斑岩可能是富集岩石圈地幔,经历了不同程度的部分熔融,同化混染了不同比例下地壳的产物。结合区域地质和年代的资料,显示鸡笼山花岗闪长斑岩岩体的形成是在晚侏罗世—早白垩世鄂东南地区岩石圈伸展的地球动力学背下岩浆活动-成岩事件的一部分。     

鄂东南鸡笼山矽卡岩型金矿床花岗闪长斑岩的成因：地球化学和锆石U-Pb年代学约束

矽卡岩型金矿床是近二十年国际上新的一类矽卡岩型矿床,鸡笼山是鄂东南地区大型矽卡岩型金矿床之一,成矿与花岗闪长斑岩岩体密切相关,前人对该矿床及外围花岗闪长斑岩成因的研究相对较少。文章对鸡笼山和白果树2个岩体进行岩石学、地球化学和年代学研究,探讨其成因和形成时代。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果表明鸡笼山和白果树岩体的分别形成于（151.6±0.7） Ma和（142.4±0.7） Ma,即晚侏罗世—早白垩世,与鄂东南地区花岗闪长斑岩的成岩年龄在误差范围内基本一致。鸡笼山和白果树花岗闪长斑岩岩体具有中等富集硅、铝、全碱的特征,类似于丰山洞铜钼矿床的含矿岩体。它们具有富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、Sr,亏损高场强元素Y、Nb、Ti,并富集轻稀土元素及无负Eu异常的特征。研究表明,鸡笼山含矿岩体为准铝质高钾钙碱性I型花岗闪长斑岩,可能是富集岩石圈地幔,经历了不同程度的部分熔融,同化混染了不同比例下地壳的产物。结合区域地质和年代学的资料,显示鸡笼山花岗闪长斑岩岩体的形成是在晚侏罗世—早白垩世鄂东南地区岩石圈伸展的地球动力学背景下岩浆活动-成岩事件的一部分。     

大兴安岭北部岔路口斑岩钼矿床岩浆岩锆石U Pb年龄及其地质意义

黑龙江省岔路口超大型斑岩钼矿床位于大兴安岭北部,是目前我国东北地区最大的钼矿床,矿体赋存于中酸性杂岩体及侏罗系火山-沉积岩内,其中花岗斑岩、石英斑岩、细粒花岗岩与钼矿化关系密切.本文采用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年方法,获得了矿区内二长花岗岩、花岗斑岩、石英斑岩、细粒花岗岩、流纹斑岩、闪长玢岩及安山斑岩的结晶年龄分别为162±1.6 Ma、149±4.6 Ma、148±1.6 Ma、148±1.2 Ma、137±3.3 Ma、133±1.7Ma和132±1.6 Ma.岔路口矿区内至少存在3期岩浆活动,其顺序为侏罗纪火山-沉积岩、二长花岗岩→晚侏罗世花岗斑岩、石英斑岩、细粒花岗岩→早白垩世流纹斑岩、闪长玢岩、安山斑岩.岔路口矿床成矿时代为晚侏罗世,是东北亚大陆内部构造-岩浆活化的产物,形成于古太平洋板块俯冲作用引起的挤压向伸展构造体制转折背景,与我国东部大规模钼矿化爆发期相对应.     

