Geochronological, Mineralogical and Lithogeochemical Studies of the Kebu Mafic-ultramafic Intrusion in Urad Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia
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Tianjin Center, China Geological Survey,Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey,Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey,Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey,State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences,Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey,Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey,Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey

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    Urad Middle Banner (Wulatezhongqi) in Inner Mongolia is tectonically located in the northwestern margin of North China Craton, belonging to the LangshanBaiyan Obo epicontinental rifting. Regionally, maficultramafic intrusions are distributed discontinuously along central Inner Mongolia, forming a 400kmlong, 30kmwide magmatic belt. This belt hosts lots of CuNi (PGE) deposits/ occurrences, with the smallmedium sized Kebu CuNi deposit occurring in the Kebu massif. The Kebu massif, cropping out over an area of 45km2, consists of gabbro and olive facies. The gabbro facies is dominant litholgical facies for massif, whereas the olive facies hosts the main orebodies. The two facies occur together and present a transition relation. In this study, LAICPMS UPb dating of zircons yielded an age of 2581±18Ma (MSWD=23) for the Kebu plagioharzburgite, suggesting a Late Permain magmatic event. Geochemical analysis results show that the maficultramafic rocks from the Kebu massif belong to the tholetiitic series. These rocks are relatively enriched in large ion lithophile elements (eg. Rb, Sr, Ba,) and depleted in high field strength elements (eg. Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, Ti), with rightinclined REE distribution pattern and (La/Yb)N value of 247~1129. According to the Fo and Ni values of olivine which contains the highest Fo, MgO and FeO contents of parent magma were estimated to 101% and 121% respectively, indicating that the parent magma of the Kebu intrusion is a highMgO tholetiitic basalt. The comprehensive analysis shows that the Kebu maficultramafic intrusion might form in the postcollisional tectonic setting, with magmatic source consisting of asthenospheric material and mantle wedge material, both of which were contaminated by previously subducted fluids. Crystallization fractionation of Fe and Mgrich minerals (such as olivine and pyroxene) and contamination of Sirich crust material might have played a key role in Ssaturation and subsequent sulfide segregation.

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DANG Zhicai, LI Junjian, FU Chao, TANG Wenlong, LIU Yue, ZHAO Zelin, WU Xingyuan, SUN Hongwei.2018. Geochronological, Mineralogical and Lithogeochemical Studies of the Kebu Mafic-ultramafic Intrusion in Urad Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica,92(2):278-297

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  • Received:May 23,2016
  • Revised:July 05,2017
  • Adopted:January 12,2018
  • Online: February 02,2018
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