Paleoproterozoic Keulik–Kenirim Ore-Bearing Gabbro–Peridotite Complex,Kola Region: A New Occurrence of Ferropicritic Magmatism

Comprehensive research of ore-bearing differentiated intrusions of the Keulik–Kenirim structural unit, which represents a fragment of the Paleoproterozoic Pechenga–Varzuga Belt, has been carried out for the first time. The intrusions are subvolcanic by type and lenticular in shape, nearly conformable and steeply dipping. They are made up of peridotite, olivine and plagioclase pyroxenites, and gabbro metamorphosed under amphibolite facies conditions along with host basic volcanics. All intrusive rocks are enriched in TiO2 and FeO. Sulfide Cu–Ni mineralization is represented by disseminated, pocket, and stringer-disseminated types, which are clustered in the peridotitic zone as hanging units and bottom lodes. The Ni content in disseminated ore is estimated at 0.45–0.55 wt % and 1.15–3.32 wt % in ore pockets; the Cu grades are 0.17–0.20 and 0.46–5.65 wt %, respectively. To determine the age of intrusions and metamorphism of intrusive and volcanic rocks, various isotopic systems have been used: Sm–Nd (TIMS) in rock and U–Pb (SIMS SHRIMP) and Lu–Hf (LA-ICP-MS) in zircon. Conclusions on the origin of zircons are based on concentrations of trace elements including REE therein and Hf–Nd correlation in zircons and rocks. The U–Pb system of zircons reflects episodes of igneous rock formation (1982 ± 12 Ma) and their postmagmatic transformation (1938 ± 20 Ma). The last disturbance of the U–Pb isotopic system occurred 700 and 425 Ma. Xenogenic zircons dated from 3.17 to 2.65 Ga have been revealed in the studied samples. These zircons were captured by magma from the Archean basement during its ascent. The intrusions were emplaced synchronously with economic ore formation in the Pechenga ore field (1985 ± 10 Ma). The peak metamorphism of intrusive rocks under amphibolite facies conditions is recorded at 40 Ma later. The differentiated intrusions of the Keulik–Kenirim structural unit are close in their internal structure, mineralogy, and geochemistry, as well as in age and features of related Cu–Ni mineralization to ore-bearing intrusions of the Pechenga ore field, which are derivatives of ferropicritic (ferriferous) magmatism.     

Silurian U–Pb zircon age (LA-ICP-MS) of granitoids from the Zelenodol Cu–porphyry deposit,Southern Urals

The Zelenodol porphyry Cu-(Au, Mo) deposit located about 65 km SSW of the city of Chelyabinsk is confined to the western part of the West Uralian Volcanogenic Megazone. The concordant U-Pb age of zircons from ore-bearing island-arc diorite porphyryis 418.3 Â ± 2.9 Ma.     

Isotopic-geochemical study of zircons from metabasites of the Kontokki dike complex: Age of regional metamorphism in the Kostomuksha structure

Results of local isotopic-geochemical and chemical examination of zircons from metabasites of the Kontokki dike complex in the Kostomuksha structure, western Karelia, Russia, make it possible to interpret the concordant U-Pb zircon age of 2674 ± 13 Ma as the boundary between regional amphibolite-facies metamorphism and accompanying metasomatism. Zircons from the metabasites arte heterogeneous and consist of central parts with relict magmatic cores, metamorphic intermediate zones (which are pale in CL), and younger metasomatically altered zones (dark in BSE images), which development along boundaries between zones and lengthwise arrays of cracks permeable to fluids. The dark altered zones are characterized by high (for zircons) concentrations of LREE, MREE, Th, U, Ca, Sr, Ba, Fe, and Al. The REE distribution in the zircons was proved to be much less susceptible to overprinted metasomatic processes than the U-Pb system of the same zircons. Characteristics of the REE distribution in the zircons makes these zircons comparable with metasomatic zircons. Genetically, the metasomatic processes that affected the geochemistry of the zircons could be related to synmetamorphic granitoid intrusions (Bibikova et al., 2005).     

