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Inner structure, composition, and genesis of the Chineiskii anorthosite-gabbronorite massif, Northern Transbaikalia

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The Chineiskii anorthosite-gabbronorite massif is the most typical layered intrusion in Russia, which is accompanied by large V and Cu deposits. This massif is first considered to be a component of the Proterozoic volcanic-plutonic system of the Kodar-Udokan district, whose largest massifs are Chineiskii and Lukturskii. This system also comprises numerous dikes (including the Main gabbronorite dike at the Udokan deposit, whose thickness reaches 200 m), which are likely the magmatic feeders of ancient volcanism. An intermediate position in the vertical section of the magmatic system is occupied by gabbroids, whose exposures occur in the peripheral part of the Lurbunskii granite massif. The intrusive rocks were proved to be genetically interrelated and show certain similar geochemical features: they bear elevated TiO2 concentrations and have similar trace element patterns and (La/Sm)N and (Gd/Yb)N ratios (1.5–2.3 and 1.87–2.06, respectively). The Chineiskii Massif is thought to have been formed by the successive emplacement of genetically similar basic magmas, which produced four rock groups with fine and coarse layering and cyclicity of variable rank (microrhythms, rhythms, units, and series). The results of cluster analysis indicate that the rocks can be classified into 13 petrochemical types. The phase and chemical characteristics of the parental melts of these compositions were simulated with the use of the COMAGMAT-3.5 computer model, which was also applied to evaluate the composition of the most primitive initial magma of the whole Chineiskii Massif. Our results indicate that the primitive magma was heterogeneous (olivine + plagioclase ± titanomagnetite + melt) at a temperature of approximately 1130°C. The initial melt had a ferrobasaltic composition and was close to saturation with magnetite at ∼NNO ± 0.5

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  2. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 19, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    N. A. Krivolutskaya, A. A. Ariskin & G. S. Nikolaev

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Original Russian Text © B.I. Gongalsky, N.A. Krivolutskaya, A.A. Ariskin, G.S. Nikolaev, 2008, published in Geokhimiya, 2008, No. 7, pp. 691–720.

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Gongalsky, B.I., Krivolutskaya, N.A., Ariskin, A.A. et al. Inner structure, composition, and genesis of the Chineiskii anorthosite-gabbronorite massif, Northern Transbaikalia. Geochem. Int. 46, 637–665 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001670290807001X

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