The aim of this study is to define mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of phlogopite-pargasite enriched ultramafic-mafic cumulate rocks from Kuran&ccedil / ali (Kirsehir) and their implications for petrology and regional geological setting. The Kuran&ccedil / ali rocks, found within an allochthonous sliver, are representative for the isolated members of the Central Anatolian Ophiolites, derived from closure of Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan branch of Alpine Neotethys. The rocks overthrust the Metamorphic Ophiolitic M&eacute / lange (the uppermost part of the Central Anatolian Metamorphics) and cut by felsic dykes of the Late Cretaceous Central Anatolian Granitoids. The Kuran&ccedil / ali rocks are unusually enriched in phlogopite and pargasite with varying crystal sizes. They are also composed of diopsidic augite, plagioclase, rutile, ilmenite, sphene, apatite and pyrite. The rocks are divided into six types / clinopyroxenite, clinopyroxenite-with-hydrous minerals-plagioclase, phlogopitite, hornblendite, layered gabbro and diorite. Evaluation of detailed EMP data from constituent minerals of different rock types showed that phlogopite with high Fe2+-Fe3+-Al[6]-Ti, diopsidic-augite with high Ca-Al(t)-Ti, Si-undersaturated pargasite with high Al[4]-K-Na-Ti-contents and intercumulus plagioclase with a wide range of composition (an%=40.61-98.58) display unusual compositions. Substitution mechanisms and elemental variations of the minerals suggest crystallization from hydrous metasomatized mantle, high water pressure and oxygen fugacities during formation of the Kuran&ccedil / ali rocks. Major oxide, trace and rare earth element abundances of the rock units were used to evaluate petrological characteristics. Chemical and tectonic discrimination diagrams, and parallel multi-element and REE patterns with highly enriched in LILE and LREE relative to HREE and HFSE show strong calc-alkaline affinity with slight alkaline features. Troughs at Nb-Ta and Ti characterize the rocks but these elements are slightly enriched than N-MORB. The rocks show high LREE/HREE ratios. Both unusual mineralogical and geochemical features of the rocks show that the rocks were generated in an arc environment. Moreover, they require a mantle wedge source strongly influenced by metasomatic components (fluid/melt) derived from subducting slab and/or OIB-like alkaline melt. Comparison of the rocks with tectonically well-defined rocks displays that they are generated in an intra-oceanic arc environment, but owe a comparison with fore-arc back-arc Central Anatolian Ophiolites within supra-subduction zone environment revealed that Kuran&ccedil / ali rocks are different and generated in an arc basement.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The work’s goal is the petrographic, geochemical and mineral chemistry of volcanic rocks from Deception Island, Antarctica. The interpretation of mineral chemistry data of primary minerals from volcanic rocks of pre and post caldera phases, made possible the identifying of chrysolite presence as olivine-type and augite as prevailing clinopyroxene. The plagioclase phenocrystals were classified as bytownite and labradorite. Andesine is the occurrence rare and restricted to the pre-caldera phase. In the matrix, the plagioclase microliths are prevailing labradorite. The chemical characterization of effusive deposits from pre and post caldera were worked through the processing and interpretation from whole rock chemical data. The magmatic process involved in the volcanic rock genesis was a fractionated crystallization of olivine ± clinopyroxene ±plagioclase ±opaque minerals. / Este trabalho teve como objetivo, o estudo petrográfico, geoquímico e de química mineral das rochas vulcânicas da Ilha Deception, Antártida. A interpretação dos dados de química mineral dos minerais primários, das rochas vulcânicas das fases pré e pós caldeira, permitiu identificar a presença de olivina do tipo crisólita e augita como clinopiroxênio dominante. Os fenocristais de plagioclásio foram classificados como bytownita e labradorita, sendo a andesina de ocorrência rara e restrita a fase pré-caldeira. Na matriz, os micrólitos de plagioclásio são dominantemente do tipo labradorita. A caracterização química dos depósitos efusivos das fases pré e pós caldeira foi realizado, através do tratamento e interpretação de dados químicos de rocha total. O processo magmático envolvido na gênese das rochas vulcânicas foi a cristalização fracionada de olivina ± clinopiroxênio ± plagioclásio ± minerais opacos.

