Geological and tectonic analysis of the Eastern Himalayan basins has given rise to a decade-long debate on the geodynamic evolution of the Burmese terrane and on the extent of reorganization of the main SE Asia draina...Geological and tectonic analysis of the Eastern Himalayan basins has given rise to a decade-long debate on the geodynamic evolution of the Burmese terrane and on the extent of reorganization of the main SE Asia drainage systems.However,the influence of the Himalayan belt on the Central Myanmar Basin(CMB)system remains poorly documented,although it is key to providing more accurate models for the evolution of the Himalayan-Burmese orogen.In this contribution,we present geochronological,isotopic and geochemical analysis from 2500 zircon,1700 titanite,700 rutile and 850 apatite detrital grains from fifteen Cenozoic siliciclastic samples and one Cretaceous igneous rock.The samples were collected within the fore-and back-arc basins of the Central Myanmar Basin domain(CMB)to constrain the provenance,maximum depositional ages,and depositional environments of the west Burma terrane.Nine key lithological units,the Sadwingyi,Ketpanda,Wabo Chaung,Gwegon,Minwun,Padaung,Okmintaung and Irrawaddy formations have detrital age spectra spanning from the Miocene to Paleoarchean.The entire data set has common age peaks at ca.20,40,60,90,100 Ma,with about 80%of the U–Pb ages younger than ca.140 Ma and only ca.1%of the grains predating ca.3.0 Ga.Our results shed light on the current ambiguities on the transport pathways of Himalayan detritus in the CMB.They show that the fore-arc basin was open to the trench and fed by the unroofing of both the Wuntho Popa volcanic arc to the east and possibly from the Burmese basement and/or from Himalayan-derived Bengal Fan detritus to the west during the Eocene,from at least ca.44 Ma to before ca.39 Ma.We show that the west Burma Terrane was partitioned into pull-apart basins such as the Minwun Basin,which during the Oligocene recorded the first evidence of a new source contribution into the CMB at ca.27 Ma.This new source is characterized by detritus highly compatible with the SE Asia basement rocks,which we suggest corresponds to the initiation of the palaeo–Irrawaddy River.This geodynamic evolution does not require any Yarlung Tsangpo-Irrawaddy-Brahmaputra paleodrainage reorganization,since from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene,the Irrawaddy River fed an internally drained basin,and from the Late Miocene onwards,the Yarlung drained into the Brahmaputra in the Bengal Basin.展开更多
Compared with the porphyry Cu-epithermal Au mineralization system,detailed studies on the porphyry Mo-epithermal Pb–Zn–Ag–Au mineralization are rare due to limited exposures.The Shipingchuan polymetallic deposit,lo...Compared with the porphyry Cu-epithermal Au mineralization system,detailed studies on the porphyry Mo-epithermal Pb–Zn–Ag–Au mineralization are rare due to limited exposures.The Shipingchuan polymetallic deposit,located in the South China Mo Province(SCMP)represents a typical example containing both porphyry Mo and epithermal Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization.The Mo mineralization mainly occurs as molybdenite-quartz veins in veinlets or as disseminated molybdenite within the potassic,silicic,and sericitic syenogranite.The Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization is characterized by veinlet-type sphalerite–galena–pyrite–quartz–calcite vein within the volcanic rocks accompanied with silicifi cation and propylitization.Five molybdenite samples yield a Re–Os isochron age of 104.7±0.7 Ma that is consistent with the zircon age(107.5±2.1 Ma)of the ore-bearing syenogranite within errors.Together with previous reported Ar–Ar ages(106.6–121.8 Ma)of Pb–Zn–Ag related volcanic rocks,the Mo and Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization belong to a magmatic-hydrothermal event in the Early Cretaceous.Meanwhile,the total Re contents of molybednite range from 1.28 to 45.55 ppm,indicating the ore-forming materials were from a mixture between the mantle and crustal material.Moreover,previous sulfur isotopic values(3.7–4.3‰)of the pyrites from the porphyry Mo mineralization were consistent with the reported range of 4.0–6.1‰of the sphalerites from the Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization,implying that the sulfur of two-types of mineralization was derived from magma.The above-mentioned spatial,temporal,and isotopic lines of evidence suggest that the Mo and Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization of the Shipingchuan deposit was formed from the same metallogenic system.In consideration of regional tectonic evolution history,we propose that the porphyry Mo-epithermal Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization formed in an extensional tectonic setting caused by the continued rollback and the eventual slab break-off of the subducting PaleoPacifi c plate.展开更多
基金The National Centre for Isotope Geochemistry(NCIG)at University College Dublin,which is a joint venture of University College Dublin,Trinity College Dublin,University College Cork and National University of Ireland,Galway,is funded mainly by Science Foundation Ireland,including grant 04/BR/ES0007/EC07 awarded to JSDin part by Irish Research Council grant number 206952Science Foundation Ireland Grant No.13/RC/2092,which is co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund.
