Geochronology of Mexican mineral deposits. IV: the Cinco Minas epithermal deposit, Jalisco

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Main Author: Antoni Camprubí
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Published: Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C. 2016
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contents Geochronology of Mexican mineral deposits. IV: the Cinco Minas epithermal deposit, Jalisco Antoni Camprubí Alexander Iriondo Margarita López-Martínez Aldo Ramos-Rosique Ciencias de la Tierra 40 Ar Mexico adularia 39 Ar ages Cinco Minas Two 40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages at 24.50 ± 0.07 and 23.46 ± 0.26 Ma (latest Oligocene) were obtained in this paper for adularia separates from vein material of the Cinco Minas low sulfidation epithermal deposit in Jalisco, southwestern Mexico. Such ages confirm the migration of metallogenic activity along with volcanism as the Sierra Madre Occidental migrated southwards since the latest Oligocene and into the Miocene. These deposits are synchronous to andesitic volcanism nearby. In addition, these ages indicate the occurrence of epithermal mineralization prior to the climactic event of ignimbrite flare-up in the Miocene. This makes necessary to refine previous ideas in the metallogeny of southwestern Mexico, which suggested a scenario in which the formation of epithermal and other types of hydrothermal deposits in the region were produced almost exclusively as a result of the early Miocene peak episode of volcanism. 2016 artículo científico 1405-3322 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=94346152012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94346152012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94346152012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94346152012/94346152012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94346152012/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=943 Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana application/pdf Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana (México) Num.2 Vol.68
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spellingShingle Geochronology of Mexican mineral deposits. IV: the Cinco Minas epithermal deposit, Jalisco
Antoni Camprubí
Ciencias de la Tierra
40 Ar
Mexico
adularia
39 Ar ages
Cinco Minas
Geochronology of Mexican mineral deposits. IV: the Cinco Minas epithermal deposit, Jalisco Antoni Camprubí Alexander Iriondo Margarita López-Martínez Aldo Ramos-Rosique Ciencias de la Tierra 40 Ar Mexico adularia 39 Ar ages Cinco Minas Two 40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages at 24.50 ± 0.07 and 23.46 ± 0.26 Ma (latest Oligocene) were obtained in this paper for adularia separates from vein material of the Cinco Minas low sulfidation epithermal deposit in Jalisco, southwestern Mexico. Such ages confirm the migration of metallogenic activity along with volcanism as the Sierra Madre Occidental migrated southwards since the latest Oligocene and into the Miocene. These deposits are synchronous to andesitic volcanism nearby. In addition, these ages indicate the occurrence of epithermal mineralization prior to the climactic event of ignimbrite flare-up in the Miocene. This makes necessary to refine previous ideas in the metallogeny of southwestern Mexico, which suggested a scenario in which the formation of epithermal and other types of hydrothermal deposits in the region were produced almost exclusively as a result of the early Miocene peak episode of volcanism. 2016 artículo científico 1405-3322 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=94346152012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94346152012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94346152012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94346152012/94346152012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94346152012/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=943 Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana application/pdf Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana (México) Num.2 Vol.68
title Geochronology of Mexican mineral deposits. IV: the Cinco Minas epithermal deposit, Jalisco
topic Ciencias de la Tierra
40 Ar
Mexico
adularia
39 Ar ages
Cinco Minas
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