Petrology of syenites from center III of the Coldwell alkaline complex, northwestern Ontario, Canada

1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger H. Mitchell ◽  
R. Garth Platt ◽  
Jurate Lukosius-Sanders ◽  
Maureen Artist-Downey ◽  
Shelley Moogk-Pickard
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Trace Element ◽  
Major Element ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Basalt Magma ◽  
Alkaline Complex ◽  
Quartz Syenite ◽  
Element Abundances ◽  
Northwestern Ontario ◽  
Single Batch

Center III of the Coldwell alkaline complex consists of metaluminous hypersolvus syenites, which in order of intrusion are magnesiohornblende syenite, contaminated ferro-edenite syenite, ferroedenite syenite, and quartz syenite. Contaminated syenites were formed by the assimilation of coeval basaltic volcanic rocks. The suite as a whole is characterized by the presence of a wide variety of amphiboles ranging in composition from magnesiohornblende through ferroedenite and ferrorichterite to arfvedsonite. Pyroxenes are rare and hedenbergite is present in significant amounts only in quartz syenite. Whole-rock major element data indicate that the majority of the syenites do not represent liquid compositions. The syenites have high contents of Nb, Zr, Th, U, Y, and Ga and have the geochemical character of A-type granitoids. Rare earth and other trace element abundances suggest that the quartz syenites cannot be differentiates of the magma that formed the ferroedenite syenites. All syenites are considered to have originated by the extensive fractional crystallization of mantle-derived basalt magma within the plutonic infrastructure of the complex. The syenite suite does not represent the differentiation products of a single batch of magma. Multiple intrusion, contamination, and brecciation of preexisting syenite plutons have resulted in the complex geological relationships characteristic of center III.

Geochemistry of two metavolcanic arc suites from the Central Metasedimentary Belt of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario, Canada

1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 1429-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc Harnois ◽  
John M. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Elements ◽  
Trace Element ◽  
Partial Melting ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Parental Magma ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Grenville Province ◽  
Element Abundances ◽  
Felsic Rocks

Samples of two subalkaline metavolcanic suites, the Tudor formation (ca. 1.28 Ga) and the overlying Kashwakamak formation, have been analysed for major elements and 27 trace elements (including rare-earth elements). The Tudor formation is tholeiitic and contains mainly basaltic flows, whereas the Kashwakamak formation is calc-alkaline and contains mainly andesitic rocks with minor felsic rocks. The succession has been regionally metamorphosed to upper greenschist – lower amphibolite facies. Trace-element abundances and ratios indicate that rocks of the Tudor and Kashwakamak formations are island-arc type. Geochemical modelling using rare-earth elements, Zr, Ti, and Y indicates that the Tudor volcanic rocks are not derived from a single parental magma through simple fractional crystallization. Equilibrium partial melting of a heterogeneous Proterozoic upper mantle can explain the trace-element abundances and ratios of Tudor formation volcanic rocks. The intermediate to felsic rocks of the Kashwakamak formation appear to have been derived from a separate partial melting event. The data are consistent with an origin of the arc either on oceanic crust or on thinned continental crust, and with accretion of the arc to a continental margin between the time of extrusion of Tudor volcanic rocks and that of Kashwakamak volcanic rocks.

Geochemical constraints on the differentiation processes that were active in the Sept Iles complex

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 670-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Higgins ◽  
R. Doig
Keyword(s):  
Mass Balance ◽  
Trace Element ◽  
Fractional Crystallization ◽  
Major Element ◽  
Alkali Feldspar ◽  
Granitic Magma ◽  
Trace Element Distribution ◽  
Accessory Mineral ◽  
Quartz Syenite ◽  
Element Abundances

Major- and trace-element abundances in the major units (gabbro, anorthosite, monzonite, syenite, and granite) of the unmetamorphosed Sept Iles complex have been evaluated to determine if these rocks can be related by simple magmatic processes or if it is necessary to invoke separately derived magmas. Major-element mass-balance and trace-element distribution calculations indicate that the diorite and quartz syenite were produced by fractional crystallization of plagioclase and augite, together with minor hypersthene and ilmenite, from a parental gabbroic magma. The Sr depletion of the granite, as compared with the quartz syenite, cannot be developed readily by partial melting and is better explained by fractional crystallization models. Major-element mass-balance solutions indicate that the granite was formed by removal of alkali feldspar, plagioclase, amphibole, and ilmenite from a quartz syenitic magma. Depletion of REE in the granite was probably the result of amphibole or REE-rich accessory mineral fractionation. It is unlikely that an unrelated, independently generated granitic magma could have a composition so related to the remainder of the complex. Therefore, fractional crystallization of a parental gabbroic magma is the dominant process that controlled the diversity of magma in the complex.