Zinkgruvan is a Pb-Zn-Ag deposit located in south-central Sweden, owned and operated by Lundin Mining. The ore is beneficiated by a collective-selective flotation circuit, recovering both galena and sphalerite in a bulk rougher-scavenger flotation stage and later on separating them into two final products. Opportunities for increase in zinc recovery in the bulk rougher scavenger flotation stage have been identified as the plant is relying on natural Pb-activation to process the ore. Process mineralogical tools were used to characterize four different orebodies from Zinkgruvan (Burkland, Borta Bakom, Nygruvan and Sävsjön) and evaluate the metallurgical performance for flotation and magnetic separation, following a geometallurgical approach to better understand and predict the behavior of such ore types in processing plant. The first hypothesis in this thesis is that by addition of copper sulfate and increased collector dosage, Zn recovery will be improved without being detrimental to galena flotation. Results demonstrated that there is a significant increase in Zn recovery by further increasing collector dosage and copper-activating the flotation pulp in the scavenger stage. For instance, an increase in zinc recovery up to 16% has been achieved after addition of copper sulfate. Galena is readily floatable while sphalerite takes longer to be recovered. In addition, iron sulfides take longer to be recovered and, after addition of copper sulfate, there was an increase in iron sulfide recovery. The amount of iron sulfides reporting to the concentrate should still not be a problem to the plant. Most of the Fe in the concentrate is still coming from the sphalerite lattice. However, it might be that some orebodies coming into production in the near future have higher amounts of pyrrhotite, which might be a problem. Therefore, magnetic separation methods have been tested to remove pyrrhotite from the bulk ore. The second hypothesis is that the high Fe content in the concentrate might be due to the presence of iron sulfides, in which case they could be selectively removed by magnetic separation. XRD analyses demonstrated that Sävsjön is a highly variable orebody, and that its high Fe content varies with the location inside the orebody, being caused by either iron sulfide or iron oxide minerals. Both monoclinic and hexagonal pyrrhotite have been observed. Davis Tube could remove monoclinic pyrrhotite but it was very inefficient when dealing with hexagonal pyrrhotite. WHIMS, on the other hand, performed well for both types of pyrrhotite. When applying Davis Tube on Sävsjön OLD feed, a concentrate with up to 52.3% pyrrhotite is achieved, at a recovery of 35.32%. However, sphalerite is also reporting to the magnetic concentrate, which would generate Zn losses for the overall process. Zinc losses were up to 15.3% when the highest field strength was applied. Therefore, the applicability of magnetic separation for Zinkgruvan ore must be further evaluated.

The sheeted complex of the ~92 Ma Tenpeak pluton, in the Northern Washington Cascades crystalline core, forms a <1.5-km wide zone with a moderate, NE-dip at the SW margin of the pluton. Sheeted magmatic complexes, such as the one in the Tenpeak pluton, are common in plutons and represent examples of incremental growth of plutons. Though it is widely accepted that plutons are constructed incrementally over prolonged timescales of several million years, it is not clear if and to what degree individual batches of magma interact, the timing and size of each magma pulse, and the role, timing, and location of magmatic differentiation. This project uses a combination of field evidence, bulk rock chemistry, and mineral geochemistry to address the (1) role of magma mixing and fractionation, (2) constraints on the relative timing of magma differentiation, (3) diversity of mixing styles preserved, and (4) physical properties that dictate how individual batches of magma interact within this sheeted complex. Rock samples were collected throughout the complex from mafic, felsic, dioritic, thinly-banded, and gradational sheets. Field evidence shows a range of sheet contacts that vary from sharp to diffuse, strong prevalence of mafic enclaves, and localized cases of mechanical mixing in which plagioclase feldspars from a felsic sheet are incorporated into a mafic sheet. In general, sheet thickness increases farther from the contact with the White River shear zone. The bulk rock and mineral chemistry suggests that the felsic magmas in sheets formed independently from the more mafic and hybridized sheets. The composition of the felsic sheets cannot be modeling by binary mixing processes involving mafic and felsic magmas or result from fractionating the most mafic magmas. However, mass-balance calculations using a linear least-squares mass balance calculation and Rayleigh fractionation models indicate that it is possible to explain the range of felsic compositions by internal, crystal fractionation driven mostly by plagioclase crystallization (~40-58%). Negative Eu anomalies in amphiboles from the felsic sheets imply that plagioclase fractionation commenced prior to the onset of amphibole crystallization. With the exception of the most primitive mafic sheet sampled, the mafic and hybridized sheets represent variable proportions of the mafic parental magma and the range of felsic differentiated magmas. Efficient mixing that resulted in these mafic to hybridized magmas must also have occurred prior to mineral growth as the mineral chemistry reflects intermediate, mixed compositions. The bulk rock and mineral chemistry of the most primitive, mafic sheet suggest that it did not mix with any felsic magmas. However there is evidence that the mafic sheet underwent plagioclase fractionation prior to emplacement. This is evident by lower bulk rock Sr/Ba relative to calculated Sr/Bamelt of plagioclase that cannot be reconciled without removing ~40-58% plagioclase. In contrast to the felsic sheets, the amphiboles from this mafic sheet lack Eu anomalies implying that amphibole crystallization occurred prior to major plagioclase fractionation. Chemical evidence reveals that magma mixing played an important role in controlling the chemical composition of individual sheets and field observations suggesting that there was a range of mixing styles. Throughout the sheeted complex, there are localized sites of mechanical mixing where plagioclase phenocrysts from adjacent felsic sheets are mechanically mixed into mafic sheets. Evidence for mechanical mixing is present across both sharp and gradational contacts. This implies varying rheological and viscosity contrasts between different sheets, though in both cases crystallinity and viscosity appears sufficiently low to allow crystals to migrate across sheet contacts. Variability in sheet thickness and contact type suggests that the physical parameters (i.e. temperature, viscosity, rheology, and magma flux) of the system continue to evolve throughout the formation of the sheeted complex. Near the White River, sheets are thin and more heterogeneous but become progressively thicker (>302 m) and more felsic in composition up-section. The composition of plagioclase and amphibole is remarkably uniform in all of the felsic sheets suggesting that each sheet formed from an array of felsic parental magmas. Thicker, felsic sheets most likely reflect hotter conditions where larger magma fluxes could be accommodated or viscosity-temperature contrasts that were low enough to allow for efficient mixing between two adjacent sheets and therefore erase sheet contacts. / Graduation Date: 2013

