Pliocene Intrusions in the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) Mining District,Irian Jaya,Indonesia: Petrography and Mineral Chemistry

At least 16 Pliocene hypabyssal intrusions crop out within the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) Mining District in Irian Jaya (western New Guinea), Indonesia. Several Cu-Au ore deposits are associated spatially and genetically with these young hypabyssal intrusions. Approximately 188 mt of Cu-Au skarn ore has been delineated or produced from the district. Most of these skarns are associated with a quartz monzonite to quartz monzodiorite stock (the Ertsberg Intrusion). The Grasberg Complex, a series of nested intrusions, hosts a supergiant porphyry copper deposit containing ～9.8 mt of Cu-Au ore.

Textural and mineralogical differences among the intrusions are largely the result of crystallization at different crustal levels. The intrusions were emplaced at ≤ 2 km depth into deformed sedimentary rocks that originally were deposited on the northern margin of the Australian continent. Emplacement of at least one intrusion was controlled by cross-cutting NW- and NE-trending fault sets. Intrusions within the Gunung Bijih District can be divided into a “high-K” group of latites, trachydacites, and trachytes, and a “low-K” group of medium- to high-K andesites and dacites.

The high-K group of intrusions is volumetrically more important (at current levels of exposure), containing the two largest igneous bodies in the district: the Ertsberg Intrusion and the Grasberg Complex. The Ertsberg Intrusion is a single intrusion with an estimated volume of 10 to 20 km³. The Grasberg Complex, which has an outcrop area comparable to that of the Ertsberg, consists of a series of small (≤4 km³) intrusions. All other intrusions in the study area appear to be ≤1 km³ in volume.

The Ertsberg Intrusion is equigranular, with only a few phenocrysts and a generally coarser grain size than the other intrusions. In contrast to most district intrusions, the Ertsberg contains only trace amounts of amphibole. Despite its large (for the district) volume, the Ertsberg is relatively homogeneous in terms of mineral content and mineral compositions. These observations, along with the occurrence of near end-member magnetite in the Ertsberg, suggest that this intrusion was emplaced in the shallow (≤2 km) crust as a single pulse of crystal-poor magma, which then cooled slowly. At this depth, the dissolved H₂O content of the magma remained too low to stabilize amphibole throughout crystallization. Coexisting titanite, diop-side, magnetite, and quartz, with no ilmenite, suggests oxygen fugacity in the Ertsberg was at least one log unit above the nickel-nickel oxide (NNO) buffer.

Other intrusions in the district, including those in the Grasberg Complex, are porphyritic, containing 40% to 60% phenocrysts in fine-grained (usually ≤10 μm) groundmass. These intrusions commonly contain 5% to 20% amphibole or pseudomorphs of alteration minerals after amphibole. These intrusions crystallized phenocrysts at depth (10-15 km?) where increased confining pressure allowed dissolved H₂O contents to build up enough to stabilize amphibole. Strongly zoned plagioclase phenocrysts in low-K intrusions indicate that low-K intrusions reached H₂O saturation early in their crystallization history, and that low-K magmas crystallized with higher dissolved H₂O contents than did porphyritic high-K magmas. None of the porphyritic intrusions contain mineral assemblages indicative of oxygen fugacity, but the lack of orthopyroxene in these intrusions may indicate oxygen fugacities greater than the minimum estimated for the Ertsberg Intrusion.     

东昆中隆起带东段闪长岩U-Pb年代学和岩石地球化学研究

岩石学、岩石地球化学研究表明,东昆中隆起带东段分布一套高钾的钙碱性闪长岩系列岩石。岩石明显富集大离子亲石元素(如K、Ba、Rb)、LREE和活泼的不相容元素(如Th、U),相对亏损高场强元素(如Nb、Ta、Ti、P),具安第斯型活动大陆边缘岩浆岩特征。该闪长岩属混合成因,即由交代地幔的部分熔融形成基性岩浆,与地壳物质熔融形成的酸性岩浆混合形成。阿斯哈闪长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄值为244Ma左右,属印支早期。     

Geochemical and isotopic (Nd–O) evidence bearing on the origin of late- to post-orogenic high-K granitoid rocks in the Western Superior Province: implications for late Archean tectonomagmatic processes

