Dzhugdzhur Stanovoi Superterrane Research Articles

Granulites of the Larba Block of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi Superterrane: Reconstruction of the Formation Conditions

Abstract —We discuss the rocks of the Larba granulite block in the Ilikan zone of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane. The Larba block is dominated by basic schists and garnet–biotite–orthopyroxene and garnet–biotite–cordierite–sillimanite gneisses (metabasites and metapelites). Calculation of temperatures and pressures of mineral formation was carried out by multi-equilibrium geothermobarometry, which makes it possible to evaluate the degree of equilibrium of mineral compositions along with P–T parameters. The P–T estimates have shown metamorphism of aluminous gneisses under moderate-pressure granulite facies conditions (7–8 kbar, 800–850 °C). Orthopyroxene granulites formed under granulite-amphibolite transition facies conditions. The mineral compositions and parageneses in highly ferrous metabasites permitted estimation of the conditions of metamorphism, P = 4–5 kbar and T = 630–700 °C, and show no influence of earlier granulite facies metamorphism. The bimodal P–T distribution for most samples of aluminous gneisses most probably reflects progressive and near-peak conditions of granulite metamorphism. The time of enderbite magmatism is determined from the upper intercept of discordia with concordia at 2546 ± 52 Ma and should be verified. The age of metamorphic rims over enderbite zircon is 1882 ± 11 Ma. The model Nd age of enderbites, TNd(DM) = 2.57–2.58 Ga, is close to the age of the core of enderbite zircon and differs significantly from the model Nd age of the host metamorphic rocks (2.8–3.0 Ga). The Paleoproterozoic metamorphism of the Larba block rocks regionally coincides with the third stage of collisional granitoid magmatism of the southeastern Siberian craton and records the formation of this structure.

Early Jurassic Suprasubduction Granitoids of the Uda Complex at the Southwestern End of the Uda–Murgal Magmatic Arc: New Data on the Age and Sources

Granitoids of the Uda complex are developed within the southeastern marginal part of the Siberian craton and its folded framework. Geochemical, isotope–geochemical (Nd and Sr), and geochronological (U–Pb ID–TIMS) studies of a number of massifs of this complex were carried out for the Chogar granulite block of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane. It was found that the massifs were formed during the Early Jurassic (181 ± 2 Ma) under the geodynamic conditions of the active continental margin. The initial magma of these granitoids originated from a mixed source consisting of the Early Precambrian lower crust and the mantle. There is a reason to believe that the granitoids of the Uda complex in the Chogar block constitute the southwestern edge of the Uda–Murgal magmatic arc formed under subduction, which extends along the border of the Paleo-Asian Ocean and the Siberian continent.

The exotic inim block of the argun continental superterrane of the central asian fold belt: results of U-Th-pb geochronological (LA-ICP-MS) and Sm-Nd isotopic-geochemical studies

The results of studies indicate that the age of the protoliths of garnet-bearing biotite–sericite–muscovite schists of the Inim Block is <991 Ma, and they are derived from rocks of the Neo-, Meso-, and Paleoproterozoic (as well as Archean) crust. This suggests that the Inim Block is exotic relatively to the Argun Superterrane due to the formation of the protolith of its metasedimentary rocks largely from erosion products of the Early Precambrian continental crust, the presence of which within the Argun Superterrane is not proven. It is not excluded that the Inim Block is a fragment of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi Superterrane implanted in the structure of the Argun Superterrane as a result of Mesozoic tectonic events.

The Exotic Inim Block of the Argun Superterrane of the Central Asian Fold Belt: Results of U–Th–Pb Geochronological (LA-ICP-MS) and Sm–Nd Isotopic–Geochemical Studies

The results of studies indicate that the age of the protoliths of garnet-bearing biotite–sericite–muscovite schists of the Inim Block is <991 Ma, and they are derived from rocks of the Neo-, Meso-, and Paleoproterozoic (as well as Archean) crust. This suggests that the Inim Block is exotic relatively to the Argun Superterrane due to the formation of the protolith of its metasedimentary rocks largely from erosion products of the Early Precambrian continental crust, the presence of which within the Argun Superterrane is not proven. It is not excluded that the Inim Block is a fragment of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi Superterrane implanted in the structure of the Argun Superterrane as a result of Mesozoic tectonic events.

First Evidence of Middle Triassic Basic Magmatism in the Southwestern Part of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi Superterrane (Ilikan Terrane)

U–Pb ID–TIMS zircon analyses of the Dzhigda gabbro–gabbrodiorite Massif (Ilikan block in the southwestern part of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane) have been carried out. The results demonstrate that the formation of the massif at 244 ± 5 Ma corresponds to one of the stages of formation of the Selenga–Vitim volcano–plutonic belt. The latter stretches along the southeastern margin of the North Asian Craton along its border with the Mongol–Okhotsk fold belt. This indicates that the Selenga–Vitim volcano–plutonic belt along with granitoids and volcanics comprises Permian–Triassic massifs and that this belt is superimposed onto structures of not only the Selenga–Stanovoi terrane but also the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi terrane.