The origin of compositional gaps in volcanic deposits remains controversial. In Akaroa Volcano (9.6 to 8.6 Ma), New Zealand, a dramatic compositional gap exists between basaltic and trachytic magmas. Previously, the formation of more evolved magmas has been ascribed to crustal melting. However, the interpretation of new major and trace element analysis from minerals and bulk-rocks coupled with the mechanics of crystal-liquid separation offers an alternative explanation that alleviates the thermal restrictions required for crustal melting models. In a two-stage model, major and trace element trends can be reproduced by polybaric crystal fractionation from dry melts (less than 0.5 wt.% H2O) at the QFM buffer. In the first stage, picritic basalts are separated from an olivine-pyroxene dominant mush near the crust-mantle boundary (9 to 10 kbar). Ascending magmas stagnated at mid-crustal levels (5 to 6 kbar) and fractionated an olivine-plagioclase assemblage to produce the alkali basalt-hawaiite trend. In the second stage, trachyte melt is extracted from a crystal mush of hawaiite to mugearite composition at mid-to-upper crustal levels (3 to 5 kbar) after the melt has crystallised 50 vol.%. The fractionated assemblage of plagioclase, olivine, clinopyroxene, magnetite, and apatite is left in a cumulate residue which corresponds to the mineral assemblage of sampled ultramafic enclaves. The results of trace element modelling of Rayleigh fractionation using this extraction window is in close agreement with the concentrations measured in trachyte (= liquid) and enclaves (= cumulate residue). The compositional gap observed in the bulk-rock data of eruptive products is not recorded in the feldspar data, which show a complete solid solution from basalt and co-magmatic enclaves to trachyte. Complexly zoned plagioclases further suggest episodical magma recharge events of hotter, more mafic magmas, which lead to vigorous convection and magma mixing. In summary, these models indicate that the Daly Gap of Akaroa Volcano formed by punctuated melt extraction from a crystal mush at the brittle-ductile transition.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The granitic stocks of Canhoba (≈6,0 km2), Gravatá (≈3,5 km2) and Lagoa do Mato (≈5,0 km2) occur intrusive in the metasediments of the northeastern part of the Macururé Domain in the Sergipano Orogenic System. These stocks exhibit rounded shapes include angular xenoliths of metasediments and in the contacts regions have abundant dykes and granitic pegmatites. The granites have well-developed tectonic foliation marked by the alignment of muscovite and quartz crystals. Leucocratic granitic compositions are dominate and exist granodioritic types, with muscovite and biotite. The petrographic and mineraloquímicos studies revealed that the dominant mafic mineral is biotite, the plagioclase is albite and oligoclase, has muscovite and titanite, opaque minerals, epidote, zircon and F-apatite are accessory minerals. The biotite crystals have 0.4 <Fe / (Fe + Mg) <0.7, the most ferrous being those of the Canhoba and Gravatá stocks. Based on the FeO content, MgO, Al2O3 the biotite crystals indicate that these granites have peraluminous affinities (Canhoba and Gravatá) and calc-alkaline (Lagoa do Mato). Temperatures obtained with biotite are too low to reflect igneous conditions and should indicate metamorphic conditions. The geochemical data confirm that rhese granites have subalkaline affinity, and are peraluminous and metaluminous and calc-alkaline high potassium. The Stock Lagoa do Mato belongs to the group of magnesia granites while the others (Canhoba and Gravatá) are ferrous. The early crystallization of zircon in the magma was calculated as between 772 and 811 oC which is reasonable for rhyolite magmas. In multielement diagrams it is clear that there valleys pronounced in Nb, Ta and Ti associated with the strong fractionation of LREE reflect orogenic affinity of the rocks of the studied stocks. In these diagrams tectonic granites position in volcanic arc environment. These data support the current hypothesis that granites occurring in Macururé Domain are orogenic. / Os stocks graníticos de Canhoba (≈6,0 km2), Gravatá (≈3,5 km2) e Lagoa do Mato (≈5,0 km2) ocorrem intrusivos na parte nordeste dos metassedimentos do Domínio Macururé no Sistema Orogênico Sergipano. Esses stocks exibem formas arredondadas, incluem xenólitos angulares de metassedimentos e nas regiões dos contatos apresentam abundantes diques e pegmatitos graníticos. Os granitos apresentam foliação tectônica bem desenvolvida marcada pelo alinhamento de cristais de muscovita e quartzo. Dominam composições graníticas leucocráticas existindo também tipos granodioríticos, com muscovita e biotita. Os estudos petrográfico e mineraloquímicos revelaram que o mineral máfico dominante é a biotita, os plagioclásios são albita e oligoclásio, e tem-se ainda muscovita e titanita, minerais opacos, epídoto, zircão e F-apatita são os minerais acessórios. Os cristais de biotita têm 0,4<Fe/(Fe+Mg)<0,7, sendo as mais ferrosas aquelas dos stocks Canhoba e Gravata. Com base nos conteúdos de FeO, MgO, Al2O3 os cristais de biotita indicam que esses granitos apresentam afinidades peraluminosas (Canhoba e Gravatá) e cálcioalcalina (Lagoa do Mato). As temperaturas obtidas com a biotita são muito baixas para refletirem condições ígneas, devendo indicar condições metamórficas. Os dados geoquímicos confirmaram a afinidade subalcalinas, peraluminosa a metaluminosa e cálcio-alcalina de alto potássio desses granitos. O Stock Lagoa do Mato pertence ao grupo dos granitos magnesianos enquanto dos demais (Canhoba e Gravatá) são ferrosos. A cristalização precoce do zircão no magma foi calculada como entre 772 e 811 oC o que é razoável para magmas riolíticos. Em diagramas multielementares observam-se vales pronunciados em Nb, Ta e Ti, fato este que associado ao forte fracionamento dos ETRLeves, refletem a afinidade orogênica das rochas dos stocks estudados. Em diagramas geotectônicos esses granitos posicionam-se em ambiente de arco vulcânico. Estes dados reforçam a hipótese corrente que os granitos que ocorrem no Domínio Macururé sejam orogênicos.

