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The Palisade Rhyolite
Presented by: Kathryn Klokstad and Kristen Lorenz
NDSU Petrology Geol 422
April 29, 2014
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Background
Midcontinent Rift System – 1.1 Ga
North Shore Volcanic Group
Majority of the rocks are mafic basalts, but approximately 10-25% are felsic (Green et al. 1993)
Palisade Rhyolite has been broken up by the Beaver Bay Complex (Miller et al. 1999)
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Location
Palisade Rhyolite Outcrop
Day 6 of the North Shore Field Trip
Illgen City, near the intersection of Hwy 61 and Hwy 1
Photos from Google Earth
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The Palisade Rhyolite
Porphyritic with a brownish purple fine grained matrix, and angular phenocrysts of quartz and pumice.
Shows light colored flow banding
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Research Interests
Are the phenocrysts tridymite or a different form of quartz?
Should this rock be identified as an ignimbrite or a rhyolite?
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X-Ray Diffraction
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Single Crystal XRD Methods
Cutting the SiO2 crystals down to the correct size.
Centering the crystal.
Crystal size: 430-560µm
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Single Crystal XRD Methods
• Three main components • X-ray tube • Sample holder • X-ray detector
• X-rays interact with the sample which diffracts the rays
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Single Crystal XRD Methods
• Conducted 3 runs with 12 images in each
• Looking for large, bright, white spots
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Single Crystal Data
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Space Group: P3121
Unit Cell Angles
Alpha= 90ᵒ
Beta= 90ᵒ
Gamma= 120ᵒ
Unit Cell Dimensions
a= 4.9153Å
b= 4.9153Å
c= 5.4087Å
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Unit Cell
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Simulated Single Crystal Powder Diffraction
Our sample compared to database data of Tridymite
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Simulated Single Crystal Powder Diffraction
Low quartz database data plotted over our sample
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Whole Rock Powder Diffraction Low Quartz
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Whole Rock Powder Diffraction Microcline
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Whole Rock Powder Diffraction Orthoclase
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Comparison
Crystal System: Hexagonal Space Group: P3121
Unit Cell Angles Alpha= 90ᵒ Beta= 90ᵒ Gamma= 120ᵒ
Unit Cell Dimensions a= 4.9153Å b= 4.9153Å
c= 5.4087Å
Crystal System: Hexagonal Space Group: P3121
Unit Cell Dimensions Unit Cell Angles
Alpha = 90ᵒ Beta= 90ᵒ Gamma= 120ᵒ
Unit Cell Dimensions a= 4.9130Å
b= 4.9130Å c= 5.4050Å
Palisade Rhyolite Phenocrysts
Alpha Quartz
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Discussion
The quartz is a low quartz, determined through a single crystal analysis
Could possibly have formed as tridymite, then the temperature dropped and low quartz was the result
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Whole Rock Chemistry
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Location of the Palisade and Devil’s Track Rhyolites
Generalized geologic map of western Lake Superior area. (Green 1979)
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Whole Rock XRF Methods
X-ray Fluorescence • X-rays excite sample • Secondary X-rays are
read by detector
Procedure determines chemical composition of sample
(Klein 2002)
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Whole Rock XRF Methods
Major Components: • X-ray tube • Sample holder • Diffracting Crystal • Detector
Diagram of major components of XRF (Klein 2002)
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Whole Rock XRF Methods
Prepared sample as a pressed pellet
Substituted with data from Green 1979 and 1993
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Results – AFM Diagram
AFM Legend
Palisade rhyolite
Devil Track rhyolite
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Results – TAS Diagram
Palisade Rhyolite
Devil Track Rhyolite
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Discussion
Chemical composition is rhyolitic
Rhyolites are also present in the Great African Rift Valley (Nelson 2011)
How are felsic rocks produced in a predominantly mafic environment?
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Rheoignimbrites
Produced when ash and debris are extruded from a rift, then the internal heat causes the material to flow and become welded.
Indicators of this process in hand specimen:
Flow banding
Glass fragments
Brecciated pumice
Elongated vesicles (Henry et al. 1999)
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Conclusion
Palisade rhyolite was not formed by typical magmatic processes, but as voluminous ash deposits which were remobilized and welded
Internal temperatures associated with this formation support the crystallization of tridymite initially, then a temperature decrease changed the crystal structure to that of low quartz
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References
Green, J.C., 1979, Field trip guidebook for the Keweenawan (upper Precambrian) North Shore Volcanic Group, Minnesota Geological Survey Guidebook ser. 11, 22 p.
Green, J.C., & Fritz, T.J. 1993. Extensive felsic lavas and rheoignimbrites in the Keweenawan Midcontinent Rift plateau volcanics, Minnesota: petrographic and field recognition. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 54: 177-196.
Henry, C. D., Price, J. G., Rubin, J. N., Parker, D. F., Wolff, J. A., Self, S., Franklin, R., and Barker, D. S., 1999, Widespread, lavalike silicic volcanic rocks of Trans-Pecos Texas: Geology, V. 16, p. 509-512.
Klein, C., 2002. Mineral Science 22nd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
Miller, J.D., Jr., Tipping, B., and Green, J., 1999., Geology and geohydrology of the North Shore and Gunflint Trail: St. Paul, MN, AIPF-MGWA-AWG Fall Field Trip Guidebook. Minnesota Geological Survey.
Nelson, S.A., 2011. Igneous Rocks of the Continental Lithosphere. http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens212/cont_lithosphere.htm