New data on isotopic U-Pb age (LA-ICP-MS method) of zircon from intrusive rocks of the Kuru-Tegerek gold-copper-molybdenum skarn deposit (Middle Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan)
- Authors: Soloviev S.G.1, Kryazhev S.G.2, Semenova D.V.3, Kalinin Y.A.3, Bortnikov N.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Central Research Institute of Geological Prospecting for Base and Precious Metals
- V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 516, No 2 (2024)
- Pages: 512-524
- Section: GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS
- Submitted: 31.01.2025
- Published: 12.12.2024
- URL: https://edgccjournal.org/2686-7397/article/view/650039
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686739724060039
- ID: 650039
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Abstract
The paper presents new isotopic U–Pb data (LA-ICP-MS) method of zircon from the main types of intrusive rocks at the Kuru-Tegerek gold-copper-molybdenum skarn deposit situated in the Chatkal segment of the Middle Tien Shan. This and other gold, copper, tungsten and molybdenum deposits are parts of the extended Late Paleozoic metallogenic belt of Tien Shan. The concordant isotopic U–Pb values obtained for zircon autocrysts from the rocks of sequential intrusive phases span over the interval from approximately 323 to 311 Ma. This interval comprises the crystallization of gabbro-diorite (from 323.5±2.5 Ma to 323.2±6.8 Ma) and tonalite (from 321.4±3.8 Ma to 311±3.8 Ma). The age dates obtained for these zircon autocrysts correspond to the emplacement of these moderate-potassic intrusions in the Late Carboniferous and are almost coincident with the isotopic dates previously known for the high-potassic intrusions of the porphyry Cu–Au–Mo deposits of the Almalyk mineralized cluster (Kurama segment of the Middle Tien Shan), which were also emplaced in the Late Carboniferous (about 330–310 Ma). This corresponds to the subduction tectonic regime occurred in this region in relation to the steep-dipping (in the Kurama segment) or flat (in the Chatkal segment) subduction of a tectonic plate toward the north, under the structures of the Kazakhstan-Northern Tien Shan continental massif and accreted segments of the Middle Tien Shan. The intrusive rocks studied at the Kuru-Tegerek deposit contain also zircon xenocrysts (including these in the core of complex crystals) with the isotopic U–Pb age of some 1.9–2.1 Gb. These dates are in agreement with the age of metamorphic rocks in the Tarim craton basement and indicate the presence of the ancient continental crust in this segment of the Middle Tien Shan.
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S. G. Soloviev
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: serguei07@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
S. G. Kryazhev
Central Research Institute of Geological Prospecting for Base and Precious Metals
Email: serguei07@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
D. V. Semenova
V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: serguei07@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk
Y. A. Kalinin
V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: serguei07@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk
N. S. Bortnikov
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: serguei07@mail.ru
Academician of the RAS
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