Petrological Journal

Petrology and tectono-magmatic setting of Zorrati granitoid, southwest of Birjand (East of Lut block)

Ebadolah Toulabi Nejad; Ahmad Ahamadi Khalaji; Mohammad Ebrahimi; Habib Biabangard; Rasoul Esmaeili

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 July 2022

https://doi.org/10.22108/ijp.2021.125463.1207

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The Zorrati granitoid (ZG) pluton exposed on the eastern edge of the Lut block trending north-south. The Lut block surrounded in the north by the Darone fault, in the south by the Jazmurian ... Read More The Zorrati granitoid (ZG) pluton exposed on the eastern edge of the Lut block trending north-south. The Lut block surrounded in the north by the Darone fault, in the south by the Jazmurian fault and in the east and the west by Nahbandan and Naiband faults respectively (Naderi Miqan and Akrami, 2006). A number of investigations have been carried out by various researchers regarding how and when the magmatism and volcanism of the Lut Block was initiated among which Eftekharnezhad (1980) can be notable, who predicted the subduction of the oceanic crust towards the west and under the Lut Block based on the volume and time distribution. Saccani et al. (2010) suggested that the subduction of the oceanic crust took place towards the east and under the Afghan block. The closest intrusive bodies to the Zorrati granitoid are the Shah Kouh granitoid, the Deh Salam granitoid, the Chahar Farsakh granitoid, and the Sefidkoh granitoid.This dominant rocks of the pluton under study are biotite tonalite and syenogranite-alkali feldspar granite together with biotite and tourmaline porphyritic granodiorite, and granite. The ZG consisting of igneous and metasediment enclaves as well as felsic veins and dykes. According to several studies including field observations, petrology, and geochemical studies the rock units make up the studied pluton have possibly different origins.Materials and methodsFor lithological and geochemical investigations of the Zorrati granitoid pluton and its tonalitic enclaves, after microscopic studies, 11 fresh samples were selected and sent to the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for XRF and ICP-MS analyses.PetrographyThe constituent minerals of the granitoid rocks are quartz, plagioclase, microcline, orthoclase, biotite, muscovite and tourmaline.Whole Rock ChemistryThe Zorrati granitoid (ZG) is a high potassium calc-alkaline, peraluminous, and S-type granitoid. Trace element plots show at least two trends, which probably point to different origins for the rock units forming this pluton. The studied rocks are Rb, Th, U, K, and Pb enrichment and depleted in Nb, Sr, P, Ti, and Zr, indicative of the crustal origin of the relevant magmas in a collision zone. Tourmaline porphyritic granodiorite and syenogranite-alkali feldspar granite were formed by melting a clay-rich metapelitic protolith with upper crust origin due to muscovite dehydration without the intervention of the mantle in a continental collision zone. Porphyritic biotite granodiorite along with granite, biotite tonalite, and igneous enclaves were formed by melting of a metagreywacke-poor clay protolith with upper crustal origin due to biotite dehydration without the intervention of the mantle in a collision and a post-collision settings, respectively. Water pressure of ≥5 kbar and temperature of 650 to 700 °C were estimated for the tourmaline-biotite porphyritic granodiorites and the syenogranite-alkali feldspar granite. Likewise, temperature of ~775 °C was determined for the granite, biotite tonalite and igneous enclaves.DiscussionBiotite tonalite and syenogranite to alkali feldspar granite units are the two main and large granitoid units covering most of the area. The other units including granite, biotite, and tourmaline porphyritic granodiorite along with dikes and aplitic and pegmatite veins show high potassium and peraluminous calc-alkaline series related to S-type granites. The remarkable features of these rocks are of the Rb, Th, U, K, Pb enrichment and the Nb, Sr, P, Ti, and Zr depletion as well as having different origins and different tectonic environment. For example, the tourmaline-bearing porphyritic granodiorite and syenogranite to alkali feldspar granite were originated by melting of a metapelitic clay-rich source in the upper crust without mantle intervention, in a collisional tectonic environment while muscovite dehydration plays a significant role. Biotite-bearing porphyritic granodiorite along with granite, biotite-bearing tonalite, and its enclaves formed by melting of a plagioclase-rich metagreywacke in the upper crust without mantle interference, in a collisional and post-collisional tectonic environment, respectively, while dehydration of biotite was involved in their formation. According to their lithological, geochemical, tectonic characteristics and different origin, like the other granitoids in this part of the Lut block (Moradi Noghondar et al., 2012), two different ages of the Middle Jurassic (biotite-bearing tonalite) and the Eocene - Oligocene (syenogranite - alkali feldspar granite) can be suggested for the Zorrati granitoid (ZG) pluton.

Petrology, geochemistry, source and tectonic setting of Malek Chah Ruii granitoid (East of Lut Block)

Abadullah Toulabi Nejad; Ahmad Ahamadi Khalaji; Mohammad Ebrahimi; Habib Biabangard; Rasoul Esmaeili

Volume 12, Issue 1 , June 2021, , Pages 63-92

https://doi.org/10.22108/ijp.2020.124366.1196

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The Malek Chah Rouii granitoid pluton is exposed within the Deh-Salm metamorphic complex in the eastern margin of the Lut zone. The studied granitoid with peraluminous and calc-alkaline ... Read More

Petrology, geochemistry and origin of Mirabad dacitoid dykes, south of Zahedan (Southeast of Iran)

Habib Biabangard; Sasan Baghari; Sohila Vysinasab

Volume 10, Issue 4 , December 2020, , Pages 67-82

https://doi.org/10.22108/ijp.2020.121877.1164

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The Mirabad dacitoid dykes exposed in the Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan suture zone and South of Zahedan city, near Mirabad village. These dykes, with mainly dacitoid in composition, ... Read More

Petrography and geochemistry of igneous rocks and Sb and Au mineralization in Sefidsang and Dargiaban areas, southeastern Iran

Mohammad Boomeri; Halimeh Mojadadi Moghadam; Habib Biabangard

Volume 9, Issue 3 , December 2018, , Pages 193-216

https://doi.org/10.22108/ijp.2018.110097.1077

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Abstract: The Sefidsang and Dargiaban areas are located in the Sistan suture zone. The geological units of the areas are flysch-like rocks, granitoid body, subvolcanic mass, acidic ... Read More

The study of mineralization and fluid inclusion in Dehsalm Mahour 2 lead deposit, east of Lut block, Central Iran

Fateme Mohammadpour; Habib Biabangard; Hassan Mirnajad; Razvan Mirzaei Rayeni

Volume 7, Issue 27 , October 2016, , Pages 25-42

https://doi.org/10.22108/ijp.2016.21016

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The Mahour 2 lead mineralization area is located, about 145 km west of Nehbandan and 2 km northwest of Mahour polymetal deposit and in the eastern part of Lut Block. The area comprises ... Read More

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