Palaeoproterozoic A-type felsic magmatism in the Khetri Copper Belt, Rajasthan, northwestern India: petrologic and tectonic implications |
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Authors: | P Kaur N Chaudhri M Okrusch J Koepke |
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Affiliation: | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Geochemie, Mainz, Germany Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India Mineralogisches Institut, Universit?t Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Institut für Mineralogie, Universit?t Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Abstract: | Summary A number of small Palaeoproterozoic granitoid plutons were emplaced in the Khetri Copper Belt, which is an important Proterozoic
metallogenic terrane in the northeastern part of Aravalli mountain range. Contiguous Biharipur and Dabla plutons are located
about 15 km southeast of Khetri, close to a 170 km long intracontinental rift zone. The plutons are composed of amphibole-bearing
alkali-feldspar granites, comprising microcline-albite granite, albite granite and late-stage microgranite. The albite granite
in Biharipur is confined to the margins of the pluton, and shows extensive commingling with the synchronous mafic plutonics.
Geochemically, the albite granites are characterised by low K2O (∼0.5 wt.%) and elevated Na2O (∼7.0 wt.%) abundances. By contrast, the microcline-albite granite does not show any significant mafic-granite interactions
and shows normal concentrations of alkali elements. The granitoids display high concentrations of the rare earth (except Eu)
and high field strength elements, high values of Ga/Al (>2.5), agpaitic index and Fe*-number. These features together with their alkaline metaluminous and ferroan nature classify the rocks as typical A-type
within-plate granites. All the granitoid facies display similar REE and incompatible element profiles indicating their cogenetic
nature. These granitoids were emplaced in a shallow crustal chamber under relatively low pressures, high temperature (≥850 °C)
and relatively oxidising conditions. The oxidised nature, HFSE concentrations and Nd isotope data (ɛNd = −1.3 to −2.9) favour
derivation of these granitoid rocks from crustal protoliths. The generation of albite granite is attributed to the replacement
of alkali feldspar and plagioclase of the original granite by pure albite as a consequence of pervasive infiltration of a
high Na/(Na + K) fluid at the late-magmatic stage. This model may have wider significance for the generation of albite granites/low-K
granites or albitites in other areas. The A-type plutonism under consideration seems to be an outcome of ensialic rifting
of the Bhilwara aulacogen. |
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