New data concerning the age and composition of intrusion complexes of the northern part of Balygychan-Sugoi rift depression (North-Eastern Russia)

Abstract

The Balagychan-Sugoi (Omsukchan) riftogeneous depression is described by different authors both as a part of Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic belt (OCVB) and as a separate structure. The unique Dukat gold and silver deposit and a lot of others ore deposits including rare-metal, such as Arylah, Lunnoe, Askold, Mechta, Tidid, Krasin, are associated with this structure. All mentioned objects are located in the south part of the depression and from this point of view are connected with OCVB structure. Evolution of the Balygychan-Sugoi depression is closely related to the stages of magmatic evolution of the region. In the article, these stages are characterized based on the data form intrusion bodies located in the northern part (Naygain depression). This part is the most outlying from the OCVB and less investigated. For the first time, the U-Pb zircon and baddeleyite dating and the description of petrographic and geochemical composition have been carried out for Mandychan gabbro-diorite and Nayahan gabbro leucogranite intrusion complexes from the northern part of the depression and for Omsukchan leucogranite complex. The Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous intrusions of the Mandychansk complex dated as 143-139 Ma mark the beginning of the rift depression formation. Intrusion of granitoids of the Nayahan and Omsukchan complexes dated as 84-85 Ma and 81-82 Ma correspondently is related with new stage of magmatic activity, synchronous to OCVB formation. The petrographic and geochemical compositions of these granitoids indicate their belonging to the I-type granites, which are typical for extension environments, whereas leucogranites of the Omsukchan complex have some features corresponding to the A-type granites.