As an important part of South China Old Land, the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt plays a significant role in explaining the assembly and the evolution of the Upper Yangtze Block and Cathaysia, as well as the structure and gro...As an important part of South China Old Land, the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt plays a significant role in explaining the assembly and the evolution of the Upper Yangtze Block and Cathaysia, as well as the structure and growth mechanism of continental lithosphere in South China.The Lengjiaxi and the Banxi groups are the base strata of the west section of the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt.Thus, the research of geochronology and tectonic evolution of the Lengjiaxi and the Banxi groups is significant.The maximum sedimentary age of the Lengjiaxi Group is ca.862 Ma, and the minimum is ca.822 Ma.The Zhangjiawan Formation, which is situated in the upper part of the Banxi Group is ca.802 Ma.The Lengjiaxi Group and equivalent strata should thus belong to the Neoproterozoic in age.The Jiangnan Orogenic Belt consisting of the Lengjiaxi and the Banxi groups as important constituents is not a Greenville Orogen Belt（1.3 Ga–1.0 Ga）.The Jiangnan Orogenic Belt is a recyclic orogenic belt, and the prototype basin is a foreland basin with materials derived from the southwest and the sediments belong to the active continental sedimentation.By combining large amounts of dating data of the Lengjiaxi and the Banxi groups as well as equivalent strata, the evolutionary model of the western section of the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt is established as follows： Before 862 Ma, the South China Ocean was subducted beneath the Upper Yangtze Block, while a continental island arc was formed on the side near the Upper Yangtze Block.The South China Ocean was not closed in this period.From 862 Ma to 822 Ma, the Upper Yangtze Block was collided with Cathaysia; and sediments began to be deposited in the foreland basin between the two blocks.The Lengjiaxi Group and equivalent strata were thus formed and the materials might be derived from the recyclic orogenic belt.From 822 Ma to 802 Ma, Cathaysia continued pushing to the Upper Yangtze Block, experienced the Jinning-Sibao Movement（Wuling Movement）; as result, the folded basement of the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt展开更多
The Lengjiaxi and Banxi groups of the Meso-Neoproterozoic and the Lower Paleozoic along the profile at Huangtudian-Xianxi of the central-northern Hunan Province, China underwent very low-grade metamorphism. Illite cry...The Lengjiaxi and Banxi groups of the Meso-Neoproterozoic and the Lower Paleozoic along the profile at Huangtudian-Xianxi of the central-northern Hunan Province, China underwent very low-grade metamorphism. Illite crystallinity (IC) data of the <2 μm fractions range from 0.18-0.21°Δ2θ for the Lengjiaxi Group to 0.19–0.23°Δ2θ for the Banxi Group to 0.20–0.29°Δ2θ for the Sinian to the Lower Paleozoic (Kübler index, corrected with Kisch IC set, 1991). This indicates that the metamorphic grade of the Lengjiaxi Group is in the epizone, the Banxi Group in the epizone-high anchizone, and the Sinian to the Lower Paleozoic mostly in the high anchizone along the profile investigated. The peak metamorphic temperature evaluated is roughly 340–240°C. This result does not agree with the greenschist or subgreenschist facies of the Lengjiaxi and Banxi groups and neither with the lower-greenschist facies or diagenitic zone of the Sinian to the Lower Paleozoic, of which most previous researchers thought. The illites (K-mica) b 0 values range from 0.8989–0.9050 nm for the Lengjiaxi Group to 0.8984–0.9037 nm for the Banxi Group to the Lower Paleozoic. Based on the cumulative frequency curves of illite (K-mica) b 0, the peak metamorphic pressure of the Banxi Group to the Lower Paleozoic along the profile was derived in a low-intermediate pressure type. Illites occur as 2M1 polytype in the Lengjiaxi and Banxi groups and as 2M1+1 M types in some samples of the Lower Paleozoic. This indicates that the transformation of illite polytype from 1M to 2M1 was fulfilled within the high anchizone.展开更多
All gold deposits in North-Eastern Hunan are of vein type, and hosted by the low grade metamorphic rocks of Lengjiaxi Group of the Middle Proterozoic Era. Their geochemical characteristics show that the ore-forming ma...All gold deposits in North-Eastern Hunan are of vein type, and hosted by the low grade metamorphic rocks of Lengjiaxi Group of the Middle Proterozoic Era. Their geochemical characteristics show that the ore-forming materials came from their host rocks. Oreforming fluids are rich in CO2 and SO2-4,with high Na+/K+ ratio, low Cl - and varied δ18O and δD values, showing that they are from multisources. These gold deposits were formed by a series of tectonic-thermal events which reworked the Lengjiaxi Group. There are two main stages of tectonic-thermal events: the Wulingian Period forming the auriferous quartz veins by syntectonic metamorphic differentiation, and the Indosinian-Yanshanian peroid causing re formation and enrichment of the former auriferous quartz veins.展开更多
