Contact metamorphic mineral assemblages,late Triassic Newark group,New Jersey |
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| Authors: | Franklyn B Van Houten |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University, USA |
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| Abstract: | Essentially isochemical thermal metamorphism of soda-rich Stockton, Lockatong and Brunswick formations of the Newark Group by diabase sills produced unusually varied and unique mineral assemblages, most of which are predominantly Na. feldspar and biotite. Within a meter of a sill Stockton arkose was altered to quartzo-feldspathic hornfels with common diopside and sphene. Within 50 m of a sill Lockatong calcitic and dolomitic mudstone formed calc-silicate hornfels with differing combinations of diopside-hedenbergite, andradite and grossular, prehnite, datolite, idocrase and wollastonite. Within a meter of a sill metamorphosed Lockatong calcareous feldspathic argillite contains sanidine-anorthoclase, aegirine, aegirine-augite, riebeckite and scapolite. Lockatong analcime-dolomite argillite was altered to unique feldspathoidal assemblages containing cancrinite, natrolite-thomsonite and rarely sodalite within 134 m, and nepheline within 30 m of the Byram Sill. Reddish-brown Brunswick mudstone produced spotted pelitic hornfels within a few 10's of meters of a sill.Response to thermal metamorphism varied directly with diminishing grain size. In both sandstone and mudstone Na. feldspar increases and K. feldspar decreases toward intrusions; quartz is rare or absent in highest-grade hornfels. Development of biotite was retarded by detrital clay minerals and hematite pigment, as well as by low temperature. Minor differences in composition among carbonate-rich and analcime-rich Lockatong deposits led to a diversity of closely associated assemblages. Aqueous solutions and relatively low temperature, probably in part during retrogressive metamorphism, produced hydrous minerals. Datolite, tourmaline, scapolite and fluorite suggest minor additions of volatiles, but the widespread feldspathoids were made from soda-rich sedimentary rocks without significant additions from an igneous source. |
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