Age and tectonic position of the Stanovoi metamorphic complex in the eastern part of the Central Asian Foldbelt

Based on the results of Sm–Nd isotopic geochemical and U–Th–Pb geochronological LA–ICP–MS studies, it has been established that the formation of metamorphic rock protoliths of the Stanovoi Complex in the western Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi Superterrane of the Central Asian Foldbelt took place over the following time spans: 2750–2860 Ma (Ilikan Group of the Ilikan Zone), 1890–1910 Ma (Bryanta Group of the Bryanta Zone), and ~2.0 Ga (Kupuri and Zeya groups of the Kupuri and Zeya zones, respectively). It has been shown that the western part of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi Superterrane was formed ~1.9 Ga ago, as a result of collision of the Neoarchean Ilikan Terrane, the Paleoproterozoic island arc, and the Paleoproterozoic Kupuri–Zeya Terrane. The data make it possible to consider the Kurul’ta, and Zverevo blocks of the Stanovoi Structural Suture and the Ilikan Terrane of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi Superterrane of the Central Asian Foldbelt as constituents of a common terrane.

Trachyandesites of the Mogot volcanic field (Stanovoi volcanoplutonic belt, East Siberia): age, geochemical features, and sources

The performed 40Ar/39Ar geochronological studies yielded the first reliable age of trachyandesites of the Mogot volcanic field (115 ± 3 Ma), which, together with the age of trachyandesites of the Bomnak volcanic field (117 ± 1 Ma), gives grounds to recognize a new stage (117–115 Ma) of evolution of the Stanovoi volcanoplutonic belt superposed on the igneous and metamorphic complexes of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and Stanovoi structural suture. The trachyandesites of the Mogot volcanic field are similar in geochemical features to adakites. Their parental melts resulted from the transformation of Precambrian continental crust under postcollisional extension after the formation of the Mongolo–Okhotsk orogen or under sliding along the boundary between the North Asian craton and the Amurian microcontinent.

Mesozoic age of the Gilyui Metamorphic Complex in the junction zone of the Selenga–Stanovoi and Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterranes, Central Asian fold belt

The Gilyui Complex includes sedimentary and volcanic rocks metamorphosed to amphibolite and epidote–amphibolite facies, which constitute blocks confined to the main structural sutures of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane in the Central Asian fold belt. In recent stratigraphic scales, they are considered as being Neoarchean in age with Nd model age values of 1.5–3.0 Ga. The youngest detrital zircons from metamorphosed mudstone of the Gilyui Complex yield a date of 285 ± 4 Ma, which determines the lower age limit for the formation of its protolith. The age of crystallization of rhyolites from the Gilyui Complex is determined to be 231 ± 4 Ma. If the rhyolites form volcanic flow units or sills, the Gilyui Complex is approximately 230 Ma or 231 ± 4 to 285 ± 4 Ma old, respectively.

Mesozoic age of the last episode of high-temperature metamorphism of the Sutam block of the Stanovoi suture

The U–Pb (zircon) age of 250 ± 1 Ma was determined for differentiated gabbro–monzonite intrusions, which were formed prior to metamorphism of high-temperature amphibolite facies of high pressures in the southeastern part of the Sutam block of the Stanovoi suture. These data indicate that this episode of metamorphism belongs to the Mesozoic stage of evolution of the Stanovoi suture rather than to the Early Precambrian, as was suggested before. It most likely corresponds to the age of the last episode of the high-temperature metamorphism of amphibolite facies (140 Ma), which is manifested within the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane of the Central Asian foldbelt adjacent from the south to the Stanovoi suture and is caused by collision of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane and the epi-Paleozoic Amur microcontinent during the closure of the Mongol–Okhotsk oceanic basin.

Localization of mineralization, its age, and relationship to magmatism at the Mogot silver-base-metal deposit, North Stanovoi metallogenic zone in the southeastern framework of the North Asian Craton

The results of studying the Mogot silver-base-metal deposit located in the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi Superterrane are discussed in this paper. The main ore-controlling structural elements of the studied district are near-latitudinal and NE-trending faults, which are accompanied by zones of hydrothermal metasomatic potassic, propylitic, and argillic alterations, breccias with quartz and quartz-carbonate cement replacing metamorphic rocks and granitoids of the Late Stanovoi Complex. The total sulfide content in ore is 2–3%. The high Ag, Pb, and Zn contents in ore allow us to consider the Mogot deposit as silver-base-metal, since except of orebody 4, there are no silver minerals proper. This indicates that silver is incorporated into crystalline lattice of sulfides. The results of 40Ar/39Ar geochronological investigations show that the hydrothermal ore deposition dated at 127–125 Ma was related to emplacement of intrusions pertaining to the Tynda-Bakaran Complex.