基金supported by National Major Projects of Oil and Gas (2011ZX05043-005)Geological Survey Project of China Geological Survey (1212011120115, 1212011120117 and 121201011120131)Natural Science Fund Project (40921062)
文摘As an important part of South China Old Land, the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt plays a significant role in explaining the assembly and the evolution of the Upper Yangtze Block and Cathaysia, as well as the structure and growth mechanism of continental lithosphere in South China.The Lengjiaxi and the Banxi groups are the base strata of the west section of the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt.Thus, the research of geochronology and tectonic evolution of the Lengjiaxi and the Banxi groups is significant.The maximum sedimentary age of the Lengjiaxi Group is ca.862 Ma, and the minimum is ca.822 Ma.The Zhangjiawan Formation, which is situated in the upper part of the Banxi Group is ca.802 Ma.The Lengjiaxi Group and equivalent strata should thus belong to the Neoproterozoic in age.The Jiangnan Orogenic Belt consisting of the Lengjiaxi and the Banxi groups as important constituents is not a Greenville Orogen Belt（1.3 Ga–1.0 Ga）.The Jiangnan Orogenic Belt is a recyclic orogenic belt, and the prototype basin is a foreland basin with materials derived from the southwest and the sediments belong to the active continental sedimentation.By combining large amounts of dating data of the Lengjiaxi and the Banxi groups as well as equivalent strata, the evolutionary model of the western section of the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt is established as follows： Before 862 Ma, the South China Ocean was subducted beneath the Upper Yangtze Block, while a continental island arc was formed on the side near the Upper Yangtze Block.The South China Ocean was not closed in this period.From 862 Ma to 822 Ma, the Upper Yangtze Block was collided with Cathaysia; and sediments began to be deposited in the foreland basin between the two blocks.The Lengjiaxi Group and equivalent strata were thus formed and the materials might be derived from the recyclic orogenic belt.From 822 Ma to 802 Ma, Cathaysia continued pushing to the Upper Yangtze Block, experienced the Jinning-Sibao Movement（Wuling Movement）; as result, the folded basement of the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt
基金This work was suppored by the National Natural Science Foundaition of China(Grant No.49872033).
文摘The Lengjiaxi and Banxi groups of the Meso-Neoproterozoic and the Lower Paleozoic along the profile at Huangtudian-Xianxi of the central-northern Hunan Province, China underwent very low-grade metamorphism. Illite crystallinity (IC) data of the <2 μm fractions range from 0.18-0.21°Δ2θ for the Lengjiaxi Group to 0.19–0.23°Δ2θ for the Banxi Group to 0.20–0.29°Δ2θ for the Sinian to the Lower Paleozoic (Kübler index, corrected with Kisch IC set, 1991). This indicates that the metamorphic grade of the Lengjiaxi Group is in the epizone, the Banxi Group in the epizone-high anchizone, and the Sinian to the Lower Paleozoic mostly in the high anchizone along the profile investigated. The peak metamorphic temperature evaluated is roughly 340–240°C. This result does not agree with the greenschist or subgreenschist facies of the Lengjiaxi and Banxi groups and neither with the lower-greenschist facies or diagenitic zone of the Sinian to the Lower Paleozoic, of which most previous researchers thought. The illites (K-mica) b 0 values range from 0.8989–0.9050 nm for the Lengjiaxi Group to 0.8984–0.9037 nm for the Banxi Group to the Lower Paleozoic. Based on the cumulative frequency curves of illite (K-mica) b 0, the peak metamorphic pressure of the Banxi Group to the Lower Paleozoic along the profile was derived in a low-intermediate pressure type. Illites occur as 2M1 polytype in the Lengjiaxi and Banxi groups and as 2M1+1 M types in some samples of the Lower Paleozoic. This indicates that the transformation of illite polytype from 1M to 2M1 was fulfilled within the high anchizone.
文摘All gold deposits in North-Eastern Hunan are of vein type, and hosted by the low grade metamorphic rocks of Lengjiaxi Group of the Middle Proterozoic Era. Their geochemical characteristics show that the ore-forming materials came from their host rocks. Oreforming fluids are rich in CO2 and SO2-4,with high Na+/K+ ratio, low Cl - and varied δ18O and δD values, showing that they are from multisources. These gold deposits were formed by a series of tectonic-thermal events which reworked the Lengjiaxi Group. There are two main stages of tectonic-thermal events: the Wulingian Period forming the auriferous quartz veins by syntectonic metamorphic differentiation, and the Indosinian-Yanshanian peroid causing re formation and enrichment of the former auriferous quartz veins.
