Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2022, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 132-145.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2021.7.15

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Late Triassic magmatic activity in Duobaoshan area, Heilongjiang Province: Response to the southward subduction of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean

LIU Baoshan1(), CHENG Zhaoxun2, KOU Linlin1,*(), DENG Changzhou3, YANG Xiaoping1, ZHANG Chunpeng1, LI Chenglu2, HAN Renping1   

  1. 1. Shenyang Geological Survey Center, China Geological Survey, Shenyang 110034, China
    2. Natural Resources Survey Institute of Heilongjiang Province, Haerbin 150036, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
  • Received:2021-05-22 Revised:2021-07-18 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-03-31
  • Contact: KOU Linlin

Abstract:

Late-Triassic magmatic rocks have been discovered in recent years in the Duobaoshan area of Nenjiang. So far, the tectonic setting, genesis and metallogeny of the magmatic activity have not been well understood, which significantly hindered our understanding of the regional tectonic evolution and prospecting for polymetallic deposits in this area. In this paper, we conducted systematic petrological, geochemical and geochronological studies of tonalite in the Duobaoshan deposit and diorite in the Zhengguang deposit. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating yielded an age of (226.3±2.3) Ma for the Duobaoshan tonalite and (229.3±3.1) Ma for the Zhengguang diorite, indicating the two minerals, with similar formation age, are probably derived from the same magma chamber. The tonalite had elevated SiO2 (64.25%-66.44%), Al2O3 (16.54%-17.21%), (K2O+Na2O) (8.15%-8.50%) and low CaO (2.27%-2.95%), MgO (0.99%-1.16%), TiO2 (0.31%-0.36%) and P5O2 (0.16%-0.17%) contents comparable with the diorite whose major element contents were SiO2 (57.12%-58.5%), Al2O3 (14.59%-15.26%), Na2O+K2O (5.34%-6.16%), TiO2 (0.83%-0.97%), and P2O5 (0.15%-0.27%), with similar FeO/MgO (1.12-1.25) ratio. The Duobaoshan tonalite is characterized by depletions of Rb, Nb, and Sm, enrichments of Ba, U, Zr and Sr, and obvious positive Eu anomaly (δEu, 1.21-1.57). The Zhengguang diorite is characterized by depletion of Rb, Nb and Sm, enrichment of Ba, Th, Sr, Hf, and weak positive Eu anomaly (δEu, 0.93-1.22). Both tonalite and diorite are rich in light rare earth elements (LREE) and depleted in heavy rare earth elements (HREE), and have similar curve pattern on REE or trace element diagrams suggesting a common magmatic source. The magma probably derived from the partial melting of the mantle wedge metasomatized by the subduction fluid dehydrated from the downward moving Mongol-Okhotsk plate. The confirmation of the calc-alkaline magmatism in the Duobaoshan district indicates the subduction of the Mongol-Okhotsk oceanic plate can have remote influence, reaching as far as the eastern margin of the Xing’an Block. By compiling the metallogenic ages and background of the Late Triassic deposits in the study area, we can show that the Late Triassic magmatic activity in Duobaoshan area has great Ag-Cu-Mo mineralization ability and the study area has high exploration potential.

Key words: Duobaoshan area, Late Triassic, magmatism, mineraliation, Mongol-Okhotsk ocean

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