Metabasalts of the Bryanta sequence of the Stanovoi complex of the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi superterrane, Central Asian fold belt: Age and geodynamic environment of formation

In this paper, we report U-Pb geochronological, Sm-Nd isotopic, and geochemical data for the basic schists of the Bryanta sequence of the Stanovoi complex of the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi superterrane of the Central Asian fold belt. It was shown that the protolith of the schists was composed of island-arc subalkali basalts, which crystallized at 1933 ± 4 Ma; the age of the earliest metamorphic processes is approximately 1890–1910 Ma. This metamorphic event could be related to the collision of the Aldan and Stanovoi continental plates or accretion-collision processes at the boundary of the Ilikan and Kupurin lithotectonic zones during the formation of the latter.

Age of the Ilikan Sequence from the Stanovoi Complex of the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi Superterrane, Central-Asian Foldbelt

This paper presents the results of Sm-Nd isotopic-geochemical and U-Pb geochronological studies of metamorphic (Ilikan Sequence) and associated igneous rocks from the Ilikan lithotectonic zone (terrane) located in the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi Superterrane from the Central Asian Foldbelt. The Nd model age, TNd(DM), of metamorphic rocks from the Ilikan Sequence is 2.6–3.2 Ga pointing to the likelihood that the lower boundary of their protolith formation probably does not exceed 2.6 Ga. The age of detrital zircons from metasedimentary rocks of the Ilikan Sequence is 2700–2900 Ma, which absolutely agrees with Sm-Nd isotopic-geochemical results. The U-Pb zircon age of metagabbro that intruded the rocks of the Ilikan Sequence and underwent high-temperature amphibolite metamophism with subsequent structural transformations is 2635 ± 4 Ma. The obtained results allow us to conclude that the age of the Ilikan Sequence is 2630–2700 Ma. All this gives grounds to state that the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi Superterrane in the Central Asian Foldbelt was formed due to amalgamation of non-Siberian terranes as is assumed for the Argun, Bureya, and Mamynskii terranes of the Amur Superterrane from the Central Asian Foldbelt.

The Triassic stage of mafic magmatism in the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane ( southern framing of the North Asian craton)

With U-Pb zircon dating, the ages of the Ul'degit (228 ± 1 Ma) and Chek-Chikan (203 ± 1 Ma) mafic massifs were determined. These massifs were earlier considered to form at the Early Precambrian stage of the geologic evolution of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi superterrane. In geochemical features the igneous rocks of the massifs show relation with a within-plate source, on the one hand, and are similar to igneous rocks of subduction zones, on the other. They might have formed after subduction, which caused the intrusion of gabbroids of the Lucha massif (248 ± 1 Ma) and diorites of the Tok-Algoma complex (238 ± 2 Ma), followed by the fracturing of the subducted plate.

Late Mesozoic postcollisional high-potassic gabbroids of the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi superterrane

The gabbroids represent mediumgrained rocks composed of clinopyroxene (up to 40%), amphibole (up to 15-20%), plagioclase (up to 50%), quartz (up to 3%), biotite, and apatite. Clinopyroxene is observed as resorbed aggregates up to 2 mm across cemented by primary amphibole and exhibits euhedral habit similar to that of plagioclase. Peripheral parts of its grains demonstrate frequent development of potassic feld� spar.

Petrochemistry, geochemistry, and genesis of the Chek-Chikan gabbronorite Massif, southeastern framing of the North Asian craton

The Chek-Chikan Massif is a typical representative of basic magmatism, which is widely spread within the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi superterrane. The massif consists of gabbronorites, amphibole gabbros, gabbroanorthosites, and anorthosites.

Geochronology of Mesozoic granitoids and associated molybdenum mineralization in the western part of the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi superterrane

The Dzhugdzhur superterrane [1] located at the south-eastern margin of the Siberian Craton is one of the keystructures of the eastern margin of Asia. It is made up of thetraditionally distinguished Early and Late Precambriancomplexes and numerous Early–Late Mesozoic intrusiveand volcanoplutonic associations [2 and others]. The func-tioning of magmatic and ore systems of different ages andtypes in various geodynamic settings in the course of com-plex and multistage evolution of tectonic structures pro-duced no less intricate metallogenic specifics of the region.