Understanding the magmatic evolution of the rocks once comprising the hinterland of the Grenville Orogen through their Mesoproterozoic formation is a key to understanding the Grenvillian Orogeny as a whole. In this contribution, we present high-precision isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS) U-Pb and coupled solution multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (S-MC-ICP-MS) Lu-Hf zircon data from magmatic rocks occurring in the allochthonous belt of the Grenville Orogen in the central part of the Grenville Province. We document the presence of a large tract of Pinwarian crust represented by a 1497 ± 5 Ma granitic gneiss, as well as large late Geon 14 to early Geon 13 (1434 +7/−11, 1413 ± 12, 1393 ± 8, 1383 ± 1 Ma) magmatic complexes. One Grenvillian plutonic suite of 1015 ± 2 Ma that cross-cuts the host-rock metamorphic fabric has also been dated. This age provides a minimum age of Ottawan metamorphism in the region. The Hf-isotopic data show that the magmatic rocks of Geons 14 and 13 had mixed mantle and crustal sources compatible with intrusion in a supra-subduction setting as is also supported by the whole-rock geochemical data presented. Emplacement of the magmatic rocks occurred in settings varying from a distal margin arc to a contractional and extensional continental arc. Grenvillian-aged magmatism is more ambiguous, but our data indicate that rocks as young as ca. 1015 Ma may have formed in an ensialic setting.Résumé : La compréhension de l'évolution magmatique des roches qui composaient jadis l'arrière-pays de l'orogène de Grenville durant leur formation au Mésoprotérozoïque constitue la clé pour comprendre l'orogène de Grenville dans son ensemble. Dans cet article, nous présentons des données de grande précision d'analyses par dilution isotopique et spectrométrie de masse à thermoionisation (ID-TIMS) U-Pb et d'analyses isotopiques Lu-Hf, par une combinaison des techniques S-MC-ICP-MS, de zircons provenant de roches magmatiques se trouvant dans la ceinture allochtone de l'orogène de Grenville dans la partie centrale de la Province de Grenville. Nous documentons la présence d'une grande superficie de croûte (Pinwarien) représentée par un gneiss granitique 1497 ± 5 Ma et de vastes complexes magmatiques du géon 14 au début du géon 13 (1434 +7/−11, 1413 ± 12, 1393 ± 8, 1383 ± 1 Ma). Une suite plutonique (Grenville) de 1015 ± 2 Ma qui recoupe de manière transversale la fabrique métamorphique de la roche encaissante a aussi été datée. Cet âge fournit un âge minimum pour le métamorphisme ottavien dans la région. Les données isotopiques Hf montrent que les roches magmatiques des géons 14 et 13 provenaient de sources mélangées dans le manteau et dans la croûte, ce qui est compatible avec une intrusion dans un environnement de suprasubduction et aussi supporté par les données géochimiques sur la roche entière présentées. La mise en place des roches magmatiques a eu lieu dans des environnements variant d'un arc marginal distal à un arc continental de contraction et d'extens...
International audienceThis contribution presents an original study combining detailed mapping, petrography, whole-rock geochemistry and geochronological constraints on the recently identified LREE (Light Rare Earth Elements) occurrences associated with pegmatitic granite dykes (PGD) from the central Grenville (Lac Okaopéo region). These PGD intrude paragneisses or meta-igneous complexes with a REE mineralization hosted either in monazite-(Ce) or in allanite-(Ce) respectively. The investigated samples display peraluminous signatures and are dominated by a quartz+K-feldspar+plagioclase+biotite+monazite/allanite assemblage. Field relationships and the magmatic textures of the dykes combined with U-Pb dating of magmatic monazite grains at 1005.4±4.4 Ma and 996.7±5.3 Ma (concordant igneous ages) imply that the LREE-rich PGD were emplaced in a post-tectonic setting. Allanite-(Ce) and monazite-(Ce)-bearing PGD have ΣREE contents up to 9242 ppm and 7048 ppm, respectively. The allanite-rich assemblage is consistent with the petrographic assemblage of LREE-enriched PGD identified in the southwestern Grenville Province and elsewhere in the world, but this study constitutes the first evidence for a sole presence of monazite as LREE-bearing phase in strongly peraluminous PGD from the Grenville Province
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