The granitoid rock dominated central Wabigoon subprovince of the Superior Province records low-K trondhjemite–tonalite–granodiorite (TTG) type magmatic episodes at <2.83–2.74 and 2.722–2.709 Ga, and high-K mafic to felsic plutonism at 2.690–2.685 Ga. High-K units consist of granite to granodiorite dykes and sills, a K-feldspar megacrystic granodiorite suite of sanukitoid affinity and a suite of mafic dykes and intrusions. Initial ϵ_Nd values (−3.1 to +3.3) indicate variable input to all units from light REE-enriched older crustal materials. The δ¹⁸O (VSMOW) range of felsic compositions (+7.1 to +8.9%) overlaps closely that of average upper Superior Province crust. The granite/granodiorite units probably received melt components derived from both older tonalitic crust and isotopically juvenile supracrustal material. The thermal flux for partial melting was provided by mafic components of the coeval megacrystic granodiorite suite. This latter suite likely formed by extensive crustal assimilation and fractionation of enriched-mantle-derived high-Mg dioritic magmas in a post-collisional setting, possibly resulting from slab breakoff or broader scale lithospheric delamination. A genetic link is inferred between mafic magmatism and the late- to post-tectonic high-K granitoid magmatism that typically represents the last stabilization event within Superior subprovinces. That crustal recycling processes played a major role in the petrogenesis of central Wabigoon high-K granitoid suites is consistent with other evidence that supports repeated and substantial continental recycling within this subprovince as far back as the Mesoarchean.     

Polygenetic tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) magmatism in the Smartville Complex, Northern California with a note on LILE depletion in plagiogranites

Summary Tonalite, trondhjemite, and granodiorite (TTG) occur in dikes, plugs and tabular to equant plutons within the intrusive core of the Smartville Complex, a late Jurassic rifted arc. Two groups of TTG are recognized. A high-K group consisting of calc-alkaline tonalite to granodiorite is enriched in LILE and Th and depleted in Na, Y and HREE with respect to a more tholeiitic and trondhjemitic low-K group. Within the high-K group, Th, LIL, La, and La / Lu show a regional southward increase from biotite tonalite plutons in the north to granodiorite intrusions in the south. These regional chemical variations parallel regional chemical variations in older metavolcanic rocks and massive metadiabase that form the bulk of the basement into which the Smartville TTG were intruded. The geochemical and geological characteristics of most high-K group rocks are consistent with an origin by low-pressure (< 5 kb) partial melting of arc basement rocks. Some high-K group rocks, however, are strongly depleted in Y and HREE, suggestive of melting in the garnet stability field at P > 10 kb. Thus, the basement probed by the high-K group may be vertically, as well as laterally, extensive. A low-K group of largely tholeiitic tonalite to trondhjemite intrusions has lower LIL, Th, and La/Lu and higher Na, Y and HREE than the high-K group. Within this group, Y, Ga, and Na all increase to the west towards the Smartville sheeted dike complex. The westernmost intrusives in the low-K group have the chemical characteristics (e.g. high Y, Y/Nb and (Y+Nb)/Rb) of ocean ridge granites. The low-K group is best modeled by crystal fractionation of coeval, basaltic and andesitic magmas, although crustal assimilation also appears to be important in one of the intrusions.Like most oceanic tonalites (e.g. plagiogranites), the low-K group rocks are overdepleted in LIL elements. The over-depletion appears to be an intrinsic property of the low-K intrusives, unrelated to post-magmatic hydrothermal effects. It is proposed that LIL elements are lost from low-K rocks because they evolve a vapor phase prior to the fixing of LIL elements by crystallization of a phase such as biotite. The relative order of LIL over-depletion (Rb > K > Ba) is consistent with this interpretation. Polygenetischer Tonalit-Tronhjemit-Granodiorit (TTG)-Magmatism.us im Smartville Komplex, Nord-Kalifornien, mit einer Notiz Über LILE Verarmung

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Polgenetischer Tonalit-Tronjemit_Granodiorit (TTG)-Magmatismus im Smartville Komplex, Nord-kalifornien, mit einer Notiz über LILE Verarmung

