Ore-forming age and tectonic setting of the Linjiasandaogou gold deposit in the Liaodong Peninsula,northeast China:constraints from geochronology and geochemistry

摘要

The Linjiasandaogou gold deposit is located in the Qingchengzi Orefield,North China Craton,China,and has not attracted many studies.We present geochronological,whole-rock geochemical,and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic data to constrain the age and tectonic setting of the mineralization.U–Pb dating of zircon from pre-and post-ore dikes indicates the Linjiasandaogou Au deposit formed at ca.227–226 Ma.The granite porphyry(ca.227 Ma)and quartz diorite porphyry(ca.228 Ma),which are slightly older than the mineralization,have(;Sr/;Sr)i-=0.7127–0.7162,εNd(t)=–13.7 to–17.0,andεHf(t)=–14.6 to–16.9,and display enrichment in light rare earth elements and large ion lithophile elements and depletion in high field strength elements.Two lamprophyres(226 and225 Ma),which are slightly younger than the mineralization,have higher(;Sr/;Sr)i(0.7165–0.7216),negativeεNd(t)(–11.2 to–14.3)andεHf(t)(–15.6 to–18.6)values,and are enriched in light rare earth elements but depleted in high field strength elements(Nb and Ta).The geochemical characteristics of the granitoid and lamprophyres indicate a lower crustal and enriched mantle source,respectively.We infer that the Linjiasandaogou Au deposit formed in a postcollisional tectonic setting,following the collision between the North China,Yangtze craton,and Central Asian Orogeny in Triassic.