新疆北山红石山含铜镍镁铁-超镁铁质岩体PGE和Re-Os同位素地球化学特征及成矿意义

对新疆北山地区红石山镁铁-超镁铁质岩体中含铜镍的硫化物矿石和岩石进行了铂族元素和Re-Os同位素地球化学特征研究,结果表明,矿石及岩石的铂族元素(PGE)总量较低,变化于0.54×10-9~15.84×10-9之间。较低的Pd/Ir比值表明岩石主要受岩浆作用控制,后期热液作用影响不明显。较高的Cu/Pd和Ti/Pd比值表明岩浆在演化过程中发生了硫化物的熔离。岩体的母岩浆为有早期结晶橄榄石加入的高镁的玄武质岩浆。γOs(t)的变化较大,变化于-282~+282之间,表明有较多的地壳物质混入。地壳物质混染和橄榄石等矿物的分离结晶可能是引起岩浆中的S达到饱和进而熔离的重要因素。红石山岩体是经历了结晶分异和硫化物熔离后橄榄石的堆积体与残余岩浆演化的混合体。     

新疆哈密白石泉含铜镍镁铁-超镁铁质岩体铂族元素特征

新疆哈密白石泉镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的铂族元素研究表明,岩体的铂族元素总含量较低,原始地幔标准化模式具镁铁质岩石的特征,并具Pt 正异常,且铂族元素的分异主要受结晶分异作用的影响.岩体的Cu/Pd、Se/S、Ti/Pd值表明其发生过硫化物的熔离作用.Pd/Ir、Ni/Cu特征表明了岩体系高镁玄武岩岩浆的产物.铂族元素特征揭示了白石泉岩体硫化物的熔离作用是由原始岩浆结晶分异导致的,岩体的形成是原始岩浆发生橄榄石等的结晶,导致硫化物的熔离作用后,其残余岩浆演化的结果.     

吉林红旗岭镁铁-超镁铁质岩体地球化学特征及其岩石成因意义

红旗岭铜镍硫化物矿床位于兴-蒙造山带东部。矿区出露30多个镁铁-超镁铁质侵入体,主要由橄榄岩、辉石岩和辉(苏)长岩组成。本文通过对红旗岭含矿镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的主、微量及铂族元素(PGE)的研究,探讨了红旗岭岩体成矿母岩浆性质、PGE亏损的原因以及岩体形成的构造环境。全岩主、微量元素地球化学分析表明,红旗岭岩体具有高MgO(平均28.75%)、低TiO2(平均0.44%),富集轻稀土元素(LREE)、亏损高场强元素(HFSE),极低ΣPGE(平均2.08×10~(-9))和高Cu/Pd(平均2916×10~3)的特征。岩石样品显示相似的微量和PGE配分模式,表明其来源于相同的岩浆源区。根据橄榄石-熔体平衡及质量平衡原理估算出红旗岭母岩浆为高镁玄武质岩浆(MgO=10.74%、FeO=7.78%)。红旗岭母岩浆在早期演化过程中发生硫化物熔离作用导致了红旗岭含矿岩体PGE的极度亏损。结合中亚造山带东段构造演化历史,本文认为红旗岭岩体形成于晚三叠世碰撞后伸展环境,矿床的形成受到了古亚洲洋俯冲结束后板片断离的影响。     

青海省化隆地区镁铁-超镁铁质侵入岩含矿特点与成矿规律

铁质系列的镁铁-超镁铁质侵入岩具有镍矿成矿专属性,但并非所有的类似侵入岩都含矿,根据镁铁-超镁铁质侵入岩含矿特点可总结成矿规律,有效指导区域找矿实践。青海省化隆地区发育114个镁铁-超镁铁质侵入岩体,其含矿性特点与成矿规律是制约该岩带找矿突破的关键因素。本文通过对区内裕龙沟、亚曲、阿什贡及下什堂等岩体地质特征、年代学、岩石地球化学特征及区域对比分析研究,发现这些岩体具有相近的成岩时代,集中于436~449 Ma,可能是同一构造背景的产物。S同位素、Re-Os同位素及Sr-Nd同位素共同揭示了岩体的母岩浆来自一个曾被交代富集的地幔源区,其εNd(t)=-7.74~+8.36,初步表明其岩浆源区应该位于软流圈地幔,并混有一部分被俯冲板片交代的地幔楔物质。而这种交代富集事件可能与祁连、柴北缘在早古生代期间大规模的俯冲有关,是弧岩浆作用的成矿表现。化隆群富硅地层S的混入为硫化物的不混溶创造了条件,致使岩浆中熔离出的硫化物液滴聚集,侵位到理想空间形成不同品位不同类型的铜镍矿体。岩相分异充分、橄榄石富集、基性程度较高的侵入岩体相对易形成镍矿体,对青海省化隆地区镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的含矿性评价具有重要指示作用。     

