Browsing by Autor "Alvaro Rodrigo Iriarte"

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Geochronological systematics of the Huayna Potosí, Zongo and Taquesi plutons, Cordillera Real of Bolivia, by the K/Ar, Rb/Sr and U/Pb methods
(Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, 2019) Umberto G. Cordani; Alvaro Rodrigo Iriarte; Kei Sato
The Huayna Potosi, Zongo and Taquesi are Triassic plutons located at the core of the Real Cordillera of Bolivia. In this paper, several Rb-Sr and K-Ar ages obtained in the past at the So Paulo Geochronology Laboratory, yet unpublished, will be presented, along with newer U-Pb Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) determinations made in the same laboratory, allowing us to redefine the geologic history of this part of the Central Andes. Rb/Sr analyses of some low grade metapelitic country rocks of the early Paleozoic (Amutara and Cancairi Formations) yielded a Rb-Sr isochron age of 344 38 Ma, indicating the action of an early Gondwanide regional event. A five-point Rb-Sr isochron from a granite outcrop of the Huayna Potosi pluton yielded an age of 224 28 Ma. In addition, an important Ar loss in micas was detected in the Zongo granitoids and their country rocks, recording a thermal event that opened this isotopic system in the Oligocene. Newer U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages of ca. 221 Ma were obtained in two other granitic outcrops of the Huayna Potosi granite. They confirmed its Triassic crystallization age, and a similar U-Pb SHRIMP age of 221.9 1.5 Ma was obtained for one sample of the Taquesi pluton. For the Zongo pluton, many of the zircon grains obtained from one sample of its Kuticucho facies yielded extremely high uranium content, which produced reverse discordant apparent ages. However, due to the fair alignment of the analytical points in the Concordia diagram, possibly corresponding to a linear correlation, we made a regression calculation and the interception of the Concordia curve resulted in a rather imprecise age of 220 20 Ma. Our conclusion was that the final magmatic crystallization and the intrusion of plutons in the central part of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia have occurred close to 221.5 2.0 Ma, in late Triassic times. Finally, the U-Pb SHRIMP ages obtained in inherited zircon xenocrysts from the four available granitic rocks yielded very different ages, and many of them are related to previous magmatic episodes of the Andean Tectonic System. A few other age measurements indicated sources related to much older Proterozoic magmatic events associated with rocks from the Andean basement.
Geochronology of the Cordillera Real granitoids, the inner magmatic arc of Bolivia
(National Geology and Mining Service, 2021) Alvaro Rodrigo Iriarte; Umberto G. Cordani; Kei Sato
The Cordillera Real granitoids are a suite of Triassic and Oligocene plutons in the core of the Eastern Cordillera of the Central Andes of Bolivia. Their tectonic setting, chemical and ore compositions make them part of the so-called “Inner Magmatic Arc”, which differs from the current “Magmatic Arc” located immediately to the west. U-Pb SHRIMP data were obtained in order to constrain crystallization ages. The Triassic group yielded the following results: 239±2 Ma for the Huato granite, 231±1 Ma for the Illampu granodiorite, 221±3 Ma for the Huayna Potosí granite and 223±2 Ma for the Taquesi granodiorite. For the Oligocene group we obtained ages of 27 Ma for two samples of the Quimsa Cruz granite. Secondary processes related to regional thermal anomalies and magmatic melt-enrichment, reset the K-Ar and U-Pb isotopic systems, producing: a) younger ages by Ar loss and b) anomalous data plot in the Concordia diagram by reorganization of U-Pb isotopic ratios. As noted in previous studies, most zircon analysed from the Zongo/Kuticucho Triassic granite exhibited extremely high U enrichment, producing reverse discordia curves that obscure the true crystallization age. Relatively abundant zircon inheritance was found in these “cold” granitoids, with ages suggesting provenance from early Paleozoic metapelites that also contained recycled older sources. This relatively abundant xenocrystic inheritance probably records the influence of the subduction process acting during the Gondwanide orogeny (336-205 Ma) as an overall subduction arc environment, punctuated at its final stage with the imprint of a continental rifting (245-220 Ma).
Geochronology of the Real Cordillera, the inner magmatic arc of Bolivia
(2021) Alvaro Rodrigo Iriarte; Umberto G. Cordani; Kei Sato
The Real Cordillera granitoids are a suite of Triassic and Oligocene plutons located at the core of the Eastern Cordillera of the Central Andes of Bolivia. Its geotectonical setting, chemical and ore composition make them part of the so called “Inner Magmatic Arc” which differs from the actual “Magmatic Arc” located immediately to the west. U-Pb SHRIMP ages were obtained in order to constrain their crystallization ages. The Triassic group yielded the following results: 240 ± 2 Ma for the Huato granite, 230.7 ± 1.3 Ma for the Illampu granodiorite, 222.2 ± 2.4 Ma for the Huayna Potosi granite and 221.9 ± 1.5 Ma for the Taquesi granodiorite. For the Oligocene group we obtained two ages of 26.87 ± 0.26 and 26.88 ± 0.21 Ma both for the Quimsa Cruz granite. Mafic enclaves from the Illampu and Taquesi granodiorites report ages that were older than their respective granitoid hosts, yielding 234.1 ± 1.3 Ma and 227 ± 1.3 Ma, respectively. Secondary processes related to regional thermal anomalies and magmatic melt-enrichment, reset the K/Ar and U/Pb isotopic systems, producing: a) younger ages by Ar loss and b) older ages by U/Pb isotopic ratios reorganization. As noted in previous studies, the Zongo/Kuticucho Triassic granite yielded extremely high U enrichment in most zircon analysed, producing reset of U/Pb ratios, wide span in age ranges and reverse discordia curves that obscure its actual crystallization age. Relatively abundant zircon inheritance was found in these “cold” and inheritance-rich granitoids, with ages suggesting provenance from early Paleozoic metapelites that also recycled older sources. This relatively abundant xenocrystic inheritance records the influence of the Gondwanide orogeny (336-205 Ma) as an overall subduction arc environment, punctuated at its final stage with the imprint of a continental rifting (245-220 Ma).
Provenance study of Phanerozoic rocks from the Cordillera Real of Bolivia
(Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, 2021) Alvaro Rodrigo Iriarte; Umberto G. Cordani; Miguel Ângelo Stipp Basei
Abstract U/Pb ages of detrital zircon from two samples of Ordovician sediments were determined and, based on similar published data, were compared with xenocrystal inheritance of Triassic and Oligocene granitoids of the Cordillera Real in order to better understand their genetic relationship and sources. The results show that the detrital zircon in the Ordovician sandstone and the inherited zircon cores in granitoids are statistically correlated. This correlation suggests assimilation of these sedimentary units by the felsic melts. Ages ranging from 300 to 2300 Ma are recorded in these inherited zircons. A high peak of Cambrian to late Neoproterozoic ages (500-750 Ma) is observed throughout metasedimentary units of the entire belt. Candidates for the main sources of these zircons include: Brasiliano or Pampean belts and/or an “in situ” hidden belt within the Central Andes or via recycling of detrital zircons in pre-existing sedimentary rocks. It is also possible that the sources lie below modern sedimentary covers but, at the time, formed high relief structures supplying recycled material into the Ordovician basins.
The Cerro Guacha Caldera complex, SW Bolivia: A long-lived, multicyclic, resurgent caldera complex in the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex of the Central Andes
(Elsevier BV, 2023) Alvaro Rodrigo Iriarte; Shanaka L. de Silva; Axel K. Schmitt; Néstor Jiménez