Magma Mingling Identified In The Guokeshan Pluton,Northern Margin Of The Qaidam Basin

The Qinghainanshan magmatic belt,located along the northern margin of the Qaidam basin(NQB)and West Qinling Orogen,is mainly composed of late Permian to Triassic granites that are genetically linked to subduction and collision of the Paleo-Tethys ocean.To constrain their origins and provide new insights on the curst-mantle interaction,an integration of methods including pertrology,mineralogy,geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopes is performed on the mafic microgranular enclaves(MMEs)and their host quartz diorites from the Guokeshan pluton in the eastern segment of the NQB.Zircon LA-ICP-MS dating reveals that the Guokeshan quartz-diorites are coeval with their MMEs(?247Ma).The quartz diorites are medium-K calc-alkaline 1-type granites that exhibit moderate potassium(K2O=1.43%-2.18%)and high Mg#(48.86-52.41).They are also characterized by arc-type enrichment of LREEs and LLIEs(e.g.,U,K,Pb),depletion of HREEs and HFSEs(e.g.,Nb,Ta,Ti)and weakly Eu depletions(Eu/Eu*=0.71-0.85).Their evolved Sr-Nd isotopic compositions,coupled with disequilibrium textures of oscillatory-zoned plagioclases,spike zone in plagioclase and biotite enclosed within amphibole,indicate precursor magmas were mainly produced by partial melting of mafic lower crust with additional input of a mafic component derived from an enriched mantle.In contrast,the MMEs possess lower SiO2(56.68%-59.28%)and ?Nd(t),higher Mg#(58.5-62.2),and flatter REE distribution patterns.In combination with field and petrological observations,such as chilled margins,spheroidal shapes,acicular apatite,reverse-zoned plagioclase,blade-shaped amphibole in plagioclase,the MMEs and host granitoids were inferred as products by different percentage mixing of subduction-related metasomatized mantle-derived mafic and ancient(late-Paleoproterozoic)crust-derived felsic magmas.In association with previous sedimentological research and tectonic analysis,in this paper,we propose that the early-middle Triassic magmatism in the Qinghainanshan magmatic belt might be related to underplating of mantle-derived magma and magma mixing induced by the northernward subduction of the Paleo-Tethys ocean.