新疆北山二叠纪镁铁-超镁铁质岩成因、成矿作用和找矿信息

为认识新疆北山二叠纪镁铁-超镁铁质岩石成岩成矿作用,基于地质调查获得的新资料,对这套岩石存在争议或认识模糊的年代学、岩浆起源与性质、动力学背景、硫化物熔离机制等进行了重新梳理.区内幔源岩浆除了早二叠世大规模侵入,中二叠世还有一期小规模侵入（261~266 Ma）.母岩浆起源于受俯冲流体交代改造的亏损地幔在相对浅的深度发生高程度部分熔融,其具高温、高镁、含水、氧化特征.这些岩石并非地幔柱成因,亦非产于岛弧环境,而是造山后伸展背景下板片断裂引起的软流圈地幔上涌形成镁铁质侵入岩.坡北亚带和红石山亚带具有类似的岩石矿物组合和地球化学特征,但是矿化方式有明显差异.不同类型矿化是硫化物多期次熔离的产物,来自邻近VMS型铜矿床的外源硫混染触发硫化物在橄榄石结晶分异之前熔离,高品位脉状矿化是硫化物矿浆晚期贯入苏长岩的产物.超镁铁质岩相橄榄石中较低的Ni含量,岩体低Ti、高Mg、高m/s和m/f比值、母岩浆MgO含量大于11.5%、部分熔融程度不低于10%、固结指数SI大于50,均是有利的找矿指标,红十井深大断裂一带可能具有找矿潜力.      

新疆坡北镁铁-超镁铁杂岩体中橄榄石成分特征及其成因意义

橄榄石的矿物化学成分可以很好的反映母岩浆成分、岩浆分异结晶及硫化物熔离作用等信息.坡北镁铁-超镁铁杂岩体中橄榄石电子探针成分分析表明:橄榄石均为贵橄榄石,其化学成分与寄主岩石类型密切相关,其中橄榄辉长岩中橄榄石的Fo值在74～81之间,橄长岩或橄榄单斜辉石岩中橄榄石Fo=75～82.7,异剥橄榄岩或橄榄岩中橄榄石Fo值为83.6～86.3,暗示橄榄岩结晶早于橄榄辉长岩.橄榄石Ni含量变化范围为(174～2281)×10-6.利用最高Fo含量的橄榄石成分计算得到坡北岩体母岩浆MgO=14.38％,为高镁玄武岩浆.橄榄石分离结晶和硫化物熔离模拟显示:坡北岩体主要发生了～25％的橄榄石分离结晶,在橄榄石结晶程度为2％～4％的过程中,发生过硫化物熔离作用,但熔离程度较低(～0.2％).总体来看,该区成矿远景不佳.     

红旗岭镁铁-超镁铁岩侵入体及铜镍硫化物矿床的成岩成矿机制

红旗岭铜镍矿床地处华北地台与吉黑地槽系接触带--辉发河断裂北侧.区内出露30多个镁铁-超镁铁质岩体,其中1、7号超镁铁岩体中赋存铜镍硫化物矿(床)体.含矿岩体分相明显,各类岩石均具堆积结构.铜镍矿体呈似板状、脉状、透镜状及囊状赋存于超镁铁岩体底部橄榄辉岩相中.岩石学和地球化学研究表明,7号岩体形成以流动分异为主,1号岩体为重力分异;原始岩浆属拉斑玄武质,块状矿石系压滤作用产物,后续岩浆的补给和混合补充了成矿物质,硫化物不混溶程度受挥发分制约,矿床属岩浆深部熔离分异成因,成矿时代为印支期.     

