位於北祁連山俯衝雜岩帶南面的東草河蛇綠岩是一個大小為3×6 km2的構造移置岩塊。其下部岩石組合為多期次侵入的岩床狀堆晶純橄岩-橄長岩-斜(鈣)長岩-斜(鈣)長質輝長岩-輝長岩系列，其中可見不諧合的純橄岩-橄長岩侵入體。往上過渡到均質的輝長岩-蘇長質輝長岩系列，頂部則有輝綠岩質岩牆與玄武岩質熔岩。由岩石組合所反映出的礦物結晶順序為橄欖石±鉻尖晶石-斜長石-單斜輝石-斜方輝石-鈦鐵氧化物礦物。堆晶岩中的鉻尖晶石成分(Mg#: 42-66, Cr#: 41-57)類似于現今的洋殼特徵。堆晶岩石與均質岩石系列中的斜長石與單斜輝石成分變化，反映了岩漿結晶分異的過程且與現今的洋殼成分特徵相似。
不諧合純橄岩-橄長岩侵入體與堆晶純橄岩-橄長岩的鉻尖晶石中經常可見礦物包裹體。矽酸鹽類的礦物包裹體，主要是透輝石、頑火輝石、韮閃石、鈉金雲母(aspidolite)、方沸石、榍石、綠泥石、蛇紋石、鈣鐵榴石和鈣鋁榴石。透輝石是從岩漿中結晶而在鉻尖晶石結晶成長的過程中陷入。頑火輝石、韮閃石和鈉金雲母是在鉻尖晶石內的封閉系統中，由陷入的礦物和熔體反應形成的產物。方沸石可能是由陷入的分異熔體(evolved melt)或者熱水溶液生成。榍石、綠泥石、蛇紋石、鈣鐵榴石和鈣鋁榴石是次生礦物，是由橄欖石、輝石和角閃石在岩漿後期的熱水換質或者洋底變質作用中變質而成。整體而言，不諧合純橄岩-橄長岩侵入體比堆晶純橄岩-橄長岩中的鉻尖晶石礦物包裹體，富含更多的Ti、Na、H2O。這些礦物包裹體的成因，可以用下部海洋地殼的同化作用解釋。由地函上升的橄欖石-尖晶石飽和的熔體(olivine-spinel-saturated melt)侵入下部地殼並產生同化作用，過程中產生富Si、Ti、Na、H2O的混染熔體(modified melt)，陷入鉻尖晶石後形成礦物包裹體，最後固結在下部地殼中形成不諧合純橄岩-橄長岩侵入體。
全岩地球化學共分析22個岩石樣本，包括深成岩組(純橄岩-橄長岩-晶鈣長岩-輝長岩-蘇長質輝長岩)12個，不諧合橄長岩2個 ，噴出岩組(輝綠岩-玄武岩)7個和1個截切均質蘇長質輝長岩的輝綠岩脈(diabase dike within gabbronorite)。輝綠岩-玄武質熔岩與輝綠岩脈，其全岩地球化學成分與N-MORB類似。然而，地化特徵上，玄武質熔岩比輝綠岩含有較多的不相容元素(如Th、U、Nb和Ta等)。這些玄武質熔岩可能是軸下岩漿庫(axial magma chamber)的岩漿加熱經熱水換質輝綠岩牆，造成輝綠岩部份熔融並且與這些岩漿產生同化混染，最後上升並固結在輝綠岩牆中。深成岩組經模擬計算所得到平衡熔體的REE成分與輝綠岩-玄武岩相似，表明輝綠岩-玄武岩是由深成岩組結晶分異後所殘餘的熔體固結而成。由地球化學所作的構造岩漿判別，東草河蛇綠岩產於大洋中脊或者是成熟的弧後盆地環境。
東草河蛇綠岩的年代學係利用SHRIMP鋯石U-Pb定年法完成。由蘇長質輝長岩中的鋯石所獲得的206Pb/238U加權平均年齡為497 ± 7 Ma，可能代表東草河蛇綠岩形成或者是構造侵位的年齡。
共完成13個樣本的Nd-Sr同位素分析，其中輝長岩-蘇長質輝長岩7個，輝綠岩-玄武岩6個。所有樣本(除了樣本12A12，另有其他因素外)的εNd(t) (t = 497 Ma)值落在4.0~6.1之間，顯示它們具有同源關係。部分樣本的Sr同位素已受海水或蝕變作用的影響而產生遷變，無法反映原始的同位素特徵。新鮮蘇長質輝長岩的(87Sr/86Sr)t值在0.7028~0.7030之間。透過εNd(t)對(87Sr/86Sr)t的投圖，可以發現這些蘇長質輝長岩落在地函關連線上(mantle correction line)，顯示東草河蛇綠岩能夠反映古祁連洋的地函特徵。
東草河蛇綠岩的全岩地球化學與Nd-Sr同位素特徵，不像太平洋型的N-MORB，而類似於印度洋型，反映了特提斯構造域的特徵。所以，東草河蛇綠岩是原特提斯洋的海洋地殼殘片。
對於北祁連造山帶的大地構造而言，東草河蛇綠岩有下列幾項重要的地質意義。(1)東草河蛇綠岩發育岩牆群，是中-快速擴張脊的產物。(2)東草河蛇綠岩是古祁連洋的洋殼殘片，能夠具體代表古祁連洋(原特提斯洋)軟流圈地函的同位素特徵。(3)東草河蛇綠岩的鋯石年代學為497±7 Ma，對照老虎山蛇綠岩(453±4 Ma)與玉石溝蛇綠岩(550±17 Ma)的年代，暗示著整個北祁連洋盆的演化歷史可達100 Ma，屬大洋盆演化的格局。(4)結合東草河蛇綠岩、羅列根山火山岩帶、門源弧後盆地與祁連地塊上島弧型侵入岩體(阿拉斯加型岩體)的產出，暗示著古祁連洋岩石圈在寒武-奧陶紀時曾向南隱沒。

The Dongcaohe ophiolite, a tectonic block with an areal extent of 3 km×6 km, is a Proto-Tethyan ophiolite in the North Qilian Mountains and is associated with a volcanic belt and a mature backarc basin along the northern margin of the Qilian Block. It consists of an intrusive sequence and an extrusive sequence. The lower part of the intrusive sequence consists of modally cyclic layers of cumulate dunites, troctolites, anorthosites, anorthositic gabbros, and gabbros intruded by many small discordant dunite-troctolite layered bodies. This layered cumulates series grades upward into an isotropic gabbro series in the upper part, which consists of gabbros and gabbronorites. The intrusive sequence is overlain by the extrusive sequence of sheeted diabasic dikes and basaltic lavas. Order of mineral crystallization for the intrusive sequence is olivine±Cr-spinel, plagioclase, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and Fe-Ti oxide minerals. The Cr-spinel with Mg# = 42-46 and Cr# = 41-57 from the layered cumulates are compositionally very similar to those from the present-day abyssal peridotite. The compositional variations of the plagioclase and clinopyroxene in the intrusive sequence reflect the crystallization of magmas compositionally analogous to the present-day oceanic crust.
