Petrogenesis and age of skarns associated with felsic and metamafic dykes from the Paraíba do Sul Complex, southern Espírito Santo State

Abstract

This paper concerns the study of petrography, mineral chemistry and geochronology of skarns generated at the contact of marbles of the Paraíba do Sul Complex with felsic and metamafic dykes in the southern Espírito Santo State. The marbles were metamorphosed under P-T granulite facies conditions during the syn-collisional stage of the Neoproterozoic Araçuaí orogen. Metamafic bodies are composed of amphibolite and hornblende granofels, while felsic dykes consist of alkali-feldspar granite, monzogranite or syenogranite. From marble towards the dyke, skarns related to the metamafic bodies are composed of carbonate + olivine and diopside + hornblende zones. Skarn associated to the granitic dykes are composed of three different zones: carbonate + tremolite, diopside, scapolite + diopside. Variations in mineral chemical compositions along the metasomatic zones suggest introduction of Mg and Ca from the marbles, Fe from the metamafic dykes and Na from the granitoids. The presence of spinel in the metamafic dykes and their skarns indicates that both were metamorphosed under granulite facies conditions during the 580-560 Ma syn-collisional stage. U-Pb zircon geochronology (LA-ICP-MS) of an alkali-feldspar granite dyke resulted in a crystallization age of ca.540 Ma, which suggests that its skarns are therefore younger than skarns associated with the syn-collisional metamafic dykes.KEYWORDS: skarns; petrogenesis; geochronology; Paraíba do Sul Complex. RESUMO: Este trabalho apresenta o estudo de petrografia, química mineral e geocronologia de escarnitos gerados no contato de mármores do Complexo Paraíba do Sul com diques metamáficos e félsicos, no sul do Espírito Santo. Os mármores foram metamorfizados sob condições de pressão e temperatura da fácies granulito durante a fase sin-colisional do orógeno neoproterozoico Araçuaí. Os corpos metamáficos são compostos de anfibolito e hornblenda granofels, enquanto os diques félsicos

Proterozoic to Ordovician geology and tectonic evolution of Rio de Janeiro State, SE-Brazil: insights on the central Ribeira Orogen from the new 1:400,000 scale geologic map

“…10C), including marbles and gneisses. They have mostly sharp contacts, but when in contact with the marbles they present a narrow zone with amphibole, carbonate, and garnet, characterizing an older metamorphosed contact aureole, as also described for the marbles of Espírito Santo State by Mesquita et al (2017).…”