Zusammenfassung Tonalit, Trondhjemit und Granodiorit (TTG) kommen als Gänge, Schlote und flächige Plutone im intrusiven Kern des Smartville Komplexes, einem spät-Jurassischen Riftbogen vor. Zwei Gruppen von TTG liegen vor: eine K-reiche Gruppe, die aus Kalk-alkalischen Tonaliten bis Granodioriten besteht, ist LILE und Th angereichert, jedoch an Na, Y und HREE, verglichen mit der mehr tholeiitischen und trondhjemitischen K-armen Gruppen, verarmt. Innerhalb der K-reichen Gruppe zeigen Th, LIL, La und La/Lu eine Zunahme von Biotit-Tonalit-Plutonen im Norden zu Granodiorit-Intrusionen im Süden. Diese regionalen chemischen Variationen in älteren, metavulkanischen Gesteinen sind mit jenen in massiven Metadiabasen parallel. Letztere bilden den Großteil des Basements, in welches die Smartville TTG intrudierten. Die geochemischen und geologischen Charakteristika der K-reichsten Gruppe sind in Übereinstimmung mit einem Ursprung durch teilweise Aufschmelzung unter niedrigem Druck (< 5 kb) der Basement Gesteine des Bogens. Einige K-reiche Gesteine sind jedoch stärker an Y und HREE angereichert, was auf Aufschmelzung in Stabilitätsfeld von Granat bei P > 10 kb hinweist. Das Basement, von dem Teile in die K-reiche Gruppe aufgenommen wurden, dürfte daher sowohl vertikal wie lateral ausgedehnt sein. Eine K-arme Gruppe von großteils tholeiitischen Tonalit bis Trondhjemit-Intrusionen hat niedrige LIL, Th und La/Lu und höhere Na, Y und HREE als die K-reiche Gruppe. Innerhalb dieser nehmen Y, Ga und Na nach Westen gegen den Smartville sheeted dike Komplex zu. Die westlichsten Intrusiva in der K-armen Gruppe haben chemische Charakteristika (z.B. hohes Y, Y/Nb und (Y + Nb)/Rb) von Graniten ozeanischer Rücken. Die K-arme Gruppe läßt sich am besten durch Kristallfraktionierung gleich alter, basaltischer und andesitischer Magmen modellieren, obwohl Assimilation von Krustenmaterial in einer der Intrusionen auch von Bedeutung zu sein scheint.Wie die meisten ozeanischen Tonalite (Plagiogranite) sind auch die Kali-armen Gesteine besonders an LIL-Elementen verarmt. Diese besondere Verarmung scheint eine charakteristische Eigenschaft von Kali-armen Intrusiven zu sein, die nicht in Beziehung zu postmagmatischen, hydrothermalen Erscheinungen steht. Wir nehmen an, daß LIL-Elemente von den Kali-armen Gesteinen in einer Dampfphase entfernt werden, bevor sie durch Kristallisation von Mineralen wie Biotit fixiert werden können. Die relative Ordnung der intensiven Abreicherung der LIL (Rb > K > Ba) stimmt mit dieser Interpretation überein.

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东天山图拉尔根铜镍钴硫化物矿床岩相、岩石地球化学特征及其形成的构造背景

新疆图拉尔根铜镍钴矿产于康古儿塔格—黄山韧性剪切带的北东段,是由硫化物深部熔离成矿为主兼就地熔离、热液叠加成矿多重作用形成的半隐伏矿床。1号岩体以全岩矿化为特征,可分为4个岩相:角闪橄榄岩、辉石橄榄岩、角闪辉石岩、辉长岩。岩性具有单期岩浆多次脉动上涌成矿特征。岩体m/f值为3.1～4.8,属于铁质超镁铁岩类,且具有低钛、低碱、低Al2O3特征,与黄山—镜儿泉镁铁质-超镁铁质杂岩带岩石化学特征相似。由稀土元素配分曲线和微量元素、过渡族元素蛛网图可知1号和2号岩体具有同源性,并具有互补性,预示2号岩体深部成矿潜力很大,虽然其地表辉长岩矿化微弱。根据横穿1号和2号岩体的大地电磁测深剖面图可以看出两个岩体在深部具有同一个岩浆通道,也验证了两岩体属于同一岩浆来源。较低的La/Sm(<2)和Th/Ta值(4.6)表明成矿岩浆为地幔来源,岩体就位时很少受到地壳的混染。     

Crustal assimilation in basalt and jotunite: Constraints from layered intrusions

To constrain the amount and rate of crustal contamination that is possible in basaltic and jotunitic magma, and to gain an insight into the physical and thermal processes of assimilation in crustal magma chambers, we have modelled published Sr and Nd isotopic data from three layered intrusions. Well-exposed sequences of cumulates with no evidence of magma recharge provide direct records of concurrent assimilation and fractional crystallization (AFC). The key to the modelling is that F, the mass fraction of magma remaining in the chamber, can be estimated from the thicknesses of the studied cumulate sequences. This allows AFC model curves to be fitted to the isotopic data by varying r, the ratio of the rate of mass assimilated to the rate of mass crystallized. The results of modelling show that r is nearly constant in 800 to 2000 m thick sequences of cumulates displaying up-section decreases in anorthite content of plagioclase, increases in whole-rock Sr₀ (initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) and decreases in whole-rock εNd₀ (initial εNd). The r-values of the layered sequences range from 0.12 in the Fongen–Hyllingen Intrusion, over 0.20 in the Bjerkreim–Sokndal Intrusion, to 0.27 in the Hasvik Intrusion. The total amount of assimilation, the bulk crust/magma ratio, reaches values of 0.08, 0.19 and 0.28 at the level of the most contaminated samples after 60% to 80% crystallisation, whereas the instantaneous crust/magma ratio of the most contaminated magmas were respectively 0.14, 0.46, and 0.70, for the three intrusions.Innumerable country rock xenoliths occur in the three layered intrusions and played a crucial role in the assimilation process. The xenoliths spalled off the roofs of the magma chambers during magma emplacement and their initial temperature and composition relate to r in the intrusions. In the Hasvik Intrusion (r = 0.27), the initial temperature of the country rocks was 450 °C and the xenoliths were fusible metasediments and therefore produced a high fraction of partial melt that could be assimilated. In the Bjerkreim–Sokndal Intrusion (r = 0.20), the country rocks were initially at temperatures of 640–880 °C but included both refractory massif-type anorthosite and fusible gneisses. In the Fongen–Hyllingen Intrusion (r = 0.12), the country rocks were cooler (300 °C) and the xenoliths include refractory metabasalt (dominant) and fusible metapelite. We argue that the refractory metabasalt and anorthosite xenoliths acted mainly as heat sinks, resulting in reduced r-values in Fongen–Hyllingen and Bjerkreim–Sokndal Intrusions.Heating of refractory and fusible xenoliths, and melting of fusible xenoliths absorbed sensible and latent heat of the magma. Energy-balanced modelling shows that up to 75% of the heat available was absorbed by xenoliths within the magma chambers, promoting higher rates of cooling and crystallisation than would have resulted from loss of heat to the envelope of country rocks alone. The high r-values reflect the amount of heat absorbed by heating and melting country rock within the magma chambers themselves, and their constancy reflects the ready availability of fusible xenoliths.     

