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Granitoid massif of the Dal’negorsk borosilicate deposit in the Primorye region of Russia: The role of the intrusion in the formation of the boron mineralization

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The granitoids of the Dal’negorsk borosilicate deposit are ascribed mainly to the high-K metaluminous rocks of the calcic and alkali-calcic series. The thermo-baro-geo-chemical studies showed that they originated from melts with low contents of water (H2O < 3.5% H2O) and CO2 at 800–850°C and 65–90 MPa. The data on the average contents of elements in the rock-forming minerals and the estimated initial water content in the magma point to the absence of a genetic relation between the intrusion and boron mineralization. The granitoid magma was responsible for the skarn formation and for the mobilization and remobilization of boron under a favorable environment. The K/Ar dating (51.0 ± 10 Ma), the geochemical typification (signatures of within-plate, subduction, and collisional granitoids), and the low water content in the parental melts of the granitoids, in accordance with the scheme of the geodynamic evolution of the region, indicate their formation in the lithospheric plate sliding environment.

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Original Russian Text © O.A. Karas’, V.A. Pakhomova, N.I. Ekimova, 2014, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2014, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 67–78.

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Karas’, O.A., Pakhomova, V.A. & Ekimova, N.I. Granitoid massif of the Dal’negorsk borosilicate deposit in the Primorye region of Russia: The role of the intrusion in the formation of the boron mineralization. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 8, 213–223 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S181971401403004X

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