冈底斯中段尼木斑岩铜矿田的K-Ar、^40 Ar/^39 Ar年龄：对岩浆-热液系统演化和成矿构造背景的制约

青藏高原冈底斯斑岩成矿带不同于经典的产于岛弧和大陆边缘的斑岩铜矿,而形成于后碰撞挤压向伸展转变期,显示了极好的成矿前景.本文对冈底斯中段尼木矿田白容、厅宫和冲江斑岩铜矿区斑岩体进行了系统研究,确定出斑岩体演化和侵入序列为：似斑状二长花岗岩→成矿二长花岗斑岩→石英闪长玢岩→花岗闪长斑岩.K-Ar和^40 Ar/^39 Ar年代学研究获得白容矿区似斑状二长花岗岩中角闪石的K-Ar年龄为16.9±2.4Ma;石英闪长玢岩中黑云母的K-Ar年龄为12.3±0.2Ma、^40 Ar/^39 Ar坪年龄为12.5±0.2Ma;花岗闪长斑岩中黑云母的K-Ar年龄为11.5±0.2Ma、^40 Ar/^39 Ar坪年龄为12.4±0.2Ma;厅宫矿区石英闪长玢岩中黑云母的K-Ar年龄为13.8±0.2Ma、^40 Ar/^39 Ar坪年龄为14.9±0.2Ma;花岗闪长斑岩中黑云母的K-Ar年龄为13.5±0.3Ma、^40 Ar/^39 Ar坪年龄为14.2±0.2Ma,这些年龄表明：石英闪长玢岩晚于似斑状二长花岗岩,略早于花岗闪长斑岩.成矿与二长花岗斑岩有关,其侵位时间晚于似斑状二长花岗岩,早于石英闪长玢岩和花岗闪长斑岩.尼木癍岩铜矿田这种复式杂岩体较充分的分异演化有利于含矿热液的集中与逐渐富集成矿.白容斑岩铜矿蚀变矿化二长花岗斑岩的蚀变绢云母的K-Ar年龄为11.8±0.2Ma,^40 Ar/^39 Ar坪年龄为12.0±0.1Ma,代表了中低温蚀变和矿化末期的年龄.白容矿区绢云母化带的蚀变年龄与石英闪长玢岩和花岗闪长斑岩的黑云母^40 Ar/^39 Ar年龄基本一致,与厅宫矿区辉钼矿Re-Os年龄及石英闪长玢岩和花岗闪长斑岩的黑云母^40 Ar/^39 Ar年龄同样基本一致,暗示两个矿区石英闪长玢岩和花岗闪长斑岩的岩浆结晶冷却与成矿二长花岗斑岩后期热液成矿时间上有重叠.结合前人年龄数据大致确定出白容矿区岩浆-热液活动时限为0.5～5Ma,厅宫为4Ma,冲江为4.5Ma.尼木矿田成矿斑岩^40 Ar/^39 Ar年龄晚于冈底斯碰撞后第一次快速隆升时间≈21Ma,15Ma冈底斯中段NS向正断层开始活动,表明含矿斑岩体可能侵位于地壳加厚、冈底斯山大规模隆升到一定程度后出现弱伸展环境的构造背景下,即斑岩铜矿形成于从南北向挤压隆升到东西向伸展初始发育的过渡构造背景.     

安徽九华山柯村花岗斑岩锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学特征及地质意义

柯村花岗斑岩位于九华山国家地质公园西部,九华山岩体西侧.LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究表明:该花岗斑岩的侵入时间为125.8±0.9Ma,与九华山岩体的侵入时间相近,属于早白垩世岩浆活动的产物;九华山柯村花岗斑岩富硅、富碱、富集不相容元素,亏损Sr、Ba、Ti等元素,具有较高的10 000×Ga/Al值和锆石饱和温度,地球化学特征与A型花岗岩相似,形成于伸展构造环境,表明在125Ma左右,皖南地区已经由早期相对挤压的构造环境转变为伸展构造环境.     

满洲里-额尔古纳地区中生代花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年代学与岩石组合：对区域构造演化的制约

本文对满洲里地区灵泉盆地、包格德乌拉盆地及额尔古纳地区上护林盆地和恩和盆地及周边的原确定为古生代和中
生代的花岗质岩石进行了岩石学和锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb 年代学研究,以便揭示研究区中生代的构造演化历史。研究区内
12 个代表性花岗岩中的锆石均呈自形-半自形晶,显示出典型的岩浆生长环带,结合其较高的Th/U比值（0.31~3.63）,暗
示其为岩浆成因。测年结果表明,该区中生代花岗质岩浆活动可划分成以下三期：（1）中三叠世岩浆活动,可进一步划分
成241 Ma 和229 Ma 两期岩浆事件,241 Ma 黑云母正长花岗岩和229 Ma 正长花岗岩的存在可能与古亚洲洋闭合后的伸展环
境有关;（2）早- 中侏罗世岩浆事件,可进一步划分成（180±5）Ma 和（171±2）Ma 两期岩浆事件,黑云母二长花岗岩-
正长花岗岩组合,结合其斑岩型Mo 矿的存在,反映研究区处于活动陆缘的构造背景,可能与蒙古- 鄂霍茨克洋的俯冲作用
有关;（3）早白垩世早期岩浆活动,可进一步划分成（140~150）Ma 和（134±2）Ma 两期岩浆事件,前者与区域内发育的
吉祥峰组火山岩形成时代相近,后者的火口充填型产状表明它们应是该期岩浆事件演化晚期的产物,该期岩浆事件在松辽
盆地以东地区的缺乏暗示它们形成于伸展环境,并与蒙古-鄂霍茨克缝合带的演化有关。     