北秦岭西段红花铺俯冲型侵入体LA-ICPMS定年及其地质意义

北秦岭造山带西段红花铺侵入体的岩石类型为中细粒英云闪长岩,具俯冲型花岗岩类的地球化学特征。通过对其中所获锆石的形态及CL图像特征的研究,分辨出3种不同成因的锆石,通过高精度的LA-ICPMS(激光剥蚀等离子体质谱)单颗粒锆石微区U-Pb同位素年龄测定,获得(1 765.1±8.4）Ma、(450.5±1.8）Ma、(413.5±1.3）Ma的3组年龄值,分别为继承锆石年龄、成岩锆石年龄和变质锆石年龄,代表了3期构造 热事件的时限,可能是吕梁运动和加里东运动在北秦岭西段的地质记录。红花铺侵入体英云闪长岩(450.5±1.8）Ma的成岩年龄可能代表了北秦岭西段早古生代俯冲带岛弧的形成时代。红花铺俯冲型侵入体的形成时代及构造环境的确定,对研究北秦岭造山带元古宙-早古生代大地构造格局、构造演化及中国大陆动力学机制具有重要意义。     

Geochronology of layered mafic intrusions from the Pan–Xi area in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

The Panzhihua–Xichang (Pan-Xi) area hosts mafic/ultramafic intrusions, which are part of the Permian Emeishan large igneous province. Some of these intrusions host giant Fe–Ti–V deposits and minor Ni–Cu–PGE mineralization. In the present study, zircon U–Pb ages of 259.3±1.3 and 260.7±0.8 Ma have been obtained from the giant Fe–Ti–V ore-bearing Hongge and the unmineralized Binggu intrusions, respectively, by isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry method. In combination with the ages of other ore-bearing intrusions, this age shows that these mafic/ultramafic intrusions were emplaced at ca. 260 Ma. The Hongge and Binggu intrusions cut the lower part of the rapidly deposited Emeishan flood basalt sequence but no further into the upper volcanic sequence in the Pan-Xi area. Thus, emplacement and mineralization of the mafic/ultramafic intrusions were almost contemporaneous with the eruption of the Emeishan flood basalts during a relatively short time span.     

河北丰宁县大草坪钼矿区岩体锆石U-Pb年龄研究

大草坪钼矿属冀北上黄旗构造岩浆岩带钼多金属成矿带,对其赋矿围岩的年龄、矿床成因及类型一直存在争论。通过对岩浆结晶锆石及捕虏晶锆石U-Pb年龄研究,表明大草坪花岗岩岩浆结晶锆石U-Pb年龄为(220.0±1.7)Ma、(224.0±1.5)Ma和(232.7±1.5)Ma,作者据此重新厘定大草坪花岗岩成岩期为印支期,有别于1989年《河北省、北京市、天津市区域地质志》中厘定的燕山期。根据大草坪花岗闪长岩中岩浆结晶锆石U-Pb年龄(134.3±1.2)Ma和(140.0±1.5)Ma,重新厘定大草坪花岗闪长岩成岩期为燕山期,有别于前人厘定的海西期。表明本区含矿岩体来源于古老基底就地多期改造重熔。     

吐哈盆地砂岩型铀矿U-Pb同位素地质特征

吐哈盆地十红滩砂岩型铀矿主要成矿年龄为48±2Ma、28±4Ma。盆地西南部蚀源区觉罗塔格山片麻状花岗岩的形成年龄为422±5Ma、斑状花岗岩的形成年龄为268±23Ma。赋矿地层西山窑组(J2x)砂体碎屑锆石U Pb等时线年龄为283±67Ma ,证实花岗岩侵入体是含矿砂体的主要物质来源。含矿层位的富铀沉积砂体及蚀源区富铀的岩体、石炭系碎屑岩以及火山碎屑岩等 ,构成铀成矿铀源。     

Early Proterozoic central-type volcano in the Pechenga structure and its relation to the ore-bearing gabbro-wehrlite complex of the Kola Peninsula

