Precambrian Tectonic Affinity of the Southern Langshan Area, Northeastern Margin of the Alxa Block: Evidence from Zircon U-Pb Dating and Lu-Hf Isotopes

The Alxa Block is the westernmost part of the North China Craton (NCC), and is regarded as one of the basement components of the NCC. Its geological evolution is of great significance for the understanding of the NCC. However, the Precambrian basement of the Alxa Block is still poorly studied. In this study, we present new in situ LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope data from the Diebusige Metamorphic Complex (DMC) which located in the eastern Alxa Block. Field and petrological studies show that the DMC consists mainly of metamorphic supracrustal rocks and minor metamorphic plutonic rocks and has experienced amphibolite-granulite facies metamorphism. Zircon U-Pb dating results suggested that the amphibolite sample yields a crystallization age of 2636 ± 14 Ma and metamorphic ages of 2517–2454 Ma and 1988–1952 Ma, proving the existence of exposed Archean rocks in the Langshan area and indicating that late Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic metamorphic events existed in the Alxa Block. Two paragneiss samples show that the magmatic detrital zircons from the DMC yield 207Pb/206Pb ages ranging from 2.48 Ga to 2.10 Ga with two youngest peaks at 2.13 Ga and 2.16 Ga, respectively, and they were also overprinted by metamorphic events at 1.97–1.90 Ga and 1.89–1.79 Ga. Compilation of U-Pb ages of magmatic detrital and metamorphic zircons suggested that the main part of the DMC may have been formed at 2.1–2.0 Ga. Zircon Lu-Hf isotope data show that the source materials of the main part of the DMC were originated from the reworking of ancient Archean crust (3.45–2.78 Ga). The Hf isotope characteristics and the tectonothermal event records exhibit different evolution history with the Khondalite Belt and the Yinshan Block and the other basements of the Alxa Block, indicating that the Langshan was likely an independent terrain before the middle Paleoproterozoic and was subjected to the middle to late Paleoproterozoic tectonothermal events with the Khondalite Belt as a whole.     

Lu–Hf constraints on pre-, syn,and post-collision associations of the Gurupi Belt,Brazil: Insights on the Rhyacian crustal evolution

The Gurupi Belt (together with the São Luís cratonic fragment), in north-northeastern Brazil, has been described in previous studies that used extensive field geology, structural analysis, airborne geophysics, zircon U–Pb dating, and whole-rock Sm–Nd isotope and geochemical data as a polyphase orogenic belt, with the Rhyacian being the main period of crust formation. This was related to a 2240 Ma to 2140 Ma accretionary processes that produced juvenile crust, which has subsequently been reworked during a collisional event at 2100 ± 20 Ma, with little evidence of Archean crust. In this study, we use Lu–Hf isotopic data in zircon from granitoids (including gneiss) of variable magmatic series, and amphibolite to improve the knowledge of this scenario, and investigate additional evidence of recycling of Archean basement. Pre-collisional high Ba-Sr and ferroan granitoids and amphibolite formed in island arc (2180–2145 Ma), show only zircons with suprachondritic εHf values (ca. +1 to +8) indicating the large predominance of juvenile magmas. Only 10% of the data show slightly negative εHf values (0 to ?4), which have been observed in granodiorite-gneiss formed in continental arc (2170–2140 Ma), and in strongly peraluminous collisional granites (2125–2070 Ma), indicating the rework of older Paleoproterozoic to Archean components (Hf_TDM = 2.11–3.69 Ga). A two-component mixing model using both Hf and published Nd isotope data are in line with this interpretation and indicate more than 90% of juvenile material, and less influence of Archean materials. Comparing with other Rhyacian terranes that are interpreted to have been close to Gurupi in a pre-Columbia configuration (ca. 2.0 Ga), our results differ from those of SE-Guiana Shield, which show strong influence of Archean protoliths, and are very similar to those of the central-eastern portion of the Baoulé-Mossi Domain of the West African Craton, which has also been formed largely by juvenile magmas in an accretionary-collisional orogen.     

