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Article: Role of crustal contamination in formation of the Jinchuan intrusion and its world-class Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, northwest China

TitleRole of crustal contamination in formation of the Jinchuan intrusion and its world-class Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, northwest China
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Issue Date2006
PublisherTaylor & Francis Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/TIGR
Citation
International Geology Review, 2006, v. 48 n. 12, p. 1113-1132 How to Cite?
AbstractThe Jinchuan ultramafic body on the southwestern margin of the North China craton hosts a giant Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit. This dike-like intrusion consists mainly of lherzolite, dunite, and minor pyroxenite. Fortly-seven vol% of the intrusion is composed of disseminated sulfide ore and minor massive and net-textured ores. Ore bodies occur commonly in the lower part of the intrusion; the largest contains about 50% of the total metallic resources in Jinchuan, and has a "flame-like" shape in vertical cross-section. The ultramafic rocks have high MgO (19-45 wt%), low CaO (<6.5 wt%) and Al2O3 (<7 wt%), and right-inclined chondrite-normalized REE patterns. These rocks contain variable Ir (0.4-17 ppb), Ru (0.6-21 ppb), Rh (0.05-8.4 ppb), Pt (0.6-196 ppb), and Pd (1.2-135 ppb), in general lower than those in the sulfide ores (2.9-110 ppb Ir, 3.3-260 ppb Ru, 1.5-237 ppb Rh, 6.9-3972 ppb Pt, and 15-532 ppb Pd). They have high Th/Nb (0.15-0.5) ratios and show primitive mantle-normalized trace element patterns with Nb-Ta negative anomalies, consistent with derivation from mantle magmas variably contaminated by crustal materials. Compositional heterogeneity of the disseminated sulfides cannot be accounted for by in-situ fractional crystallization, but is consistent with differentiation and sulfide segregation in a staging magma chamber at depth. We propose a compressive tectonic model in which injection of sulfide-poor, crystal-rich magmas from the upper part of the staging magma chamber was followed by injection of a sulfide-rich crystal-mush from the lower part of the staging magma chamber to form the Jinchuan body. Copyright © 2006 by V. H. Winston & Son, Inc. All rights reserved.
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dc.contributor.authorSong, XYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhou, MFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWang, CYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorQi, Len_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhang, CJen_HK
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dc.date.issued2006en_HK
dc.identifier.citationInternational Geology Review, 2006, v. 48 n. 12, p. 1113-1132en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe Jinchuan ultramafic body on the southwestern margin of the North China craton hosts a giant Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit. This dike-like intrusion consists mainly of lherzolite, dunite, and minor pyroxenite. Fortly-seven vol% of the intrusion is composed of disseminated sulfide ore and minor massive and net-textured ores. Ore bodies occur commonly in the lower part of the intrusion; the largest contains about 50% of the total metallic resources in Jinchuan, and has a "flame-like" shape in vertical cross-section. The ultramafic rocks have high MgO (19-45 wt%), low CaO (<6.5 wt%) and Al2O3 (<7 wt%), and right-inclined chondrite-normalized REE patterns. These rocks contain variable Ir (0.4-17 ppb), Ru (0.6-21 ppb), Rh (0.05-8.4 ppb), Pt (0.6-196 ppb), and Pd (1.2-135 ppb), in general lower than those in the sulfide ores (2.9-110 ppb Ir, 3.3-260 ppb Ru, 1.5-237 ppb Rh, 6.9-3972 ppb Pt, and 15-532 ppb Pd). They have high Th/Nb (0.15-0.5) ratios and show primitive mantle-normalized trace element patterns with Nb-Ta negative anomalies, consistent with derivation from mantle magmas variably contaminated by crustal materials. Compositional heterogeneity of the disseminated sulfides cannot be accounted for by in-situ fractional crystallization, but is consistent with differentiation and sulfide segregation in a staging magma chamber at depth. We propose a compressive tectonic model in which injection of sulfide-poor, crystal-rich magmas from the upper part of the staging magma chamber was followed by injection of a sulfide-rich crystal-mush from the lower part of the staging magma chamber to form the Jinchuan body. Copyright © 2006 by V. H. Winston & Son, Inc. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/TIGRen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Geology Reviewen_HK
dc.titleRole of crustal contamination in formation of the Jinchuan intrusion and its world-class Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, northwest Chinaen_HK
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