The Zapolyarnyi volcanic center is confined to the boundary between the oldest volcanic formations (I and II) of the Pechenga complex. Its structure and rock association are significantly different from those of numerous eruptive centers of areal basaltic volcanism in the Pechenga structure. It is an oval-shaped body, 700 × 300 m in size, composed of volcanic eruptive lava breccia. The clastic material of the breccia includes angular and partially molten fragments of granites, pegmatoid granites, epidosites, quartz, and feldspars embedded in basaltic lava. The basalts are titanium-rich and iron-rich varieties enriched in large-ion lithophile elements (Rb, Ba, and Sr); they are similar in composition, including Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic characteristics, to the ferropicrites of the youngest volcanic formation (IV) and their differentiation products. The basalts of the volcanic center show ε_Nd(T) values from ?3.13 to ?1.17. In general, these rocks definitely represent the vent facies of an Early Proterozoic central-type volcano. The age of the basalt of the volcanic center is 1918 ± 3 Ma (U-Pb method on zircon) and is similar to the previously determined age of volcanics of volcanic formation IV (1990 ± 40 Ma, Sm-Nd method). The rocks of this formation participated 2000–1900 Ma ago in the formation of the volcanoplutonic ore-bearing ferropicrite-gabbro-wehrlite association of the Pechenga structure. The age of the ore-bearing Pilguyarvi gabbro-wehrlite intrusion was constrained between 1987 ± 5 Ma (U-Pb method on zircon) and 1980 ± 10 Ma (U-Pb method on baddeleyite). In addition, the first data were obtained for the age of comagmatic olivine norites of the Nyasyucka dike complex in the northeastern flank of the Pechenga structure (1941 ± 3 Ma, U-Pb method on baddeleyite) and the peridotites of the Allarechka ore field in the southern framing of the Pechenga structure (1918 ± 29 Ma, U-Pb method on zircon), which were previously considered Archean. Taking into account the geological and geochemical characteristics of the rocks of the Zapolyarnyi paleovolcano and the identical age of the Ludikovian intrusions, it can be concluded that the basalts of the paleovolcano were formed during late stages of the evolution of Early Proterozoic basic-ultrabasic magmatism, which was characterized by extensive explosive activity and strong magmatic differentiation responsible for the generation of the ore-bearing intrusions of the ferropicrite-gabbro-wehrlite association.     

四川攀西地区层状基性-超基性岩体SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

应用SHRIMP锆石U-Pb测年,对攀西地区白马和太和含矿层状基性-超基性岩体的年龄进行研究,获得白马层状辉长岩体锆石U-Pb年龄为258±2Ma(95%可信度),太和层状辉长岩体锆石U-Pb年龄为262±2Ma(95%可信度)。结果表明,攀西地区的白马和太和含矿层状辉长岩体均形成于二叠纪晚期。该年龄信息显示了从层状辉长岩体的侵入到峨眉山玄武岩的喷发高峰期(250Ma)仅距5~10Ma,二者应属于同期不同阶段岩浆活动的产物。鉴于空间上层状辉长岩体与峨眉山玄武岩密切相关,基性-超基性岩体和玄武岩的形成均与晚古生代末期峨眉地幔柱活动有关。     

吉林中东部季德屯钼矿床含矿岩体地质、地球化学及年代学研究

季德屯钼矿床是近年内在吉林中东部地区发现并初步探明的一个大型斑岩型钼矿床,钼矿体主要赋存在花岗闪长岩体内和花岗闪长岩体与二长花岗岩体的接触带及其附近。花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩岩体的地质、岩石地球化学和单颗粒锆石U-Pb年代学研究揭示:它们均属于偏铝质、高钾钙碱性系列的I型花岗岩;均富集Rb、K等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti、Y等高场强元素;锆石U-Pb年龄分别为(180.2±0.8)Ma和(180.1±0.6)Ma;矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素等时线年龄为(169±3)Ma。综合研究表明,季德屯斑岩型钼矿床类型属于与钙碱性、高钾钙碱性岩石系列有关的深成侵入体型钼矿床,形成于古太平洋板块俯冲背景下形成的活动大陆板块边缘岩浆弧环境,其成矿物质主要来源于地壳,从岩体侵位成岩到最终形成钼矿床大致经历了11 Ma。     

