Pyroxenite xenoliths from the Rio Puerco volcanic field, New Mexico: Melt metasomatism at the margin of the Rio Grande rift

Geosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 333-351

  Porreca, Courtney ^a   Selverstone, Jane ^a   Samuels, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Metasomatism; Pyroxenite; Rio grande rift; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; GARNET; LHERZOLITE; LINEAMENT; MANTLE; MELT; METASOMATISM; ORTHOPYROXENE; PLIOCENE; PYROXENITE; RIFTING; SPINEL; TRANSITION ZONE; XENOLITH;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NEW MEXICO; PUERCO RIVER; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350767406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00058.1     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Aldrich, M.J., and Laughlin, A.W., 1984, A model for the tectonic development of the southeastern Colorado Plateau boundary: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 89, p. 10,207-10,218.
2. Anthony, E.Y., and Poths, J., 1992, He3 surface exposure dating and its implications for magma evolution in the Potrillo volcanic fi eld, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico, USA: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 56, no. 11, p. 4105-4108, doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(92)90022-B.
3. Baldridge, W.S., 1979, Mafi c and ultramafi c inclusion suites from the Rio Grande rift (New Mexico) and their bearing on the composition and thermal state of the lithosphere: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 6, no. 3-4, p. 319-351, doi: 10.1016/0377-0273(79)90009-X.
4. Baldridge, W.S., Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M., and Bridwell, R.J., 1980, Evolution of the central Rio Grande rift, New Mexico: New potassium-argon ages: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 51, no. 2, p. 309-321, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(80)90213-7.
5. Baldridge, W.S., Perry, F.V., Vaniman, D.T., Nealey, L.D., Leavy, B.D., Laughlin, A.W., Kyle, P., Bartov, Y., Steinitz, G., and Gladney, E.S., 1991, Middle to Late Cenozoic magmatism of the southeastern Colorado Plateau and central Rio Grande rift (New Mexico and Arizona, USA): A model for continental rifting: Tectonophysics, v. 197, no. 2-4, p. 327-354, doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(91)90049-X.
6. Brey, G.P., and Köhler, T., 1990, Geothermobarometry in 4-phase lherzolites, 2. New thermobarometers and practical assessment of existing thermobarometers: Journal of Petrology, v. 31, p. 1353-1378.
7. Carlson, R.W., and Nowell, G.M., 2001, Olivine-poor sources for mantle-derived magmas: Os and Hf isotopic evidence from potassic magmas of the Colorado Plateau: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 2, p. U33-U49, doi: 10.1029/2000GC000128.
8. Carlson, R.W., Pearson, D.G., and James, D.E., 2005, Physical, chemical, and chronological characteristics of continental mantle: Reviews of Geophysics, v. 43, p. RG1001, doi: 10.1029/2004RG000156.
9. Coney, P., and Reynolds, S., 1977, Flattening of the Farallon slab: Nature, v. 270, p. 403-406, doi: 10.1038/270403a0.
10. Dickinson, W., and Snyder, W.S., 1978, Plate tectonics of the Laramide orogeny, in Matthews, V., III, ed., Laramide Folding Associated with Basement Block Faulting in the Western United States: Geological Society of America Memoir 151, p. 355-366.
11. Dobosi, G., Downes, H., Embey-Isztin, A., and Jenner, G.A., 2003, Origin of megacrysts and pyroxenite xenoliths from the Pliocene alkali basalts of the Pannonian Basin (Hungary): Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie-Abhandlungen, v. 178, no. 3, p. 217-237, doi: 10.1127/0077-7757/2003/0178-0217.
12. Downes, H., 2001, Formation and modifi cation of the shallow sub-continental lithospheric mantle: A review of geochemical evidence from ultramafi c xenolith suites and tectonically emplaced ultramafi c massifs of western and central Europe: Journal of Petrology, v. 42, no. 1, p. 233-250, doi: 10.1093/petrology/42.1.233.
