ZusammenhssungNeue K-Ar Bestimmungen fiir die granitoiden Gesteine und Erze aus dem nord-bolivischen Segment (ca. 15~ ~ S) der Inittleren andeanischen C o r d i 11 e r a O r i e nt a I (Sstlichen Cordillera) best~itigen, dab dieses Gebiet eine beaehtenswerte Wiederholung der magmatischen Aktivit~it und der damit verbundenen Erzmineralisierung aufweist. Granodiorite und teilweise Monzogranite mit Aluminium-t3berschuf3 sind in der Ma) und im Sp~it-Oligoziin bis .2 Ma) eingedrungen; die beiden plutonisehen Bereiche liegen mit nur geringer oder fehlender tdberlappung benachbart langs einem im wesentlichen linearen Giirtel, der den inneren Rand des mittelandinischen magmatischen Bogen abgrenzt. Es gibt keine entscheidende Anzeichen fiir granitische Intrusionen in der dazwischeu liegenden Zeit, obwohl wenigstens zwei Zentren der oberkretazischen basischen bis intermedi~iren, hypabyssalen bis vulkanischen Gesteinen bekannt sind. W~ihrend die triassische Episode gleichzeitig ungefiihr 200 kin des Gebiets beeinflul3te, erfuhr der 01igoz~in-mioz~ine Bereich jedoch eine longitudinale (siidSstliche) Wanderung der Aktivit~it, die, in den jiingeren Stufen, mit der Einleitung des ausgedehnten Vulkanismus und der Intrusion anf dem A 1 t i p 1 a n o, westlieh des granitoiden Gebietes zusammenfiel.Die beiden intrusiven Gebiete kSnnte man als die innersten Vorg~inge verh~iltnism~igig kurzer Episoden einer drastischen Verbreitung des mittleren andinischen magmatischen Bogens betrachten. Diese kSnnten vielleicht durch die plStzliche Verringerung des Winkels der 6stlichen Subduktion an der westlichen Plattengrenze entstanden sein, mit einem Grad der Anatexis, der in den ~inl3eren Teilen des Bogens nicht erreicht wurde. Unsere radiometrischen Daten ermSglichen die Abgrenzung zweier metallogenetischen (W-Sn) Unterprovinzen im nSrdlichen Tell des bolivisehen Zinn-Gebiets. Obwohl die mit den triassischen und terti~iren Plutonen verbundenen Wolfram-Zinn-Erzg~inge einander sehr ~ihneln, scheint das Wolfram im iilteren Bereich dem Zinn gegeniiber etwas angereichert zu sein. Es liegen keine radi0metrischen oder petrographischen Zeugnisse fiir eine erhebfiche ,,Reaktivierung" yon ~ilteren hydrothermalen Systemen im Tertfiir vor. Ein sprites frfih-mioz~ines Alter (16.8 Ma) wurde ffir das wichtige Sn-Ag epithermale Zentrum yon Oruro bestimmt. Dieses weicht yon der allgemeinen nach S gerichteten Wanderung deI vulkanischen und hydrothermalen Aktivit~t in den zentralen und sfidlichen ,,subvulkanischen" Segmenten der bolivischen Zinn-polymetallischen Gti~el ab, die von GRANT et al. (1979) beschrieben wurde. Geringere Pb-Zn-Ag-Erzgangbildung stand wahrscheinlieh mit dem oberkretazischen basisch-intermedi~iren Magmatismus in Verbindung. AbstractNew K-Ar determinations for granitoid rocks and ores from the northern Bolivian segment (ca. 15~ ~ S.) of the Central Andean C o r d i 11 e r a O r i e n t a I (Eastern Cordillera) confirm that this region displays a remarkable repetition of magmatic activity and associated lithophile metal mineralization. In...
New K–Ar ages and 40 Ar– 39 Ar age spectra for samples from granitoid rocks and meta-sediments of the Cordillera Real, Bolivia, reveal a complex mid-Tertiary tectono-thermal history for this segment of the Central Andean eastern cordillera. Previous radiometric dating of the Cordillera Real intrusions defined two, areally-distinct, plutonic domains: in the N, Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic; in the S, Upper Oligocene–Lower Miocene. Our new K–Ar ages, many from deformed intrusions, fall between these two episodes. For the variably foliated Zongo massif, there is a marked discordance between biotite and muscovite K–Ar dates, each decreasing consistently from SW to NE across this 8 km wide plutonic centre. The age gradients are developed within the foliated and unfoliated facies of the Zongo intrusions, but do not continue NE into the Palaeozoic meta-sedimentary rocks, for which K–Ar dates are erratic. 40 Ar– 39 Ar step-heating analyses of muscovites and most biotites from granitoid rocks reveal that the oldest and youngest micas yield plateaux (210 and 39 Ma), whereas those with intermediate ages exhibit disturbed spectra. A plateau date for a biotite from the NE margin of the Zongo massif shows that final cooling through c. 300 °C occurred in the Late Eocene. The new data reveal that a marked thermal discontinuity existed 39 Ma ago at the NE contact of the Zongo intrusion. Additional discordant dates for the Yani and Illampu intrusions, to the NW, indicate that the discontinuity was of regional scale. There is no direct relationship between this tectono-thermal event, which affected at least 2000 km 2 , and the Upper Palaeozoic foliation of several of the plutons involved, and thus it is cryptic on outcrop and microscopic scales. We propose that the thermal discontinuity resulted from Late Eocene crustal shortening, SW-verging thrust faulting, and attendant cordilleran uplift at the inner (eastern) boundary of the Andean orogen, coincident with the Incaic deformation defined in Peru.
Thermal histories in the Abitibi and Pontiac subprovinces vary for three general domains: (1) zones of impermeable rock with cooling rates of >8 °C/Ma; (2) zones of impermeable rock that are spatially associated with monzogranite plutons, with apparent cooling rates of 1–2 °C/Ma; and (3) permeable high-strain zones with apparent cooling rates of <l °C/Ma. Evidence for multiple hydrothermal events in fault zones includes (1) most age spectra having a disturbed form; (2) concave-down spectra for samples from subgreenschist-facies faults, indicating multiple episodes of white mica growth; (3) Cr-muscovite from a greenschist-facies segment of the Larder Lake–Cadillac fault yielding a plateau age of 2543 ± 8 Ma, postdating regional metamorphism by 120 Ma; (4) two discrete ages for postmetamorphic amphibole from the Larder Lake–Cadillac fault (2578 ± 10, 2421 ± 15 Ma); and (5) two discrete dates for white mica (2414 ± 9, >2594 Ma) from the volcanogenic massive sulphide-related sericite alteration, with the coarser mica yielding the younger date. Based on radiometric dating, impermeable rocks were affected weakly by postmetamorphic hydrothermal events. Minerals in zones of higher permeability were reset during the intrusion of monzogranite plutons. Highly permeable zones, such as the Larder Lake–Cadillac and Porcupine–Destor faults, were overprinted repeatedly. This produces a drawn-out series of dates from minerals with varying closure temperatures. Radiometric ages from fault zones, or ore deposits, cannot be used to interpret the cooling history and evolution of the Abitibi belt as a whole.
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