赣南西华山成矿花岗岩锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素特征及其地质意义北大核心CSCD

赣南西华山钨矿是与侏罗纪花岗岩有关的大型石英脉型矿床,也是我国南岭成矿带赣南地区典型的钨矿床。本文选取西华山钨矿成矿花岗岩进行了锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年、微量元素和Hf同位素分析,旨在揭示花岗岩的形成时间并推断岩石成因及其对成矿的指示。锆石U-Pb测年结果表明,西华山中粒黑云母花岗岩锆石206 Pb/238 U加权平均年龄为154.8±6.0 Ma。锆石形态、激光拉曼和地球化学特征表明,该花岗岩受到岩浆热液的影响。锆石的176 Yb/177 Hf和176 Lu/177 Hf比值较高,表明源岩浆有强烈的流体出溶作用。西华山黑云母花岗岩的εHf(t)变化范围较小,呈明显负值(-12.8~-10.8),且集中在华夏地块古老基底范畴内,指示其形成于古老地壳物质的部分熔融。     

福建平和钟腾铜矿床成岩成矿时代研究

钟腾铜矿床为位于华夏板块东南缘上杭—云霄构造-岩浆成矿带上的岩浆热液型矿床。岩石地球化学分析表明矿区3种主要花岗质岩石均属于高钾钙碱性系列岩石,具有高钾、富碱、贫硅、低钛的特征,部分岩石有过铝质的特点,轻稀土元素富集,具有弱负铕异常。微量元素以富集大离子K、Rb、Th等亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素为特征。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得矿区3种岩石年龄分别为(103.5±0.4) Ma、(102.2±0.4) Ma、(103±0.4) Ma,锆石ε_Hf(t)值在-2.9~2.0,两阶段模式年龄(T_DM2)为1.04~1.35 Ga。矿石辉钼矿的Re-Os同位素测年获得等时线年龄为(105±2.5) Ma,说明成矿主要与燕山晚期花岗岩侵入有关。综合本次研究及相关区域资料,认为钟腾铜矿区的花岗岩为I型花岗岩,花岗岩及相关矿床形成于东南沿海地区110~90 Ma期间的古太平洋板块向西俯冲的大陆边缘背景。     

粤东桃子窝锡矿区火山-次火山岩和花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素特征及其意义

桃子窝锡矿位于莲花山断裂带西段,是典型的火山-次火山岩型锡矿。本文以桃子窝锡矿赋矿火山-次火山岩及花岗岩为研究对象,首次开展LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年和Hf同位素特征研究。获得两个次火山岩样品的锆石206Pb/238 U加权平均年龄为172.1±1.1 Ma和171.8±0.9 Ma,一个花岗岩样品的锆石206 Pb/238 U加权平均年龄为168.9±1.5 Ma,表明桃子窝锡矿火山-侵入岩为中侏罗世同一岩浆事件不同阶段的产物。锆石εHf(t)值大多数为负值,只有3个点的值大于0,变化于-13.96~9.53之间,平均值为-7.92。在εHf(t)-t图解上,εHf(t)值大多落在球粒陨石演化线之下,有3个点落在球粒陨石与亏损地幔演化线之间。二阶段模式年龄除3个点介于609.6~795.5 Ma外,其余点年龄为1 450.8~2 102.5 Ma,Hf同位素特征指示成岩物质主要来源于早中元古代古老地壳的部分熔融,还有新元古代新生地壳物质的加入。结合区内已有的研究成果,认为桃子窝锡矿及有关的火山-次火山岩与中生代太平洋板块向欧亚大陆俯冲有关。     

