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Xu, Jing1; Li, Jiadai2; Cook, Nigel J.3; Ciobanu, Cristiana L.3; Wu, Shitou4; Wade, Benjamin P.5; Zhao, Taiping6; Wang, Liyuan1
Redefining timing, genesis and geodynamic setting of polymetallic skarn mineralization, Gangdese belt, Tibet, from LA-ICP-MS garnet U-Pb geochronology
Source PublicationGONDWANA RESEARCH
ISSN1342-937X
2024-08-01
Volume132Pages:113-135
DOI10.1016/j.gr.2024.04.004
Language英语
WOS Research AreaGeology
AbstractIron, Cu, Pb-Zn, and W-Mo skarn deposits occur in the Gangdese metallogenic belt, Tibet. A lack of precise age constraints for mineralization hinders understanding of the processes contributing to skarn mineralization, particularly identification of the causative intrusions. In this study, new garnet U-Pb geochronological data are provided for the Qiagong (Fe) and Jiaduobule (Fe-Cu) skarns. We place particular emphasis on skarn garnet mineralogy, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), to characterize garnet textures, compositions, and U-Pb isotope systematics. All garnets studied belong to the grossular-andradite series and display oscillatory compositional zoning (And 100 Gr 0 to And 20 Gr 80 ). Andradite-dominated garnet features a chondrite-normalized REE fractionation pattern exhibiting enrichment in LREE relative to HREE and a positive Eu anomaly, whereas grossular-dominated garnet displays relative LREE depletion and a marked flat HREE fractionation trend. Ore-forming elements, including Sn, W, As, and U, are detected at concentrations up to several hundreds of ppm in the same garnets. Concentrations of W and As are higher in andradite and correlate positively with one another. The correlation between U, Sn and the major oxide composition of garnet is insignificant, potentially resulting from the changing valence states of these elements under different redox conditions. Together with previously published and limited new data for the Gebunongba (Fe), Ri'a (Cu), and Hahaigang (W-Mo) skarns, the new garnet U-Pb age data indicate that the major Fe, Pb-Zn, and W-Mo mineralization event in the Gangdese metallogenic belt took place between 65 Ma and 50 Ma, with marked peaks at - 65 Ma and - 53 Ma. Partial melting of a crustal-dominated source due to the slab rollback (-65 Ma) and break off (-53 Ma) of Yarlug-Zangbo Tethyan Ocean and subsequent asthenosphere upwelling induced this regional event during the Paleogene to early Eocene. A less common but regionally widespread Cu (+/- Au) mineralization event in the same belt formed during the Late Cretaceous (-85 Ma) and may have resulted from the coupled influence of the northward subduction of the Yarlug-Zangbo Tethyan Ocean and the southward subduction of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethyan Ocean. This contribution highlights the potential significance of the Late Cretaceous Cu(+/- Au) event and hence the prospectivity of the belt for both skarn and porphyry systems. More broadly, our findings carry implications for Neo-Tethyan metallogeny in the region extending from southwestern China to eastern Europe during the Late Cretaceous. (c) 2024 International Association for Gondwana Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KeywordGarnet LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology Skarn Gangdese belt Tibet
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Identifierhttp://ir.gig.ac.cn/handle/344008/78532
Collection中国科学院矿物学与成矿学重点实验室
Corresponding AuthorLi, Jiadai
Affiliation1.Fuzhou Univ, Zijin Sch Geol & Min, Fuzhou 350108, Peoples R China
2.Chengdu Univ, Sch Tourism & Culture Ind, Chengdu 610106, Peoples R China
3.Univ Adelaide, Sch Chem Engn, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
5.Univ Adelaide, Adelaide Microscopy, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
6.Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Geochem, Key Lab Mineral & Metallogeny, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
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Xu, Jing,Li, Jiadai,Cook, Nigel J.,et al. Redefining timing, genesis and geodynamic setting of polymetallic skarn mineralization, Gangdese belt, Tibet, from LA-ICP-MS garnet U-Pb geochronology[J]. GONDWANA RESEARCH,2024,132:113-135.
APA Xu, Jing.,Li, Jiadai.,Cook, Nigel J..,Ciobanu, Cristiana L..,Wu, Shitou.,...&Wang, Liyuan.(2024).Redefining timing, genesis and geodynamic setting of polymetallic skarn mineralization, Gangdese belt, Tibet, from LA-ICP-MS garnet U-Pb geochronology.GONDWANA RESEARCH,132,113-135.
MLA Xu, Jing,et al."Redefining timing, genesis and geodynamic setting of polymetallic skarn mineralization, Gangdese belt, Tibet, from LA-ICP-MS garnet U-Pb geochronology".GONDWANA RESEARCH 132(2024):113-135.
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