新疆北山二叠纪大型镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的动力学背景及成矿潜力

新疆北山地区聚集着坡北、罗东、红石山、漩涡岭和笔架山等众多的二叠纪大型镁铁-超镁铁质杂岩体,主要由橄榄岩、辉石岩和辉长岩组成,具有堆晶韵律层,其形成年龄(260.7~289 Ma)与塔里木大火成岩省年龄接近。岩体橄榄石Fo值与Ni含量正相关;与原始地幔相比,微量元素富集Rb、Sr和Pb,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti、Zr和Hf;稀土元素具LREE亏损-平坦型球粒陨石标准化配分曲线。岩石PGE含量低、具IPGE亏损型原始地幔标准化配分型式。SrNd同位素位于亏损地幔(DM)与OIB范围之间,Re-Os同位素组成与地幔柱岩浆作用形成的Noril'sk铜镍硫化物矿床和峨眉山溢流玄武岩重叠。模拟计算表明,母岩浆Mg O含量高,岩浆初始液相线温度及结晶温度高,岩浆演化过程中经历了分离结晶作用、地壳混染以及早期的硫化物熔离。由此推断北山大型镁铁-超镁铁杂岩体可能是在后碰撞伸展环境叠加地幔柱作用,诱发软流圈上涌、岩石圈底侵,导致俯冲流体交代的岩石圈地幔在高温条件下高程度部分熔融形成的,具有较大的岩浆矿床成矿潜力。     

新疆北部镁铁-超镁铁质岩的PGE成矿问题

铂族元素(PGE)矿化主要与镁铁-超镁铁杂岩有关,成矿类型主要为岩浆型矿床,这类PGE矿床的形成主要依赖两个条件:一是岩浆中富含PGE;二是具备PGE从岩浆中分离和富集的机制,主要是在岩浆演化过程中硫达到饱和。新疆北部镁铁-超镁铁质杂岩发育,并产有喀拉通克、黄山、黄山东、图拉尔根4个大型铜镍矿床和香山、土墩、葫芦、白石泉等中、小型铜镍矿,以及香山西、尾亚等中型钒钛磁铁矿矿床,但迄今尚未发现成型的PGE矿床。文中通过对PGE矿床的形成机制与镁铁-超镁铁杂岩源区特征研究,探讨了北疆地区PGE矿床的成矿问题。综合分析认为,新疆北部后碰撞镁铁-超镁铁质岩的岩石类型为经过了分离结晶形成的铁质岩石系列,是PGE矿床的有利容矿岩石;矿床的Sr、Nd、Pb、O、Os和S同位素和含矿岩石地球化学特征表明,铜镍硫化物矿床含矿岩浆在岩浆演化和成矿过程中有地壳物质加入并可导致硫化物熔离作用,说明在成矿机制上也存在形成岩浆型PGE矿化的条件。新疆北部PGE矿化微弱的原因可能在于该区广泛发育的亏损型地幔源(具正的εNd值特征),这一亏损型地幔可能部分源于洋壳熔融,与产于后碰撞造山带环境、发育于"洋壳"或"不成熟"陆壳基底之上有关,由此决定了原始岩浆为贫PGE的源区,因此不利于PGE的富集成矿。     

甘肃龙首山东段小口子镁铁-超镁铁质岩体岩石学、地球化学及年代学研究

阿拉善地块南缘龙首山地区以产出新元古代的金川铜镍硫化物矿床而著名,围绕金川矿床外围寻找铜镍矿一直备受关注。小口子镁铁-超镁铁质岩体位于龙首山东段,主要由蛇纹岩、单辉橄榄岩、橄榄辉石岩组成,岩体中局部发现了星点状硫化物,硫化物由黄铁矿、黄铜矿组成,没有发现铜镍矿体,仅有部分磁铁矿化,前人研究认为小口子岩体可能是金川铜镍矿床同期的岩浆事件产物。本次研究通过岩石地球化学研究显示,小口子岩体镁铁比值为5.31~8.74,高于一般赋存铜镍矿岩体的镁铁比值。样品球粒陨石标准化的稀土元素配分曲线为平坦型,稀土元素总量低,暗示岩石具有橄榄石堆晶特征;Sr,Nd同位素研究显示:ε_(Nd)(t)=6.09~7.77,指示岩浆源区为亏损型地幔特征;微量元素比值与同位素模拟计算结果指示母岩浆经历了微弱的中上地壳物质混染。岩体中单颗粒锆石U-Pb年龄为284.4±3.5Ma,结合区域地质对比,小口子镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的形成背景可能与古亚洲洋的闭合或俯冲之后的伸展作用相关。     

Main Mineralization Mechanism of Magmatic Sulphide Deposits in China

Before intruding, primary magmas have undergone liquation and partial crystallization atdepth; as a result the magmas are partitioned into barren magma, ore-bearing magma, ore-richmagma and ore magma, which then ascend and are injected into the present locations once ormultiple times, thus forming ore deposits. The above-mentioned mineralizing process is knownas deep-seated magmatic liquation-injection mineralization. The volume of the barren magma isgenerally much larger than those of the ore-bearing magma, ore-rich magma and ore magma. Inthe ascending process, most of the barren magma intrudes into different locations or outpoursonto the ground surface, forming intrusions or lava flows. The rest barren magma, ore-bearingmagma, ore-rich magma and ore magma may either multiple times inject into the same space inwhich rocks and ores are formed or separately inject into different spaces in which rocks and oresare formed. The intrusions containing such deep-seated magmatic liquation-injection depositshave a much smaller volume, greater ore potential and higher ore grade than that of in-situmagmatic liquation deposits. Consequently this mineralizing process results in the formation oflarge deposits in small intrusions.     