Paragenesis of the Grasberg Cu–Au deposit,Irian Jaya,Indonesia: results from logging section 13

The Grasberg Cu-Au deposit is hosted within the Grasberg Igneous Complex (GIC), a Pliocene volcanic and intrusive complex situated in the highlands of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The GIC is composed of intrusive and volcanic rocks that were disrupted by formation of the Dalam Diatreme and intruded by later, multistaged Grasberg and Kali intrusions. Each intrusive phase is overprinted by extensive hydrothermal infill and alteration. Based on drillcore logging on section 13, 35 separate stages of alteration and infill have been recognized, and their spatial distribution mapped in 14 drillholes that represent approximately 1.8 km of vertical section. Using intrusions as timelines, the hydrothermal stages can be timed as post-Dalam-pre-MGI (Main Grasberg Intrusion), post-MGI-pre-Kali, and post-Kali, and linked into seven groups that are interpreted as separate hydrothermal systems. Pre-Kali systems include ten of the recognized stages, and are mostly high-temperature alteration (K-feldspar and/or biotite) devoid of sulfide mineralization. Sulfides are restricted to post-Kali time and, excluding early quartz-anhydrite-sulfide and molybdenite veins, can be grouped into three main stages: (1) Heavy Sulfide Zone (HSZ) mineralization, (2) Grasberg copper-gold stage, and (3) late copper mineralization (mixed copper sulfides, covellite-enargite-pyrite and pyrite-covellite-marcasite). The HSZ is dominated by fine-grained replacement pyrite and distributed mainly towards the periphery of the GIC, with only minor occurrences towards the central zones. It is suspected that a high proportion of the copper and gold content of the HSZ is due to overprinting by the Grasberg copper-gold stage and late copper mineralization. The Grasberg copper-gold stage is a major chalcopyrite-bornite-pyrite-gold-hematite event occurring as a centrally focused fracture system that has been traced from the surface to the limits of drilling (>1,800 m). It is considered to also have a minor focus in peripheral zones, where it overprints the HSZ. The Grasberg copper-gold stage exhibits no obvious vertical or lateral changes in mineralogy. Late copper mineralization comprises several stages and is dominantly disseminated in character. The early stages are dominated by chalcopyrite, bornite, digenite-chalcocite, covellite-nukundamite, and colusite, with the later stages containing pyrite, marcasite, covellite, and enargite-minor chalcopyrite. Late copper mineralization is essentially a high sulfidation system, and is associated with zones of mild acid leaching, development of small-scale vugs, andalusite alteration, and abundant intermediate argillic alteration (illite, kaolinite). Rare pyrophyllite is reported. Hydrothermal alteration/infill stages within the GIC are controlled dominantly by oriented fracture arrays and major brittle-ductile fracture systems. These are focused around pre-existing igneous or igneous-sediment contacts, with the margins of the Kali intrusions being a prime focus of fracturing linked to the Grasberg copper-gold stage. The pattern of repetitive introduction of fluid and magma from deeper levels is compatible with the presence of an evolving magma chamber at depth. No significant quantities of sulfur-bearing minerals were precipitated until formation of the purple anhydrite-quartz veins that preceded the major sulfide stages. This suggests that the early hydrothermal fluids had temperature and oxygen fugacity characteristics that precluded precipitation of sulfur-bearing phases, and/or that a model involving late-stage addition of sulfur to a deeper level magma chamber, perhaps by intrusion of more primitive magma, may be applicable to Grasberg.     