新疆东昆仑于沟子地区与铁-稀有多金属成矿有关的碱性花岗岩地球化学、年代学及Hf同位素研究

东昆仑祁漫塔格地区是近年来发现的具有优越多金属成矿条件的地区,区内中-酸性侵入岩广泛发育且与成矿关系密切。于沟子铁-稀有多金属矿床位于祁漫塔格地区西部,矿床主要由产于钾长花岗岩外接触带矽卡岩内的铁-铜(钼)多金属矿化体及产于花岗岩体内部的铌、铷等稀有元素矿化体组成。锆石LA-MC-ICP-MS定年测得钾长花岗岩U-Pb年龄为210.0±0.6Ma,属晚三叠世末期岩浆活动的产物。岩体主要由条纹长石(60%~65%)、斜长石(10%~15%)、石英(20%~22%)、钠闪石(4%~5%)和少量黑云母(1%~2%)等组成,为典型的碱性花岗岩。地球化学特征上,该岩体具有高硅、高钾、准铝、钙碱性特点,富Nb、Zr、Rb、Th、U,贫Ba、Sr、P、Ti等元素,稀土元素总量较高,富集轻稀土,具强烈的负Eu异常(δEu=0.09~0.26),属于A型花岗岩。锆石εHf(t)值为-6.71~2.25,平均为-1.15,二阶段Hf模式年龄(t DM2)为1102~1674Ma,显示在成岩过程中有地幔物质的参与。综合研究认为,于沟子岩体形成于晚三叠世末后造山板内伸展阶段,该碱性花岗岩的确定,标志着东昆仑祁漫塔格地区在晚三叠世末(212~210Ma)已逐步演化为伸展构造背景下的后造山构造阶段。同时矿床的成矿时代、氧同位素及电子探针结果均显示花岗岩与铁-稀有多金属成矿有关,指示出该类型碱性花岗岩具有良好的铁-稀有多金属成矿潜力。     

南祁连化隆地区鲁满山花岗岩的岩石成因:地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素约束

位于南祁连化隆地区的鲁满山花岗岩体,岩石类型主体为黑云二长花岗岩。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年测得其成岩年龄为(452.9±1.8)Ma,属于加里东期岩浆活动的产物。化学组成上,岩体具有高硅、富碱的特征,属于弱过铝质高钾钙碱性系列。微量和稀土元素组成上,岩体富集大离子亲石元素Rb、U、Th、K和Pb,亏损Ba、Sr、Ta、Nb、P、Ti,具明显轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损特征,显示较强烈的负Eu异常(δEu=0.06~0.55,平均0.31),综合地质地球化学资料指示该岩体应属于高分异的Ⅰ型花岗岩。锆石Hf同位素分析结果显示,岩体的εHf(t)为-7.4~0.1,二阶段模式年龄介于1425~1930 Ma,指示成岩过程中应有亏损地幔组分参与,其壳源源区很可能包括化隆岩群。结合区域构造演化,认为鲁满山花岗岩体形成于柴北缘洋壳与中南祁连陆壳俯冲碰撞的地球动力学背景下,由幔源岩浆与其诱发的地壳物质熔融产生的长英质岩浆在地壳深部混合后再经历分异演化形成。     

Zircon U-Pb Geochronology and Hf Isotopic ConstraintsOn Petrogenesis of Plagiogranite from the Cuomuqu Ophiolite, Bangong Lake Area, North Tibet

Field observation,geochemical signatures and zircon Hf isotope data indicate that Cuomuqu ophiolite in the Bangonghu area was formed in a back-arc basin(BAB) above a suprasubduction zone(SSZ). Zircon U-Pb dating of the diabase from the Cuomuqu massif yielded an age of 164.3±1.9 Ma,thus indicating that the ophiolite complex was formed in the Middle Jurassic during back-arc extension of the mature Bangonghu-Nujiang Ocean. The zircon εHf(t) and TDMC values of the plagiogranite are similar to the εHf(t) and TDM of the diabase,respectively. The mode of occurrence of plagiogranites and their bulk-rock and Hf isotope characteristics indicate that they were derived from the mantle,associated with the surrounding gabbro and diabase,and were formed by partial melting of altered and hydrated mafic rocks under shear conditions during lateral drifting of the oceanic crust. The zircon U-Pb age of the plagiogranite is 156.4±1.4 Ma,and it is 7.9 Ma younger than the hosting diabase. In this study,zircon chronological and Hf isotopic data were tentatively analyzed to determine the genesis of plagiogranites in the Cuomuqu ophiolite complex.     

