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Uplift history of the Jiaodong Peninsula, eastern North China Craton: implications for lithosphere thinning and gold mineralization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2017

RUI ZHAO ,
QINGFEI WANG ,
XUEFEI LIU ,
M. SANTOSH ,
WANMING YUAN  and
WEI WANG
RUI ZHAO
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
QINGFEI WANG*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
XUEFEI LIU
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
M. SANTOSH
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China Centre for Tectonics, Resources and Exploration, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
WANMING YUAN
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
WEI WANG
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
*
†Author for correspondence: wqf@cugb.edu.cn
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Abstract

The link between lithosphere thinning and formation of world-class gold deposits is well established in the Jiaodong Peninsula within the eastern North China Craton (NCC). However, the timing of initiation and duration of the lithospheric thinning process as well as the depth of formation of the mineralization remain uncertain. Since these parameters are fundamental to formulate exploration strategies, in this study we perform fission track (FT) analysis on zircon and apatite grains in Late Mesozoic granitoid samples from the Jiaodong Peninsula and provide new constraints for the mode and duration of lithospheric evolution and mineralization depth. The zircon FT ages range from 64.3 to 90.9 Ma and those of apatite show a range of 32.8–50.9 Ma. The data collectively display age peaks at ~60–80 and ~30–50 Ma. Reverse modelling of the apatite FT results indicates rapid crustal uplift during ~30–80 Ma in the Jiaodong Peninsula. This period coincides with the timing of maximal sedimentation in the neighboring basins and voluminous basaltic eruptions in the eastern NCC. We suggest that the Jiaodong Peninsula has experienced two stages of crust uplift in the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene as a consequence of the continuing lithosphere thinning, together with the surrounding basins, forming the horst–graben system in the eastern NCC. The Late Mesozoic granitoids are the main wall rocks for gold deposits in Jiaodong, and thus the crust denudation history gathered from the FT data suggest that the gold mineralization formed at depths of c. 6–11 km.

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lithosphere thinningfission trackgold mineralizationJiaodong PeninsulaNorth China Craton
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Geological Magazine , Volume 155 , Issue 4 , May 2018 , pp. 979 - 991
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