Petrogenesis and metallogenic setting of porphyries of the Duobuza porphyry Cu–Au deposit,central Tibet,China

Given that the Duobuza deposit was the first porphyry Cu–Au deposit discovered in central Tibet, the mineralization and mineralized porphyry in this area have been the focus of intensive research, yet the overall porphyry sequence associated with the deposit remains poorly understood. New geological mapping, logging, and sampling of an early granodiorite porphyry, an inter-mineralization porphyry, and a late-mineralization diorite porphyry were complemented by LA–ICP–MS zircon dating, whole-rock geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic analyses, and in situ Hf isotopic analyses for both inter- and late-mineralization porphyry intrusions. All of the porphyry intrusions are high-K and calc-alkaline, and were emplaced at ca. 120 Ma. The geochemistry of these intrusions is indicative of arc magmatism, as all three porphyry phases are enriched in light rare earth elements and large ion lithophile elements, and depleted in heavy rare earth elements and high field strength elements. These similar characteristics of the intrusions, when combined with the relatively high (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i, negative ε_Nd(t), and positive ε_Hf(t) values, suggest that the magmas that formed the porphyries were derived from a common source region and shared a single magma chamber. The magmas were generated by the mixing of upwelling metasomatized mantle-wedge-derived mafic magmas and magmas generated by partial melting of amphibolite within the lower crust.The inter-mineralization porphyry has the lowest ε_Nd(t) and highest (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i values, suggesting that a large amount of lower-crust-derived material was incorporated into the melt and that metals such as Cu and Au from the enriched lower crust were scavenged by the parental magma. The relative mafic late-mineralization diorite porphyry phase was formed by the residual magma in the magma chamber mixing with upwelling mafic melt derived from metasomatized mantle. The magmatic–hydrothermal evolution of the magma in the chamber released ore-forming fluid that was transported mainly by the inter-mineralization porphyry phase during the mineralization stage, which ultimately formed the Duobuza porphyry Cu–Au deposit.These porphyritic intrusions of the Duobuza deposit have high Mg^# and low (La/Yb)_N values, and show some high LILE/HFSE ratios, indicating the magma source was enriched by interaction with slab-derived fluids. Combined with age constraints on the regional tectonic evolution, these dating and geochemical results suggest that the Duobuza porphyry Cu–Au deposit formed in a subduction setting during the final stages of the northward subduction of the Neo-Tethyan Ocean.     

The effect of assimilation, fractional crystallization, and ageing on U-series disequilibria in subduction zone lavas

Although most arc lavas have experienced significant magma differentiation, the effect of the differentiation process on U-series disequilibria is still poorly understood. Here we present a numerical model for simulating the effect of time-dependent magma differentiation processes on U-series disequilibria in lavas from convergent margins. Our model shows that, in a closed system with fractional crystallization, the ageing effect can decrease U-series disequilibria via radioactive decay while in an open system, both ageing and bulk assimilation of old crustal material serve to reduce the primary U-series disequilibria. In contrast, with recharge of refresh magma, significant ²²⁶Ra excess in erupted lavas can be maintained even if the average residence time is longer than 8000 years.The positive correlations of (²²⁶Ra/²³⁰Th) between Sr/Th or Ba/Th in young lavas from convergent margins have been widely used as evidence of fluid addition generating the observed ²²⁶Ra excess in subduction zones. We assess to what extent the positive correlations of (²²⁶Ra/²³⁰Th) with Sr/Th and Ba/Th observed in the Tonga arc could reflect AFC process. Results of our model show that these positive correlations can be produced during time-dependent magma differentiation at shallow crustal levels. Specifically, fractional crystallization of plagioclase and amphibole coupled with contemporaneous decay of ²²⁶Ra can produce positive correlations between (²²⁶Ra/²³⁰Th) and Sr/Th or Ba/Th (to a lesser extent). Therefore, the correlations of (²²⁶Ra/²³⁰Th) with Sr/Th and Ba/Th cannot be used to unambiguously support the fluid addition model, and the strength of previous conclusions regarding recent fluid addition and ultra-fast ascent rates of arc magmas is significantly lessened.     

内蒙古维拉斯托稀有金属-锡多金属矿床的成矿作用:来自花岗质岩浆结晶分异的启示

内蒙古维拉斯托稀有金属-锡多金属矿床位于大兴安岭南段西坡,是一个以锡为主,共伴生锌、钨、铜、钼、铌、钽、锂和铷的大型矿床.该矿床以发育铌、钽、铷、锂矿化有别于大兴安岭南段的其他锡多金属矿床.本文对维拉斯托地区的北大山岩体和维拉斯托岩体开展了 LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年、全岩地球化学研究和锆石Lu-Hf同位素分析...     

Petrogenesis of the Late Cenozoic collision volcanism in the central part of the Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaijan)

The Late Cenozoic volcanics of the Lesser Caucasus have similar trace-element and REE patterns with negative anomalies of Nb, Ta, Hf, and Zr. They are highly enriched in Rb, Ba, Th, and La and depleted in Ti, Yb, and Y with respect to N-MORB, which indicates their formation from the subduction-metasomatized lithospheric mantle. Partial melting of the subcontinental mantle lithosphere and crustal assimilation and fractional crystallization controlled the magma evolution in the collisional magmatic belts.     

