Geochronology and geochemistry of the Late Jurassic Wujiaping Sn deposit, Dayishan ore field, South China: Implications to the petrogenesis and Sn mineralization

Abstract The Wujiaping Sn deposit is located at the northern Dayishan ore field, South China, whose ore veins are mainly hosted in the Dayishan pluton. LA–ICP–MS zircon U–Pb dating for the medium-fine grained- and medium-coarse grained-biotite monzogranite of Dayishan pluton yields emplacement ages of 154.5 ± 1.6 Ma (MSWD = 2.0) and 155.5 ± 0.5 Ma (MSWD = 1.9), respectively, which are consistent with the muscovite 40Ar-39Ar plateau age of 150.4 ± 0.9 Ma for the quartz vein type ore veins. It is indicated that the Sn mineralization in the Wujiaping deposit is related to the Late Jurassic granitic magmatism. These granites show the geochemical features of highly fractionated S-type granite: 1) low Zr + Nb + Ce + Y contents ( 1.1); 3) low crystallization temperature (mean = 688 °C); 4) high Rb/Sr ratios (mostly > 48); 5) high differentiation index (DI > 90); and 6) low CaO, P2O5, Sr, and Eu contents. Whole rocks isotopes show that these granites shows variable initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios (0.70251–0.71208), negative eNd(t) values (−7.94–5.62) and old two stage Nd model ages of 1491–1563 Ma. LA–MC–ICP–MS zircon Lu–Hf isotopes show that the medium-fine-grained monzogranite have positive eHf(t) values of 0.37–8.5 and two stage Hf model ages of 662–1180 Ma, whereas the medium-coarse grained-biotite monzogranite have negative eHf(t) values of −6.42–3.55 and two stage Hf model ages of 1431–1599 Ma. It is proposed of that these granites are originated from melts mixed by crustal- and mantle-constituents and are formed in an extensional setting caused by the subduction of the Palaeo-pacific plate. The low LogfO2 values calculated through zircons (−21.2–13.1) and high F contents (3630–5120 ppm) indicate the granites derived from reduced and F-rich melts. Therefore, the reduced melt is highly fractionated and enriched in Sn and F, resulting in the large scale Sn mineralization in the Dayishan ore field.