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Petrogenesis of Late Devonian felsic volcanic rocks of Avalonia from Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland: relation to A-type granites and fluorite mineralization
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Journal Article
Petrogenesis of Late Devonian felsic volcanic rocks of Avalonia from Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland: relation to A-type granites and fluorite mineralization
2024
Overview
Late Devonian felsic volcanic rocks of the Grand Beach complex (GBC) of Avalonia from the Burin Peninsula, southeastern Newfoundland (northwestern Appalachians) are part of an overstep sequence overlying the Neoproterozoic basement. The volcanic complex is composed of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks deposited in a post-tectonic extensional setting proximal to the St. Lawrence granite (SLG), a Devonian pluton associated with a prominent vein-type fluorite mineralization. The volcanic rocks are alkali rhyolites, which are weakly peraluminous and exhibit geochemical characteristics of A-type felsic magmas, such as low FeO
t
, MgO, CaO, and TiO
2
but high contents of alkalis, Nb, Y, and Zr and high Ga/Al and FeO
t
/MgO ratios. They have positive ɛ
Nd
(
t
) values (~ + 2.5) and their Nd-depleted mantle model ages (~ 0.9 Ga) are consistent with derivation of the parental magma from metasomatized dry Avalonian lower crustal basement via partial melting followed by fractional crystallization. The U–Pb zircon age for the volcanic complex (375.6 ± 1.1 Ma) is closely comparable to the age of the SLG, suggesting that they were emplaced during the same magmatic episode. They also have similar chemical and isotopic compositions, suggesting that the GBC represents a volcanic equivalent of the SLG. The compositional differences between the volcanic rocks and the main phase of the granite pluton, including higher oxidation state of the GBC, reflect the interaction of the parental magma with crustal material and fluids. The close proximity of SLG and GBC suggests that the volcanic complex could host fluorite mineralization.
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