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Zircon U-Pb Age and Genesis of the Ore-bearing Quartz-dioritic Porphyries in the Chating Cu-Au Ore Deposit,Xuancheng City,Anhui Province

  

  • Online:2017-12-20 Published:2018-01-03

Abstract: Abstract:The Chating Cu-Au deposit in the Xuancheng City of Anhui Province is a newly discovered porphyry deposit in the Middle
and Lower Yangtze River Valley Metallogenic Belt(MLYB)during recent years. In this paper,we conducted zircon LA-ICP-MS
U-Pb dating,major elements,trace elements(including REEs),Sr-Nd isotopes and zircon Hf isotope study on the ore-bearing
quartz-dioritic porphyritic intrusive rocks from the drilling holes of the ore deposit,in order to reveal its geological and geochemical
characteristics,and to discuss petrogenesis of the rocks. The zircon U-Pb age for the ore-bearing quartz-dioritic porphyry is 137.8±1.3 Ma(MSWD=0.72),suggesting that it was generated during Early Cretaceous. The ore-bearing quartz-dioritic porphyries have high
contents of alkalinity,especially with Na enrichment,and can be grouped into sub-alkaline and high-K calc-alkaline series. They are
enriched in light rare earth elements and large ion lithophile elements(e. g.,K,Rb,Sr,Ba),depleted in high field strength
elements(e. g.,Nb,Ta,Ti),and show unconspicuous negative Eu anomalies. These rocks have(87Sr/86Sr)i ratios ranging from
0.706403 to 0.707903,show low εNd(t)values ranging from -7.4 to -13.3,and with variable zircon εH(f t)values of -4.25~-11.75(t=
137.8 Ma). Compared with the igneous rocks in other districts along the MYLB,the geochemical features and the emplacement ages of
the ore-bearing rocks from the Chating Cu-Au ore deposit are quite different from those in the fault depression zone(e. g.,the Ningwu
and the Luzong basins). Rather,they are much similar to those in the fault uplift zone(e. g.,the Tongling ore concentrated area).
According to the above geological and geochemical characteristics,it is concluded that the magma of the ore-bearing quartz-dioritic
porphyries were generated by mixing of enriched lithospheric mantle-derived magma and lower crust-derived magma. They might have
experienced the same petrogenetic process as those of the Tongling ore concentrated area in the fault uplift of MYLB,that is,the
magmas were originated from partial melting of enriched lithospheric mantle and the induced partial melting of lower curst. The both
magmas mixed in the deep magma chamber,thus generated the parent magma of the quartz dioritic porphyries. The parent magmas
may also be contaminated by upper crust materials and suffered a certain degree of fractional crystallization before emplaced in a
shallow depth.