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Zircon SIMS U-Pb Age of the Shaxinan Melagabbro,
Eastern Tianshan and Constraints on Fe-Ti-V Oxide Mineralization
SHI Yu1, 2, *, WANG Yuwang1, WANG Jingbin1, 2, MAO Qigui1, XIE Hongjing1,
ZHOU Guochao2, ZHU Jiangjian1, WEI Xiaofeng1 and LÜ Xiaoqiang1
1 Beijing Institute of Geology for Mineral Resources, Beijing 100012, China
2 School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Objective compositions were corrected for common Pb by using non
-radiogenic 204Pb. The corrections were satisfactorily
The late Paleozoic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposit of the eastern small to be insensitive to the preference for common Pb
Tianshan is an important orthomagmatic deposit type in composition. An average of the present-day crustal
the Central Asia Orogenic Belt (CAOB). A series of Fe-Ti composition was used for the common Pb. The
-V oxide deposits and mineralized mafic-ultramafic uncertainties of individual analyses were reported at a 1
intrusions have been recognized recently, such as those in sigma level; the mean ages for pooled U-Pb analyses were
Hongliangzi, Weiya, Yaxi, Shaxinan and Shaxi on the quoted with a 95% confidence interval.
Central Tianshan massif, and Niumaoquan on the southern
margin of the Harlik belt (Shi et al., 2018a). Only a few Fe Results
-Ti-V oxide deposits in the eastern Tianshan (e.g., Weiya
and Niumaoquan) have been studied, and their chronology Zircons from the sample vary from euhedral to anhedral
need to be further constrained for study of regional Fe-Ti- with most occurring as crystal fragments with rounded
V oxide metallogenic mechanism and variation of mantle- terminations from initially equant to short or long
derived magmas during the orogenic process. prismatic crystals (Fig. 1a). Most crystals display
The Shaxinan deposit is hosted in a layered gabbroic oscillatory or patchy linear zoning with variable
intrusion occurring on the northern margin of the Central luminescence in CL images (Fig. 1a). U and Th contents
Tianshan massif, and is one of the typical Fe-Ti-V oxide vary from 226 to 1119 ppm and 95 to 1155 ppm,
deposits in the eastern Tianshan. A zircon SIMS U-Pb respectively (Appendix 1). All zircon grains exhibited
geochronological study has been carried out for the first concentric zoning, their well-developed crystal shape,
time in this paper, in order to obtain a precise and accurate internal banding, and high Th/U ratios (0.38–1.05) were
crystallization age for the Shaxinan layered gabbroic consistent with a mafic igneous origin (Fig. 1a; Appendix
intrusion, and to further evaluate its Fe-Ti-V oxide 1). The analyses are clustered on a U-Pb Concordia curve
mineralization age. (Fig. 1b), yielding a concordia age of 307.3 ± 4.4 Ma (Fig.
1b, MSWD = 0.41), which is interpreted as the Shaxinan
Methods gabbroic intrusion’s crystallization age.
Zircon grains from melagabbro of the Shaxinan Fe-Ti-V Conclusions
oxide deposit at 41°42′28.38″N and 92°42′11.10″E were
separated using conventional magnetic and density The zircon grains from the Shaxinan melagabbro
techniques. These grains, together with the zircon hosting a Fe-Ti-V oxide deposit analyzed in this study
standards TEMORA and Qinghu, were mounted in epoxy yielded a concordia age of 307.3 ± 4.4 Ma (Fig. 1b),
resin. The mounts were polished to expose the centers of which is similar to the Niumaoquan Fe-Ti-V oxide deposit
the grains. U-Pb isotopes of zircon crystals were formed in the Late Carboniferous (Shi et al., 2018a), and
determined at the analytical laboratory of Beijing slightly older than the mafic-ultramafic intrusions hosting
Research Institute of Uranium Geology. Measurements of Ni-Cu sulfide deposits and CuNi-VTiFe composite deposit
U, Th and Pb were conducted by using the CAMECA IMS in the eastern Tianshan (Qin et al., 2011; Shi et al.,
1280 ion microprobe. The measured Pb isotopic 2018b), suggesting that the Fe-Ti-V oxide mineralization
possibly formed by different mantle derived magmatism
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Fig. 1. (a) Cathodoluminescence images and (b) zircon U-Pb Concordia plot for the Shaxinan melagabbro.
