Zircon U-Pb-Hf Isotopic Systematics and Geochemistry of the Granites in the Wurinitu Molybdenum Deposit, Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for Tectonic Setting and Genetic Type of Mineralization
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This research benefited from the joint financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 41302263) and a research project on “Quantitative models for prediction of strategic mineral resources in China” (201211022) by China Geological Survey. The authors thank one anonymous reviewer and Prof. Guoxiang Chi (Associate Editor-in-Chief) for constructive comments and suggestions.

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    The Wurinitu Mo deposit is one of the newly found molybdenum deposits in the southwestern part of the late Paleozoic–Mesozoic Erenhot–Dong-Ujimqin metallogenic belt (S-EDMB), Inner Mongolia, China. In the present study, the mineralization age of the Wurinitu deposit is constrained to 137.3 ± 1.3 to 131.9 ± 1.5 Ma based on a combination of the laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) zircon U–Pb dating of the mineralization related fine-grained monzonitic granite and the post-mineralization granite porphyry. The results of zircon Lu–Hf isotopes, combined with the geochemical characteristics of the granites in the S-EDMB, suggest that the Wurinitu Mo deposit was formed in an extensional environment in relation to the subduction of the Paleo-Pacific plate in late Mesozoic. The Wurinitu deposit shares similarities with the classical Climax-type porphyry molybdenum deposits in tectonic setting, mineral assemblages, and metal zonation.

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ZHANG Zhenjie, CHENG Qiuming, YAO Lingqing, BAI Huishan, LI Cheng.2016. Zircon U-Pb-Hf Isotopic Systematics and Geochemistry of the Granites in the Wurinitu Molybdenum Deposit, Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for Tectonic Setting and Genetic Type of Mineralization[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),90(6):2066-2079

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  • Received:July 23,2014
  • Revised:May 10,2015
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  • Online: December 15,2016
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