阿拉善右旗特拜金矿赋矿地层时代厘定及其地质意义

本文对阿拉善右旗特拜金矿的赋矿地层进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得最年轻碎屑锆石的谐和年龄集中在525~461 Ma之间,峰期年龄为（473±3）Ma,限定了该套地层的最大沉积年龄为中奥陶世。结合区域上呈断层接触的石炭纪本巴图组、大量侵位的早二叠世花岗岩,将赋矿地层时代大致限定为中奥陶世-早二叠世,而不是前人认为的中-新元古代。物源分析表明,古元古代-奥陶纪碎屑锆石最可能来自阿拉善地块变质基底和同造山陆缘岩浆弧,这套赋矿地层可能形成于奥陶纪早期俯冲的弧前盆地背景,与中亚造山事件密切相关。     

柴北缘构造带深部岩石的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及微量元素研究:对全吉地块基底演化的启示

通过LA-ICP-MS方法对柴北缘全吉地块基底的斜长角闪岩和花岗闪长岩进行了锆石U-Pb年代学及锆石微区微量元素的研究。斜长角闪岩中的岩浆锆石上交点年龄为2 396±26 Ma,代表了锆石结晶的年龄,下交点为905±140 Ma,代表了锆石发生铅丢失事件的年龄。其岩浆锆石具有U/Yb较高(0.1~1),Hf值较低(10 000×10~(-6)),U值较低(150×10~(-6))的特点,显示其岩浆源区与富集地幔密切相关。在锆石微量元素判别图解中数据主要落在陆弧区和洋岛区,指示其形成的构造环境为弧后盆地。花岗闪长岩中岩浆锆石的加权平均年龄为484±21 Ma,岩浆锆石具有U/Yb较高(1)和U值较高(平均值为640×10~(-6))的特点,显示岩浆源区为典型陆壳。锆石微量元素判别图解显示其形成于陆弧。研究结果表明,全吉地块基底除前寒武纪岩石外,还包含早古生代的岩石组合。全吉地块基底内部岩石组合与形成时代的复杂性,与全吉地块经历的多次洋壳俯冲、陆陆碰撞密切相关。     

江南隆起带中段新元古代花岗岩锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素组成研究

对江南隆起带中段湘东西园坑岩体和赣西九岭岩体的LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb年代学测定和LA-MC-ICPMS锆石Hf同位素原位分析测试表明:西园坑岩体形成于(804±3)Ma,赣西九岭岩体的年龄为(813±4)Ma和(823±2)Ma,均为新元古代花岗岩.上述三个样品的εHf(t)的加权平均值分别为0.68±0.71,...     

四川攀西红格矿区辉长岩和正长岩的SHRIMP U-Pb和Sm-Nd定年及其地质意义

用SHRIMP U-Pb和Sm-Nd定年技术,对攀西红格矿区含矿层状辉长岩、碱性正长岩进行了年龄测定。获得红格辉长岩中3种不同晶形锆石的U-Pb年龄分别为258.4±4.1Ma、1841±34Ma、2487±12Ma,由辉长岩、辉石和磷灰石所构成的Sm-Nd等时线年龄为253±14Ma;碱性正长岩中锆石的U-Pb年龄为257.2±1.5Ma。结果表明,红格辉长岩中具有典型基性岩锆石特征的锆石U-Pb年龄(258Ma)与同一地质样品的Sm-Nd年龄(全岩+矿物内部等时线年龄),以及同一矿区的正长岩锆石U-Pb年龄在测定误差范围内一致。鉴于层状辉长岩和碱性正长岩在空间上密切共生,在形成时间上一致,可以认为它们都属于晚二叠世末岩浆活动的产物;而1841Ma和2487Ma的锆石,可能是在基性-超基性岩浆的上侵过程中,从基底所捕获的岩浆锆石和继承锆石,其年龄信息,揭示了康滇地轴岩浆岩带的下部或结晶基底存在元古代甚至新太古代末期的岩石或物质。     