during the orogenic process. constraints on a ca. 280 Ma mantle plume. American J. Sci.,
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Shi Yu, Wang Yuwang, Wang Jingbin, Xie Hongjing, Mao Qigui,
Acknowledgments
Zhao Lutong, Long Lingli, Li Dedong and Zhou Guochao,
2018a. Petrogenesis and metallogenesis of the Niumaoquan
This study is financially supported by the National Key gabbroic intrusion associated with Fe-Ti oxide ores in eastern
R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFC0601204). Tianshan, NW China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)
(in press).
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Appendix 1 SIMS zircon U-Pb dating results of the Shaxinan melagabbro
Content (ppm) Isotopic ratios Apparent age (Ma)
207 206 207 207 206 207
Sample Th/U Pb/ Pb/ Pb/ Pb/ Pb/ Pb/
U Th 235 1σ 238 1σ 206 1σ 235 1σ 238 1σ 206 1σ
U U Pb U U Pb
Sxn@01 804 678 0.84 0.35476 0.00819 0.0490 0.0009 0.0525 0.0007 308.3 6.2 308.2 5.6 308.6 31.3
Sxn@02 688 551 0.80 0.35440 0.00879 0.0492 0.0010 0.0522 0.0008 308.0 7.0 310.0 6.0 294.0 34.0
Sxn@03 587 358 0.61 0.35692 0.00871 0.0495 0.0009 0.0523 0.0008 309.9 6.5 311.2 5.6 300.5 35.7
Sxn@04 493 341 0.69 0.36620 0.01000 0.0490 0.0010 0.0542 0.0010 317.0 7.0 308.0 6.0 379.0 42.0
Sxn@05 1037 569 0.55 0.34920 0.00824 0.0493 0.0010 0.0514 0.0006 304.0 6.0 310.0 6.0 257.0 28.0
Sxn@06 550 424 0.77 0.36020 0.00890 0.0497 0.0010 0.0526 0.0008 312.0 7.0 313.0 6.0 310.0 35.0
Sxn@07 506 277 0.55 0.34781 0.01036 0.0486 0.0010 0.0519 0.0012 303.1 7.8 305.9 5.9 281.5 50.6
Sxn@08 920 970 1.05 0.34920 0.00838 0.0484 0.0010 0.0524 0.0006 304.0 6.0 304.0 6.0 302.0 26.0
Sxn@09 352 134 0.38 0.36350 0.01138 0.0489 0.0010 0.0539 0.0013 315.0 9.0 308.0 6.0 365.0 52.0
Sxn@10 504 335 0.66 0.34520 0.00929 0.0488 0.0010 0.0513 0.0009 301.0 7.0 307.0 6.0 253.0 38.0
Sxn@11 226 950 0.42 0.35770 0.01123 0.0495 0.0010 0.0524 0.0012 310.0 8.0 312.0 6.0 302.0 53.0
Sxn@12 236 163 0.69 0.35810 0.01203 0.0498 0.0012 0.0521 0.0012 311.0 9.0 313.0 8.0 292.0 50.0
Sxn@13 259 102 0.39 0.36250 0.01243 0.0488 0.0010 0.0539 0.0014 314.0 9.0 307.0 6.0 368.0 59.0
Sxn@14 1119 1155 1.03 0.36270 0.00878 0.0494 0.0010 0.0533 0.0007 314.0 7.0 311.0 6.0 340.0 31.0
