Su, B.Qin, K.Sakyi, P.A.Tang, D.Liu, P.Malaviarachchi, S.P.K.Xiao, Q.Sun, H.2019-01-212019-01-212012-02Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 270-289https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2010.543011http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26937The Hongshishan mafic-ultramafic intrusion (SIMS zircon U-Pb age 286.4 ± 2.8Ma) consists of dunite, clinopyroxene peridotite, troctolite, and gabbro. Major elements display systematic correlations. Trace elements have identical distribution patterns, including flat rare-earth element (REE) patterns with positive Eu anomalies and enrichments in large ion lithophile elements (LILE) but depletions in Nb and Ta, indicating fractional crystallization as a key factor in magmatic evolution. Petrologic and geochemical variations in drill core samples demonstrate that minor assimilation and progressive magma injections were closely associated with Ni-Cu mineralization. Mass balance estimates and Sr-Nd isotopes reveal that the Hongshishan parental magmas were high-Mg and low-Ti tholeiitic basalts and were derived from a lithospheric mantle source that had been modified by subducted slab metasomatism before partial melting. Southward subduction of the Palaeo-Tianshan-Junggar Ocean is further constrained by a compilation of inferred, subduction-induced modifications of mantle sources in mafic-ultramafic intrusions distributed in the eastern Tianshan-Beishan area. Integrating the regional positive εNd(t) granites, high-Mg and low-Ti basaltic magmas (mafic-ultramafic intrusions), and slightly later high-Ti basalts in NW China suggests that their petrogenesis could be attributed to Permian mantle plume activities. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.enBeishaneastern Tianshanfractional crystallizationmafic-ultramafic intrusionsmantle plumeArticle