Constraints on the Petrogenesis and Metallogenic Setting of Lamprophyres in the World-Class Zhuxi W–Cu Skarn Deposit, South China

Minerals

Yongpeng Ouyang¹  Tianshan Gao²  Wei Zhang³  Shao-Yong Jiang³  Di Zhang³ 

[1] 912 Party of Jiangxi Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Yingtan 335001, China;Nanjing Geological Survey Center, China Geological Survey, Nanjing 210016, China;State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploration of Strategic Mineral Resources, School of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China;

关键词: lamprophyre;    Yangtze Block;    Zhuxi W–Cu deposit;    apatite geochemistry;    enriched lithospheric mantle;   

DOI  :  10.3390/min10070642

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Whole-rock and apatite geochemical analyses and zircon U–Pb dating were carried out on the lamprophyres in the world-class Zhuxi W–Cu skarn deposit in northern Jiangxi, South China, in order to understand their origin of mantle sources and their relationship with the deposit, as well as metallogenic setting. The results show the lamprophyres were formed at ca. 157 Ma, just before the granite magmatism and mineralization of the Zhuxi deposit. These lamprophyres have from 58.98–60.76 wt% SiO₂, 2.52–4.96 wt% K₂O, 5.92–6.41 wt% Fe₂O_3t, 3.75–4.19 wt% MgO, and 3.61–5.06 wt% CaO, and enrichment of light rare earth elements (LREE) and large-ion lithophile elements (LILE), and depletion of high-field-strength elements (HFSE). Apatites in the lamprophyres are enriched in LREE and LILE, Sr, S, and Cl, and have ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios ranging from 0.7076 to 0.7078. The conclusions demonstrate that the lithospheric mantle under the Zhuxi deposit was metasomatized during Neoproterozoic subduction. Late Jurassic crustal extension caused upwelling of the asthenospheric mantle and consecutively melted the enriched lithospheric mantle and then crustal basement, corresponding to the formation of lamprophyres and mineralization-related granites in the Zhuxi deposit, respectively.

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