| Abstract: | A number of Fe-Ti oxide and Fe-Cu sulfide exsolution phases are found in amphibole cumulate xenoliths from Mesozoic granodioritic plutons at Jiguanshi and Jin- kouling in Tongling, Anhui Province. Most of amphiboles in the xenoliths have been identified as pargasite, and determined as a crystallization phase in the lower crust. The oxide exsolutions commonly acicular, are distributed parallel to 100] of amphibole with a typical Schiller texture. They contain 0.29%-51.07% of TiO2, and correspond to magnetite, titaniferous magnetite, titanomagnetite or ilmenite. All exsolved sulfide grains, being rounded to extended rounded in shape, are regularly arranged in sub-paralleled or closely beaded groups, except for a few of grains that are scattered or isolated. The exsolved sulfide phases comprise mostly pyrrhotite, secondarily cubanite and chalcopyrite, and rarely pyrite. A few grains of magnetite can coexist with pyrrhotite in most samples. The sulfide phases are poor in nickel (usually Ni < 0.5%, Ni/Fe < 0.003), while relative enrichments in copper (up to 2.93%) typify the pyrrhotite. Additionally, both oxides and sulfides may be exsolved in the same area of amphibole. Occurrence of Fe-Ti oxide and Fe-Cu sulfide exsolution phases in the xenoliths leads to inference that ore-forming materials such as S, Fe, Cu, etc. have been primarily dissolved in Mesozoic magma within the lower crust beneath the Tongling area. |
