scholarly journals Petrogenesis and Metallogenic Implications of Neoproterozoic Granodiorite in the Super-Large Shimensi Tungsten-Copper Deposit in Northern Jiangxi, South China

Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfeng Wei ◽  
Chunkit Lai ◽  
Bing Yan ◽  
Xiaoxi Zhu ◽  
Shengqiong Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Copper Deposit ◽  
High Background ◽  
Granite Emplacement ◽  
High K ◽  
P Content ◽  
Continental Arc ◽  
Type Granite ◽  
Ree Patterns ◽  
Type Classification

The newly discovered Shimensi deposit is a super-large tungsten-copper (W–Cu) deposit with a metal reserve of 742.55 thousand tonnes (kt) W and 403.6 kt Cu. The orebodies are hosted in Mesozoic granites, which intruded the poorly documented Shimensi granodiorite belonging to the Jiuling batholith, the largest intrusion (outcrop > 2500 km2) in South China. Our new SHRIMP (Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe) zircon dating revealed that the granodiorite at Shimensi (ca. 830–827 Ma) was formed coeval (within analytical uncertainty) or slightly earlier than those in many other places (ca. 819–807 Ma) of the Jiuling batholith. The Neoproterozoic Shimensi granodiorite is peraluminous and high-K calc-alkaline, and contains low P content with no S-type trend (positive P2O5 vs. SiO2 correlation) displayed, thus best classified as peraluminous I-type. The I-type classification is also supported by the zircon REE patterns, largely (93%) positive εHf(t) (−0.87 to 6.60) and relatively low δ18O (5.8–7.7‰). The Neoproterozoic Shimensi granodiorite was formed after the continental arc magmatism (ca. 845–835 Ma), but before the post-collisional S-type granite emplacement (ca. 825–815 Ma) in the Jiangnan Orogen. Therefore, we propose that the Shimensi granodiorite was formed in a collisional/early post-collisional setting. The δ18O increase from the Shimensi granodiorite to many younger (ca. 819–807 Ma) granodiorites (6.0–8.5‰) in the Jiuling batholith probably reflects an increase of supracrustal rock-derived melts with the progress of collision. The Shimensi granodiorite contains low zircon Ce4+/Ce3+ and Eu/Eu*, suggesting a relatively reducing magma that does not favor porphyry Cu–Au mineralization. This left a high background Cu concentration (avg. 196 ppm) in the Neoproterozoic granodiorite, which may have contributed to the Mesozoic W–Cu mineralization, when the granodiorite is intruded and assimilated by the Mesozoic granites.

scholarly journals PRE-ALPINE MIGMATITIC ROCKS AND ACID TO INTERMEDIATE ORTHOGNEISSES IN PENTELIKON MOUNTAIN (NE ATTICA, GREECE)

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 542
Author(s):  
I. Baziotis ◽  
E. Mposkos ◽  
V. Perdikatsis
Keyword(s):  
Broad Area ◽  
Magmatic Arc ◽  
Eu Anomaly ◽  
High K ◽  
Arc Setting ◽  
Ree Patterns

In the broad area of Pentelikon Mountain, which is part of the Attic-Cycladic crystalline belt, metamigmatites and orthogneisses occur as tectonic slices within the calc-schists or between calcschists and marbles. In the metamigmatites relic of migmatitic fabrics, comprising leucosomes and melanosomes, and cross-cutting aplitic and pegmatitic dykes are still preserved. The orthogneisses have dioritic to granitic composition. They are interpreted to be probably formed in a magmatic arc setting. Granitic orthogneisses show high-K contents and are enriched in LILEs and depleted in HFSEs. They also exhibit fractionated REE patterns with slight to strong negative Eu anomaly. The exceptionally high K2O contents (>7%) and the very low Na2Û contents (0.4-0.98 wt%) of certain phengite-orthogneisses with ultramylonitic textures are attributed to metasomatic processes that occurred during ultramylonitization.

Chemical weathering of S-type granite and formation of Rare Earth Element (REE)-rich regolith in South China: Critical control of lithology

2019 ◽  
Vol 520 ◽  
pp. 33-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Fu ◽  
Xiaoting Li ◽  
Yangyang Feng ◽  
Meng Feng ◽  
Zhao Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Element ◽  
South China ◽  
Chemical Weathering ◽  
Earth Element ◽  
Type Granite

scholarly journals Age, origin and tectonic setting of Dulaankhan granitic pluton in northern Mongolia

2019 ◽  
pp. 22-34
Author(s):  
Baatar Gendenjamts ◽  
Baatar Munkhtsengel ◽  
Dashdorjgochoo Odgerel ◽  
Dorjgochoo Sanchir ◽  
Bayaraa Ganbat
Keyword(s):  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Early Jurassic ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Quartz Syenite ◽  
Granitic Pluton ◽  
Eu Anomaly ◽  
High K ◽  
Northern Mongolia ◽  
Type Granite

Dulaankhan granitic pluton, which is situated in northern Mongolia, the southern portion of the Mongolian-Transbaikalian belt (MTB), is petrographically composed of fine to medium-grained peralkaline granite and is intruded by a small body of quartz syenite. Geochemical data show the Dulaankhan granite and the intruding quartz syenite are both slightly peraluminous and high-K calc-alkaline, and are enriched in LREEs relative to the HREEs, with negative Eu anomaly, and in large ion lithophile elements (LILEs; such as K, Cs and Rb) with respect to high field strength elements (HFSEs; e.g., Nb, Ta and Ti). In terms of relations of Nb, Zr and Y to Ga/Al, however, the Dulaankhan granite and quartz syenite show geochemical features of A-type granites and can be classified into the A2-sub type granite, implying that the pluton formed in an post-collision extensional environment. LA-ICPMS zircon U-Pb dating results suggest that the Dulaankhan granite crystallized at 198±1 Ma, whereas the intruding quartz syenite at 180±1 Ma, consistent with our field observation that the quartz syenite intrudes the granite, attesting that the two granitic bodies were emplaced at different times although both of them formed during the Early Jurassic period. According to these new data, as well as regional ones, we propose that the Dulaankhan granitic pluton was likely generated in the post-collision setting related to the orogenesis of the Mongol-Okhotsk belt that seems to occur prior to Early Jurassic in the northern Mongolian segment.

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