Himalayan leucogranites were once overlooked for rare-metal resources because they initially were thought to have formed by in-situ partial melting of underlying high-grade metamorphic rocks. However, recent findings have revealed widespread rare-metal mineralizations of Be, Nb/Ta, Li/Rb/Cs, and W/Sn associated with leucogranites in the area, suggesting these mineralizations resulted from extensive fractionation of leucogranitic magmas during long-distance magma transport along the low-angle South Tibetan Detachment System. When combined with coeval Au-Sb-Pb/Zn mineralizations in the Himalayas of the Indian plate, and porphyry Cu-Mo mineralizations in the Gangdese of the Asian plate, a specific Himalayan-type mineralization is proposed to describe the metallogenesis related to the exhumation of the subducted Indian continent, coinciding with the uplift of the Himalayan mountains.
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December 01, 2024
Himalayan Leucogranites: Rare-metal Resources
Fu-Yuan Wu;
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Xiao-Chi Liu;
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Fang-Yang Hu;
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Lei Xie;
State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Ru-Cheng Wang
State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
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03 Dec 2024
Online ISSN: 1811-5217
Print ISSN: 1811-5209
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Elements (2024) 20 (6): 401–408.
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Fu-Yuan Wu, Xiao-Chi Liu, Fang-Yang Hu, Lei Xie, Ru-Cheng Wang; Himalayan Leucogranites: Rare-metal Resources. Elements 2024;; 20 (6): 401–408. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.20.6.401
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Asia
- beryllium ores
- chemical fractionation
- China
- copper ores
- Far East
- Gangdese Belt
- granites
- Himalayas
- igneous rocks
- leucogranite
- lithium ores
- magmas
- metal ores
- mineralization
- molybdenum ores
- pegmatite
- plutonic rocks
- porphyry copper
- porphyry molybdenum
- tin ores
- tungsten ores
- Xizang China
- Cuonadong Deposit
- Gabo Deposit
- Gyirong Deposit
- Qunggyakang Deposit
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