吉林省和龙地区鸡南BIF型铁矿床含矿建造地球化学特征及形成时代

鸡南铁矿床位于吉林省和龙地区,地处华北克拉通北缘与兴蒙造山带接壤的龙岗地块北部,是东北地区发现较早的BIF型铁矿床之一。该矿床铁矿体主要呈层状、似层状、扁豆状赋存于鞍山群鸡南组上段中部层位,含矿岩石以黑云斜长片麻岩、角闪黑云斜长片麻岩、黑云角闪斜长片麻岩及斜长角闪岩为主,为角闪岩相的中低级区域变质岩系;主要矿石类型为条带状磁铁石英岩型和块状磁铁角闪岩型。为确定该矿床含矿建造的原岩、变质时代及构造背景,重点对含矿岩系中的斜长角闪岩进行了岩石地球化学和锆石U-Pb年代学研究。结果表明：斜长角闪岩的地球化学特征表现为富集大离子亲石元素、轻微富集重稀土元素;主量元素质量分数与中性-基性岩类基本相似,结合原岩恢复图解,判断其原岩类型为亚碱性玄武岩（拉斑玄武岩）,形成于弧后盆地背景;LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究中,2个较老的锆石测点年龄分别为（2 468±15）和（2 469±9）Ma,代表区内峰期变质年龄（约2 460 Ma）,26个锆石测点的测年数据较为集中,加权平均年龄为（2 275±25）Ma,代表区内退变质年龄。通过与国内外典型BIF型铁矿床的对比研究认为,区内的鸡南铁矿与官地铁矿同属Algoma型铁矿床。     

Early Carboniferous paleogeography of the northern Verkhoyansk passive margin as derived from U–Pb dating of detrital zircons: role of erosion products of the Central Asian and Taimyr–Severnaya Zemlya fold belts

The first U–Pb dating of detrital zircons from the Lower Carboniferous sandstones in the frontal part of the northern Verkhoyansk fold-and-thrust belt showed that detrital zircon age spectra for the Lower Visean (Krestyakh Formation) and the Upper Visean–Serpukhovian (Tiksi Formation) rocks are quite different. The Early Visean sandstones contain up to 95% detrital zircons of Precambrian age, while those of Late Visean–Serpukhovian age, only 55%. The shape of age distribution plots of Precambrian zircons for both samples is similar, indicating that reworking of terrigenous sediments of the Krestyakh Formation or the same sources dominated in Early Visean time (crystalline basement of the craton, eroded Meso- and Neoproterozoic sedimentary complexes, and igneous rocks of Central Taimyr) contributed significantly to the accumulation of the Late Visean–Serpukhovian deposits. In the rocks of the Tiksi Formation, 45% of detrital zircons are of Paleozoic age, while 24% are Early Paleozoic, with prevailing Cambrian and Ordovician ages. Possible provenance areas with abundant igneous rocks of this age could be the Taimyr–Severnaya Zemlya and Central Asian fold belts extending along the northern, western or southwestern margins of the Siberia. The presence of Middle–Late Devonian zircons is thought to be related to the erosion of granitoids of the Yenisei Ridge and the Altai–Sayan region. Early Carboniferous detrital zircons probably had a provenance in igneous rocks of the Taimyr–Severnaya Zemlya fold belt, on the assumption that collision between the Kara block and the northern margin of the Siberian continent had already occurred by that time. In Early Visean time, sedimentation occurred in small deltaic fans, likely along steep fault scarps that formed as a result of Middle Paleozoic (Devonian–Carboniferous) rifting. The clastic material came from small rivers that eroded the nearby area. Late Visean–Serpukhovian time was marked by a sharp increase in the amount of clastic material and by the appearance of detrital zircons coming from new provenance regions, such as fold belts extending along the northern and southwestern margins of the Siberian continent. A large river system, which was able to transport clastic material over large distances to deposit it in submarine fans on the northern Verkhoyansk passive continental margin, had already existed by that time.     

