country rock monazite response to intrusion of the searchlight pluton, southern nevada
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COUNTRY ROCK MONAZITE RESPONSE TO INTRUSION OF THE SEARCHLIGHT PLUTON, SOUTHERN NEVADA. John C. Ayers, Scott Crombie, Calvin Miller, Yan Luo, Miranda Loflin Vanderbilt University . Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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COUNTRY ROCK MONAZITE RESPONSE TO INTRUSION OF
THE SEARCHLIGHTPLUTON, SOUTHERN NEVADA
John C. Ayers, Scott Crombie, Calvin Miller, Yan Luo,
Miranda Loflin
Vanderbilt University
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Objectives
• To study the response of wallrock monazite to contact metamorphism & magmatic fluid infiltration.
• To identify the geologic process associated with monazite ages measured in-situ.
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Why study contact metamorphic aureoles
• Have better geologic control than regional metamorphism (small scale, simple geometry)
• Protolith compositions generally available• Transects allow evaluation of effects of
continuous changes in metamorphic grade• Fluid fluxes and peak temperatures vary
systematically in relation to the contact
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Searchlight Pluton Panoramic
Copper Mtn.Ireteba PeaksBig Granite Mtn.
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Searchlight/Ireteba plutons
• Located in the Eldorado Mountains of Southern Nevada
• Tilted to expose deeper portions of the pluton
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• Two lithologies in the wallrock of the SL pluton:– Ireteba
granite– Proterozoi
c gneiss• Lithologies
contain monazite and sericitization
• Metamorphism at 250-400°C and ~0.15-0.4 GPa.
• Focus on transects.
IR1
IR20
Cu, Au, and Ag ore deposits in roof zone
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Comparison of country rock and Searchlight granite intrusion
Pluton Age (Ma) δ18OSMOW (‰)
Ireteba (excluding altered pendant samples)
66±2 (Kapp et al., 2002)
8.2-8.8 (Townsend et al., 2000; Kapp et al., 2002)
Proterozoic gneiss ? ?Searchlight 16.5 ± 1 Ma
(Cates et al., 2003)
7.0, 7.1 (Bachl et al. 2001)
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Ireteba Whole Rock Stable Isotopes
Distance from Searchlight contact (km)0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
18O
SM
OW
(‰)
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.5
10.0
IG-1 IG-2 IG-3 IG-4 IG-5D
SM
OW
(‰)
-100
-98
-96
-94
-92
-90
-88
-86
18OSMOWDSMOW
SL
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Ireteba Granite: Monazite Zoning & Analysis Spots
18OSMOWIMP208Pb/232Th age
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Ireteba granite monazite ages
208Pb/232Th monazite age (Ma)
0 20 40 60 80
Relative probability
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
0.16
16.5 Ma
IMP Ages: Townsend et al. (2000) all analysesLA-ICP-MS Ages: This studySearchlight Pluton
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Ireteba Monazite Ages
Distance from Searchlight Contact (Ma)
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
Average
208P
b/232
Th Age (M
a)
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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Ireteba Granite: Sample IR1
18OSMOW208Pb/232Th age
5 6 7 8 9 10 110
0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.09
0.1
IR1 Primary n=9IR1 Secondary n=11
δ18O SMOW
Rela
tive
prob
abili
ty
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Ireteba Granite: Sample IR20
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 120
0.02
0.04
IR20 Primary n=12IR20 Secondary n=3
δ18OSMOW
Rel
ativ
e pr
obab
ility
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Gneiss Whole Rock Stable Isotopes
Distance from Searchlight contact (km)
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6
18O
SM
OW
(‰)
8
9
10
11
12
13
XG-6XG-5 XG-4XG-10
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Proterozoic Gneiss Monazite
LA-ICP-MS analysis pits and EMP analysis spots labeled with ages in Ma with 1σ errors.
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Gneiss EMP monazite ages
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 16000
10
20
30
40
50
60
EMP Age (Ma)
Num
ber
1412
1312
1200
65
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Proterozoic Gneiss Monazite
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Gneiss wallrock zircon grains
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Gneiss Wallrock Monazite and Zircon
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Conclusions• Monazite in deep wallrocks (Ireteba granite) partially
recrystallized/reset and developed patchy zoning in response to Searchlight intrusion at 16.5 Ma.
• No good evidence that fluids were responsible for monazite recrystallization – perhaps it was strain?
• Monazite in shallow wallrocks (Proterozoic gneiss) had preexisting patchy zoning and lost some Pb in response to Ireteba intrusion at 65 Ma, but were unaffected by Searchlight intrusion.
• Monazite is absent from Proterozoic Gneiss in roof zone samples, suggesting that high fluid fluxes that formed hydrothermal ore deposits destroyed monazite.
• Focusing of fluids in roof zone prevented development of contact metamorphic aureole and monazite recrystallization on pluton flanks.