Petrology and geochemistry of Pan-African granitoids, Kab Amiri area, Egypt – implications for tectonomagmatic stages in the Nubian Shield evolution

Summary Three distinctive metaluminous granitic suites have been identified from the Pan-African belt of the Kab Amiri area, Eastern Desert, Egypt. These are: 1) a trondhjemite-tonalite suite, 2) a calc-alkaline granodiorite suite, and 3) an alkali leucogranite suite. The trondhjemite-tonalite and the granodiorite suites resemble I-type granitoids whereas the alkali leucogranites display A-type characteristics. Geochemical attributes and field aspects indicate that three independent magmas, at different tectonic stages of the Pan-African crustal growth, are required to explain the origin of these granitoid suites. Rocks of the trondhjemite-tonalite suite correspond to granites of the arc stage and possess a narrow range of SiO₂ with low K₂O, Sr, Rb, Ba, Nb and Zr. Its composition is consistent with 20–30% partial melting of a primitive low-K tholeiitic source, similar to the early formed tholeiitic metavolcanics of the Egyptian basement. The granodiorite suite belongs to the collision stage and displays higher K₂O, Rb, Ba, and Sr. Its magma was derived by 30–40% partial melting of LILE-enriched mafic island arc crust. The presence of abundant microdiorite enclaves in the trondhjemite-tonalite and the granodiorite suites suggests that mantle-derived mafic magma played an important role in their petrogenesis, acting as a heat source for melting via underplating and/or intrusion. The A-type leucogranites are post-collision highly fractionated granites. They exhibit low Al₂O₃, MgO, CaO, TiO₂, Sr, and Ba and high Rb, Nb, Y. The wide chemical variations within this suite are consistent with its evolution by fractional crystallization of plagioclase, K-feldspar, amphibole, Fe–Ti oxides, and apatite from a mafic magma. The parent magma was originated in the upper mantle due to crustal attenuation associated with extension in the late stage of the Pan-African crustal evolution. Received September 13, 2000; revised version accepted May 4, 2001     

西天山查岗诺尔铁矿区石炭纪火山岩地球化学特征及岩石成因

对伊犁地块东北缘查岗诺尔铁矿区石炭纪火山岩进行了系统的岩石学,锆石U-Pb年代学,岩石地球化学,Nd、Sr同位素地球化学研究.该区火山岩包括玄武岩(少量)、粗面岩、安山岩、流纹岩以及火山碎屑岩,它们的化学组成绝大多数属于钾玄岩系列和高钾钙碱性系列,少数玄武岩和安山岩属于钙碱性和低钾拉斑玄武岩系列.微量元素方面,它们相对...     

Petrographic and Geochemical Evidence for Magma Mixing and Crustal Contamination in the Post-Collisional Calc-Alkaline Yozgat Volcanics,Central Anatolia,Turkey

Petrographic, major-oxide, and trace-element data are presented for the Yozgat volcanics. These rocks range in composition from basalts through basaltic andesites and andesites to dacites. Major-oxide variations are largely explicable in terms of fractional crystallization, involving removal of observed phenocrysts and microphenocrysts. However, complex zoning patterns and resorbtion phenomena shown by phenocrysts in these lavas, and observed epitaxitic pyroxene growth around quartz xenocrysts imply that they are hybrids formed by a mixing process. In addition, observed enrichments in crustal elements such as K, Rb, Ba, Sr, and P provide clear evidence for the crustal assimilation of granitoid and metasedimentary xenoliths. The following model is suggested for the evolution of the Yozgat volcanics. The primitive magma underwent fractionation in an intracrustal magma chamber to yield more evolved liquids. Influx of hot, primitive magma into the magma chamber promoted vigorous convection-crustal assimilation and eruption of the volcanic rocks in the study area.     

Experimental study of interaction between fluid-bearing basaltic melts and peridotite: A mantle-crustal source of trap magmas in the Norilsk area

The paper reports data on the geology and tectono-magmatic reactivation of the Norilsk area and on the stratigraphy and geochemistry of its volcanic sequence, with the discussion of the sources and genesis of the ore magmas and the scale of the ore-forming process. According to the geochemistry of the lavas and intrusive rocks (Ti concentration and the La/Sm and Gd/Yb ratios), two types of the parental magmas are recognized: high-Ti magmas of the OIB type (from bottom to top, suites iv, sv, and gd of phase 1) and low-Ti magmas (suites hk, tk, and nd of phase 2 and suites mr-mk of phase 3), which were derived from the lithospheric mantle. The magmatic differentiation of the parental low-Ti magma of the tk type into a magma of the nd type was associated with the derivation of an evolved magma of the nd type, which was depleted in ore elements, and an ore magma, which was a mixture of silicate and sulfide melts, protocrysts of silicate minerals, and chromite. Judging from their geochemical parameters, the intrusions of the lower Norilsk type were comagmatic with the lavas of the upper part of the nd suite, and the ore-bearing intrusions of the upper Norilsk type were comagmatic with the lavas of the mr-mk suites. When the ore-bearing intrusions were emplaced, their magmas entrained droplets of sulfide melt and protocrysts of olivine and chromite and brought them to the modern magmatic chamber. These protocrysts are xenogenic with respect to the magma that formed the intrusions. In certain instances (Talnakh and Kharaelakh intrusions), the moving magma entrained single portions of sulfide magma, which were emplaced as individual subphases. The experimental study of the peridotite-basalt-fluid system shows that mantle reservoirs with protoliths of subducted oceanic crustal material could serve as sources of relatively low-temperature (1250–1350°C) high-Ti magnesian magmas of the rifting stage from an olivine-free source.     

