Abstract
Yudai is a newly discovered copper deposit associated with a porphyritic quartz diorite, in the Kalatag district of the eastern Tianshan, China. SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircons from the diorite yielded an age of 432 ± 3 Ma. The diorite is peraluminous (ASI = 0.98–1.10), calc-alkaline to tholeiitic with high Al2O3 of 16.6–17.7 wt% and Mg# of 57.4–67.4. Trace element characteristics of the diorite show it is enriched in Ba, K and Sr, and depleted in Nb, Ta, Ti, with a positive Eu anomaly and high Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios. This diorite has positive εNd(t) values ranging from 6.2 to 8.4 with low initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios of 0.704336 to 0.704450. These geochemical and isotopic characteristics indicate that the adakite-like diorite, associated with the copper mineralization, was emplaced in an island arc setting and resulted from partial melting of subducted oceanic plate in a mantle wedge.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 780-794 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Ore Geology Reviews |
Volume | 91 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |