Geochemistry and U-Pb dating of the Yahyalı pluton and associated skarn occurrences, SW Kayseri (Central Türkiye): Geodynamic significance and relation to mineralization

IF 3.4 2区地球科学 Q1 GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS

Journal of Geochemical Exploration Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI:10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107756

Fatma Şişman Tükel , Deniz Tiringa , Nurullah Hanilçi , Bülent Ateşçi , Namık Aysal , İsmet Alan

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The Yahyalı Pluton is an intrusion that intruded into the Yahyalı Nappe in the Eastern Taurus Belt. However, its outcrops are observed in a narrow area due to insufficient erosion depth and few studies have been carried out. This pluton is mainly composed of granite, granodiorite, diorite and monzonite. These facies are predominantly calc-alkaline and partly high-K calc-alkaline series, with an I-type character. The geochemical behaviour of the pluton suggests that mafic magmas of mantle origin have undergone a high degree of fractional crystallization (FC) and may have been partially mixed and/or contaminated by felsic magmas of crustal origin.

In this study, the Yahyalı pluton and associated garnet skarn formations were dated for the first time. Zircon U-Pb dating of samples taken from different levels of the Yahyalı pluton yielded concordia ages of 52.37 ± 0.41 Ma, 53.66 ± 0.30 Ma, 52.59 ± 0.37 Ma and 52.05 ± 0.36 Ma, respectively. In addition, a lower intercept age of 50.1 ± 3.3 Ma (MSWD = 1.4) (Early Eocene) was obtained from garnet skarn formations. Although the pluton has limited outcrops, associated mineralization (Fe and Fe-Cu skarn, Pb-Zn) occurs over an extensive area, suggesting that large parts of the pluton may not have been eroded. This suggests that the Yahyalı pluton is a fertile magma in terms of mineralization and that there is a high potential for skarn, hydrothermal and porphyry-type mineralization associated with the magmatic system at deeper depths in the region.

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Journal of Geochemical Exploration 地学-地球化学与地球物理

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7.40

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7.70%

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148

审稿时长

8.1 months

期刊介绍： Journal of Geochemical Exploration is mostly dedicated to publication of original studies in exploration and environmental geochemistry and related topics. Contributions considered of prevalent interest for the journal include researches based on the application of innovative methods to: define the genesis and the evolution of mineral deposits including transfer of elements in large-scale mineralized areas. analyze complex systems at the boundaries between bio-geochemistry, metal transport and mineral accumulation. evaluate effects of historical mining activities on the surface environment. trace pollutant sources and define their fate and transport models in the near-surface and surface environments involving solid, fluid and aerial matrices. assess and quantify natural and technogenic radioactivity in the environment. determine geochemical anomalies and set baseline reference values using compositional data analysis, multivariate statistics and geo-spatial analysis. assess the impacts of anthropogenic contamination on ecosystems and human health at local and regional scale to prioritize and classify risks through deterministic and stochastic approaches. Papers dedicated to the presentation of newly developed methods in analytical geochemistry to be applied in the field or in laboratory are also within the topics of interest for the journal.