SINGLE-ZIRCON DATING BY STEP-WISE Ph-EVAPORATION OF MIDDLE SIN STEROZOIC MAGMATISM IN THE PSPINHAGO RANGE, POT REASTERN SAO FRANCISCO CRATON (MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL) LADetsiat PMDossint Leharvet* ‘aiGochari Posi? 1. Abstract. “the rnats of « Pb-Pb isotopic study, using singe stcos separated out of = potasie nett ch of the Repinhago Supergroup and an A-type graaie pluton, ved ages of ane Jia fr the eration ofthe voeanleprotlith and of 1720 & 14 Ma forthe around "fe dt indents te roo age ofthe MidlePrteorl vat carateriznd 3 (6 se Te of grates related to a naling tage, and determine the maximum agy of the Eopinhago Supergroup. 2, Introduction. ‘The southern segment of Araial fold belt, athe southeastern ge of the Séo Francisco Craton rmad in great part by motasedimere ofthe Empinkago Supereroep (Fig) The age aan a serns conrlates one of the major problems of the reponal geology nad has been he fbject of continuous controversy eo ome ahenes of euable lithological types has precluded the use of conventional goocnndpiealmetnods for dating the rocks of the epergoup, However, cle and interme aerate rocks have been haratesied that were asocatd with the iil phases of Gite rans ved Enpinhago deposition, Single zircon obtained from samples ofthese rocks fave bear aaed for istople analyses by atepovie direct Pb evaporation 1. Geological setting. ‘Theee major Proterozoic epsodes of deposition ave represented in the region: where #6 quence overt the Archean ger migmatite basement which inde volsnovedimensar see ore greenstone alte (1) the Mises Sopergrow, ax Bay Proterosie metasedien hy seen (afte Enpheo Supergroup, «sequence of hick quarate beds and conglomerates SEDAN so Francisco Supegroup and Salinas Complex of Late Froterotoic age (Fe) Ses) ite were all metamorphoved and deformed by the Late Proteroaoic Breiliane orogeny. ‘Gonchronslogcal determinations have been obtained on two groups of rocks: 2) Taeittat agmwas provided by samples from Iva interbedded with fvatle quartet see oFone Eeplahago Supergroup, about 20 km southwest of the town of Diamantina Sa nes ae umagual chemical composition wth high KO, FeO, TiOp and traces Hhopnie ements, ‘The major mineralogy, sete ané Fedde, is metamorphic bot aancmiaietextares and eteuctres are preserved in places. 1b) re tecad age wee provided by samples from a, granite pluton intrasive in the ence se erred ans expoved tothe northwest f the tows of Guanes. The granites aildly ciae with low CaO and AlOs, high KzO, and high Fe/Fe+Mg and K;O/NayO) snd lane wi fa incompatible and rare-earth elements. ‘The mineralogy consists of quartty Hefldshes, ninor plagiolase,Ferieh biotite and amphibole, and fuorit;featnres chara Kilddepet ular of tower rata origin wader an anorogeic tectonic regime, The pluton Shows no sign of deformation elder than the Brasiian, "Tn 7G ig GDR oT ik Sue, vr Pont tn Hae ‘Department of Gracey, BRGM, BP 1, Oren, race Raikes Sepa OT Bader ee neown, Dein, Chart, Cet, Ran 4, Analytical procedures and results ‘The singlesircon method by map-wice Ph evaporation yields "PHA PU age determi: nation the technique and mathod of age caleslaton are given in datall ty KOBER (1987) aud COCHERIE ef o. (1992). Crystals for each rock type were selected from the most teprestatae tive population defined from a zircon morphology stuéy enabling lassfication according to the fiagram of PUPIN (1980), ‘The high-K voleanie rocks, characterized by 9 great constancy of the D type in the typo- logical frequency diagram, yielded only few exhedraltireon crystals which ane stall Iimpid and pink, and show no inherited core, The preliminary results show a marked Polos at the borders of the grains, but the most stable parte ofthe crystal eded similar ages around 1700 ‘Ma. This age is confirmed by a grain showing no Phvlom and yielding a three stepage around 1700 Ma. This age should navertheles be confirmed by forther measuremests ‘The granite shows a scatter in the typologies! frequency diagram Srom P; to D type with ‘4 maximum for the Py type, ‘The selected grains (Ps) wore limpld without visible corer and ‘nabled Pb/Pb ratios to be moasured on four step of temperature. Orly a wen lose of lead ‘was observed on the ist and sometimes on tho soconé sep, ‘The stably of the ™ Pht /™°Pb* Alerermination on the Inner pars ofthe crystals, regardles of the grain of emperatare step considered, enabled a mean age of 1729 = 1d Ma to be calculated using 214" Pb+/°PBr zatlos (Fig2). The generally high *Pb Pb rtin of between 6.000 and 40.000 requir only small common-Pb correction, and the constancy of the ™*P8/°Pb ratio around 0.17-0.418, for all the eight steps considered, reflects »cogenese ofthe considered eystals. The ealeulated ‘mean age can therfore be considered as the age of rtcon crystaliztion and thus the age of ‘mplacement ofthe corresponding granite 5. Conclusions The present study has provided precise ages fr the Middle Proterozoic extensional event The dating forthe potasie metavoleanice (around 1700 Ma) provides an age for the initial rmagnati activities related to sting and a maximum age forthe deposition of the Espinhago Supergroup. 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