胶东地区金矿巨量金质来源一直是学界争论的焦点,很难找到有说服力的直接证据。在没有其它更有效的直接证明巨量金质来源的情况下,本文通过胶北隆起主要地质体新鲜岩石大量微量元素地球化学数据的变化规律,间接得出中生代壳幔岩浆的混合反应是巨量金质来源的关键,即郭家岭和伟德山两期壳幔岩浆的混合反应和演化可能是巨量金质来源的主要形成机制,同时更是热量供给源,而玲珑花岗岩可能是少量金质的提供者和主要赋矿地质体。胶东地区金矿主要成矿时间(130~105Ma)与郭家岭(130~125Ma)和伟德山(126~108Ma)两期花岗岩浆演化结晶时间完全吻合,说明其关系密切,岩浆混合反应和冷凝期,岩浆热液上升运移沉淀成矿。该区中生代地质体对早前寒武纪的地球化学环境有一定的继承性,中生代地壳混合了大量地幔物质,Au丰度偏高,平均为1.31×10-9,为地球化学高背景场。;The huge material source of gold deposits in Jiaodong area has always been the focus of academic debate, and it is difficult to find convincing evidence. In the absence of other more effective direct proof of the source of huge gold, this paper indirectly draws the conclusion that the huge gold comes from the mixing reaction of Mesozoic crust-mantle magmas based on the variation law of large amounts of trace elements geochemical data from fresh rocks of main geological bodies in Jiaobei area. The mixing reaction and evolution of the Guojialing and Weideshan crust-mantle magmatism may be the main mechanism for the formation of huge gold source, and it is also the source of heat supply. Linglong granite may be a small amount of gold supplier and the main ore-hosting geological body. The main metallogenic time of gold deposits in Jiaodong area (130~105Ma) is the same as the evolution and crystallization time of granite magma of Guojialing (130~125Ma) and Weideshan (126~108Ma) granites, which means they are closely related. During magma mixing reaction and condensation period, magmatic hydrothermal fluids ascending, migration, and precipitation mineralization. The Mesozoic geological bodies inherited geochemical environment of Early Precambrian in this area. The Mesozoic crust was mixed with a large amount of mantle materials, and the Au abundance was high, averaging 1.31×10-9, which was a geochemical high background.
Kimberlite in the Mengyin area serves as an excellent medium for studying the characteristics and evolutionary processes of the Paleozoic mantle. In order to determine the age of the primary calcite within the kimberlite, in situ carbonate U–Pb dating was conducted in the Mengyin area. The results indicate that the primary calcite in the kimberlite originated approximately 383 ± 18 Ma (MSWD = 6.6). This age constraint suggests that the eruption of the kimberlite took place during this period, leading to the thermal alteration of limestone xenoliths, ultimately forming marble. Consequently, it can be inferred that lithospheric thinning occurred no later than the Late Devonian period. Fluid inclusions found within the marble provide further insights into its formation. The recorded formation temperature of the marble ranges from 243°C to 370°C, with a salinity range of 2.57%–14.77% (NaCl). The pressure estimates fall within the range of 3.22–20.70 MPa, indicating a depth mainly between 900 and 1,000 m. Based on these findings, it can be inferred that the overall denudation depth in the west Shandong area, since the Late Devonian, is estimated to be approximately 900–1,000 m. Furthermore, the overall crustal rise rate is estimated to be approximately 3 m/Ma.
