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North China Craton: Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Tectonic Evolution
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North China Craton: Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Tectonic Evolution

A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Deposits".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (7 February 2024) | Viewed by 4377

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Sheng-Rong Li

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1. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
2. School of Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: genetic and prospecting mineralogy; ore deposit geology; North China craton; gold deposit
Dr. Mao-Wen Yuan

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State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: genetic mineralogy and prospecting mineralogy; quartz CL zoning; bitumen; gold mineralization
Dr. Masroor Alam

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1. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
2. Department of Earth Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit 15100, Pakistan
Interests: placer gold; ore genesis; placer gold provenance; magma fertility

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The North China Craton (NCC), a major Precambrian nucleus in Asia hosting a variety of mineral deposits, has been in focus during recent years with regard to craton destruction and refertilization. Craton destruction is at present recognized to be a geodynamic setting for metallogeny. However, the link between metallogeny and craton destruction in the NCC remains poorly understood. In addition, the metallogenesis is distributed and characterized with notable differences in the whole North China Craton. The northern margin of the NCC is strongly enriched in Au, Mo and Cu, and the southern margin is enriched in Au and Mo, while the eastern margin is characterized by Au. Therefore, systematically carding the differences and their intrinsic link with decratonization is of great significance to understanding the origin and investigating similar ore prospecting areas globally.

This Special Issue aims at displaying recent achievements in the research of geochemistry, mineralogy and tectonic evolution in the North China Craton. We welcome studies about the genetic information embedded in different minerals of different ore systems, high-precision dating, hydrothermal evolution and new deep-probe achievements on magmatism and related tectonics and metallogeny. We also solicit methodological studies employing cutting-edge in situ analytics that can reflect the ore-forming fluid sources, metallogenic age and precipitation mechanism. We hope that this Special Issue will greatly contribute to probing into the mechanism of metallogeny in the North China Craton and enhance ore prospecting. It will be a platform to reflect this research progress.

Prof. Dr. Sheng-Rong Li
Dr. Mao-Wen Yuan
Dr. Masroor Alam
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • genetic mineralogy and prospecting mineralogy
  • high-precision dating
  • hydrothermal fluid evolution
  • petrology and experimental petrology
  • tectonic evolution
  • geochemistry

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Subduction–Accretion History of the Paleo-Pacific Plate Beneath the Eurasian Continent: Evidence from the Tongjiang Accretionary Complex, NE China
by Bingying Du, Chenglu Li, Fei Liu, Tianjia Liu, Yuwei Liu, Xunlian Wang, Yong Liu and Tiean Zhang
Minerals 2023, 13(8), 1038; https://doi.org/10.3390/min13081038 - 3 Aug 2023
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Detrital zircons in the matrix of an accretionary complex play an important role in providing evidence to reconstruct oceanic plate subduction and accretion processes. The Nadanhada accretionary complex (NAC) dominated by the Yuejinshan, Raohe and Tongjiang accretionary complexes provides significant geological evidence to [...] Read more.
Detrital zircons in the matrix of an accretionary complex play an important role in providing evidence to reconstruct oceanic plate subduction and accretion processes. The Nadanhada accretionary complex (NAC) dominated by the Yuejinshan, Raohe and Tongjiang accretionary complexes provides significant geological evidence to better understand the Paleo-Pacific subduction–accretion process. Most previous studies have focused on the Yuejinshan and Raohe accretionary complexes, while those of the Tongjiang accretionary complex on the north side have focused on blocks. In this study, we present zircon U–Pb dating and Hf isotopic data for the matrix of metasedimentary rock in the Tongjiang accretionary complex. The analysis results show that the zircons in the fine silty mudstone, phyllonite and fine argillaceous siltstone define the youngest weighted mean ages (youngest detrital zircon ages) of 261.4 ± 2.9 Ma (247 Ma), 175.2 ± 4.9 Ma (169 Ma) and 168.6 ± 2.1 Ma (162 Ma), respectively, and yield a younging trend of the accretion materials from west to east. Provenance analysis indicates that the matrix was mainly sourced from the neighboring Jiamusi and Xingkai blocks. Based on previous results of the Permian and Late Triassic blocks in the Yuejinshan region, the Permian and Early Jurassic blocks in the Tongjiang region, and the Late Triassic and Early–Middle Jurassic blocks in the Raohe region, as well as the lower limit of the depositional age of the Late Triassic matrix in the Yuejinshan region and the Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous matrices in the Raohe region, we propose that the NAC may record the Late Permian–Triassic, Jurassic and Early Cretaceous oceanic accretion events, representing the westward subduction and accretion process of the Paleo–Pacific Ocean Plate. Full article
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Tectonic Transition from Passive to Active Continental Margin of Nenjiang Ocean: Insight from the Middle Devonian-Early Carboniferous Granitic Rocks in Northern Great Xing’an Range, NE China
by Li Zhang, Yongfei Ma, Yongjiang Liu, Sihua Yuan, Hongzhi Yang, Weimin Li, Chenyue Liang and Zhiqiang Feng
Minerals 2023, 13(8), 1003; https://doi.org/10.3390/min13081003 - 28 Jul 2023
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Northeast China occupies the majority of the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, which mainly consists of continental blocks and accretionary terranes. The Devonian was a tectonic quiet period in the NE China region due to a lack of tectono-magmatism, but the tectonic background [...] Read more.
Northeast China occupies the majority of the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, which mainly consists of continental blocks and accretionary terranes. The Devonian was a tectonic quiet period in the NE China region due to a lack of tectono-magmatism, but the tectonic background of this period has been unclear, especially for the Hegenshan-Heihe Suture between Xing’an and Songliao accretionary terranes, which represents the Paleozoic Nenjiang Ocean (a branch ocean of the eastern Paleo-Asian Ocean). Here we report granitic rocks from the Woluohe area, Northern Great Xing’an Range, NE China, to constrain the tectonic process of the transition from the Devonian quiet period to the Early Carboniferous active tectonic period. Three granitic rock samples produce zircon U-Pb ages of 389 Ma, 368 Ma, and 351 Ma, belonging to the Middle and Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous, respectively. They have high Si, Al, K, and Na contents, but with low Mg, Fe, and Ti contents, together with positive Hf isotopic features and low molar Al2O3/(MgO+FeOT) ratios, we suggest that they were derived from partial melting of lower crustal igneous rocks. Meanwhile, the narrow major element variation at odd with the fractionation process and their negative Nb and Ta anomalies imply the obvious contribution of crustal. Comprehensive tectonic setting analysis shows all samples are in calc-alkali magmatic series with rightward fractionated REE and trace element patterns that are enriched in LREE and LILE and depleted in HREE and HFS, indicating a subduction-related magmatic arc setting. Considering the regional tectonic setting and the small scale of the Devonian plutons, we suggest a limited subduction tectonic setting during the quiet period of the northern Great Xing’an Range, which might indicate the beginning of an initial northwestward subduction of the Nenjiang Oceanic lithosphere beneath the Xing’an Accretionary Terrane in the Middle Devonian, accelerated subduction in the Late Devonian, and bidirectional subduction in the Early Carboniferous. Full article
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