Στην παρούσα Μεταπτυχιακή Διατριβή αναλύονται τα παραμορφωτικά και συστασιακά (πετρογραφικά - ορυκτοχημικά) χαρακτηριστικά μυλωνιτιωμένων λιθολογιών από την πλαστική ζώνη διάτμησης του Φελλού (Βορειοδυτική Άνδρος). Η ζώνη διάτμησης του Φελλού είναι μια μεσοσκοπικής κλίμακας δομή, ΒΒΑ διεύθυνσης, με δομικό πάχος της τάξεως των 200 μέτρων. Το κεντρικό τμήμα της ζώνης διάτμησης φιλοξενείται σε μετα-πηλιτικές λιθολογίες και οριοθετείται από έντονα παραμορφωμένα μετα-υπερβασικά και μετα-βασικά λιθολογικά σώματα. Οι μυλωνιτιωμένες λιθολογίες της ζώνης διάτμησης χαρακτηρίζονται σαν S έως S – L τεκτονίτες. Η τεκτονική χαρτογράφηση στην περιοχή μελέτης αποκάλυψε ότι η μυλωνιτική ζώνη αναπτύχθηκε υπο-παράλληλα με το αξονικό επίπεδο ενός ήπια κεκλιμένου συγκλινοειδούς το οποίο έχει υποστεί καθολικό μετασχηματισμό. Οι ρεολογικές αντιθέσεις μεταξύ του πυρήνα της ζώνης διάτμησης και των περιθωρίων της σε συνδυασμό το τεκτονικό περιβάλλον ενός μετασχηματισμένου συγκλινοειδούς έχουν συμβάλλει στον εντοπισμό της παραμόρφωσης στην θέση ανάπτυξης της ζώνης διάτμησης. Σε χαρτογραφική κλίμακα ο προσανατολισμός των γραμμώσεων έκτασης μεταβάλλεται από ΝΝΔ , παράλληλα στη διεύθυνση της ζώνης διάτμησης, σε ΔΒΔ διεύθυνση βύθισης. Η μεταβολή στον προσανατολισμό των γραμμώσεων έκτασης δείχνει ότι η διεύθυνση κίνησης εντός της ζώνης διάτμησης διαμερίζεται χωρικά σε συνιστώσες κίνησης παράλληλα και κάθετα στην παράταξη της μυλωνιτικής φολίωσης. Ο κινηματικός διαμερισμός στην πλαστική ζώνη διάτμησης του Φελλού είναι χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα ζωνών διάτμησης πλάγιας συστολής. Ο κινηματικός διαμερισμός που αναγνωρίστηκε, ερευνήθηκε περαιτέρω με την εξέταση της χωρικής κατανομής των κρυσταλλογραφικών αξόνων [c] του χαλαζία, από δείγματα χαλαζιακών φλεβών και χαλαζιακών μυλωνιτών, προσανατολισμένα παράλληλα στη μυλωνιτική φολίωση και κάθετα στη γράμμωση έκτασης (ΧΖ επίπεδο ελλειψοειδούς παραμόρφωσης). Τα ιστολογικά διαγράμματα [c] αξόνων χαλαζία παρουσιάζουν μεταβολές στην τοπολογία τους σε διαφορετικά δομικά επίπεδα της ζώνης διάτμησης και διακριτές διαφορές με τα πρότυπα κρυσταλλογραφικά διαγράμματα [c] αξόνων μονοκλινικής συμμετρίας. Διακριτό χαρακτηριστικό , ειδικά για τα ανώτερα δομικά επίπεδα της ζώνης διάτμησης, είναι η εστίαση των [c] αξόνων σε σημειακά μέγιστα που προβάλλονται σε περιφερειακές θέσεις των κρυσταλλογραφικών διαγραμμάτων. Η βάση , δομικά, της ζώνης διάτμησης βρίσκεται στην ρεολογική διεπιφάνεια μετα-πηλιτών – μετα-βασιτών. Στην επαφή αυτή, ιστολογικά διαγράμματα από γειτονικά δείγματα χαλαζιακών φλεβών παρουσιάζουν συστηματικά διαγράμματα τύπου μικρών κύκλων. Η συστηματικότητα αυτή υποδηλώνει εντοπισμό της γεωμετρίας της παραμόρφωσης στην λιθολογική επαφή των μετα-πηλιτών - μετα-βασίτων. Η ποσοτική ανάλυση της παραμόρφωσης έδειξε ότι η παράμετρος Rxz μεταβάλλεται από 2.1 έως 6.45 ενώ η παράμετρος Flinn κυμαίνεται από 0.01 έως 0.93, υποστηρίζοντας και ποσοτικά ότι η γεωμετρία της παραμόρφωσης ανήκει στο πεδίο της πλάτυνσης. Η γεωμετρία της παραμόρφωσης στο πεδίο της πλάτυνσης είναι ένα επιπλέον διαγνωστικό χαρακτηριστικό των ζωνών διάτμησης πλάγιας συστολής. Η πετρογραφικη εξέταση μυλωνιτιωμένων λιθολογιών εστίασε στην αναγνώριση ζωνωμένων ορυκτών φάσεων με σκοπό την στοιχειοθέτηση των ορυκτοχημικών χαρακτηριστικών τους. Η πετρογραφική εξέταση δειγμάτων από μια επιφανειακή εμφάνιση μεταβασιτών από την βάση της μυλωνιτικής ζώνης συνέβαλλε στην αναγνώριση, σε κλίμακα λεπτής τομής, δύο λιθολογικών τύπων οι οποίοι είναι (α) Γρανατούχος – γλαυκοφανιτικός σχιστόλιθος και (β) Επιδοτιτικός - γλαυκοφανιτικός σχιστόλιθος. Η ορυκτοχημεία ζωνωμένων γρανατών και αμφιβόλων από τους δύο λιθολογικούς τύπους εξετάστηκε μέσω SEM/EDS.