Advances in metallogeny and tectonics of the Eastern Tethyan Realm: Introduction

Cao, Hong; Tang, Li; Yang, Cheng‐Xue; Santosh, M.

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“…In the Tethyan Himalayas regime, a belt of leucogranites up to 2000 km long is distributed approximately along the east-west direction, nearly parallel to the Greater and northern Himalayas. They are important rock probes for studying the tectonic-magmatic evolution history of the Himalayan orogenic [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Therefore, the detailed study of leucogranite is very important for determining the evolution of the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau orogenic belt [7,[10][11][12][13][14].…”

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Origin of Himalayan Eocene Adakitic Rocks and Leucogranites: Constraints from Geochemistry, U-Pb Geochronology and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf Isotopes

Liu,

Li,

Cao

et al. 2023

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Within the Himalayan collisional belt, granites occur along two subparallel belts, namely, the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence (THS) and the Greater Himalayan Crystalline Complex (GHC). In this study, Eocene adakitic rocks and leucogranite are found only in the northern Himalayas, so further research is required to constrain their origin. Here, we present zircon U–Pb and monazite U–Th–Pb ages, Sr–Nd–Pb and Hf isotopes, and whole-rock major and trace elements for Liemai muscovite granite in the eastern Himalayan region. The U–(Th)–Pb results show that Liemai muscovite granite was emplaced at 43 Ma, and that its geochemical characteristics are similar to those of adakitic rocks of the same age (Dala, Quedang, Ridang, etc.). Combined with previous studies, both Eocene adakitic rocks and leucogranite are high-potassium calc-alkaline peraluminous granites. The former is relatively rich in large-ion lithophile elements (LILEs), such as Ba and Sr, and relatively deficient in high-field-strength elements (HFSEs), such as Nb, Ta, Zr, and Y, with weak or no Eu anomalies, and the average light rare earth element (LREE)/heavy rare earth element (HREE) ratio is 17.8. The latter is enriched in LILEs (such as Rb) and U, Ta, and Pb, and depleted in HFSEs (such as Nb and Zr), La, and Nd, with obvious negative Sr, Ba, and Eu anomalies and a mean LREE/HREE ratio of 10.7. The 87Sr/86Sr of the former is in the range of 0.707517–0.725100, εNd (t) ranged from −1.2 to −14.7, the average is −11.6, εHf (t) ranged from −0.5 to −65, the average is −12.2. The average values of (206Pb/204Pb) i, (207Pb/204Pb) i and (208Pb/204Pb) i are 18.788, 15.712 and 39.221, respectively; The 87Sr/86Sr of the latter is in the range of 0.711049~0.720429, εNd (t) ranged from −9.8 to −13.8, the average is −12.3, εHf (t) ranged from −4.2 to −10, the average is −6.7. The isotopic characteristics indicate that adakitic rocks and leucogranites are derived from the ancient lower crust, and both may be derived from metamorphic rocks of the GHC. In this paper, the origin of the two is associated with the transformation of the Himalayan tectonic system during the Eocene, and it is inferred that the deep crust may have altered the tectonic environment (temperature and pressure), resulting in an obvious episodic growth trend of leucogranite and significant development of adakitic rocks from 51 to 40 Ma. From 40 to 35 Ma, the development of Eocene magmatic rocks was hindered, and adakitic rocks disappeared. It is proposed that the genetic difference is related to the transition from high to low angles of the subducting plate in the crustal thickening process.

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Origin of Himalayan Eocene Adakitic Rocks and Leucogranites: Constraints from Geochemistry, U-Pb Geochronology and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf Isotopes

Liu,

Li,

Cao

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Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb geochronology and Lu–Hf isotopes of the Late Jurassic granitoids from the Shuangyuangou deposit, South Qinling, China: Implications for petrogenesis and porphyry Cu metallogeny

Zhao,

Tang,

Guo

et al. 2023

Geological Journal

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The Shuangyuangou copper deposit is located in the southern segment of the Qinling orogenic belt in central China. The ore‐related intrusions include quartz diorite porphyry, granite porphyry and lamprophyre. In this study, we present whole‐rock geochemistry, zircon U–Pb geochronology, trace elements and Lu–Hf isotope data on the Shuangyuangou intrusions which provide critical constraints on the emplacement age, magma origin, petrogenesis and implications for porphyry Cu mineralization in this newly discovered deposit. Zircon U–Pb dating constrains the emplacement age of quartz diorite porphyry, lamprophyre and granite porphyry at 150–147 Ma. The quartz diorite porphyry and granite porphyry display high‐K calc–alkaline I‐type granite affiliation. The rocks show enrichment of LREE and LILE (Rb, Ba), depletion in HREE and HFSE (Nb, Ta, Ti) and absence of Eu anomaly. Zircon εHf(t) values of quartz diorite porphyry, lamprophyre and granite porphyry range from −7.5 to −1.7 with TDM2 ages of 1.3–1.6 Ga. Our data suggest that the parental magma was derived from partial melting of juvenile lower crust and metasomatic lithospheric mantle, with more involvement of mantle material for the lamprophyre. The zircon Eu/Eu* values of 0.55–0.78 suggest high magmatic water content which suppresses the fractionation of plagioclase. In addition, the ΔFMQ values calculated from zircon trace elements range from −0.90 to 2.96 which is a favourable factor for porphyry Cu mineralization at Shuangyuangou. The Late Jurassic Shuangyuangou intrusion and associated Cu mineralization were formed within an intracontinental setting after the collisional assembly of the Qinling orogenic belt.

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Eocene non-mineralization to Miocene porphyry copper mineralization-related magmatism in the Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc, Iran

Moghaddam,

Karimpour

2023

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

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Advances in metallogeny and tectonics of the Eastern Tethyan Realm: Introduction

Cited by 9 publications

References 42 publications

Origin of Himalayan Eocene Adakitic Rocks and Leucogranites: Constraints from Geochemistry, U-Pb Geochronology and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf Isotopes

Origin of Himalayan Eocene Adakitic Rocks and Leucogranites: Constraints from Geochemistry, U-Pb Geochronology and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf Isotopes

Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb geochronology and Lu–Hf isotopes of the Late Jurassic granitoids from the Shuangyuangou deposit, South Qinling, China: Implications for petrogenesis and porphyry Cu metallogeny

Eocene non-mineralization to Miocene porphyry copper mineralization-related magmatism in the Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc, Iran

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