Chemical differences between minerals from mineralizing and barren intrusions from some North American porphyry copper deposits

Major-element analyses (by electron microprobe) and copper contents (by ion-probe) are reported for primary biotite, amphibole, magnetite, pyroxene, ilmenite, sphene and secondary biotite from intrusive rocks from mineralizing and barren stocks. The districts studied include Christmas, Globe-Miami, Sierrita and Tombstone, in Arizona; Bingham and Alta, Utah; Ely, Nevada; and Brenda, British Columbia. Amphiboles from barren rocks are relatively iron-rich and display only minor compositional variation. In contrast, amphiboles from mineralizing rocks span the range from magnesio-hornblende to actinolite, commonly even within one grain. Barren intrusions (type B) that are temporally distinct from mineralizing intrusions, and barren intrusions outside areas of known mineralization have higher Cu contents in their constituent minerals than do mineralizing intrusions. Barren intrusions (type A) that are deep-level temporal equivalents of Cu-bearing porphyritic rocks are depleted in copper. This suggests that copper is abstracted from not only the apical portions of porphyries but from parts of the deeper parent intrusions. The Cu contents of biotites (av. 23 ppm) and magnetites (97 ppm) from barren type B intrusions contrast with those from mineralizing intrusions, with biotites containing 7 ppm Cu and magnetites 3 ppm Cu. Primary amphiboles from all intrusive rock types have low copper contents, typically 2 to 5 ppm. In the continental North American deposits, the amount of copper available by liberation from or non-incorporation into amphibole, biotite and magnetite during magmatic crystallization or the early hydrothermal stage is low, perhaps too low to be the sole source of copper mineralization, unless copper is abstracted from large volumes (∼ 100 km³) of rock. These results contrast with a study of the island-arc porphyry copper at Koloula, Guadalcanal, where it was argued that sufficient copper for mineralization could have been abstracted from relatively small volumes of host rocks that originally contained as much Cu as the contemporaneous barren rock types.     

Magmatic Sulfide Ni-Cu Deposits in China

Deep-seated magmatic liquation-injection deposits form a major type of magmatic sulfide deposit in China. The reserves of nickel and copper in this type of deposit may attain several hundred thousand tons (e.g.Hongqi 7 and Karatunggu) to nearly ten million tons (e.g.Jinchuan). Those deposits can be classified as large or superlarge deposits. The ore grade is relatively high, commonly with w(Ni)＞1 %.The mineralized intrusions are small in size, generally only 0.0n km2 to 0.n km2, with the largest one not exceeding a few km2. Before intruding, the primary magmas have undergone liquation and partial crystallization at depth; as a result, the magmas have partitioned into barren magma, ore-bearing magma, ore-rich magma and ore magma, which then ascended and injected into the present locations once or multiple times, to form ore deposits. The above-mentioned mineralizing process is known as deep-seated magmatic liquation-injection mineralization. The volume of the barren magma is generally much larger than those of the ore-bearing magma, ore-rich magma and ore magma. In the ascending process, most of the barren magma intruded into different locations or outpoured onto the ground surface, forming intrusions or lava flows. The rest barren magma, ore-bearing magma, ore-rich magmaand ore magma may either multiple times inject into the same place in which rocks and ores are formed or separately inject into different spaces to form rocks and ores. Such deep-seated magmatic liquation-injection deposits have a much smaller volume, greater ore potential and higher ore grade than those of in-situ magmatic liquation deposits. Consequently, this mineralizing process leads to the formation of large deposits in small intrusions.     

