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Paleoproterozoic crustally derived carbonate-rich magmatic rocks from the Daqinshan area, North China Craton: Geological, petrographical, geochronological and geochemical (Hf, Nd, O and C) evidence

Yusheng Wan^*,**, Dunyi Liu^*,**, Zhongyuan Xu^***, Chunyan Dong^*,**, Zhejiu Wang, Hongying Zhou^**, Zhensheng Yang^***, Zhenghong Liu^*** and Jiashan Wu^*

^* Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, China
^** Beijing SHRIMP Centre, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, China
^*** College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130061, China
Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, China

wanyusheng{at}bjshrimp.cn

Most carbonate-rich magmatic rocks are mantle-derived, namely carbonatite(s), with a minority of them being contaminated by crustal rocks. It is debated whether there are also carbonate-rich magmatic rocks derived solely from crustal sources. In this contribution, we report crustally derived carbonate-rich magmatic rocks, named here crustal carbonatite(s), in the Daqingshan area, Western Block of the North China Craton. The Daqingshan crustal carbonatites were previously considered to be metasedimentary marbles. However, they cut adjacent rocks and contain some enclaves that are irregular in shape and show unoriented distribution of lithologies that cannot be found in the local wall rocks. Zircons from the crustal carbonatites show clear oscillatory zoning, and contain calcite, quartz, feldspar, diopside and CO₂ inclusions. The zircons have correlated U and Th abundances and give a U/Pb age of 1951 ± 5 Ma, being the same age as metamorphic zircon cores and rims from a diopsidite enclave (1954 ± 27 Ma of core and 1944 ± 40 Ma of rim). The zircon from the crustal carbonatite has t_DM(Hf) and _Hf(t) of 2353 to 2457 Ma and –3.2 to 0.7, whereas the t_DM(Hf) and _Hf(t) of the core and rim zircons from diopsidite range from 2228 to 2160 Ma and 3.0 to 4.8 and 2219 to 2057 Ma and 3.2 to 7.4, respectively. The ¹⁸O ()_Zircon-V-PDB of zircon from the crustal carbonatite ranges from –21.5 to –19.6, with O isotope equilibrium temperature being 555°C to 635 °C. The crustal carbonatite shows a large variation in chemical composition, with SiO₂=10.2–37.3% and Total REE=48–267 ppm. The t_DM(Nd) age and _Nd(t) are 2.5 Ga and –2.9 to –2.4. The ¹⁸O()_Rock-V-PDB and ¹³C() _{Rock-V -PDB} vary from –19.5 to –15.2 and from –5.2 to –2.4, being distributed between primary carbonatite field and the field of dolomitic marble from the study area in ¹⁸O() vs. ¹³C() diagram. Combined with previous studies, we drew the conclusion that some of the carbonate-rich rocks in the study area are magmatic in origin, by anatexis of impure marble plus common contamination by calc-silicates and other materials. This is consistent with the high-P-T experiments of CaO-CO₂-H₂O system (Wyllie and Tuttle, 1960) and MgO-CaO-CO₂-H₂O system (Fanelli and others, 1986), which indicate that partial melting of limestone will happen when temperature is > 700°C and when water is also present.