中甸岛弧成矿斑岩的锆石年代学及其意义

义敦岛弧南段的中甸岛弧印支期浅成-超浅成斑岩体与成矿密切相关,本文对该地区代表性的成矿斑岩如西侧的雪鸡坪、东侧的欠虽等岩体开展了高精度的LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年,获得雪鸡坪成矿斑岩的年龄为213.4±1.5Ma,欠虽石英闪长玢岩年龄为217.1±1.5Ma。本研究和近几年发表的高精度锆石U-Pb年代学成果发现前人划分的中甸岛弧地区东、西成矿斑岩带的斑岩体形成时代没有明显的差异,这些斑岩体呈面状分布,其形成时代集中在223~211Ma,应该属于同一构造作用的产物。同时,这些成矿斑岩的锆石REE配分模式图显示一致的成分趋势,具有强烈的Ce正异常和相对较低的Eu负异常,指示出岩浆过程具有高的氧逸度。结合它们埃达克质的地球化学研究成果,我们认为中甸岛弧成矿斑岩以及相关的斑岩矿床是在东侧的甘孜-理塘洋晚三叠世俯冲过程中形成的,俯冲板片熔体的参与形成了高氧逸度富金属的岩浆,其对区内成岩和成矿过程具有重要意义。     

南祁连乙什春基性-超基性岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石 U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

研究区位于中祁连地块南缘, 青海湖南- 古雷深大断裂南侧,是祁连成矿带铜镍矿找矿最有利地区。铜镍矿矿体产于
同源同期侵入的基性- 超基性岩体内, 铜镍矿化无论在时间上和空间上都与岩体的侵位密切相关。本次研究对乙什春基性-
超基性岩体中的锆石进行了阴极发光(CL) 成像观察, 结合Th/U比值特征,显示其为岩浆成因;并应用LA-ICP-MS 对锆石微
区U-Pb 年龄进行了测定,获得乙什春含矿岩体中锆石加权平均年龄为（455.1±1.7） Ma,表明其含矿岩体的侵位及矿化作
用发生于晚奥陶世,成岩成矿的动力学背景为陆缘裂谷构造环境。     

西天山乌孙山地区大哈拉军山组碎屑锆石U-Pb定年及其地质意义

西天山伊犁地区广泛出露的大哈拉军山组火山-沉积岩系,是研究西天山早石炭世古地理格局和天山古生代造山作用演化过程最为直接的载体。文章对西天山乌孙山地区大哈拉军山组砂岩样品进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年。结果显示,其碎屑锆石206Pb/238U表面年龄分布范围较宽((321±2)~(435±2)Ma),按年龄及频率分布特征大致可以划分为2组:321~372 Ma和395~435 Ma。结合锆石的矿物学特征、CL图像特点及乌孙山区域地质资料,初步获得以下认识:(1)西天山乌孙山地区大哈拉军山组沉积时代不晚于早石炭世晚期;(2)所研究砂岩的碎屑物质主要来源于乌孙山及南部那拉提山相关的火山岩浆岩;(3)西天山造山带在中—晚泥盆世期间经历了一次重要的洋陆转换事件。早石炭世以后,进入后碰撞裂谷伸展演化阶段,因此大哈拉军山组火山-沉积岩系形成后碰撞伸展构造环境。     

The age of the Tunas formation in the Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina): Implications for the Permian evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana

New SHRIMP radiogenic isotope dating on zircons in tuffs (280.8 ± 1.9 Ma) confirms the Early Permian (Artinskian) age of the uppermost section of the Tunas Formation. Tuff-rich levels in the Tunas Formation are exposed in the Ventana foldbelt of central Argentina; they are part of a deltaic to fluvial section corresponding to the late overfilled stage of the Late Paleozoic Sauce Grande foreland basin. Recent SHRIMP dating of zircons from the basal Choiyoi volcanics exposed in western Argentina yielded an age of 281.4 ± 2.5 Ma (Rocha-Campos et al., 2011). The new data for the Tunas tuffs suggest that the volcanism present in the Sauce Grande basin can be considered as the distal equivalent of the earliest episodes of the Choiyoi volcanism of western Argentina. From the palaeoclimatic viewpoint the new Tunas SHRIMP age confirms that by early Artinskian glacial conditions ceased in the Sauce Grande basin and, probably, in adajacent basins in western Gondwana.