Adakite-like signature in volcanic rocks associated with the Oro del sur Au - (Cu) epithermal deposit, Southern Precordillera, Argentina
The Oro del Sur deposit is located in the southern part of the Precordillera of Mendoza Province, Argentina (32°30'S, 69°05'W) within the flat-slab subduction segment. It is a Cu-(Mo) porphyry type system with associated high sulfidation Au-(Cu) epithermal veins genetically linked to Mioce...
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| Sumario: | The Oro del Sur deposit is located in the southern part of the Precordillera of Mendoza Province, Argentina (32°30'S, 69°05'W) within the flat-slab subduction segment. It is a Cu-(Mo) porphyry type system with associated high sulfidation Au-(Cu) epithermal veins genetically linked to Miocene volcanic rocks which show geochemical characteristics (particularly low Y and low Yb values and high Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios) that indicate an adakite-like signature, and a Sr-Nd isotopic composition that suggests involvement of a depleted mantle source in their genesis. The age of this adakitic magmatism (∼19 Ma) suggests a change in the geochemical signature of the magmatism linked to the onset of flattening of the subduction zone. The adakite-like signature of the Miocene volcanism of the Oro del Sur ore deposit supports a genetic relationship between adakitic magmatism, mineralization and slab shallowing in this part of the Andes. © 2011 E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany. |
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