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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Petrography and trace element signatures in silicates and Fe-Ti-oxides from the Lanjiahuoshan deposit, Panzhihua layered intrusion, Southwest China |
Author: | Gao, W. Ciobanu, C. Cook, N. Huang, F. Meng, L. Gao, S. |
Citation: | Lithos, 2017; 294-295:164-183 |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 0024-4937 1872-6143 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Wenyuan Gao, Cristiana L. Ciobanu, Nigel J. Cook, Fei Huang, Lin Meng, Shang Gao |
Abstract: | Permian mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions in the central part of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province (ELIP), Southwestern China, host Fe–Ti–V-oxide ores that have features which distinguish them from other large layered intrusion-hosted deposits. The origin of these ores is highly debated. Careful petrographic examination, whole rock analysis, electron probe microanalysis, and measurement and mapping of trace element concentrations by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in all major and minor minerals (clinopyroxene, plagioclase, olivine, amphibole, titanomagnetite, ilmenite, pleonaste and pyrrhotite) has been undertaken on samples from the Lanjiahuoshan deposit, representing the Middle, Lower and Marginal Zone of the Panzhihua intrusion. Features are documented that impact on interpretation of intrusion petrology and with implications for genesis of the Fe–Ti–V-oxide ores. Firstly, there is evidence, as symplectites between clinopyroxene and plagioclase, for introduction of complex secondary melts. Secondly, reaction between a late hydrothermal fluid and clinopyroxene is recognized, which has led to formation of hydrated minerals (pargasite, phlogopite), as well as a potassium metasomatic event, postdating intrusion solidification, which led to formation of K-feldspar. Lastly, partitioning of trace elements between titanomagnetite and silicates needs to consider scavenging of metals by ilmenite (Mn, Sc, Zr, Nb, Sn, Hf and Ta) and sulfides, as well as the marked partitioning of Co, Ni, Zn, Ga, As and Sb into spinels exsolved from titanomagnetite. The role of these less abundant phases may have been understated in previous studies, highlighting the importance of petrographic examination of complex silicate–oxide–sulfide assemblages, as well as the need for a holistic approach to trace element analysis, acknowledging all minerals within the assemblage. |
Keywords: | Titanomagnetite; element partitioning; Emeishan Large Igneous Province; Lanjiahuoshan deposit; Panzhihua; layered intrusion |
Description: | Available online 12 October 2017 |
Rights: | © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.lithos.2017.10.003 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2017.10.003 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Chemical Engineering publications |
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