Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 160-168.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20220205

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Geological Age and Petrogenesis of Volcanic Rocks in Southern Chepaizi Oilfield

WANG Tao1a(), XU Qian1,2(), LI Yongjun2, KONG Yumei3, ZHENG Menglin1a, GUO Wenjian1a   

  1. 1. PetroChina Xinjiang Oilfield Company, a.Research Institute of Exploration and Development; b.Postdoctoral Workstation, Karamay, Xinjiang 834000, China
    2. School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang’an University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710054, China
    3. Geophysical and Geological Division, Hebei Coalfield Geological Bureau, Xingtai, Hebei 054000, China
  • Received:2021-10-22 Revised:2021-12-08 Online:2022-04-01 Published:2022-03-24
  • Contact: XU Qian E-mail:wang-t@petrochina.com.cn;qianxu_chd@163.com

Abstract:

The Carboniferous in southern Chepaizi oilfield is mainly composed of amygdaloidal basalt, basaltic andesitic agglomerate, andesitic breccia tuff and a small amount of basaltic andesitic breccia tuff. In order to determine the geological age of these rocks, isotopic and biofossil analyses were carried out, and then the analytical results were compared with the Carboniferous rocks in the outcrop area in the basin margin. It is found that there are abundant sporopollen fossils in the bottom of the Carboniferous sandstone in Well C47, and the zircon U-Pb age of the rhyolitic breccia-bearing vitric tuff from Well C68 is 314.6±2.1 Ma, suggesting that both the geological age and isotopic age of the volcanic rock are Late Carboniferous, which are comparable to the Hala’alat formation in the piedmont at the northwestern margin of the Junggar basin. The volcanic rocks are generally calc-alkali-tholeiitic series and relatively rich in Al2O3, with a weak positive Eu anomaly. Moreover, the volcanic rocks are strongly short of high field-strength elements such as Nb, Ta, and Hf, and relatively rich in large ion lithophile elements such as Ba, Rb, and K. There exists an obvious Nb-Ta trough, and the magma source area may be the depleted mantle of spinel peridotite because of metasomatism, and formed in the subduction-related island arc tectonic environment. For the well blocks in southern Chepaizi oilfield, the Carboniferous in the northwest wall of the large fault can be compared with the Aladeyikesai formation, and the volcanic rock formation in the southeast wall can be correlated with the Hala’alat formation in the piedmont of the northwest margin.

Key words: Chepaizi oilfield, Carboniferous, Hala’alat formation, volcanic rock, lithological characteristic, geological age, petrogenesis

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