Affiliation:
1. Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, Khabarovsk 680000, Russia
2. Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
Abstract
Iron and iron–manganese deposits form three closely spaced clusters within the Lesser Khingan Range of the Russian Far East. Fe-Mn mineralization is hosted in Vendian–Cambrian carbonates and composed of magnetite, hematite, braunite, haussmanite, rhodochrosite and pyrolusite. The iron–manganese ores are closely associated with explosive intermediate–felsic breccias, magnetite-rich lavas, dolerites and mineralized lithocrystalloclastic tuffs. Magmatic rocks display both concordant and discordant relationships with Fe-Mn mineralization and contain abundant xenoliths of host carbonates. Both magmatic rocks (with the exception of Nb-enriched dolerites) and Fe-Mn ores are characterized by variable enrichments in large-ion lithophile and light rare earth elements and strong depletions in high-field strength elements compatible with the broad subduction setting for explosive volcanism and associated hydrothermal Fe-Mn ore mineralization. Nd-Sr isotope systematics suggest contamination by both ancient and juvenile continental crust and the involvement of recycled pelagic sediment in the formation of Fe-Mn deposits in the Lesser Khingan Range of the Russian Far East.
Funder
Russian Science Foundation
Subject
Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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