闽西南地区煤层形变影响因素分析

闽西南地区主要含煤地层为二叠系下统童子岩组,区内总体构造为新华夏构造体系龙岩山字型构造,在该体系下形成的褶皱、断层以及火成岩侵入是造成本区煤层形变的主要因素。褶皱主要以纵弯作用、横弯作用和不协调褶曲作用使煤层产生千姿百态的形变效应;断层的影响主要表现为断层无煤带和断层两侧煤厚变化带;火成岩侵入可造成横切无煤带和煤层局部变薄、吞蚀现象等。     

伊朗大理矿区中新世成矿及无矿斑岩地球化学对比及其对成矿的启示

伊朗乌尔米耶-达克塔尔弧岩浆带(Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc,UDMA)是特提斯域最重要的斑岩铜矿省,发育大量中新世大型超-大型斑岩铜矿床;同时,该带也发育大量同时代无矿岩体,但控制岩体成矿潜力的关键因素尚不清楚.为此,选择该带中段、成矿及无矿岩体同时发育的大理矿区,针对成矿及无矿岩体开展了系统的锆石岩相学、年代学、微量元素地球化学及Hf同位素地球化学对比.结果显示,无矿闪长岩(锆石U-Pb年龄:17.4±0.3 Ma)比成矿石英闪长斑岩(锆石U-Pb年龄:15.6±0.1 Ma)形成略早,但近乎同期;闪长岩εHf(t)值变化介于+2^+4,石英闪长斑岩εHf(t)值变化介于+2^+5,两者具有类似的Hf同位素组成;闪长岩中锆石常含老的继承核(172~920 Ma),石英闪长斑岩则不发育继承锆石;闪长岩及石英闪长斑岩中的中新世锆石具有类似的稀土配分模式,且Eu负异常不明显,而闪长岩中的锆石继承核则显示出明显的Eu负异常,配分模式与中新世锆石不同.基于上述结果,我们提出大理矿区的两套中新世岩体具有相同的岩浆源区,但经历了不同的地壳演化过程,成矿的石英闪长斑岩浆形成后,与古老地壳没有明显交互,而无矿的闪长岩浆,在上升过程中与地壳物质、特别是古老还原性物质发生了交互,交互过程中岩浆氧逸度降低,是该套岩浆不成矿的主要原因.进而我们提出UDMA带中段斑岩成矿与否不仅与前人所认为的受岩浆源区控制,也与岩浆演化过程密不可分.     

东昆仑石头坑德镁铁-超镁铁质岩体矿物学特征及成矿指示

石头坑德镁铁-超镁铁质岩体位于东昆仑造山带东段五龙沟地区,邻近昆中大断裂,主要岩性为辉石岩、橄辉岩、橄榄岩、辉长岩等,铜镍矿体主要赋存于Ⅰ号岩体的辉石岩、橄辉岩和橄榄岩中。岩石地球化学特征表明,其镁铁比值(m/f)变化范围在2.77~6.01之间,属铁质系列的镁铁-超镁铁岩,有利于成铜镍矿。稀土总量总体较低,轻稀土元素之间分馏强,重稀土元素之间分馏弱。岩石总体富集LILE(Rb、Ba、Th、U),贫HFSE(Nb、Ta、Zr、Y),具有明显的Rb、U正异常及Nb、Ta的负异常。超镁铁岩类橄榄石中的Ni普遍亏损,指示深部存在硫化物的熔离作用,在橄榄石结晶之前,大量的Ni进入到硫化物中,极有利于形成富矿岩浆或矿浆。可见,伴随同化混染作用的发生,岩浆中S达到过饱和,进而硫化物发生不混溶作用,富含硫化物的岩浆运移至东昆仑造山带邻近昆中断裂构造薄弱的部位成岩成矿。铜镍矿体多赋存在含橄榄石的超镁铁质岩体内,指示石头坑德岩体深部存在高度富集铜镍的部位,是下一步的找矿方向。     

Relative oxidation states of magmas inferred from Ce(IV)/Ce(III) in zircon: application to porphyry copper deposits of northern Chile

Major- and trace-element compositions of zircons and whole rocks from 14 barren and seven ore-bearing calc-alkaline intrusions from the Chuquicamata-El Abra porphyry copper belt of northern Chile have been measured in situ by excimer laser ablation (ELA) ICP-MS. These data permit the Ce(IV)/Ce(III) ratio within zircon to be calculated using a lattice-strain model for mineral-melt partitioning of Ce(IV) and Ce(III). Zircon Ce(IV)/Ce(III) and Eu_N/Eu_N* ratios, and by inference magmatic oxidation states, generally increase from older, mafic to younger, felsic units. Within this sequence, porphyry copper mineralization is directly associated only with intrusions with zircon Ce(IV)/Ce(III)>300 and Eu_N/Eu_N*>0.4. Such trends can be understood in terms of interdependent relations between oxygen fugacity, sulfur speciation and solubility, and chalcophile element partitioning in silicate magmas. Because zircon occurs in most calc-alkaline intrusions and is resistant to subsolidus alteration, zircon Ce(IV)/Ce(III) ratios provide a useful tool for evaluating the economic potential of such rocks for magmatic-hydrothermal Cu-Au mineralization. The approach is general and may provide a means to infer relative oxidation state in a wide range of intermediate to felsic igneous rocks.     

