Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt in NE China

The eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt(CAOB)in NE China is a key area for investigating continental growth.However,the complexity of its Paleozoic geological history has meant that the tectonic development of this belt is not fully understood.NE China is composed of the Erguna and Jiamusi blocks in the northern and eastern parts and the Xing’an and Songliao-Xilinhot accretionary terranes in the central and southern parts.The Erguna and Jiamusi blocks have Precambrian basements with Siberia and Gondwana affinities,respectively.In contrast,the Xing’an and Songliao-Xilinhot accretionary terranes were formed via subduction and collision processes.These blocks and terranes were separated by the Xinlin-Xiguitu,Heilongjiang,Nenjiang,and Solonker oceans from north to south,and these oceans closed during the Cambrian(ca.500 Ma),Late Silurian(ca.420 Ma),early Late Carboniferous(ca.320 Ma),and Late Permian to Middle Triassic(260-240 Ma),respectively,forming the Xinlin-Xiguitu,Mudanjiang-Yilan,Hegenshan-Heihe,Solonker-Linxi,and Changchun-Yanji suture zones.Two oceanic tectonic cycles took place in the eastern Paleo-Asian Ocean(PAO),namely,the Early Paleozoic cycle involving the Xinlin-Xiguitu and Heilongjiang oceans and the late Paleozoic cycle involving the Nenjiang-Solonker oceans.The Paleozoic tectonic pattern of the eastern CAOB generally shows structural features that trend east-west.The timing of accretion and collision events of the eastern CAOB during the Paleozoic youngs progressively from north to south.The branch ocean basins of the eastern PAO closed from west to east in a scissor-like manner.A bi-directional subduction regime dominated during the narrowing and closure process of the eastern PAO,which led to“soft collision”of tectonic units on each side,forming huge accretionary orogenic belts in central Asia.

New Evidence of Detrital Zircon Ages for the Final Closure Time of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt(NE China)

Objective The NE China is located in the eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt（CAOB）,which is a large accretionary orogen between the Siberian Craton and the North China Craton（NCC）.Many researches have discussed about the evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean（PAO）in the eastern CAOB.However,

Geology, geochronology and geochemistry of large Duobaoshan Cu-Mo-Au orefield in NE China: Magma genesis and regional tectonic implications