13. Droop, G., 1987, A general equation for estimating Fe3+ concentrations in ferromagnesian silicates and oxides from microprobe analyses: Mineralogical Magazine, v. 51, p. 431-435.
14. Ducea, M.N., and Saleeby, J.B., 1996, Buoyancy sources for a large, unrooted mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, California: Evidence from xenolith thermobarometry: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 101, p. 8229-8244, doi: 10.1029/95JB03452.
15. Ducea, M., Saleeby, J., Morrison, J., and Valencia, V., 2005, Subducted carbonates, metasomatism of mantle wedges, and possible connections to diamond formation: An example from California: The American Mineralogist, v. 90, p. 864-870, doi: 10.2138/am.2005.1670.
16. Dueker, K., Yuan, H., and Zurek, B., 2001, Thick-structured Proterozoic lithosphere of the Rocky Mountain region: GSA Today, v. 11, no. 12, p. 4-9, doi: 10.1130/1052-5173(2001)011<0004:TSPLOT>2.0.CO;2.
17. Gao, W., Grand, S.P., Baldridge, W.S., Wilson, D., West, M., Ni, J.F., and Aster, R., 2004, Upper mantle convection beneath the central Rio Grande rift imaged by P and S wave tomography: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, no. B3, p. B03305, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002743.
18. Garrido, C.J., and Bodinier, J.L., 1999, Diversity of mafi c rocks in the Ronda peridotite: Evidence for pervasive melt-rock reaction during heating of subcontinental lithosphere by upwelling asthenosphere: Journal of Petrology, v. 40, no. 5, p. 729-754, doi: 10.1093/ petrology/40.5.729.
19. Ghiorso, M.S., and Kress, V.C., 2004, An equation of state for silicate melts. II. Calibration of volumetric properties at 10(5) Pa: American Journal of Science, v. 304, no. 8-9, p. 679, doi: 10.2475/ajs.304.8-9.679.
20. Ghiorso, M.S., and Sack, R.O., 1995, Chemical mass-transfer in magmatic processes. 4. A revised and internally consistent thermodynamic model for the interpolation and extrapolation of liquid-solid equilibria in magmatic systems at elevated temperatures and pressures: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 119, no. 2-3, p. 197-212.
21. Ghiorso, M.S., Hirschmann, M.M., Reiners, P.W., and Kress, V.C., 2002, The pMELTS: A revision of MELTS for improved calculation of phase relations and major element partitioning related to partial melting of the mantle to 3 GPa: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 3, no. 5, doi: 10.1029/2001GC000217.
22. Gudfinnsson, G.H., and Presnall, D.C., 2005, Continuous gradations among primary carbonatitic, kimberlitic, melilititic, basaltic, picritic, and komatiitic melts in equilibrium with garnet lherzolite at 3-8 GPa: Journal of Petrology, v. 46, no. 8, p. 1645, doi: 10.1093/petrology/egi029.
23. Hallett, R.B., 1994, Volcanic geology, paleomagnetism, geochronology, and geochemistry of the Rio Puerco necks, west-central New Mexico [Ph.D. thesis]: Socorro, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 340 p.
24. Hallett, R.B., Kyle, P.R., and McIntosh, W.C., 1997, Paleomagnetic and Ar-40/Ar-39 age constraints on the chronologic evolution of the Rio Puerco volcanic necks and Mesa Prieta, west-central New Mexico: Implications for transition zone magmatism: Geo-logical Society of America Bulletin, v. 109, no. 1, p. 95-106, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0095: PAAAAC>2.3.CO;2.
25. Hart, S.R., and Dunn, T., 1993, Experimental clinopyroxene-melt partitioning of 24 trace elements: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 113, p. 1-8, doi: 10.1007/BF00320827.
