Genesis of Mafic Microgranular Enclaves in the Shaocunwu Granodiorite, Southern China, and Their Implications: Evidence from Zircon and Whole‐rock Geochemistry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua JIANG ◽  
Dayu ZHANG ◽  
Shiwei WANG ◽  
Xiang FU ◽  
Longxiang YE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern China ◽  
Microgranular Enclaves ◽  
Mafic Microgranular Enclaves

The role of shallow open system processes in the evolution of South Tepeldag Pluton (NW Turkey): insights and constraints from thermodynamic modelling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tunahan Arık ◽  
Ömer Kamacı ◽  
Işıl Nur Güraslan ◽  
Şafak Altunkaynak
Keyword(s):  
Fractional Crystallization ◽  
Open System ◽  
Suture Zone ◽  
Thermodynamic Simulations ◽  
Nw Turkey ◽  
Microgranular Enclaves ◽  
Mafic Microgranular Enclaves ◽  
Ophiolitic Rocks ◽  
Compositional Variations ◽  
Spider Diagrams

<p>Eocene granitoids in NW Anatolia occurred following the continental collision between Sakarya Continent and Tauride-Anatolide Platform and mark the onset of post-collisional magmatism in the region. One of the representative members of the Eocene granitoids, the Tepeldağ pluton crops out as two isolated granitic bodies and is intruded into the Cretaceous blueschist assemblages (Kocasu formation) and ophiolitic rocks within the Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture zone (IAESZ). South Tepeldağ pluton (STP) is composed mainly of granodiorite with subordinate quartz diorite, which show transitional contacts. Aplitic dykes crosscut the pluton as well as the country rocks. STP includes a number of mafic microgranular enclaves (MME) of gabbro/diorite composition.</p><p>Geochemically, STP shows distinct I-type affinity with a metaluminous to slightly peraluminous (ASI ≤1.02) nature. The samples are medium-K to high-K calc-alkaline in character. They exhibit depletion in HFSE (Ti, Hf, Zr, Nb and Ta) compared to large ion lithophile elements (Rb, Ba, Th, U, K) and presents negative Nb, P, Ti anomalies. STP displays slight negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.7–1.2), enrichment in LREE and flat HREE patterns in chondrite-normalized spider diagrams. MELTS modeling (with initial parameters of 1–3 kbar pressure, 2–3% water and QFM-NNO oxygen fugacity buffers) indicate that compositional variations in STP samples can be interpreted as a result of open system processes (assimilation fractional crystallization) rather than a reflection of fractional crystallization in the upper crustal magma chamber. All thermodynamic simulations dictate a crustal assimilation, especially in the late stages of the magmatic process, with a MgO, Na<sub>2</sub>O and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-rich assimilant similar to the suture zone (IAESZ) rocks.</p>

Insights into granite petrogenesis from quantitative assessment of the field distribution of enclaves, xenoliths and K-feldspar megacrysts in the Monte Capanne pluton, Italy

2008 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 925-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Gagnevin ◽  
J. S. Daly ◽  
G. Poli
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Magma Chamber ◽  
Late Stage ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Mafic Magma ◽  
Crustal Assimilation ◽  
Microgranular Enclaves ◽  
Mafic Microgranular Enclaves ◽  
Quantitative Analyses

AbstractA detailed field study to determine quantitatively the distribution of K-feldspar megacrysts, mafic microgranular enclaves (MME) and metasedimentary xenoliths has been carried out in the Monte Capanne pluton (Elba, Italy) with a view to evaluating the utility of this approach to petrogenetic investigations. Mafic microgranular enclaves are inferred to result from interactions between mafic and felsic magmas, while xenoliths attest to crustal assimilation occurring in the Monte Capanne magma chamber. In particular, we emphasize, based on our field data, that both processes are intimately linked, such that xenolith dissolution during assimilation was triggered by replenishment with hot mafic magma. It is suggested that the previously defined ‘San Piero’ and ‘San Francesco’ facies do not differ substantially, and are thus amalgamated and renamed as the ‘Pomonte’ facies. Results also indicate that the abundance of K-feldspar megacrysts is positively correlated with the volumetric abundance of MME in the Sant’ Andrea facies, which we link to a recharging, mingling and textural coarsening event that occurred at a rather late stage of magma-chamber evolution prior to emplacement. This study demonstrates how petrogenetic processes can be deciphered by detailed field quantitative analyses of granite-forming components, thus complementing geochemical investigations.

Anisian granodiorites and mafic microgranular enclaves in the eastern Kunlun Orogen, NW China: Insights into closure of the eastern Paleo–Tethys

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 6487-6507
Author(s):  
Yanjun Li ◽  
Junhao Wei ◽  
M. Santosh ◽  
Huan Li ◽  
Huiwen Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nw China ◽  
Microgranular Enclaves ◽  
Mafic Microgranular Enclaves

scholarly journals Protolith-Related Thermal Controls on the Decoupling of Sn and W in Sn-W Metallogenic Provinces: Insights from the Nanling Region, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 114 (5) ◽  
pp. 1005-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunda Yuan ◽  
Anthony E. Williams-Jones ◽  
Rolf L. Romer ◽  
Panlao Zhao ◽  
Jingwen Mao
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Bulk Rock ◽  
Rare Metals ◽  
The West ◽  
Metallogenic Province ◽  
Peraluminous Granites ◽  
Microgranular Enclaves ◽  
Mafic Microgranular Enclaves ◽  
The World ◽  
Zircon Saturation

Abstract The Nanling region of South China hosts the largest W-Sn metallogenic province in the world, accounting for more than 54% of global tungsten resources as well as important resources of tin and rare metals. An important feature of this province, which is shared by a number of other W-Sn metallogenic provinces, is that W deposits occur separately from Sn and Sn-W deposits, with the latter concentrated in the western part of the region (especially along the deep, NE-trending Chenzhou-Linwu fault) and the W deposits to the east of them. All the deposits are associated with ilmenite series, peraluminous granites. However, the granites associated with the Sn and Sn-W deposits can be distinguished from the W granites by their higher bulk-rock εNd values and their higher zircon εHf values. Most importantly, the Sn and Sn-W granites are characterized by higher zircon saturation temperatures (800 ± 20°C) than the W granites (650°–750°C). The Sn and Sn-W granites also contain abundant mantle-derived mafic microgranular enclaves, whereas such enclaves are rare in the W granites. A model is proposed in which the protolith to the W granites released W to the melt as a result of the breakdown of muscovite. The temperature of melting, however, was too low for biotite to melt. In the west, particularly along the Chenzhou-Linwu fault (the location of the Sn and Sn-W deposits), higher temperatures enabled the breakdown of both muscovite and biotite and the consequent release of both Sn and W to form Sn and Sn-W granites. This model, which is based on differences in the protolith melting temperature and thus mobilization temperatures for Sn and W, is potentially applicable to any Sn-W metallogenic province in which the Sn and Sn-W deposits are spatially separated from the W deposits.

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