Inherited zircons in the Mundi Mundi Granite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Titel:
Inherited zircons in the Mundi Mundi Granite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Auteur:
Cooper, J. A. Ludwig, K. R.
Verschenen in:
Australian journal of earth sciences
Paginering:
Jaargang 32 (1985) nr. 4 pagina's 467-470
Jaar:
1985-12
Inhoud:
A heavy mineral concentrate from the undeformed Mundi Mundi Granite N of Broken Hill yielded very few zircons. U-Th-Pb measurements on microgram fractions of those extracted showed no indication of the stock's true 1500-1600 Ma intrusive event but revealed something inherited and of an age probably greater than 2 Ga. These zircons, either survivors of those inherited from the magma source or accidental inclusions from the wall rocks, may either represent sedimentary accumulations in the lower Willyama Supergroup with an older craton source i.e. provenance, or indicate the presence of a pre-Willyama Supergroup basement. Considerable loss of Pb from the zircons is deduced to have occurred at (1) the time of granite intrusion, (2) in the lower Palaeozoic, and, (3) in the case of 208Pb, probably right up to recent time.
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