Petrogenesis of the Xihuashan granites in southeastern China: Constraints from geochemistry and in-situ analyses of zircon UPbHfO isotopes

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• 作者：Chunli Guo ; Yuchuan Chen ; Zailin Zeng ; Fasheng Lou
• 关键词：SIMS zircon UPb dating ; Geochemistry ; In-situ zircon OHf isotopes ; Xihuashan granites ; Nanling ; Southeastern China
• 刊名：Lithos
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：1 September, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：148
• 期：Complete
• 页码：209-227
• 全文大小：4723 K

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The Xihuashan tungsten deposit, located in the Nanling tungstentin province, is renowned for being one of the largest and the earliest exploited deposits of tungsten worldwide. It is a vein©\type deposit genetically associated with the Xihuashan granite pluton. The granite was emplaced in four phases, and representative samples from each phase were analyzed using SIMS zircon UPb techniques, and the results indicate ages ranging from 161 ¡À 3 Ma to 158 ¡À 2 Ma (2¦Ò). Whole rock analyses show the Xihuashan granitic rocks have high contents of SiO₂ (74.5 wt. % -78.1 wt. % ) and total alkali (7.68 wt. % -8.86 wt. % ), and their aluminum saturation index (ASI) values have a narrow range of 1.01-1.16. The second and third phases of the Xihuashan granite are enriched in heavy rare earth elements and are depleted in Eu, Ba, Sr, P and Ti. P₂O₅ vs SiO₂, zirconium saturation temperatures and zircon ¦Ä¹⁸O values indicate that the Xihuashan granites are highly evolved I-S transformation-type. Whole rock ¦Å_Nd(t), zircon ¦Å_Hf(t) and ¦Ä¹⁸O values fall into the ranges ? 11.3 to ? 10.4, -14.0 to ? 4.8, and 6.93¡ë¨C11.23¡ë respectively, and the Nd and Hf two-stage model ages (T_DM2) are 1.63-1.88 Ga and 1.51-2.09 Ga, respectively. The data indicate a primary reworking of Late Paleoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic lower crust without any obvious participation of mantle material. The Xihuashan intrusion was emplaced at the same time as the widespread 165-150 Ma I-type and A-type granites and syenites of the Nanling region, following the initiation in adjacent areas of intraplate basaltic activity, gabbros, bimodal volcanic rocks, and A-type granites from 190 to 165 Ma. It can be inferred that the Nanling Range and neighboring regions were subjected to lithospheric extension during the Early Jurassic.