文摘Geological and tectonic analysis of the Eastern Himalayan basins has given rise to a decade-long debate on the geodynamic evolution of the Burmese terrane and on the extent of reorganization of the main SE Asia drainage systems.However,the influence of the Himalayan belt on the Central Myanmar Basin(CMB)system remains poorly documented,although it is key to providing more accurate models for the evolution of the Himalayan-Burmese orogen.In this contribution,we present geochronological,isotopic and geochemical analysis from 2500 zircon,1700 titanite,700 rutile and 850 apatite detrital grains from fifteen Cenozoic siliciclastic samples and one Cretaceous igneous rock.The samples were collected within the fore-and back-arc basins of the Central Myanmar Basin domain(CMB)to constrain the provenance,maximum depositional ages,and depositional environments of the west Burma terrane.Nine key lithological units,the Sadwingyi,Ketpanda,Wabo Chaung,Gwegon,Minwun,Padaung,Okmintaung and Irrawaddy formations have detrital age spectra spanning from the Miocene to Paleoarchean.The entire data set has common age peaks at ca.20,40,60,90,100 Ma,with about 80%of the U–Pb ages younger than ca.140 Ma and only ca.1%of the grains predating ca.3.0 Ga.Our results shed light on the current ambiguities on the transport pathways of Himalayan detritus in the CMB.They show that the fore-arc basin was open to the trench and fed by the unroofing of both the Wuntho Popa volcanic arc to the east and possibly from the Burmese basement and/or from Himalayan-derived Bengal Fan detritus to the west during the Eocene,from at least ca.44 Ma to before ca.39 Ma.We show that the west Burma Terrane was partitioned into pull-apart basins such as the Minwun Basin,which during the Oligocene recorded the first evidence of a new source contribution into the CMB at ca.27 Ma.This new source is characterized by detritus highly compatible with the SE Asia basement rocks,which we suggest corresponds to the initiation of the palaeo–Irrawaddy River.This geodynamic evolution does not require any Yarlung Tsangpo-Irrawaddy-Brahmaputra paleodrainage reorganization,since from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene,the Irrawaddy River fed an internally drained basin,and from the Late Miocene onwards,the Yarlung drained into the Brahmaputra in the Bengal Basin.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42162009)。
文摘Compared with the porphyry Cu-epithermal Au mineralization system,detailed studies on the porphyry Mo-epithermal Pb–Zn–Ag–Au mineralization are rare due to limited exposures.The Shipingchuan polymetallic deposit,located in the South China Mo Province(SCMP)represents a typical example containing both porphyry Mo and epithermal Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization.The Mo mineralization mainly occurs as molybdenite-quartz veins in veinlets or as disseminated molybdenite within the potassic,silicic,and sericitic syenogranite.The Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization is characterized by veinlet-type sphalerite–galena–pyrite–quartz–calcite vein within the volcanic rocks accompanied with silicifi cation and propylitization.Five molybdenite samples yield a Re–Os isochron age of 104.7±0.7 Ma that is consistent with the zircon age(107.5±2.1 Ma)of the ore-bearing syenogranite within errors.Together with previous reported Ar–Ar ages(106.6–121.8 Ma)of Pb–Zn–Ag related volcanic rocks,the Mo and Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization belong to a magmatic-hydrothermal event in the Early Cretaceous.Meanwhile,the total Re contents of molybednite range from 1.28 to 45.55 ppm,indicating the ore-forming materials were from a mixture between the mantle and crustal material.Moreover,previous sulfur isotopic values(3.7–4.3‰)of the pyrites from the porphyry Mo mineralization were consistent with the reported range of 4.0–6.1‰of the sphalerites from the Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization,implying that the sulfur of two-types of mineralization was derived from magma.The above-mentioned spatial,temporal,and isotopic lines of evidence suggest that the Mo and Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization of the Shipingchuan deposit was formed from the same metallogenic system.In consideration of regional tectonic evolution history,we propose that the porphyry Mo-epithermal Pb–Zn–Ag mineralization formed in an extensional tectonic setting caused by the continued rollback and the eventual slab break-off of the subducting PaleoPacifi c plate.