额尔古纳地块七一牧场北山银铅锌矿床地质特征及其成因分析

内蒙古七一牧场北山矿床是近年来在额尔古纳地块新发现的一个中型银铅锌矿床。本文在野外地质勘查和室内综合整理分析的基础上,对该矿床的基本地质特征及成因进行了初步研究。该矿床银铅锌矿体赋存于中侏罗统塔木兰沟组安山质火山岩和上侏罗统满克头鄂博组流纹质火山碎屑岩中,呈脉状、细脉浸染状,受北西向、近南北向断裂构造控制,其形成与晚侏罗世花岗斑岩、钾长花岗岩具有密切的时空联系。成矿作用在空间上表现出一定的分带性,随着赋矿深度的增加,成矿元素呈现出Pb→Pb、Zn、Ag→Zn(Cu)的变化特点。结合硫、铅同位素及流体包裹体特征,初步认为该矿床应为晚侏罗世-早白垩世伸展环境下形成的与火山-岩浆作用有关的浅成-超浅成中低温热液脉型银铅锌矿床。     

Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Bayanhushuo area,southern Great Xing’an Range,NE China: constraints from zircon U–Pb geochronological and geochemical data of volcanic and subvolcanic rocks

This study presents new zircon U–Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and zircon Hf isotopic data of volcanic and subvolcanic rocks that crop out in the Bayanhushuo area of the southern Great Xing’an Range (GXR) of NE China. These data provide insights into the tectonic evolution of this area during the late Mesozoic and constrain the evolution of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean. Combining these new ages with previously published data suggests that the late Mesozoic volcanism occurred in two distinct episodes: Early–Middle Jurassic (176–173 Ma) and Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous (151–138 Ma). The Early–Middle Jurassic dacite porphyry belongs to high-K calc-alkaline series, showing the features of I-type igneous rock. This unit has zircon ε_Hf(t) values from +4.06 to +11.62 that yield two-stage model ages (T_DM2) from 959 to 481 Ma. The geochemistry of the dacite porphyry is indicative of formation in a volcanic arc tectonic setting, and it is derived from a primary magma generated by the partial melting of juvenile mafic crustal material. The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks belong to high-K calc-alkaline or shoshonite series and have A₂-type affinities. These volcanics have ε_Hf(t) and T_DM2 values from +5.00 to +8.93 and from 879 to 627 Ma, respectively. The geochemistry of these Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks is indicative of formation in a post-collisional extensional environment, and they formed from primary magmas generated by the partial melting of juvenile mafic lower crust. The discovery of late Mesozoic volcanic and subvolcanic rocks within the southern GXR indicates that this region was in volcanic arc and extensional tectonic settings during the Early–Middle Jurassic and the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous, respectively. This indicates that the Mongol–Okhotsk oceanic plate was undergoing subduction during the Early–Middle Jurassic, and this ocean adjacent to the GXR may have closed by the Late Middle Jurassic–Early Late Jurassic.     

内蒙古阿巴嘎旗乌和尔楚鲁图钼矿区成矿斑岩的岩石地球化学特征与年代学

乌和尔楚鲁图钼矿床位于国内重要的二连东乌旗钼矿成矿带中,为近几年新发现的斑岩型钼矿床.本次就该矿床成矿岩体的地球化学及其U-Pb年代学开展相关研究.结果表明: 矿区中的成矿岩体属过铝质、高钾钙碱性系列;富集大离子亲石元素(LILE)、亏损高场强元素(HFSE),具有与南岭型花岗岩相似的地球化学特征.锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年显示,与乌和尔楚鲁图钼矿床成矿有关的花岗斑岩形成于中侏罗世((160 ± 1)Ma).因此,可推测乌和尔楚鲁图钼矿床斑岩型钼矿的成矿时代为燕山早期.综合研究认为乌和尔楚鲁图斑岩型钼矿床形成于后碰撞的构造环境.     

黑龙江铁力鹿鸣斑岩型钼矿床埃达克岩的发现及其地质意义

鹿鸣钼矿是伊春-延寿成矿带内近年发现的大型斑岩钼矿,矿区主要出露含矿的二长花岗岩、花岗斑岩,不含矿的花岗闪长岩及似斑状花岗闪长岩四种岩性。二长花岗岩与花岗斑岩具有相似的低Sr高Y等地球化学特征,形成于194.8±0.7Ma~184Ma前后的早侏罗世,是斑岩型矿床的赋矿围岩。花岗闪长岩及似斑状花岗闪长岩含有暗色岩包体,主要为高钾钙碱性系列岩石,但以高Sr、低Y及富Na为特征,部分地球化学指标与中国东部埃达克岩极为相似,形成于176.2±2.1Ma并与辉钼矿Re-Os法获得的成矿年龄一致,被认定为斑岩型矿床的成矿母岩。高Sr和低Sr两类花岗岩形成于不同的构造背景,与中生代时期中国东部及其邻区几次重大地质事件密切相关。鹿鸣斑岩型钼矿床与中侏罗世太平洋板块俯冲在高氧逸度条件下熔融形成的埃达克质岩浆高侵位有关。鹿鸣矿区埃达克岩的发现表明中侏罗世太平洋板块已经发生了萎缩与消减,与之相关的岩浆作用及成矿应该具有广泛的区域性,扎实的岩石学工作可为区域更多斑岩型矿床的发现提供线索。     