Duobaoshan is the largest porphyry-related Cu-Mo-Au orefield in northeastern(NE)Asia,and hosts a number of large-medium porphyry Cu(PCDs),epithermal Au and Fe-Cu skarn deposits.Formation ages of these deposits,from the oldest(Ordovician)to youngest(Jurassic),have spanned across over 300 Ma.No similar orefields of such size and geological complexity are found in NE Asia,which reflects its metallogenic uniqueness in forming and preserving porphyry-related deposits.In this study,we explore the actual number and timing of magmatic/mineralization phases,their respective magma genesis,fertility,and regional tectonic connection,together with the preservation of PCDs.We present new data on the magmatic/mineralization ages(LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb,pyrite and molybdenite Re-Os dating),whole-rock geochemistry,and zircon trace element compositions on four representative deposits in the Duobaoshan orefield,i.e.,Duobaoshan PCD,Tongshan PCD,Sankuanggou Fe-Cu skarn,and Zhengguang epithermal Au deposits,and compiled published ones from these and other mineral occurrences in the orefield.In terms of geochronology,we have newly summarized seven magmatic phases in the orefield:(1)Middle-Late Cambrian(506-491 Ma),(2)Early and Middle Ordovician(485-471 Ma and~462 Ma),(3)Late Ordovician(450-447 Ma),(4)Early Carboniferous and Late-Carboniferous to Early Permian(351-345 and 323-291 Ma),(5)Middle-Late Triassic(244-223 Ma),(6)Early-Middle and Late Jurassic(178-168 Ma and~150 Ma),and(7)Early Cretaceous(~112 Ma).Three of these seven major magmatic phases were coeval with ore formation,including(1)Early Ordovician(485-473 Ma)porphyry-type Cu-Mo-(Au),(2)Early-Middle Triassic(246-229 Ma)porphyry-related epithermal Au-(Cu-Mo),and(3)Early Jurassic(177-173 Ma)Fe-Cu skarn mineralization.Some deposits in the orefield,notably Tongshan and Zhengguang,were likely formed by more than one mineralization events.In terms of geochemistry,ore-causative granitoids in the orefield exhibit adakite-like or adakite-normal arc transitional signatures,but those forming the porphyry-/epithermal-type Cu-Mo-Au mineralization are largely confined to the former.The varying but high Sr/Y,Sm/Yb and La/Yb ratios suggest that the ore-forming magmas were mainly crustal sourced and formed at different depths(clinopyroxene-/amphibole-/garnet-stability fields).The adakite-like suites may have formed by partial melting of the thickened lower crust at 35-40 km(for the Early Ordovician arc)and>40 km(for the Middle-Late Triassic arc)depths.The Early Jurassic Fe-Cu skarn orecausative granitoids show an adakitic-normal arc transitional geochemical affinity.These granitoids were likely formed by partial melting of the juvenile lower crust(35-40 km depth),and subsequently modified by assimilation and fractional crystallization(AFC)processes.In light of the geological,geochronological and geochemical information,we proposed the following tectonometallogenic model for the Duobaoshan orefield.The Ordovician Duobaoshan may have been in a continental arc setting during the subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean,and formed the porphyry-related deposits at Duobaoshan,Tongshan and Zhengguang.Subduction may have ceased in the latest Ordovician,and the regional tectonics passed into long subsidence and extension till the latest Carboniferous.This extensional tectonic regime and the Silurian terrestrial-shallow marine sedimentation had likely buried and preserved the Ordovician Duobaoshan magmatic-hydrothermal system.The south-dipping Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean subduction from north of the orefield had generated the Middle-Late Triassic continental arc magmatism and the associated Tongshan PCD and Zhengguang epithermal Au mineralization(which superimposed on the Ordovician PCD system).The Middle Jurassic closure of Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean in the northwestern Amuria block(Erguna terrane),and the accompanying Siberia-Amuria collision,may have placed the Paleo-Pacific subduction system in NE China(including the orefield)under compression,and formed the granodiorite-tonalite and Fe-Cu skarn deposits at Sankuanggou and Xiaoduobaoshan.From the Middle Jurassic,the consecutive accretion of Paleo-Pacific arc terranes(e.g.,Sikhote-Alin and Nadanhada)onto the NE Asian continental margin may have gradually distant the Duobaoshan orefield from the subduction front,and consequently arc-type magmatism and the related mineralization faded.The minor Late Jurassic and Cretaceous unmineralized magmatism in the orefield may have triggered mainly by the far-field extension led by the post-collisional(Siberia-Amuria)gravitational collapse and/or Paleo-Pacific backarc-basin opening.

Early Paleozoic geodynamic evolution of the Eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Insights from granitoids in the Xing’an and Songnen blocks

The early Paleozoic tectonic framework and evolutionary history of the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt(CAOB)is poorly understood.Here we present zircon U-Pb geochronology,whole rock geochemistry,and Sr-NdHf isotope data of the early Paleozoic granitoids in eastern CAOB to investigate the petrogenesis and geodynamic implications.The early Paleozoic granitoids from the Songnen Block yield zircon U-Pb ages of 523-490 Ma,negative εNd(t)values of-6.7 to-0.8,and values of-8.6 to 7.1,indicating they were generated by partial melting of ancient crustal materials with various degrees of mantle contribution.They generally show affinities to A-type granites,implying their generation from an extensional environment after the collision between the Songnen and Jiamusi blocks.In comparison,the early Paleozoic granitoids from the Xing’an Block have zircon U-Pb ages of 480-465 Ma,εNd(t)values of-5.4 to 5.4,andεHf(t)values of-2.2 to 12.9,indicating a dominated juvenile crustal source with some input of ancient crustal components.They belong to I-type granites and were likely related to subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean.The statistics of TDM2 Hf model ages of the granitoids indicate that the Erguna and Jiamusi blocks contain a significant proportion of Mesoproterozoic crystalline basement,while the Xing’an Block is dominated by a Neoproterozoic basement.Based on these observations,the early Paleozoic evolutionary history of eastern GAOB can be divided into four stages:(1)before 540 Ma,the Erguna,Xing’an,Songnen,and Jiamusi blocks were discrete microcontinents separated by different branches of the Paleo-Asian Ocean;(2)540-523 Ma,the Jiamusi Block collided with the Songnen Block along the Mudanjiang suture;(3)ca.500 Ma,the Erguna Block accreted onto the Xing’an Block along the Xinlin-Xiguitu suture;(4)ca.480 Ma,the Paleo-Asian Ocean started a double-side subduction beneath the united Erguna-Xing’an and Songnen-Jiamusi blocks.