Diopside, enstatite, pargasite, aspidolite, analcime, chlorite, serpentine, titanite, andradite, and grossular are found as mineral inclusions in chromian spinels in the troctolites and dunites of the layered cumulate series and discordant dunite-troctolite layered bodies. The mineral inclusions in the layered cumulate series are remarkably different in species and chemistry from those in the discordant dunite-troctolite layered bodies. Diopside was liquidus phase of the magmas and was enclosed by the growing chromian spinels to become mineral inclusions. Enstatite, pargasite and aspidolite were the closed-system reaction products of the trapped mineral phases and residual melts. Analcime crystallized or precipitated directly from the evolved entrapped melt or hydrothermal solution in the inclusions. Chlorite, serpentine, titanite, andradite, and grossular are of secondary or metamorphic origin and were produced by alteration from olivine, pyroxene, or amphibole during post-magmatic hydrothermal alteration or subsequent sea-floor metamorphism of the ophiolite.
The mineral inclusions from the discordant dunite-troctolite layered bodies contain more Ti, Na, and H2O than those in dunite and troctolite from the layered cumulate series. Assimilation of the lower oceanic crust by the intruding olivine-spinel saturated magma from the upper mantle produced a modified magma rich in Si, Ti, Na, and H2O. Entrapment of the modified melt by the crystallizing Cr-spinel fromed the mineral iclusions in the Cr-spinels. This modified magma eventually solidified as the discordant olivine-troctolite layered bodies dispersed in the layered cumulate series.
The geochemical compositions of the basaltic lavas and diabasic rocks are very similar to those of the present-day mid-ocean ridge basalt. The basaltic lavas contain more incompatible elements (e.g., Th, U, Nb, Ta etc.) in concentration than the diabasic rocks. The modeled REE concentrations of the melts in equilibrium with the cumulate rocks are comparable with those of the basaltic lavas and diabasic rocks, implying that the basaltic lavas and diabasic rocks were solidified from the magma which was derived from the primary magma after the separation of the cumulate rocks. The geochemical characteristics of the basaltic and diabasic rocks show that the Dongcaohe ophiolite was originated in a tectonomagmatic environment of mid-ocean ridge of a major ocean or a mature backarc basin.
The zircon grains separated from the gabbronorite have an SHRIMP average 206Pb/238U weighted age of 497 ± 7 Ma, which may considered as the tectonic emplacement age or formation age of the Dongcaohe ophiolite. The field occurrence, mineral chemistry and whole-rock compositions indicate that the Dongcaohe ophiolite represents a well-preserved fragment of the Proto-Tethyan oceanic crust consisting of a complete oceanic crustal section with layered cumulates in the lower, isotropic rocks in the middle, and to sheeted dikes and lava flows in the upper part.
As manifested by the Dongcaohe ophiolite, the εNd(t) (t = 497 Ma) of the Proto-Tethyan oceanic asthenosphere was 4.0-6.1, which is interestingly more like the Indian type MORB than the Pacific type. Occurrence of the Dongcaohe ophiolite, Lolieygenshan volcanic belt, Menyuan backarc basin, Alaskan-type mafic-ultramafic intrusions, and arc-type granitoids on the Qilian Block suggest a southward subduction for the Paleo-North-Qilian oceanic lithosphere in the late-Cambrian to early Ordovician period.

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