Scale of pluton/wall rock interaction near May Lake,Yosemite National Park,CA, USA

Interaction of magma with wall rock is an important process in igneous petrology, but the mechanisms by which interactions occur are poorly known. The western outer granodiorite of the Cretaceous Tuolumne Intrusive Suite of Yosemite National Park, California, intruded a variety of metasedimentary and igneous wall rocks at 93.1 Ma. The May Lake metamorphic screen is a metasedimentary remnant whose contact zone exhibits a variety of interaction phenomena including xenolith incorporation, disaggregation, and partial melting. The chemical contrast of these metasedimentary rocks with the invading pluton provides an excellent measure of pluton/wall rock interactions. Wall rock xenoliths (mostly pelitic quartzite) are predominantly located in an elongate horizon surrounded by a hybridized fine-grained granodiorite. Initial Sr and Nd isotopic ratios of the hybridized granodiorite indicate significant local incorporation of crustal material. Major- and trace-element geochemical data indicate that contamination of the granodiorite occurred via selective assimilation of both high-K and low-K, high-silica partial melts derived from pelitic quartzite. Although the hybridized granodiorite shows significant amounts of contamination, adjacent to xenoliths the proportion of contamination is undetectable more than a meter away. These results indicate that the chemical and isotopic variability of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite is not caused by magma contamination via in situ wall rock assimilation.     

Evolution of Heterogeneous Mantle in the Acampamento Velho and Rodeio Velho Volcanic Events, Camaquã Basin, Southern Brazil

The Camaquã Basin, developed during the last phases of the Brazilian/Pan-African Orogeny and was filled with a thick volcano-sedimentary succesion, in which two volcanic events of alkaline affinity are represented by the Acampamento Velho Alloformation and the Rodeio Velho Member. The Acampamento Velho Alloformation records a bimodal event with a lower association of mafic flows and an upper association of felsic pyroclastic rocks and flows. It was formed during extension, after the subduction of the Adamastor oceanic plate beneath the Rio de La Plata continental plate at the end of the Neoproterozoic III. The second event, the Rodeio Velho Member, represented by mafic flows, intrusions and piroclasts, took place during overall extensional tectonism, probably in the middle Ordovician. Rb, Sr, Sm, and Nd isotopic measurements were carried out on samples from both units. Regardless the event they represent, all the samples display negative values for epsilon Nd, ranging from 2.97 to 10.31 for the Acampamento Velho Alloformation and from 8.39 to 13.92 for the Rodeio Velho Member. The initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios vary from 0.706 to 0.707 and from 0.704 to 0.707 for the Acampamento Velho Alloformation and Rodeio Velho Member, respectively. Mafic flow deposits in both units show a preferential enrichment in Ba relative to Th. Flow samples from the Rodeio Velho Member also display a distinctive enrichment in the Ba/Th ratio, without a change in the initial Sr, compared to the mafic flow deposits from the Acampamento Velho Alloformation, which show a slight enrichment in those ratios. As for the Acampamento Velho Alloformation, the mafic lavas could be a mixture of depleted mantle-derived basalts plus 20% to 30% of crustal contamination by sediment (probably Neoproterozoic arkosic quartzites). The formation of a magmatic chamber and the separation of the magma into two fractions gave rise initially to the mafic rocks at the base of the Acampamento Velho Alloformation The other magma fraction underwent a significant enrichment in crustal component before the felsic rocks of this Alloformation were formed. The flows from the Rodeio Velho Member originated in a distinct magma chamber, with EM I characteristics that was much more enriched in incompatible elements and depleted in radiogenic Sr.     

