Origin of Mesozoic Porphyritic Rocks and Regional Magmatic Evolution in the Zijinshan Ore Field of Fujian Province, China: Hf-O Isotope Characteristics of Magmatic Zircons

• Main Authors: Wenhui Zhang, Liyuan Wang, XuPeng Lv, Xiaomin Li, Shuaiqi Yan, Juntao Nie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
• Series: Minerals
• Subjects: SIMS zircon U-Pb age; Hf-O isotopes; crust–mantle interaction; Zijinshan ore field
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/12/1143

Mesozoic porphyritic rocks from the Zijinshan area, southwestern Fujian Province, China, are andesitic to rhyolitic in composition. The whole-rock SiO₂ contents of these rocks are between 62.5% and 78.1%. Magmatic zircon from the Mesozoic porphyritic rocks was determined via secondary-ionization mass spectrometry (SIMS) for the U-Pb age and Hf and O isotopes. The zircon U-Pb ages could be mainly divided into three age groups: Group 1: ~138.8 Ma; Group 2: 109.2~107.4 Ma; and Group 3: 99.7~98.2 Ma. The εHf(t) and δ¹⁸O values of the porphyritic zircons showed that the porphyritic rocks in Group 2 were more affected by mantle-derived magma. Combined with previous research results, the medium-acidic magmatism in the southwestern Fujian Province can be divided into eight periods: Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic, Middle Neoproterozoic, Silurian to Lower Devonian, Permian to Triassic, Middle Jurassic to early Lower Cretaceous, late Lower Cretaceous, and late Lower Cretaceous to early Upper Cretaceous. The Paleoproterozoic crust was the predominant magmatic source for the subsequent Mesoproterozoic to Jurassic magmatism, but the only melts that were closely related to mineralization were derived from partial melting of the Mesoproterozoic crust and a more depleted upper mantle.