粤西圆珠顶斑岩型铜钼矿床成矿地质特征成岩成矿作用年代学研究

园珠顶大型铜钼矿床位于大瑶山隆起北缘、粤桂交界的广东省封开县境内。铜钼矿化普遍发育于斑岩体及其外接触带中,岩体内部见星点状黄铁矿、黄铜矿、辉钼矿分布,但铜钼工业矿体主要产于岩体外接触带中,并围绕着岩体具椭圆形环状矿化分带特征,由内向外依次为钼矿化带→铜钼矿化带→铜矿化带,成矿作用与二长花岗斑岩有关。运用高分辨率和高灵敏度离子探针和Re-Os分析技术,作者分别对矿区二长花岗斑岩和矿体进行了年代学研究,获得二长花岗斑岩的锆石U-Pb SHRIMP年龄为154±2Ma(95%可信度,MSWD=0.75,N=11),铜钼矿体辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄为155±5Ma(95%可信度,MSWD=0.31,N=8),表明圆珠顶斑岩型铜钼区的成岩成矿作用都发生于中侏罗世晚期,成矿作用发生于华南拉张大地构造背景下。     

Petrogenesis of Ore‐Related Granodiorite Porphyry in the Jiande Copper Deposit,SE China: Implications for the Tectonic Setting and Mineralization

Adakitic rocks and related Cu–Au mineralization are widespread along eastern Jiangnan Orogen in South China. Previous studies have mainly concentrated on those in the Dexing area in northeastern Jiangxi Province, but information is lacking on the genesis and setting of those in northwestern Zhejiang Province. The Jiande copper deposit is located in the suture zone between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks of South China. This paper presents systematic LA–ICP–MS zircon U–Pb dating and element and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic data of the Jiande granodiorite porphyry. Zircon dating showed that the Jiande granodiorite porphyry was produced during the Middle Jurassic (ca. 161 Ma). The Jiande granodiorite porphyry is characterized by adakitic geochemical affinities with high Sr/Y and La_N/Yb_N ratios but low Y and Yb contents. The absence of a negative Eu anomaly, extreme depletion in Y and Yb, relatively low MgO contents, and relatively high ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios, indicated that the Jiande granodiorite porphyry was likely derived from partial melting of the thickened lower continental crust. In addition, the Jiande granodiorite porphyry shows arc magma geochemical features (e.g., Nb, Ta and Ti depletion), with bulk Earth‐like ε_Nd (t) values (?2.89 to ?1.92), ε_Hf (t) values (?0.6 to +2.8), and initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (0.7078 to 0.7105). However, a non‐arc setting in the Middle Jurassic is indicated by the absence of arc rocks and the presence of rifting‐related igneous rock associations in the interior of South China. Combined with the regional Neoproterozoic Jiangnan Orogeny, it indicates that these arc magma geochemical features are possibly inherited from the Neoproterozoic juvenile continental crust formed by the ancient oceanic crust subduction along the Jiangnan Orogen. The geodynamic environment that is responsible for the development of the Middle Jurassic Jiande granodiorite porphyry is likely a localized intra‐continental extensional environment along the NE‐trending Jiangshan‐Shaoxing Deep Fault as a tectonic response to far‐field stress at the margins of the rigid South China Plate during the early stage of the paleo‐Pacific plate subduction. In terms of Cu mineralization, we suggest that the metal Cu was released from the subducted oceanic slab and reserved in the juvenile crust during Neoproterozoic subduction along the eastern Jiangnan Orogen region. Partial melting of the Cu rich Neoproterozoic juvenile crust during the Middle Jurassic time in the Jiande area caused the formation of adakitic rocks and the Cu deposit.     