Η ορυκτοχημική ανάλυση οδήγησε στην αναγνώριση τριών τύπων ζώνωσης στις αμφιβόλους με τα εξής χαρακτηριστικά (α) Σκούροι πράσινοι πυρήνες σιδηρο-Κεροστίλβης με κροσσιτικά περιθώρια (β) Παλίνδρομη ζώνωση μεταξύ μπλε (σιδηρο-Γλαυκοφανής) και πράσινων αμφιβόλων (σιδηρο-Βαρροϊσίτης) και (γ) Απομονωμένοι κρύσταλλοι με κροσσιτικούς πυρήνες και ριβεκιτικά περιθώρια. Τα περιθώρια των ζωνωμένων γρανατών που εξετάστηκαν βρίσκονται σε ιστολογική ισορροπία με μπλέ αμφιβόλους, το γεγονός αυτό σε συνδυασμό με τα ορυκτοχημικά πειστήρια της κλασμάτωσης του μαγγανιου στους πυρήνες αποδεικνύει ότι η βλάστηση των γρανατών συνέβη σε αυξανόμενες συνθήκες πίεσης και θερμοκρασίας κατά την διάρκεια του υψηλής πίεσης μεταμορφικού γεγονότος. / The subject of the present contribution is the analysis of deformation in the Fellos ductile shear zone, which crops out in the island of Andros. Fellos shear zone (FSZ) is an outcrop scale NNE –striking structure with a total structural thickness of, approximately, 200 m. The central main domain of the shear zone is defined by mylonitized metapelitic rocks, bounded by strongly deformed meta-basic and meta–ultrabasic rocks both on top and bottom. Mylonitic rocks in the shear zone can be classified as S to S – L tectonites. Structural mapping revealed that the Fellos shear zone resulted from the complete transposition of a gently inclined synform the axial plane of which is orientated sub – parallel to the mylonitic foliation. The rheological contrasts between the core of the shear zone and its margins in conjunction with the structural framework of a transposed synform are first order influences to the localization of deformation. The map scale pattern of the stretching lineations in the shear zone shows that the lineation swings from a NNE orientation, trending parallel to the strike of the shear zone, to an ESE orientation. This variation shows that transport orientation in the shear zone is spatially partitioned into strike parallel and strike normal movements. This kinematic partitioning in the Fellos shear zone is a characteristic feature of transpressional high strain shear zones. The recognized partitioning was further investigated by examining the pattern of quartz [c]-axes fabrics in quartz veins oriented parallel to the mylonitic foliation as well as in quartz –rich mylonites. Quartz [c] axes fabric diagrams shows variations in their topology at different structural levels of the shear zone and distinct differences with the [c] axes patterns of monoclinic strain symmetry. Distinct feature, especially at the uppermost structural levels of the shear zone, is the point maxima clustering of the [c] axes in peripheral position of the crystallographic diagrams. At the base of the shear zone, in the rheological interface of metapelites with metabasites, the fabric diagrams from neighboring quartz vein specimens shows consistently small circle girdle pattern. This observation denotes localization in the geometry of deformation (flattening) at this lithological contact. Finite strain analysis shows that Rxz varies from 2.1 to 6.45, while the Flinn parameter range between 0.01 and 0.93, supporting quantitatively the flattening geometry of strain. Flattening strain is another diagnostic criterion of transpressional shear zones. The means to constrain the compositional features of the mylonitic rocks was mineral chemistry and petrologic analysis. Petrographic examination, specifically, of a metabasite outcrop from the base of the shear zone revealed, in thin section scale, two lithologic types : (a) Garnet blueschist and (b) Epidote blueschist. The mineral chemistry of zoned garnets and amphiboles from these petrographic types has been examined using SEM/EDS. The microchemical analysis revealed three different zoning patterns in the amphiboles which are characterized by (a) dark green Ferro – hornblende cores with crossite rims (b) Amphiboles with compositional zoning and alternations of blue (Ferro – glaucophane) and green amphiboles (Ferro – barroisite) and (c) Isolated grains with crossite cores and riebeckite rims. Compositional mapping of zoned garnets witnessed fractionation of manganese to the cores, which is the Prima facie evidence of growth zoning. In addition, the almandine rims of the zoned garnets are in textural equilibrium with blue amphiboles, observation which implies that these garnets nucleated during the HP event.

The geology, petrology and geochemistry of Catface porphyry Cu (Mo-Au) deposit, located on the west coast of Vancouver Island are examined in detail. Detailed core logging and sampling was carried out to characterize the geometry and identity of different intrusive phases and alteration styles prevalent during the emplacement and formation of the deposit, as well as their geochemical affinity. Early- and late-stage potassic alteration is identified, as well as main-stage sodic-calcic and calcic-sodic alteration. Four distinct Paleogene intrusive phases vary from quartz diorite to granodiorite in composition. The rocks are broadly calc-alkaline, weakly peraluminous to moderately metaluminous, and have typical arc geochemical affinity. The timing of emplacement and mineralization is constrained by U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology at 40.4-41.4 Ma and 40.9 ±0.2 Ma, respectively. All four Paleogene Catface intrusive phases were emplaced close in time with a direct temporal correlation to mineralization. The chalcopyrite- and pyrite-bearing miarolitic cavities in the Halo Porphyry intrusive, combined with U-Pb and Re-Os dates suggest this intrusive phase is the most likely source of mineralizing fluids. The intrusions were emplaced at depths of less four kilometers in the crust, as evidenced by the presence of miarolitic cavities and confirmed through amphibole-plagioclase thermobarometry, which record conditions of 615–700 °C and <200 MPa. The lack of primary anhydrite and hematite, and the presence of pyrrhotite in the ore system indicate a reduced magmatic-hydrothermal event. The SO3 contents in apatites are <450 ppm, indicative of a degassed and/or sulphate-free (reduced) magma. The assemblage K-feldspar-quartz-biotite-ilmenite yields oxygen fugacities (fO2) which are 0.5 to 3.0 log units below the quartz-fayalite-magnetite (QFM) buffer at an assumed pressure of 300 MPa; orders of magnitude more reduced than typical porphyry deposits. Parental magmas to the Catface deposit were either derived from intrinsically-reduced mantle, or more typical oxidized arc magma that was subsequently reduced during ascent and emplacement. Further isotopic work is required to determine which process contributed to the reduction of these magmas in an arc setting. Nevertheless, recognition of reduced porphyry-related magmatism on west-central Vancouver Island is of similar age to that of North Fork (~36.8-38.9 Ma) deposit in Washington suggesting a consanguinity of reduced magmatism with the Paleogene Cascade arc. / Graduate

Este trabalho objetiva a caracterização petrológica, geoquímica, geocronológica e metamórfica das rochas ortoderivadas pertencentes ao Complexo Metamórfico Brusque em duas regiões: Itapema e Botuverá, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Dos litotipos, destacam-se as exposições de rochas metamáficas e metaultramáficas, ocorrentes em ambas regiões. Em Itapema também foram investigados corpos de leucogranitos peraluminosos e na região da cidade de Botuverá foram investigados diques de diabásio e lamprófiro espessartítico. A análise das condições de geração e das fontes dos eventos magmáticos responsáveis pela geração destas rochas foi fundamental para a caracterização e avaliação do significado tectônico destas unidades no CMB, que foram posicionadas durante os períodos pré, sin e pós colisionais de evolução deste. A foliação regional do complexo é representada por uma S2 de baixo ângulo na região de Itapema e por uma superfície de mais alto ângulo na região de Botuverá, basculada por atuação da fase D3. Dados de geotermometria Hb-Pl indicam que a foliação principal dos xistos máficos foi gerada em condições da transição entre as fácies xistos verdes e anfibolito inferior. O magmatismo pré-orogênico do Complexo Metamórfico Brusque é constituído por lentes de rochas máficas-ultramáficas, produtos do metamorfismo de basaltos, gabros, rochas cumuláticas relacionadas e sedimentos vulcanogênicos. Estas rochas possuem afinidade toleítica e um elevado teor de ETR leves e elementos LILE. A análise de razões de elementos incompatíveis, a disposição dos corpos ígneos intercalados aos metassedimentos e a ausência de crosta oceânica sugerem que foram posicionados em ambiente tipo intra-placa continental, síncronos a sedimentação da bacia. Os valores iniciais de εNd entre -2.96 e 5.05 das rochas metavulcânicas de Itapema e entre -0.14 e -6.97 das rochas de Botuverá indicam a participação de crosta paleoproterozóica na gênese destes magmas. Os valores em geral elevados de 87Sr/86Sr justificam o envolvimento da crosta continental, e os valores mais altos encontrados em Botuverá, destacam o maior envolvimento deste componente na região. O magmatismo sin tectônico está representado por corpos de leucogranitos peraluminosos que mostram posicionamento concordante com a foliação