Quantitative Cathodoluminescence Mapping with Application to a Kalgoorlie Scheelite

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin M. MacRae ◽  
Nicholas C. Wilson ◽  
Joel Brugger
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Elements ◽  
Trace Element ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Trace Element Level ◽  
Gaussian Peak ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Element Abundances ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Peak Fitting

AbstractA method for the analysis of cathodoluminescence spectra is described that enables quantitative trace-element-level distributions to be mapped within minerals and materials. Cathodoluminescence intensities for a number of rare earth elements are determined by Gaussian peak fitting, and these intensities show positive correlation with independently measured concentrations down to parts per million levels. The ability to quantify cathodoluminescence spectra provides a powerful tool to determine both trace element abundances and charge state, while major elemental levels can be determined using more traditional X-ray spectrometry. To illustrate the approach, a scheelite from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, is hyperspectrally mapped and the cathodoluminescence is calibrated against microanalyses collected using a laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Trace element maps show micron scale zoning for the rare earth elements Sm3+, Dy3+, Er3+, and Eu3+/Eu2+. The distribution of Eu2+/Eu3+ suggests that both valences of Eu have been preserved in the scheelite since its crystallization 1.63 billion years ago.

Two-stage evolution in an Archean tonalite suite: the Taschereau stock, Abitibi (Quebec, Canada)

1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Jébrak ◽  
Luc Harnois
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Elements ◽  
Trace Element ◽  
Greenstone Belt ◽  
Shear Zones ◽  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Element Abundances ◽  
Abitibi Greenstone Belt ◽  
Rock Types ◽  
End Members

The Taschereau stock occurs north of Timmins and Val-d'Or, Quebec, in the Abitibi greenstone belt of the Superior Province. This late Archean composite pluton is composed mainly of diorite–tonalite–trondhjemite cut by granitic rocks. Gold–molybdenum occurrences are associated with a zone of albite-rich rocks surrounding the granitic rocks. Diabase dykes and shear zones postdate all rock units. Field and geochemical evidence suggests that the Taschereau stock was emplaced diachronously. Trace-element geochemical modelling shows that trace-element abundances (rare-earth elements, Ti, Zr) of Taschereau granitic rocks are consistent with partial melting of preexisting Taschereau tonalitic rocks and implies that these two rock types are not end members of a single magma that evolved through fractional crystallization.

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Ordovician arc-related mafic volcanic rocks in the Popelogan Inlier, northern New Brunswick

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1171-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reginald A Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Trace Element ◽  
Mantle Source ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Pyroclastic Rocks ◽  
Middle Ordovician ◽  
Element Abundances ◽  
Bearing Plate ◽  
Ridge Subduction

The Popelogan Inlier consists mainly of mafic volcanic rocks (lapilli tuffs and massive to amygdaloidal, plagioclase-phyric flows) of the Middle Ordovician Goulette Brook Formation. Pyroclastic rocks include high-MgO–Cr–Ni picritic tuffs (type I) containing, in some cases, >20% MgO, and related high-MgO andesitic tuff (type II). High-MgO rocks were generated by 30–40% partial melting of an enriched mantle source; type II is descended from type I mainly by fractionation of olivine. Mafic flows comprise basaltic andesites (type III) with low trace-element abundances and strongly fractionated, trace-element-enriched andesites (type IV). Types III and IV represent ~20 and ~10% partial melts, respectively, of a mantle source similar to that of the pyroclastic rocks, based on similar ratios of high field strength elements (HFSE). Unlike types I and II, petrogenesis of mafic flows involved fractionation of plagioclase and possibly amphibole. Volcanic arc signatures include negative Nb and Ti anomalies in all basalt types, along with low abundances of HFSE. Trace-element abundances are inconsistent with prior depletion in the back arc and require involvement of a mantle plume or subcontinental lithosphere. The highly magnesian composition of the picrites demands high melting temperatures and rapid transit through the crust, both of which suggest extension of the arc-bearing plate. Compositionally similar rocks in the South Pacific are associated with unusual tectono-magmatic settings involving ridge subduction, which may have established the necessary extensional environment. It is proposed that subduction of a plume-influenced ridge segment could explain the chemistry of the Goulette Brook volcanic rocks.

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