The Daliuhang gold deposit in the Qipengfu (Qixia–Penglai–Fushan) ore concentration area is a typical gold deposit of medium-low temperature hydrothermal veins. Uncertainties regarding the primary sources of ore-forming fluids, as well as whether host rocks contribute materials to the mineralization of the gold deposits in the Jiaodong Peninsula, are still subject to intense debate. Hydrogen–oxygen isotope results show that atmospheric water is involved in ore-forming fluids. According to the results of the helium–argon isotopes of pyrite, it is hypothesized that the initial fluid source was located in the oceanic crust or upper mantle lithosphere above the Early Cretaceous Paleo-Pacific Plate, as it was subducted into the eastern part of the eastern North China Craton. In situ sulfur isotope results show that high δ34S values characterize the pyrite in the main mineralization period. It is inferred that during the thinning and melting process of the lithospheric mantle, the volatile components enriched in pyrite contributed to the release of δ34S. At the same time, when the fluids ascended to the weak zones, such as fissures of ore-endowed peripheral rocks, the δ34S in the peripheral rocks were extracted, and the two processes acted together to cause high δ34S values to occur. Similarly, the lead and strontium isotopic compositions indicate a crust–mantle mixing attribute of the mineralized material source. The zircon U–Pb age of the ore-hosting granodiorite was 130.35 ± 0.55 Ma, and the Rb–Sr isochron age of the pyrite from the main mineralization period was 117.60 ± 0.10 Ma, which represents the timing of felsic magmatism and gold mineralization, respectively, with at least 10 Ma between the magmatism and mineralization. The magma gradually cooled over time after its formation, and when the granodiorite cooled down to 300 ± 50 °C, the temperature and pressure conditions were most conducive to the precipitation of gold. It is inferred that gold-rich initial mantle fluids with volatile components, rising along tectonically weak zones, such as fractures, underwent fluid phase separation in the fractured position of the granite and extracted the gold from the granodiorite, forming gold deposits.
Graphite usually occurs in mineral/rock associations in the form of solid inclusions and plays an important role in tracing regional metamorphic degree, ore-forming temperature, fluid evolution, as well as the deep carbon cycle of the Earth. In this study, we investigate the placer black nephrite jade where the co-occurrence of abundant graphite inclusions and jade remains extraordinary. By employing petrographic, mineral-chemical, and Raman spectroscopic methods, we characterize the textures and crystallinity of graphite inclusions that exist in nephrite jade. EPMA and petrological data indicate that the main constituents of black jade are tremolite and graphite, with minor phases of diopside, calcite, dolomite, epidote, and apatite. Micro-Raman spectroscopic thermometry of carbonaceous material shows that most of the formation temperatures of graphite inclusions are between 378 and 556 °C, and only a few temperatures may be above 650 °C, indicating that graphite inclusions were formed at medium- to high-temperature metamorphic facies. The petrologic and spectral investigations of graphite inclusions in these nephrite jade samples show major metamorphic signatures with mixed features associated with fluid precipitation. Our results allow us to propose that primary nephrite jade was formed under multi-stage tectonic evolution conditions, and regional temperatures were predominately driven by the late continent–continent collision, while the ore-controlling temperatures of nephrite jade formation were found in a medium- to high-temperature environment.
The Jiaodong Peninsula is the most important gold mineralization area in China, and the formation of gold deposits is closely related to granitoids. The isotopic ages of the Early Cretaceous granodiorites in the northwestern Jiaodong Peninsula are concentrated in the range of 111~123 Ma, and are coeval with the formation of the gold deposits in the area. However, the studies on the geotectonic settings of the granodiorites, especially their petrogenesis and relationship with gold deposits in the northwestern Jiaodong Peninsula, are scarce. Based on field and petrographic observations, geochemistry, EPMA analysis, zircon U-Pb chronology, and Sr-Nd isotopes of the Early Cretaceous Zhouguan granodiorite in the Jiaodong area, the formation age of Zhouguan granodiorite is determined as 115 Ma ± 0.77 Ma; the analysis of EPMA shows that biotite is mainly composed of Fe-biotite and Mg-biotite, with its MgO content ranging from 9.797% to 11.635%. The crystallization temperature of biotite is in the range of 500 °C~625 °C and the emplacement depth of the rock mass is 3.98~8.71 km. The amphibole in the mass mainly includes magnesiohornblende, pargasite, and magnesiosadanagaite; among them, the former two are of crustal origin, while magnesiosadanagaite is of mantle origin. The crystallization pressure and depth of the former two are in the range of 0.75~3.02 kbar and 2.81~11.4 km, respectively, while the crystallization pressure and depth for the latter is 4.64 kbar and 17.53 km, respectively. The (87Sr/86Sr) values range from 0.710424 to 0.711074 and the (143Nd/144Nd) values range from 0.511530 to 0.511808. The parental magma of the Zhouguan granodiorite is highly oxidized with high-water content that is favorable for Au enrichment. Combined with the Nb-Y and Yb-Ta diagrams, a model describing the formation of Zhouguan granodiorite is proposed.