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We report zircon U–Pb age data, Hf isotopes, and bulk-rock geochemical data for the Middle to Late Triassic granitoids in the Taerqi-Chabaqi-Kutihe region within the Xing’an Block of the central Great Xing’an Range, northeast China. Euhedral to subhedral zircon grains were extracted from the nine representative granitoids. These zircons exhibit oscillatory zoning typical of a magmatic origin. The zircon U–Pb determinations on the monzogranite, syenogranite and quartz diorite samples yielded ages between 244 Ma and 206 Ma, which essentially suggests that the magmatism in the Xing’an Block occurred during the Middle to Late Triassic period. Geochemically, these granitoids have SiO 2 = 62.97–76.31 wt%, A/CNK = 1.03–1.51, and K 2 O/Na 2 O = 0.40–2.39, we infer that they belong to high-K calc-alkaline series and are peraluminous I-type granites in nature. The major and trace element systematics indicate that these granitoids have different origins. Among them, the 244 Ma syenogranite of Taerqi and the 230–206 Ma monzogranite and syenogranite of Kutihe were probably generated from partial melting of pre-existing juvenile arc-type rocks in a relatively shallow crustal level. The 210 Ma quartz diorite of Chabaqi likely originated from the hybridization between a depleted mantle component and the juvenile subducted oceanic crustal materials that were buried to depths of the middle to lower continental crust. The 212 Ma monzogranite and syenogranite of Kutihe were probably generated from the partial melting of miscellaneous lower crustal materials at high pressure conditions. By combining these new data with regional geological data, we conclude that the early Mesozoic evolution of the central Great Xing’an Range was governed by two superimposed tectonic regimes, i.e., (1) post-orogenic extension due to slab break-off after the closure of the Paleo-Asian oceanic basin along the Hegenshan-Heihe suture belt, and (2) back-arc extension associated with the southward subduction of Mongol-Okhotsk oceanic plate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Display omitted] • Early Carboniferous high-Mg andesitic tuff and diorite were discovered in the Aqishan-Yamansu belt. • The high-Mg rocks were formed by interaction of sediment-derived melts and the depleted mantle wedge. • The Aqishan-Yamansu belt was a continental arc-related basin in the Carboniferous. • The sharp changes of geochemical features in the Aqishan-Yamansu belt indicate an important tectonic transition. The Aqishan-Yamansu belt, Eastern Tianshan is characterized by voluminous Late Paleozoic intermediate–felsic igneous rocks and magmatic–hydrothermal Fe (–Cu) deposits. This study presents zircon U–Pb ages and whole-rock geochemistry of newly identified high-Mg andesitic and dioritic rocks (HMAs and HMDs) within the Hongshanliang copper district in the Aqishan-Yamansu belt, Eastern Tianshan to investigate their petrogenesis and constrain the Carboniferous tectonic setting of the Eastern Tianshan. Zircon U–Pb dating of the HMAs and HMDs yielded ages between 336.9 ± 1.9 Ma and 329.0 ± 4.2 Ma. The HMAs and HMDs show calc-alkaline affinities, and exhibit weak Rb, Ba, U, and Pb enrichment and Nb and Ta depletion, with minor negative Eu anomalies. Moreover, the positive ε Nd (t) values (+6.4 to +6.6), low Th and (La/Sm) N contents/ratios, as well as relatively low and variable ε Hf (t) values (−3.71 to +1.55) indicate that they were probably sourced from a depleted mantle wedge with negligible to minor crustal contamination. They have low Ba/Th ratios (10.8–93.3), minor negative Eu anomalies, high and variable (La/Sm) N and Th/Yb ratios, which are comparable to the well-known sanukites of the Setouchi volcanic belt, suggesting involvement of sediment-derived magmas during their formation. Integrating published regional mafic–intermediate rocks from the Aqishan-Yamansu belt and this study, we propose that the Hongshanliang high-Mg rocks formed in a continental arc-related setting in the Carboniferous and the belt underwent a sharp tectonic transition event (ca. 330–322 Ma) from the Kangguer oceanic slab steepening to breakoff, corresponding to the Late Carboniferous basin inversion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]