Post-collisional porphyry Cu systems are commonly associated with adakitic intrusions and lithospheric extension. In this study, Wulanwuzhu’er porphyritic diorites and Yazigou dolerites have been investigated to support Late Triassic adakitic rocks for porphyry Cu systems of the eastern Kunlun Orogen formed in post-collisional lithospheric extension. The porphyritic diorites emplaced as dykes at 211–214 Ma are spatiotemporally and genetically related to the epithermal Ag-Pb-Zn mineralization. The diorites contain high Al2O3 hornblende (up to 13.74 wt%) and belong to metaluminous and high-K calc-alkaline series with moderately high Sr/Y values and enriched Nd isotopes. They were most likely derived from a moderately oxidized metasomatic lithosphere mantle under a post-collisional setting, with adakitic signatures caused by hornblende crystallization at the lower crust. The dolerite dykes (222 ± 1.3 Ma) are metaluminous and calc-alkaline with high Mg#, Ni (up to 103 ppm), and εNd(t) values (up to 6.1). They were originated from a depleted mantle in the spinel stability field with small melting degrees, supporting a significant upwelling of the asthenosphere to induce the post-collisional lithospheric extension. Systematic compilation of regional geochemical data in the orogen suggests that Late Triassic adakitic intrusions in the eastern section have higher MgO and Ni contents and oxygen fugacities than the counterparts in the western section, probably indicating a slab tearing model. Vigorous lower crustal magmatic processes in a thickened continental crust, the post-collisional slab tearing, and oxidized sources of metasomatic mantle or subducted slab for the eastern Kunlun Orogen are favorable for porphyry Cu mineralization.
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