Generation of a crust-mantle magma mixture: magma sources and contamination at Cerro Panizos,central Andes |
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| Authors: | M H Ort Beatriz L Coira Mario M Mazzoni |
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| Institution: | (1) Departments of Geology and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 4099, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA, US;(2) Universidad Nacional de Jujuy – CONICET, Casilla de Correo No. 258, 4600 San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, AR;(3) Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas, Calle 1, No. 644, 1900 La Plata, Argentina, AR |
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| Abstract: | Cerro Panizos, a large caldera in the central Andes Mountains, produced two large dacitic ignimbrites at 7.9 Ma and 6.7 Ma
and many andesitic and dacitic lava flows and domes. The older rhyodacitic Cienago Ignimbrite represents the most silicic
magma erupted by the system. The younger, much larger volume dacitic Cerro Panizos Ignimbrite is very crystal-rich, containing
up to 50% biotite, plagioclase, and quartz crystals in the pumice. It is weakly zoned, with most of the zoning apparent between
two main cooling units. Major and most trace elements show little variation through the Cerro Panizos Ignimbrite, but the
small range of composition is consistent with typical fractionation trends. Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic ratios are very “crustal”,
with initial 87Sr/86Sr values of 0.711 to 0.715, ɛNd values of –7.5 to –10.2, and nearly invariant Pb isotopic ratios (206Pb/204Pb=18.85, 207Pb/204Pb=15.67, and 208Pb/204Pb=38.80). The limited zonation observed in the Cerro Panizos Ignimbrite is explained by impeded crystal settling due to high
crystal content. The magma body was a crystal-liquid mush before ascent to the pre-eruption crustal levels. Crystals formed,
but did not separate easily from the magma. Limited fractionation of plagioclase and biotite may have occurred, but the composition
was largely controlled by lower crustal MASH processes. AFC modeling shows that the Cerro Panizos magmas resulted from a mixture
of roughly equal proportions of late Miocene mantle-derived basalts and melts from ∼1.0 Ga (Grenville age) lower crust. This
occurred in a MASH zone in the lower crust, and set the crustal isotopic ratios observed in the Cerro Panizos magmas. The
great thickening of the crust beneath the central Andes Mountains sent upper and middle crustal rock types to lower crustal
(and deeper) depths, and this explains the “upper crustal” isotopic signatures of the Cerro Panizos rocks. Minor upper crustal
assimilation of early Miocene volcanic or subvolcanic rocks produced much of the isotopic variation seen in the system. The
nearly invariant high Pb isotopic values and high Pb concentrations indicate that Pb came almost entirely from the crustal
source, and was little altered by any subsequent upper crustal assimilation. This Pb signature is isotopically similar to
that of the southern Bolivian Tin Belt, suggesting a widely distributed Pb source. The great difference between compositions
of Miocene and Quaternary central Andean volcanic rocks is explained by crustal thickening in early Miocene time leading to
abundant lower crustal water and associated fluxed melting during the time of the earlier eruptions. The lower crust dried
out considerably by Quaternary time, so less crustal component is present.
Received: 22 December 1994 / Accepted: 13 September 1995 |
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