Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2023, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 183-214.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2022.2.83

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Genetic mineralogy of Late Cretaceous intermediate intrusive rocks in the eastern segment of the Gangdese Belt, southern Tibet—construction of a trans-crustal magma system

WANG Wenlu1,4(), LI Xiaowei1,4,*(), ZHANG Zeming2,4, TIAN Zuolin2,4, LI Zengsheng3, SUN Yuqin3, LIU Qiang3, DING Huixia1, HAO Zhaoge1   

  1. 1. Research Center of Genetic Mineralogy/Resources Exploration Experiment and Training Center, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
    2. Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
    3. MNR Key Laboratory of Gold Mineralization Processes and Resource Utilization/Shandong Key Laboratory of Mineralization Geological Processes and Resources Utilization in Metallic Minerals, Shandong Institute of Geological Sciences, Jinan 250013, China
    4. Laboratory of TESCAN Integrated Mineral Analyzer, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
  • Received:2022-04-22 Revised:2022-05-24 Online:2023-03-25 Published:2023-01-05
  • Contact: LI Xiaowei

Abstract:

The trans-crustal magmatic system provides a new perspective for understanding the genesis of mineral and inter-mineral disequilibrium before consolidation. The rock-forming minerals may have experienced growth, erosion or fluid transformation in the magma chamber at different crustal levels. How to trace and sort out the evolutionary history of different rock-forming minerals has become a key scientific issue for understanding the genesis of magmatic rocks. We focus on the clinopyroxene-bearing quartz diorite and biotite diorite in the Lilong area on the southern margin of the Gangdese arc in Tibet to conduct a systematic morphological study of the main rock-forming minerals (clinopyroxene, amphibole, biotite, plagioclase, etc.), and to constrain the key elements of the trans-crustal magmatic system. According to the total REE (ΣREE) content of each mineral and the contact relationships between different minerals, clinopyroxene and amphibole in clinopyroxene-bearing quartz diorite are divided into type Ⅰ clinopyroxene (high ΣREE), type Ⅱ clinopyroxene (low ΣREE), type ⅠA amphibole (high ΣREE) and type ⅠB amphibole (low ΣREE). Amphibole in biotite diorite is classified as type Ⅱ amphibole. Thermobarometric and oxybarometric calculations yield the following results: type Ⅰ clinopyroxene: temperature 1159-1175 ℃, pressure 6.37-7.99 kbar, water content 2.5%-3.4%; type Ⅱ clinopyroxene: temperature 1180-1181 ℃, pressure 4.82-5.24 kbar, water content 2.4%-2.8%; Type ⅠA amphibole: temperature 806-854 ℃, pressure 3.20-4.34 kbar, water content 7.5%-7.9%; type ⅠB amphibole: temperature 776-848 ℃, pressure 1.96-3.86 kbar, water content 6.9%-8.6%; type Ⅱ amphibole: temperature 783-857 ℃, pressure 2.46-3.27 kbar, water content 6.5%-9.4%. The above results suggest that clinopyroxene and amphibole originate from different magmatic chambers, as the former has a higher temperature and pressure but lower water content than the latter. Based on the compositions of mineral melts at equilibria, it is inferred that clinopyroxene is derived from evolved basaltic-andesite magma, while amphibole melts, with lower Mg# value, from rhyolitic magmas. In this study, the “antecrysts” of clinopyroxene and amphibole are identified, which suggest that the magmatic process was completed in an open magmatic system, and experienced different stages of magmatic recharge or mixing events. This study also finds that intermediate magmas can be produced via mixing of antecrysts of different sources with andesitic to rhyolitic melts.

Key words: antecrysts, clinopyroxene, amphibole, trans-crustal magmatic system, multiple magma chamber

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