Early Mesoproterozoic bimodal plutonism in the southeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia

W. L. Zang; C. M. Fanning; A. C. Purvis; O. L. Raymond; R. A. Both

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Early Mesoproterozoic bimodal plutonism in the southeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia

W. L. Zang^*, C. M. Fanning, A. C. Purvis, O. L. Raymond, R. A. Both

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The Curramulka Gabbronorite on Yorke Peninsula, southeastern Gawler Craton has an emplacement age of 1589 ± 5 Ma. This is similar to previously determined ages for Arthurton Granite (1582 ± 7 Ma), Tickera Granite (ca 1600-1575 Ma), regional alteration, the Moonta-Wallaroo mineralisation (ca 1585 Ma) and localised deformation (Tiparra Deformation). Mesoproterozoic bimodal plutonism is interpreted to have resulted from mafic underplating, emplacement of mafic magmas during lithospheric attenuation and enhanced high heat flow assisting in melting of the lower crust to form the broadly A-type Arthurton and Tickera Granites. Plutonism either directly or indirectly created advective fluid-flow to form Cu-Au mineralisation in the Moonta-Wallaroo area. The nature and characteristics of Mesoproterozoic mafic bodies on the Gawler Craton are poorly known. The Curramulka Gabbronorite has a continental tholeiitic composition and igneous layering that is partly of cumulus origin but also contains magmatic segregations formed by fractionation. Some of these segregations have provided zircons for dating. This igneous layering is overprinted by two foliations of tectonic origin: the first is interpreted to be coeval with magma emplacement and the second with conjugate shearing accompanied by retrogression.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	661-674
Number of pages	14
Journal	Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
Volume	54
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08120090701305210
Publication status	Published - Jul 2007

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