北淮阳东段徐家湾岩体地质和地球化学特征及LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄

徐家湾二长花岗岩体位于北淮阳构造带内桐柏-桐城与郯城-庐江两大断裂的交汇处,岩体呈岩株状侵入新元古界老变质岩层中。本文利用原子吸收光谱和ICP-MS法测定了岩体主量和微量元素的含量,表明岩体具SiO₂和Al₂O₃较高、富碱、过铝质、Mg^#小等特征。大离子亲石元素(LILE)Rb、Ba富集,Sr亏损;高场强元素(HFSE)Y、Th、Nb、Hf、U富集,Ta、P、Ti亏损;岩体整体亏损HFSE,富集LILE;La_N/Yb_N与LREEs/HREEs值均较大,具较弱的δCe负异常,显示该岩体为过铝质A型花岗。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年获得徐家湾二长花岗岩侵位年龄在128.0±0.9~129.6±1.4 Ma之间,是早白垩世岩浆活动的产物。研究认为徐家湾二长花岗岩体形成于造山后的伸展环境,形成岩体的岩浆源于岩石圈地幔,并受到地壳物质的混染。     

金川铜镍硫化物矿床铂族元素的赋存状态及分布规律

金川铜硫化物矿床铂族元素球粒陨石标准化型式属于Ｐｔ－Ｐｄ配分类型,Ｐｔ、ｐｄ〉Ｏｓ、Ｉｒ、Ｒｕ、Ｒｈ,存在３种不同形式的图形;ＰＧＥ（铂族元素）在熔离和深熔－－贯入型岩矿体中,ＰＧＥ含量从非含矿岩石→ＳＮ－Ｂ→ＳＮ－Ａ２→ＳＮ－Ａ１依次增加,显示与金属硫化物含量具有正消长关系;矿石中８０％以上的铂和７０Ｔ以上的钯呈矿物相存在;ＰＧＥ富集体主要分布在富矿体膨大处的中、下部。     

Geochronology,geochemistry, Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic compositions,and petrogenetic and tectonic implications of Early Cretaceous intrusions associated with the Duolong porphyry–epithermal Cu–Au deposit,central Tibet

This article reports new zircon laser ablation-multicollector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry U–Pb and Hf isotope, whole-rock major and trace element, and Sr–Nd isotope data for mineralized and barren intrusions associated with the Duolong porphyry–epithermal copper–(gold) deposit (DPCD, a mining camp containing several individual deposits) in the western Qiangtang Terrane (QT), central Tibet. These data are used to further our understanding of the geological evolution of this region. The mineralized and barren DPCD intrusions are typical I-type granitoids that were synchronously emplaced at ca. 112.6–125.9 Ma. These igneous rocks show arc affinities that are characterized by enrichments in the light rare earth elements (La_N/Yb_N = 4.08–15.23) and the light ion lithophile elements (Rb, Th, U, K, and Pb), and depletions in the high field strength elements (Nb, Ta, and Ti). They have ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_(i) values of 0.7046–0.7079, _Nd(t) values of –6.0 to +1.1, and two-stage Nd model ages of ca. 823–1410 Ma. Zircons from these intrusive rocks have variable but generally positive ε_Hf(t) values (–2.7 to +13.7) and relatively young zircon Hf crustal model ages of 335–1351 Ma. Combining these data with geochemical data reported in recent studies, we infer that the mineralized and barren DPCD intrusions formed in a continental marginal arc setting and likely originated from a common parental magma that was result of magma mixing of juvenile crust-derived basaltic melts and old lower crust-derived melts. The formation of the DPCD intrusions indicates that the Bangongco–Nujiang oceanic lithosphere was still undergoing northward subduction beneath the western QT at ca. 112.6–125.9 Ma, suggesting in turn that the oceanic basin have not closed completely during the Early Cretaceous. These new data also indicate that the processes that occur during the subduction of oceanic crust in continental marginal arc settings produce and preserve juvenile crustal material, leading to net continental crust vertical growth and thickening.