In Situ Analyses of Trace Elements,U–Pb and Lu–Hf Isotopes in Zircons from the Tongshankou Granodiorite Porphyry in Southeast Hubei Province,Middle-Lower Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt,China

The Tongshankou Cu-Mo deposit, located in southeast Hubei province, is a typical skarn–porphyry type ore deposit closely related to the Tongshankou granodiorite porphyry, characterized by a high Sr/Y ratio.Detailed in situ analyses of the trace elements and U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopes in zircons from the Tongshankou granodiorite porphyry were performed.Scarcely any inherited zircons were observed, and the analyzed zircons yielded highly concordant results with a weighted mean 206Pb/238 U age of 143.5 ± 0.45 Ma(n=20, mean square weighted deviation was 0.75), which was interpreted to represent the crystallization age of the Tongshankou granodiorite porphyry.The chondrite-normalized rare-earth element pattern was characterized by a slope that steeply rises from the light-group rare-earth elements(LREE) to the heavy-group rare-earth elements(HREE) with a positive Ce-anomaly and inconspicuous Eu-anomaly, which was coincident with the pattern of the zircons from the Chuquicamata West porphyry, Chile.The analyzed zircons also had relatively low 176Hf/177 Hf ratios of 0.282526–0.282604.Assuming t=143 Ma, the corresponding calculated initial Hf isotope compositions(εHf(t)) ranged from-5.6 to-2.9.The results of the in situ analysis of trace elements and U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopes in zircons from the Tongshankou granodiorite porphyry suggest that a deep-seated process involving a thickened-crust/enriched-mantle interaction may play an important role in the generation of high Sr/Y-ratio magma and potentially in the generation of porphyry Cu-Mo systems.     

Zircon U-Pb Geochronology and Geochemical Characteristics of the Volcanic Host Rocks from the Tongyu VHMS Copper Deposit in the Western North Qinling Orogen and Their Geological Significance

Precise in situ zircon U-Pb dating and Lu–Hf isotopic measurement using an LA-ICP-MS system, whole-rock major and trace element geochemistry and Sr–Nd isotope geochemistry were conducted on the volcanic host rocks of the Tongyu copper deposit on the basis of further understanding of its geological characteristics. Three zircon samples from the volcanic host rocks yielded 206Pb/238 U weighted average ages ranging from 436±4 Ma to 440±5 Ma, which are statistically indistinguishable and coeval with the ca. 440 Ma northward subduction event of the Paleo-Qinling oceanic slab. The volcanic host rocks were products of magmatic differentiation that evolved from basalt to andesite to dacite to rhyolite, forming an integrated tholeiitic island arc volcanic rock suite. The primitive mantle-normalized trace element patterns for most samples show characteristics of island arc volcanic rocks, such as relative enrichment of LILE(e.g. Th, U, Pb and La) and depletion of HFSE(e.g. Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr and Hf). Discrimination diagrams of Ta/Yb vs Th/Yb, Ta vs Th, Yb vs Th/Ta, Ta/Hf vs Th/Hf, Hf/3 vs Th vs Nb/16, La vs La/Nb and Nb vs Nb/Th all suggest that both the volcanic host rocks from the Tongyu copper deposit and the volcanic rocks from the regional Xieyuguan Group were formed in an island arc environment related to subduction of an oceanic slab. Values of ISr(0.703457 to 0.708218) and εNd(t)(-2 to 5.8) indicate that the source materials of volcanic rocks from the Tongyu copper deposit and the Xieyuguan Group originated from the metasomatised mantle wedge with possible crustal material assimilation. Most of the volcanic rock samples show good agreement with the values of typical island arc volcanic rocks in the ISr-εNd(t) diagram. The involvement of crustal-derived material in the magma of the volcanic rocks from the Tongyu copper deposit was also reflected in the zircon εHf(t) values, which range from-3.08 to 10.7, and the existence of inherited ancient xenocrystic zircon cores(2616±39 Ma and 1297±22 Ma). The mineralization of the Tongyu copper deposit shows syn-volcanic characteristics such as layered orebodies interbedded with the volcanic rock strata, thus, the zircon U-Pb age of the volcanic host rocks can approximately represent the mineralization age of the Tongyu copper deposit. Both the Meigou pluton and the volcanic host rocks were formed during the ca. 440 Ma northward subduction of the Paleo-Qinling Ocean when high oxygen fugacity aqueous hydrothermal fluid released by dehydration of the slab and the overlying sediments fluxed into the mantle wedge, triggered partial melting of the mantle wedge, and activated and extracted Cu and other ore-forming elements. The magma and ore-bearing fluid upwelled and erupted, and consequently formed the island arc volcanic rock suite and the Tongyu VHMS-type copper deposit.