Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of the upper Eocene Shuangmaidi peraluminous granite in Baoshan Block, Western Yunnan Terrain, southwestern China

• Published in: Science China. Earth sciences 2011-07, Vol.54 (7), p.982-997
• Main Authors: Huang, JingNing, Chen, YongQing, Zhai, XiaoMing, Lu, YingXiang, Xie, YongFu, Cheng, ZhiZhong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cenozoic; Crystallization; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Eocene; Geochemistry; Granite; Lead; Magma; Melting; Pb值; Petrochemicals; Precambrian; Rare earth elements; Research Paper; SHRIMP; Stone; Titanium dioxide; Trace elements; Zirconium; 中国西南部; 云南西部; 地球化学特征; 宝山; 过铝花岗岩; 锆石年龄
• ISSN: 1674-7313; 1869-1897
• DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4200-7

The Baoshan Block is tectonically located in the middle segment of the Sibumasu plate. Granitic magmatism within the Baoshan Block has been considered weakly active due mainly to very limited exposures during the Himalaya orogenic episode. The geochronological study on the buried Shuangmaidi granite has confirmed the existence of the Cenozoic granitoids in the Baoshan Block. The present study indicates that： （1） It is medium- to coarse-grained two mica phyric granite, characterized by high SiO2 （73.55%-77.16%） and low CaO （0.34%-1.38%） contents, with a total alkalis （K2O＋Na2O） of 5.22%-8.03%, K2O/Na2O ratios of 0.24-1.79, and total rare earth elements （ZREE） of the granite between 85 and 125 ppb. All samples are enriched in light REE and exhibit medium negative Eu anomalies; and they show pronounced negative anomalies in Ba, Sr, Ti, and Nb but significant positive anomalies in K, Rb, U, Th, and Pb on mantle-normalized trace element patterns, indicating typi-cally peraluminous to strongly peraluminous S-type granite. （2） The zircon SHRIMP U-Pb ages of the granite are 36.27±0.48 Ma for the samples from ZK7-1 and 35.78±0.49 Ma for those from ZK0-1, respectively. The similar zircon ages from these two drill cores may suggest that the granite samples come from the same buried pluton. （3） 206pb/204pb values of the granite vary from 20.115 to 25.359, 207pb/204pb from 15.776 to 16.160, and 208pb/204pb from 39.236 to 41.285, showing the characteristics of radio- active lead anomaly of the upper crust. The （87Sr/86Sr）i values calculated on the average age of the two-mica orthoclase granite （36 Ma） range from 0.72524 to 0.77503 and eNd（t） values vary from -10.9 to -11.7. These data, along with the depleted-mantle Nd modal ages of 1.73-1.80 Ga, imply that the granites might have formed from partial melting of the Precambrian crystal basements. （4） On the Hf-Rb-Ta diagram, almost all the samples fall within the field of post-collision tectonic setting. The CaO/Na2O and A1203/TiO2 ratios suggest that the granitic magma may have formed from partial melting of clay-rich crustal materials with a pos- sible melting temperature of about 900℃ and a possible crystallization temperature of 775-795~C. （5） During the post-collision of the Himalaya orogen, with the southeastward extrusion of the Indochina continent resulting from the continuous northward indentation of the India continent into the Asia, the Gaoligong Fault, as the western boundary of the Indochina continent, moved