Early Permian A-type Granites in the Zhangdaqi Area, Inner Mongolia, China and Their Tectonic Implications

There is a controversy regarding the amalgamation of Xing’an and Songnen Blocks along the Hegenshan-Heihe Suture(HHS)in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt(CAOB).To solve this problem,we performed detailed study on the granites from the Zhangdaqi area,adjacent to the north of the HHS in the northern part of the Great Xing’an Range,NE China.Geochemically,the granites in the study area are metaluminous-weak peraluminous and high-K calc-alkaline series.Trace elements of the granites show that LREEs are relatively enriched,while HREEs are relatively deficient and obvious REE fractionation.The granites are characterized by obvious negative Eu anomalies,meanwhile,they are relatively enriched in Rb,K,Th and depleted in Ba,Nb,Sr,P,Ti.All the geochemical features suggest that the granites in the Zhangdaqi area are aluminum A-type granites.The zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages of these granites are 294-298 Ma,indicating that they formed in the Early Permian.These granites also have positiveεHf(t)values(8.4-14.2)and a relatively young two-stage model age between 449 Ma and 977 Ma,implying that the magma was derived from the re-melting of the Early Paleozoic-Neoproterozoic juvenile crust.Combined with geochemical characteristics(Nb/Ta ratios of 9.0-22.2,and Zr/Hf ratios of 52.3-152.0),we believe that the magmatic source area is a mixture of partial melting of the lower crust and depleted mantle.A-type granites and bimodal volcanic rocks along the Hegenshan-Heihe Suture formed during the Late Carboniferous-Early Permian,indicating that the HHS between Xing’an and Songnen Blocks closed in the late EarlyCarboniferous.Subsequently,the Zhangdaqi area was in a post-orogenic extensional environment from Late Carboniferous to Early Permian and resulted in the formation of the A-type granites.

额尔古纳成矿带西北部金矿床流体包裹体研究

额尔古纳成矿带是中国东北重要的银、铅、锌、铜、钼多金属成矿带,它位于蒙古-鄂霍茨克造山带的东南缘。最近,额尔古纳成矿带西北部发现了砂宝斯、老沟、小伊诺盖沟等金矿床和一些金矿点。这些金矿受洛古河-二根河韧性剪切带和额尔古纳河韧性剪切带控制,矿体常赋存于韧性剪切带的次级张扭性断裂构造中。矿石中硫化物含量一般不超过3%,且硫化物以黄铁矿为主。流体包裹体有气液两相、含 CO_2三相和纯 CO_2包裹体3种类型。气相成分以 H_2O、CO_2和 N_2为主,含少量H_2S、CH_4为特征。流体包裹体的盐度低,介于2.06～8.54%NaCl eqv 之间。老沟金矿流体包裹体均一温度介于171℃～452℃之间,平均295℃,小伊诺盖沟金矿包裹体均一温度为169℃～493℃,平均亦为295℃,均属中温热液矿床。老沟金矿成矿压力为61～122MPa,平均82MPa;小伊诺盖沟金矿成矿压力为38～172MPa,平均93MPa。前者成矿深度介于6～9km,平均7km;后者成矿深度为4～11km,平均8km。上述金矿床的地质-地球化学特征与世界造山型金矿类似,形成于蒙古-中朝板块与西伯利亚板块之间的陆-陆碰撞造山作用。

中国东北地区的构造格局与演化:从500Ma到180Ma

中国东北变质基底为由含矽线石榴片麻岩、角闪斜长片麻岩、石墨大理岩和各种长英质片麻岩组成的孔兹岩系。采自额尔古纳、兴安、佳木斯和兴凯地块的矽线石榴片麻岩样品的锆石U-Pb测年均指示高级变质发生在500Ma左右。来自松辽地块古生代沉积物碎屑锆石的证据也表明约500Ma构造岩浆事件的存在。跨越整个中国东北不同地块的泛非期高级变质岩形成了超过1 300km北西向展布的晚泛非期'中国东北孔兹岩带',以顺时针p/T轨迹的孔兹岩带与同期岩浆杂岩共同构成了一巨型的约500Ma前后的造山带,笔者这里命名为'中国东北早古生代造山带'。这证明了中国东北各地块在500Ma之前已经拼合,并与西伯利亚克拉通具有构造亲缘性,曾是晚泛非期(500 Ma)西伯利亚南缘Sayang-Baikal造山带的组成部分。450Ma之后,已经拼合的中国东北地块群从西伯利亚裂解,向南朝现今的中国东北漂移;230Ma前后,东北地块群沿索伦—西拉沐伦—长春缝合带与华北板块碰撞;210～180 Ma,由于太平洋板块的俯冲导致佳木斯地块与西部松辽地块最终拼贴,沿佳木斯—兴凯地块西缘和南缘形成一弧形高压带(包括佳木斯—兴凯地块西缘黑龙江蓝片岩带和佳木斯—兴凯地块南缘长春—延吉带),这里简称'吉林—黑龙江高压变质带',之后东北地区进入了环太平洋构造域演化阶段并持续至今。