郯庐断裂带张八岭隆起南段晚中生代侵入岩地球化学及其对岩石圈减薄的指示

本文报道了郯庐断裂带张八岭隆起南段晚中生代侵入岩的主量元素、微量元素及Sr-Nd-Pb同位素特征。研究区侵入岩为一套铝和硅均过饱和的、准铝质向过铝质过渡的岩浆岩,具有富碱、富钾的特征,可根据侵位时间和地球化学特征将张八岭隆起南段侵入岩划分为四类:早期、中早期、中晚期和晚期。早期和中早期侵入岩富集大离子亲石元素(LILE)和轻稀土元素(LREE),相对亏损重稀土元素(HREE),为一套埃达克质的钙碱性二长花岗岩,分别具有正Eu异常和无Eu异常;中晚期和晚期侵入岩富集LILE,亏损Ba、Sr,具有负的Eu异常,是一套碱性A型花岗岩。中晚期和晚期侵入岩与早期和中早期侵入岩相比,具有更低的CaO、MgO、Fe₂O^T₃、Al₂O₃、REE含量、(La/Yb)_N值和更高的Eu负异常和SiO₂含量。Sr-Nd-Pb同位素特征显示,张八岭隆起南段侵入岩岩浆主要来源于华北克拉通下地壳。早期岩浆包含少量的富集地幔端元,而晚期岩浆则为更浅的地壳源区。先期的埃达克质岩代表了该处岩石圈伸展活动的开始阶段,而后期的A型花岗岩则代表了岩石圈强烈伸展的时间。研究表明,岩浆侵位过程中没有经历明显的中、上地壳混染,岩浆源区经历了不同程度的部分熔融,并经历了分离结晶作用。随岩浆侵位时间的变化,岩浆源区的残留相明显不同,由早到晚从石榴子石到斜长石再向角闪石过渡,且岩浆源区逐渐变浅。岩浆演化规律暗示岩浆活动的深部动力学过程为:华北克拉通岩石圈底部的逐渐减薄造成了软流圈顶面抬升,导致岩石圈内热流升高,化学作用逐渐加强,从而出现了不同深度的下地壳源区部分熔融。与远离断裂带的克拉通内部相比,郯庐断裂带具有更强烈的岩石圈伸展程度、侵入岩具有更浅的岩浆源区、岩浆源区具有更强烈的演化程度和更高程度的部分熔融。一系列的证据进一步均证明郯庐断裂带是岩石圈减薄中的强减薄带。     

Magma plumbing systems in large igneous provinces: Inferences from cyclical variations in Palaeogene East Greenland basalts

We present compositional data on a 1,250-m-thick sequence of sparsely porphyritic lavas that comprise the Geikie Plateau Formation, part of the ~55-Ma break-up-related flood basalts in East Greenland. Major element compositions are relatively restricted (6.3–7.6 wt% MgO; 2.2–2.4 wt% TiO₂), with two excursions to more evolved compositions (2.4–3.4 wt% TiO₂) that are similar to the inferred parental magma of the nearby Skaergaard Intrusion. Major and trace element calculations show that fractional crystallisation is the principal control on magma compositions, and the cyclical sequential variations imply regular magma chamber replenishment events. Isotopic data indicate minor crustal assimilation, but with different contaminants for the main group (amphibolitic gneiss) and evolved cycles (granulitic gneiss). Rifting episodes may have allowed more primitive magmas to ascend to shallow crustal levels and subsequently fractionate to more evolved compositions in a separate chamber, which was perhaps similar to the source of the Skaergaard Intrusion.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at Editorial responsibility: I. Parsons     

安徽铜陵焦冲矿田侵入岩锆石U-Pb定年、Hf同位素特征及成因

安徽铜陵矿集区出露的侵入岩可划分为高钾钙碱性和橄榄安粗岩系列,作为铜陵7大矿田之一的焦冲地区是否也存在两个系列侵入岩?它们的时代及成因与整个铜陵地区的侵入岩是否相同?这些问题目前仍不清楚。本文选择铜陵焦冲矿田的侵入岩开展了岩相学、岩石地球化学、LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年及原位Hf同位素地球化学研究。结果表明,焦冲矿田也存在高钾钙碱性系列和橄榄安粗岩系列侵入岩,前者的主要岩石类型为石英二长闪长岩、花岗闪长岩,后者为辉石二长闪长岩。LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,高钾钙碱性系列侵入岩年代与铜陵地区其他矿区同类岩石年代相同,约为142 Ma;而橄榄安粗岩系列侵入岩年代比铜陵地区其他矿区同类岩石年轻,约为136 Ma。总体上看,铜陵地区两个系列侵入岩具有多期次侵位的特征。焦冲高钾钙碱性系列侵入岩含有较多的老的继承性锆石,说明本区古老地壳卷入了岩浆形成过程。结合铜陵地区侵入岩的特征和焦冲矿田侵入岩岩石地球化学研究结果,笔者认为,焦冲矿田两个系列侵入岩成因与铜陵地区侵入岩相似,即橄榄安粗岩系列侵入岩是来自莫霍面附近深部位岩浆房富碱基性岩浆结晶分异后的产物,而高钾钙碱性系列侵入岩是深位岩浆房分异后的岩浆与浅位岩浆房长英质岩浆混合后的产物。