Types,characteristics, and time–space distribution of molybdenum deposits in China

Molybdenum exploration activity in China has accelerated tremendously during the past decade owing to the continuous, increasing demand for Earth resources. China possesses the largest Mo reserves in the world (exceeding 19.6 Mt). The major ore deposits are of porphyry, porphyry–skarn, skarn, vein, and sedimentary types. Porphyry molybdenum deposits contain 77.5% of the Chinese Mo reserves, with lesser amounts in porphyry–skarns (13%), skarns (5.1%), and veins (4.4%). Exploitation of sedimentary-type molybdenum deposits thus far has been uneconomical. The six Mo provinces are in the Northeast China, Yanliao, Qinling–Dabie, middle–lower Yangtze River Valley, South China, and Sanjiang areas. We recognize six ore-forming periods: (1) Precambrian (>541 Ma), (2) Palaeozoic (541–250 Ma), (3) Triassic (250–200 Ma), (4) Jurassic–Early Cretaceous (190–135 Ma), (5) Cretaceous (135–90 Ma), and (6) Cenozoic (55–12 Ma). The abundance of Mo ore deposits in China reflects the occurrence of multiple periods of tectonism, involving interactions between the Siberian, North China, Yangtze, India, and Palaeo-Pacific plates. Precambrian molybdenum deposits are related to Mesoproterozoic volcanism in an extensional setting. Palaeozoic Cu–Mo deposits are related to calc-alkaline granitic plutons in an island arc or a continental margin setting. Triassic Mo deposits formed in the syn-collision–postcollision tectonic setting between the Siberian and North China plates and between the North China and Yangzi plates. Jurassic–Early Cretaceous molybdenum deposits formed along the eastern margin of Asia and are associated with the palaeo-Pacific plate-subduction tectonic setting. Cretaceous Mo deposits are related to high-K calc-alkaline granitic rocks and formed in a lithospheric thinning setting. Cenozoic molybdenum deposits formed in a collision setting between the Indian and Eurasian continents and the subsequent extensional setting.     

High-precision geochronology of Mesozoic magmatism in Macao,Southeast China:Evidence for multistage granite emplacement

Six new high precision U-Pb zircon ID-TIMS ages plus thirteen in situ high spatial resolution U-Pb zircon LA-MC-ICPMS ages are reported from Jurassic plutonic(metaluminous to weakly peraluminous biotite granites)and Jurassic to Cretaceous hypabyssal(dacites)rocks from Macao.Despite its relatively small area(~30 km^2),the new ages tightly constrain the Macao granitic magmatism to two periods ranging from 164.5±0.6 Ma to 162.9±0.7 Ma and 156.6±0.2 Ma to 155.5±0.8 Ma,separated by ca.6 Ma.Inherited zircons point to the existence of a basement with ages up to Paleo-Proterozoic and late Archean in the region.In addition,younger dacitic rocks were dated at 150.6±0.6 Ma and<120 Ma.U-Pb zircon ages and whole-rock REE data of Macao granites indicate that the first pulse is also represented in Hong Kong and Southeast(SE)China,while magmatism with the chemical characteristics of the second pulse seems to not be represented outside Macao.The two granitic magmatic pulses have distinct mineralogical and geochemical features that support their discrete nature rather than a continuum of comagmatic activity and suggest that the Macao granitic suite was incrementally assembled during a period of ca.9 Ma,a hypothesis also extendable to the neighboring Hong Kong region for a time lapse of ca.24 Ma.In Macao,the transition from granitic magmatism(Middle to Upper Jurassic)to the younger dacite dykes(Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous)most likely corresponds to a change in the regional tectonic setting,from an extensional regime related with foundering of the subducting paleoPacific plate during the Early Yanshanian period to the reestablishment of a normal subduction system in SE China during the Late Yanshanian period.     

The Mesozoic structural evolution of the Gorgon Platform,North Carnarvon Basin,Australia

The Gorgon Platform is located on the southeastern edge of the Exmouth Plateau in the North Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Australia. A structural analysis using three-dimensional (3D) seismic data has revealed four major sets of extensional faults, namely, (1) the Exmouth Plateau extensional fault system, (2) the basin bounding fault system (Exmouth Plateau–Gorgon Platform Boundary Fault), (3) an intra-rift fault system in the graben between the Exmouth Plateau and the Gorgon Platform and (4) an intra-rift fault system within the graben between the Exmouth Plateau and the Exmouth Sub-basin. Fault throw-length analyses imply that the initial fault segments, which formed the Exmouth Plateau–Gorgon Platform Boundary Fault (EG Boundary Fault), were subsequently connected vertically and laterally by both soft- and hard-linked structures. These major extensional fault systems were controlled by three different extensional events during the Early and Middle Jurassic, Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, and illustrate the strong role of structural inheritance in determining fault orientation and linkage. The Lower and Middle Jurassic and Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous syn-kinematic sequences are separated by unconformities.