中国东北地区晚古生代构造-岩浆演化历史

中国东北地区位于中亚造山带东段,由多个不同构造属性的微陆块拼贴而成,包括额尔古纳地块、兴安地块、松嫩-张广才岭地块、佳木斯地块以及那丹哈达地体。伴随不同微陆块的复杂拼贴演化过程,东北地区发育强烈的晚古生代岩浆作用,因此这些岩浆作用的产物是记录东北地区晚古生代构造演化历史的重要媒介。根据东北地区晚古生代岩浆岩的岩石学、年代学以及地球化学等特征,发现大兴安岭地区晚古生代岩浆作用以石炭纪-二叠纪为主,其中早石炭世岩浆作用的产物为辉长岩-闪长岩-花岗岩组合,晚石炭世产物以花岗质岩石为主以及少量辉长岩,二叠纪岩浆作用的产物以花岗质岩石为主,同时这些晚古生代岩浆岩大部分具有典型的弧属性特征;而吉黑东部地区则广泛发育的晚古生代岩浆岩,以二叠纪花岗质岩石为主,同时包含少量辉长岩,且这些二叠纪岩浆岩普遍表现出典型的弧属性特征。结合岩石学、年代学、地球化学以及同位素等资料,认为大兴安岭地区和吉黑东部岩石可能具有不同的构造-岩浆演化历史,同时东北地区内各微陆块具有复杂的地壳增生历史。

中亚造山带东段古生代山弯构造

中亚造山带东段位于西伯利亚和华北克拉通之间,经历了多构造体系叠加和多旋回洋陆转换的复杂演化过程,目前大量研究均以构造带为核心来限定区域构造格局,但一直争议较大。本文以构造单元的构造属性及其形成过程为主线,结合区域构造带演化,重新厘定了中国东北地区基本构造格局,建立了中国东北山弯构造演化模型。研究表明,古生代时期中国东北地区的主要构造单元由两个具前寒武纪基底的古老地块——额尔古纳地块和佳木斯地块及其张广才岭陆缘弧与两个古生代增生地体——兴安增生地体和松辽增生地体组成,其间由古亚洲洋分支新林-喜桂图洋、贺根山-嫩江洋、龙凤山洋和索伦洋分割。早古生代,西部额尔古纳地块东南部为西太平洋型活动陆缘,发育有嘎仙-吉峰-环宇洋内弧和头道桥等洋岛,~500 Ma随着新林-喜桂图洋的关闭,这些洋内弧和洋岛拼贴增生至额尔古纳地块东南缘。随后贺根山-嫩江洋的俯冲和后撤形成了一系列沟-弧-盆体系,持续的俯冲导致弧陆碰撞和陆缘增生,形成兴安增生地体的主体。同时,东部佳木斯地块西侧发育有龙凤山洋的安第斯型俯冲活动陆缘,形成了张广才岭陆缘弧。伴随着各大洋的俯冲和陆缘增生,额尔古纳地块和佳木斯地块以及它们的陆缘增生带构成了一个早古生代近东西向展布的地块链。南部以锡林浩特-龙江微地块为核心发生陆缘俯冲,形成松辽增生地体雏形。索伦洋发生双向俯冲,并通过弧陆碰撞产生陆缘增生。晚古生代,伴随着古亚洲洋的北向俯冲和后撤,早期形成的地块链逐渐发生向南弯曲。二叠纪末期—中三叠世古亚洲洋俯冲消减闭合以及西北部蒙古-鄂霍茨克洋和东部泛大洋的俯冲挤压,导致地块链进一步弯曲,同时,早期的古老地块、增生地体、弧岩浆岩、沉积建造等发生汇聚,最终形成一个以额尔古纳地块和兴安增生地体为西翼,佳木斯地块和张广才岭陆缘弧为东翼,松辽增生地体为核心的大规模山弯构造——中国东北山弯构造。