T154 Geochemical and Petrologic Forensics in the study of Earth’s Magmatism: A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of Jon Davidson (1959–2016) (Posters)

Monday, 23 October 2017
9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Halls 4EF

HETEROGENEOUS GLASSES PRESERVE CHEMICAL AND DYNAMIC PROCESSES IN PARTIALLY REMELTED AND REMOBILIZED CUMULATE OF THE PEACH SPRING TUFF (CA-NV-AZ), USA

Paper number: T154-17
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM

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Abstract

The 103 km3 Peach Spring Tuff (18.8 Ma) erupted from Silver Creek caldera in the southern Black Mountains, AZ (Ferguson et al. 2013). Ferguson & Cook (2015) identified five zones within outflow sections near Kingman, AZ, on the basis of welding and phenocryst, lithic and pumice abundances. The lower four zones (Tp1-Tp4) comprise early-erupted, phenocryst-poor (~5-15%), high-silica rhyolite tuff (HSR; ~74-76 wt % SiO2)(Pamukcu et al. 2013; Barry et al. 2015). The transition into the capping unit is abrupt; Tp5 is crystal-rich (~>35%) and trachytic (65-69 wt % SiO2); this facies matches intracaldera fiamme in texture and composition (Pamukcu et al. 2013; Foley et al. 2014). Phenocrysts include dominant sanidine + plag + bio±hbl + FeTi ox, zirc, sphene, ap, chevkinite and sparse qtz in HSR.

Whole-rock and zircon isotopic data (McDowell et al. 2016) and trace element modeling (Foley 2017) suggest that trachyte and HSR represent complementary crystal accumulation and melt extraction. All trachyte fiamme contain glass (TGB) with SiO2 ~72 wt%, rarely reaching 75%. A subset of fiamme contains a second glass population (TGA, ~67%). TGA and TGB are complexly mingled but contacts are sharp on micrometer scale. Both are highly enriched in phenocryst-compatible trace elements and both show elevated zircon and apatite saturation Ts compared to HSR (Watson & Harrison 1983, Harrison & Watson 1984)(Table), TGA is most extreme.

SiO2 %

Ba ppm

Sr ppm

Zr ppm

Ce ppm

Eu/Eu*

T Zrc, C

T Ap, C

TGA

66-68

1070-4100

180-350

600-870

280-320

0.8-1.0

920

870-900

TGB

72(-75)

410-1440

140-180

210-730

170-340

0.6-0.7

900-850

800-890

HSR

76-77

2-15

1-9

100-140

75-80

0.2-0.3

760-770

740-760

Resorbed and embayed phenocrysts, Ti-enrichment in zircon rims, and REE- and Zr-enrichment in sphene rims indicate that trachyte was heated after accumulation and prior to eruption (Pamukcu et al. 2013). Trachyte glass compositions document dissolution of cumulate phenocrysts during heating. Two distinct events separated in time and/or space are indicated by compositions of TGA and TGB: TGA reflects higher T and greater dissolution. The very sharp contact preserved between the mingled glasses demonstrates that they were mechanically stirred together just before, or during, eruption.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-305297

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