S2. Os parâmetros composicionais destas rochas caracterizados pelas baixas razões K2O/Na2O, CaO/Na2O e LaN/YbN, os baixos teores de Rb, Sr, Zr, Y, Yb e Lu, são consistentes com uma evolução associada com magmas gerados a partir da fusão parcial de rochas crustais de composição pelíticas ricas em quartzo, com participação restrita de processos de diferenciação. Na região de Botuverá a ocorrência de diques de lamprófiros e diabásios que cortam as unidades metamórficas indica que seu posicionamento é pós-colisional. Geoquimicamente possuem afinidade entre as séries toleítica e shonshonítica. O padrão de distribuição dos elementos traços e as razões Th/Yb e Ta/Yb indicam que a extração dos diabásios ocorreu a partir de uma fonte mantélica enriquecida, com presença de rutilo e granada no resíduo e fortemente contaminada por crosta. Estas características são semelhantes às encontradas em rochas vulcânicas básicas pós-colisionais no sul do Brasil. Os dispersos valores de єNd(618) para os termos básicos, variando entre -13.74 e +5.52 destacam a heterogeneidade da fonte e reforçam a importância do componente crustal na geração destas rochas. Foi obtida uma idade concordante de 618 ±8.7 Ma (LA-ICP-MS) pelo método U-Pb em zircão, balizando a idade dos primeiros processos magmáticos pós-colisionais da orogênese brasiliana para a região de Botuverá. / This work objective the characterization of the petrology, geochemistry, geochronology and metamorphism of ortoderivate rocks that belong to Brusque Metamorphic Complex BMC) in two regions: Itapema and Botuverá, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Within these, good expositions of mafic and metaultramafic rocks occur in both regions. In Itapema, bodies of peraluminous leucogranites were also investigated. Around Botuverá were investigated diabase dikes and lamprophyres. The analysis of the conditions of generation and sources of magmatic events responsible for the development of these rocks was essential for the characterization and assessment of the significance of these tectonic units in the BMC, and it were placed during the pre-, syn-and post-collisional period of it’s evolution. The regional foliation of the complex is represented by a low angle S2 surface in Itapema region and a higher angle foliation in the region of Botuverá, folded by actuation of the D3 event. Petrography and Hb-Pl geothermometry data indicate that the main foliation of the mafic schists was generated in conditions between the transition of greenschist and lower amphibolite facies. The pre-orogenic magmatism of the Brusque Metamorphic Complex consists of lenses of mafic-ultramafic, products from the metamorphism of basalts, gabbros, related cumulate rocks and volcanogenic sediments. These rocks have a tholeiitic affinity and high contents of LREE and LILE elements. The analysis of incompatible elements ratios, the position of igneous bodies intercalated with the metasediments and the absence of oceanic crust suggest that the basalts were placed in an intra-continental plate environment, synchronous with sedimentation of the basin. The initial εNd values between -2.96 and 5.05 for the metavolcanics of Itapema and between -0.14 and -6.97 for the rocks of Botuverá indicate the involvement of Paleoproterozoic crust on the genesis of these magmas. The generally high 87Sr/86Sr values justify the involvement of crust, and the highest values found in Botuverá, highlight the greater involvement of this component in the region. Syn tectonic magmatism is represented by bodies of peraluminous leucogranite showing emplacement concordant to S2 foliation. Compositional parameters of these rocks characterized by low ratios K2O/Na2O, CaO/Na2O and LaN / YbN, low levels of Rb, Sr, Zr, Y, Yb and Lu, are consistent with magmas generated from partial melting of pelitic rocks, with limited participation of differentiation processes. In the region of Botuverá the occurrence of diabase dykes and lamprophyres cutting the regional metamorphic units indicates that its position is post-collisional. Geochemically show affinity between the tholeiitic and shonshonitic series. The distribution pattern of trace elements and the Th/Yb for Ta/Yb ratios indicate that extraction of diabase occur from an enriched mantle source, with the presence of rutile and garnet in the residue and heavily contaminated by crust. These characteristics are similar to those found in rocks post-collisional basaltic volcanic in south Brazil. The scattered values of єNd (618) in basic terms, ranging between -13.74 and +5.52 highlight the heterogeneity of mantle supply and reinforce the importance of crustal component in the generation of these rocks. A concordant age of 618 ± 8.7 Ma by U-Pb (LA-ICP-MS) zircon method were obtained, marking a early magmatic processes of post-collisional Brasiliano orogeny in the region of Botuverá.

