Abstract:
Objective The Wenquan Ordovician intrusive rocks in the northern margin of Yili Block serve as crucial material, recording southward subduction of the Junggar Ocean. These intrusions were primarily emplaced into the Wenquan Group. The newly identified Haerdaban Ordovician granodiorite intruded into the Neoproterozoic Mohexisayi Formation and was overlain by the Early Devonian volcanic sedimentary strata with nonconformity. Determining its age and tectonic affinity is of significant importance for further constraining the Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern margin of the Yili Block.
Methods We conducted U−Pb chronology, Sr−Nd isotope and geochemical analysis for the Haerdaban granodiorite.
Results The zircon U−Pb age of the granodiorite is 469±6 Ma (MSWD=1.9), indicating its formation during the Middle Ordovician. It exhibits SiO2 contents of 60.6%~62.2%, total alkali contents of 6.79%~7.20%, K2O/Na2O ratios of 0.56~0.75, and A/CNK values of 0.83~1.04. The rock shows moderate rare earth element (REE) concentrations with a weakly positive Eu anomaly (δEu=1.04~1.08). It is enriched in large−ion lithophile elements (LILEs) such as K, Rb, Sr, Ba, and Pb, and depleted in high−field−strength elements (HFSEs) such as Nb, Ta, and Ti. These characteristics suggest that the rocks belong to the metaluminous high−K calc−alkaline series of I−type granite and were formed in a continental margin arc setting. The rock has an Nb/Ta ratio of 13.3, which is close to that of the upper crust, and Mg# values ranging from 49.3 to 53.4. Nd isotope studies reveal εNd(t) values of –0.57 to –0.41 and two−stage model ages (TDM2) of 1249~1236 Ma, suggesting that the source was predominantly crust−derived with a minor mantle contribution, reflecting a mixed crust−mantle magmatic origin.
Conclusions Combined with regional geological data, the Haerdaban granodiorite formed in a Middle Ordovician continental margin arc environment and represents a magmatic record of the southward subduction of the Junggar Ocean beneath the northern margin of the Yili Block.