An Unique Glomerophyric Diorite Porphyry from the Southern Margin of North China Craton:Geochronology,Geochemical and Quantitative Textural Analysis Constraints

1 Introduction The Wulong glomerophyric diorite porphyry has an extremely peculiar texture with plagioclase phenocrysts clustered as flower-like glomerocrysts(Figs.1a&b),which is never discovered elsewhere of the world.The

Geochronology,Geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb Isotopic Study of the Wulong Flower-Like Glomerophyric Diorite Porphyry(Central China):Implications for Tectonic Evolution of Eastern Qinling

The Wulong diorite porphyry displays a very unusual flower-like glomerophyric texture and is thus well-known as a gemstone type of ＂Luoyang peony stone＂ for non-geologists. Hereby, we present a comprehensive study in terms of petrography, zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope. The rock exposed as small-scale dykes in the field, intruding in the Archean migmatized biotite- plagioclase genesis at the southern margin of the North China Craton. It exhibits typical porphyrite texture with plagioclase and amphibole as dominant and subdominant phenocrysts, respectively. The diorite porphyry rocks contain 51 wt.%-59 wt.% SiO2, belonging to medium-K calc-alkaline rock series. They are characterized by enrichment of large ion lithophile elements （LILEs, e.g., Ba） and depletion of high field-strength elements （HFSEs, e.g., Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf）, resembling island arc magmatic rocks. They show high initial Sr isotopic ratios （0.710 7-0.715 8）, low eNd（t） values （-9.9 to -13.3） and variable initial Pb isotopic ratios （206pb/204Pb vary from 17.3 to 19.3）, similar to the coeval intermediate and mafic magmatic rocks of adjacent region. These geochemical features indicate that the Wulong diorite porphyry is likely to originate from an enriched mantle with contamination of crustal materials. Zircon U-Pb dating results reveal a magma crystallization age of 480-A3 Ma, consistent with the summit of the magmatic events of the Qinling orogenic belt and reflecting the northernmost Paleozoic magmatic activity of the belt. This may indicate the influence of northward subduction of Paleotethyan oceanic slab can extend a distance of ca. 200 km to the north and reach Luoyang-Songshan region in the East Qinling Orogen.

Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Tinggong Porphyry Copper Ore Deposit, Tibet

We have determined the ages of the ore-bearing Tinggong porphyries and the Eocene granites using the LA-ICPMS zircon U-Pb method.Zircons from one adamellite porphyry and two diorite porphyries yield ages of 15.54±0.28 Ma,15.02±0.25 Ma and 14.74±0.22 Ma,respectively.The ages of two granites are 50.48±0.71 Ma and 50.16±0.48 Ma.Light Rare Earth Elements （LREE） are enriched in the ore-bearing adamellite porphyries,which are high-K caic-alkaline and metaluminous,while Heavy Rare Earth Elements （HREE） and Y are strongly depleted,indicating an adakitic affinity.The Large Ion Lithophile Elements （LILE） of the adamellite porphyries are highly enriched,whereas some High Field Strength Elements （HFSE） are depleted.The diorite porphyry in this study is chemically similar to the adamellite porphyries,except that the Mg# of the diorite porphyry is a little higher,demonstrating more mantle contamination.Four samples from different rocks are selected for in situ zircon Hf isotopic analyses.The samples show positive εHf（t） values and young Hf model ages,indicating their derivation from juvenile crust.However,the adamellite porphyry and diorite porphyry formed in the Miocene exhibit more heterogeneous Hf isotopic ratios,with lower （Σ）Hf （t） values than the granites formed in the Eocene,suggesting the involvement of old Indian continent crust in their petrogenesis.The geochronology and geochemistry of the adamellite porphyries and the diorite porphyries indicate that they formed from the same source region in a post-collisional environment,but contaminated by crust and mantle materials in different ratios.The metallic minerals formed mainly during the older adamellite porphyry stage,but they were recycled and reactivated by the diorite porphyry intrusion.

Geochronology and geochemistry of Dongxigao diorite porphyries: implications for Late Neoarchean tectonic evolution of eastern North China Craton

Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age and whole-rock geochemistry data are presented for the Dongxigao diorite porphyries in Pingyi,western Shandong,to restrict its petrogenesis. The zircons from the Dongxigao diorite porphyries exhibit striped absorption and oscillatory growth zoning in the cathodoluminescence images,which have upward-type characteristics of rare earth elements( REEs) with positive anomaly of Ce and negative anomaly of Eu,and have high Th / U ratios( 0. 06--0. 91),indicating its magma origin. Zircon LA-ICP-MS UPb dating indicates that^(207) Pb /^(206) Pb ages of 16 spots of zircons are between 2476 Ma and 2701 Ma,yielding a weighted mean age of 2 481 ± 8 Ma,which represents the formation age of Dongxigao diorite porphyries,i. e.Late Neoarchaean. Geochemically,the samples have low contents of SiO_2( 54. 94% and 54. 86%) and high amounts of MgO( 7. 19% and 7. 58%) and Mg~#values( 66. 47 and 67. 59). Additionally,the Dongxigao diorite porphyries show enrichment of LREEs and prominent negative Eu anomaly( δEu = 0. 89 and 0. 91),and they are characterized by enrichment of large ion lithophile elements( LILEs)( e. g. Cs,Rb and Ba),depletion of high field strength elements( HFSEs)( e. g. Nb,Ta,Zr,Hf and Ti),and positive anomaly of K and Pb. The results imply that the Dongxigao diorite porphyries dominantly derived from partial melting of enriched lithospheric mantle with attributes of arc magma,and the magma source area was mixed with amounts of continental crust material,it suggests that they formed in transformation tectonic setting changing from compression to intraplate extension.

Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Early Cretaceous Dagushan adakitic porphyries in the Anshan area,North China Craton

The eastern part of the North China Craton suffered significant lithospheric thinning since the Mesozoic,and petrogenesis of the Dagushan adakitic diorite porphyries provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the lithospheric thinning mechanism and geodynamic setting.The zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb geochronology reveals that the representative Dagushan adakitic porphyry was formed at 120.5±0.5 Ma.The Dagushan diorite porphyries are characterized by the relatively high contents of SiO_(2)(64.25–65.70 wt%),Al_(2) O_(3)(15.00–15.38 wt%),Sr(333–491 ppm),low contents of Y(6.50–10.3 ppm),and Yb(0.57–0.85 ppm),and resultant high Sr/Y(47–57)and La/Yb(37–55)ratios,exhibiting geochemical characteristics of typical adakites.Moreover,the relatively high Mg O contents(MgO=2.23–2.29 wt%)and Mg numbers(Mg^(#)-=54–56)of the Dagushan adakitic rocks imply that the pristine adakitic magma interacted with mantle peridotite.However,the zircon Hf isotopic signatures(εHf(t)=-19.0 to-28.0;TDM2=2378–2944 Ma)suggest an ancient lower crustal source.Therefore,it is proposed that the Dagushan adakitic rock was probably generated by partial melting of delaminated lower crust which was triggered by the Tan-Lu Fault Zone,and the interaction of pristine adakitic magma with mantle peridotite during the ascent finally generated the Dagushan high Mg^(#)adakitic rocks.It is suggested that delamination was an important mechanism for lithospheric thinning of the NCC.

Indosinian Tectonic Setting of the Southern Yidun Arc: Constraints from SHRIMP Zircon Chronology and Geochemistry of Dioritic Porphyries and Granites

A mass of granitoid and dioritic intrusions are distributed in the southern Yidun Arc, among which the representative Indosinian intrusions include the Dongco and Maxionggou granitoid intrusions in Daocheng County and hypabyssal intrusions intruding into arc volcanic rocks near the Xiangcheng town. The Dongco and Maxionggou granitoid intrusions consist mainly of porphyraceous monzogranites, megacryst monzogranites and aplite granites. The Xiangcheng hypabyssal intrusions are composed dominantly of dioritic porphyries. SHRIMP zircon ages of 224±3 Ma and 222±3 Ma have been obtained for the Dongco granitoid intrusion and the Xiangcheng dioritic porphyries, respectively. The Xiongcheng dioritic porphyries show a calc-alkaline geochemical feature, and are characterized by higher Sr/Y ratios, depletive Nb, Ta, P and Ti, enriched LILEs, and lower εNd （t） （=-3.27）, suggesting that they might be derived from mantle source magmas that were obviously contaminated by continent crustal materials. However, the Dongco and Maxionggou granitoids belong to high-potassium calcalkaline series with a per-metaluminous feature, and are characterized by higher CaO/（∑FeO＋MgO） and Al2O3/（∑FeO＋ MgO） ratios, lower （La/Yb）n and Sr/Y ratios, depletive Nb, Ta, Sr, P and Ti, enriched LILEs, and very low εNd （t） （=-8.10）, indicating that the granitoids might be derived from partial melting of continental crust materials mainly of graywacke. Petrogenesis of Dongco and Maxionggou granitoids implies that there was an oceanic crust between the Zongza continental block （ZCB） and western margin of the Yangtze Craton （WMYZC）. And the oceanic crust slab subducted westward during the Indosinian Epoch, producing an Andes-type continent marginal arc and a backarc basin at the WMSCC. Then the oceanic basin closed and a sinistrally lateral collision occurred at ca. 224 Ma-222 Ma between the ZCB and the WMYZC, causing partial melting of sediments in the back-arc basin to generate granitoid magmas of the Dongco and Maxionggou intrusions.