Este trabalho objetiva a caracterização petrológica, geoquímica, geocronológica e metamórfica das rochas ortoderivadas pertencentes ao Complexo Metamórfico Brusque em duas regiões: Itapema e Botuverá, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Dos litotipos, destacam-se as exposições de rochas metamáficas e metaultramáficas, ocorrentes em ambas regiões. Em Itapema também foram investigados corpos de leucogranitos peraluminosos e na região da cidade de Botuverá foram investigados diques de diabásio e lamprófiro espessartítico. A análise das condições de geração e das fontes dos eventos magmáticos responsáveis pela geração destas rochas foi fundamental para a caracterização e avaliação do significado tectônico destas unidades no CMB, que foram posicionadas durante os períodos pré, sin e pós colisionais de evolução deste. A foliação regional do complexo é representada por uma S2 de baixo ângulo na região de Itapema e por uma superfície de mais alto ângulo na região de Botuverá, basculada por atuação da fase D3. Dados de geotermometria Hb-Pl indicam que a foliação principal dos xistos máficos foi gerada em condições da transição entre as fácies xistos verdes e anfibolito inferior. O magmatismo pré-orogênico do Complexo Metamórfico Brusque é constituído por lentes de rochas máficas-ultramáficas, produtos do metamorfismo de basaltos, gabros, rochas cumuláticas relacionadas e sedimentos vulcanogênicos. Estas rochas possuem afinidade toleítica e um elevado teor de ETR leves e elementos LILE. A análise de razões de elementos incompatíveis, a disposição dos corpos ígneos intercalados aos metassedimentos e a ausência de crosta oceânica sugerem que foram posicionados em ambiente tipo intra-placa continental, síncronos a sedimentação da bacia. Os valores iniciais de εNd entre -2.96 e 5.05 das rochas metavulcânicas de Itapema e entre -0.14 e -6.97 das rochas de Botuverá indicam a participação de crosta paleoproterozóica na gênese destes magmas. Os valores em geral elevados de 87Sr/86Sr justificam o envolvimento da crosta continental, e os valores mais altos encontrados em Botuverá, destacam o maior envolvimento deste componente na região. O magmatismo sin tectônico está representado por corpos de leucogranitos peraluminosos que mostram posicionamento concordante com a foliação S2. Os parâmetros composicionais destas rochas caracterizados pelas baixas razões K2O/Na2O, CaO/Na2O e LaN/YbN, os baixos teores de Rb, Sr, Zr, Y, Yb e Lu, são consistentes com uma evolução associada com magmas gerados a partir da fusão parcial de rochas crustais de composição pelíticas ricas em quartzo, com participação restrita de processos de diferenciação. Na região de Botuverá a ocorrência de diques de lamprófiros e diabásios que cortam as unidades metamórficas indica que seu posicionamento é pós-colisional. Geoquimicamente possuem afinidade entre as séries toleítica e shonshonítica. O padrão de distribuição dos elementos traços e as razões Th/Yb e Ta/Yb indicam que a extração dos diabásios ocorreu a partir de uma fonte mantélica enriquecida, com presença de rutilo e granada no resíduo e fortemente contaminada por crosta. Estas características são semelhantes às encontradas em rochas vulcânicas básicas pós-colisionais no sul do Brasil. Os dispersos valores de єNd(618) para os termos básicos, variando entre -13.74 e +5.52 destacam a heterogeneidade da fonte e reforçam a importância do componente crustal na geração destas rochas. Foi obtida uma idade concordante de 618 ±8.7 Ma (LA-ICP-MS) pelo método U-Pb em zircão, balizando a idade dos primeiros processos magmáticos pós-colisionais da orogênese brasiliana para a região de Botuverá. / This work objective the characterization of the petrology, geochemistry, geochronology and metamorphism of ortoderivate rocks that belong to Brusque Metamorphic Complex BMC) in two regions: Itapema and Botuverá, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Within these, good expositions of mafic and metaultramafic rocks occur in both regions. In Itapema, bodies of peraluminous leucogranites were also investigated. Around Botuverá were investigated diabase dikes and lamprophyres. The analysis of the conditions of generation and sources of magmatic events responsible for the development of these rocks was essential for the characterization and assessment of the significance of these tectonic units in the BMC, and it were placed during the pre-, syn-and post-collisional period of it’s evolution. The regional foliation of the complex is represented by a low angle S2 surface in Itapema region and a higher angle foliation in the region of Botuverá, folded by actuation of the D3 event. Petrography and Hb-Pl geothermometry data indicate that the main foliation of the mafic schists was generated in conditions between the transition of greenschist and lower amphibolite facies. The pre-orogenic magmatism of the Brusque Metamorphic Complex consists of lenses of mafic-ultramafic, products from the metamorphism of basalts, gabbros, related cumulate rocks and volcanogenic sediments. These rocks have a tholeiitic affinity and high contents of LREE and LILE elements. The analysis of incompatible elements ratios, the position of igneous bodies intercalated with the metasediments and the absence of oceanic crust suggest that the basalts were placed in an intra-continental plate environment, synchronous with sedimentation of the basin. The initial εNd values between -2.96 and 5.05 for the metavolcanics of Itapema and between -0.14 and -6.97 for the rocks of Botuverá indicate the involvement of Paleoproterozoic crust on the genesis of these magmas. The generally high 87Sr/86Sr values justify the involvement of crust, and the highest values found in Botuverá, highlight the greater involvement of this component in the region. Syn tectonic magmatism is represented by bodies of peraluminous leucogranite showing emplacement concordant to S2 foliation. Compositional parameters of these rocks characterized by low ratios K2O/Na2O, CaO/Na2O and LaN / YbN, low levels of Rb, Sr, Zr, Y, Yb and Lu, are consistent with magmas generated from partial melting of pelitic rocks, with limited participation of differentiation processes. In the region of Botuverá the occurrence of diabase dykes and lamprophyres cutting the regional metamorphic units indicates that its position is post-collisional. Geochemically show affinity between the tholeiitic and shonshonitic series. The distribution pattern of trace elements and the Th/Yb for Ta/Yb ratios indicate that extraction of diabase occur from an enriched mantle source, with the presence of rutile and garnet in the residue and heavily contaminated by crust. These characteristics are similar to those found in rocks post-collisional basaltic volcanic in south Brazil. The scattered values of єNd (618) in basic terms, ranging between -13.74 and +5.52 highlight the heterogeneity of mantle supply and reinforce the importance of crustal component in the generation of these rocks. A concordant age of 618 ± 8.7 Ma by U-Pb (LA-ICP-MS) zircon method were obtained, marking a early magmatic processes of post-collisional Brasiliano orogeny in the region of Botuverá.