26. Henjes-Kunst, F., and Altherr, R., 1992, Metamorphic petrology of xenoliths from Kenya and northern Tanzania and implications for geotherms and lithospheric structures: Journal of Petrology, v. 33, no. 5, p. 1125-1156.
27. Hirschmann, M.M., and Stolper, E.M., 1996, A possible role for garnet pyroxenite in the origin of the "garnet signature" in MORB: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 124, no. 2, p. 185-208, doi: 10.1007/ s004100050184.
28. Hirschmann, M.M., Kogiso, T., Baker, M.B., and Stolper, E.M., 2003, Alkalic magmas generated by partial melting of garnet pyroxenite: Geology, v. 31, no. 6, p. 481-484, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0481: AMGBPM>2.0.CO;2.
29. Ho, K.S., Chen, J.C., Smith, A.D., and Juang, W.S., 2000, Petrogenesis of two groups of pyroxenite from Tungchihsu, Penghu Islands, Taiwan Strait: Implications for mantle metasomatism beneath SE China: Chemical Geology, v. 167, no. 3-4, p. 355-372, doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00237-5.
30. Humphreys, E., and Dueker, K., 1994, Physical state of the western U.S. upper mantle: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 99, p. 9635-9650, doi: 10.1029/93JB02640.
31. Humphreys, E.D., 1995, Post-Laramide removal of the Farallon Slab, western United States: Geology, v. 23, no. 11, p. 987-990, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0987: PLROTF>2.3.CO;2.
32. Humphreys, E.D., Hessler, E., Dueker, K., Farmer, C.L., Erslev, E., and Atwater, T., 2003, How Laramide-age hydration of North American lithosphere by the Farallon slab controlled subsequent activity in the western United States: International Geology Review, v. 45, no. 7, p. 575-595.
33. Irving, A., 1980, Petrology and geochemistry of composite ultramafi c xenoliths in alkali basalts and implications for magmatic processes within the mantle: American Journal of Science, v. 280-A, p. 389-426.
34. Karlstrom, K.E., and Humphreys, E.D., 1998, Persistent infl uence of Proterozoic accretionary boundaries in the tectonic evolution of southwestern North America: Interaction of cratonic grain and mantle modifi cation events: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 33, p. 161-179.
35. Keller, G.R., and Baldridge, W.S., 1999, The Rio Grande rift: A geological and geophysical perspective: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 34, p. 121-130, doi: 10.2113/34.1.121.
36. Kogiso, T., Hirschmann, M.M., and Frost, D.J., 2003, Highpressure partial melting of garnet pyroxenite: Possible mafi c lithologies in the source of ocean island basalts: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 216, no. 4, p. 603-617, doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00538-7.
37. Kudo, A.M., Brookins, D.G., and Laughlin, A.W., 1972, Sr isotopic disequilibrium in lherzolites from the Puerco necks, New Mexico: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 15, p. 291-295, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(72)90175-6.
38. Lee, C.T.A., Cheng, X., and Horodyskyj, U., 2006, The development and refi nement of continental arcs by primary basaltic magmatism, garnet pyroxenite accumulation, basaltic recharge and delamination: Insights from the Sierra Nevada, California: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 151, no. 2, p. 222, doi: 10.1007/s00410-005-0056-1.
39. Litasov, K.D., Foley, S.F., and Litasov, Y.D., 2000, Magmatic modifi cation and metasomatism of the subcontinental mantle beneath the Vitim volcanic fi eld (East Siberia): Evidence from trace element data on pyroxenite and peridotite xenoliths from Miocene picrobasalt: Lithos, v. 54, no. 1-2, p. 83-114, doi: 10.1016/S0024-4937(00)00016-5.
40. Liu, Y.S., Gao, S., Lee, C.T.A., Hu, S.H., Liu, X.M., and Yuan, H.L., 2005, Melt-peridotite interactions: Links between garnet pyroxenite and high-Mg# signature of continental crust: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 234, no. 1-2, p. 39-57, doi: 10.1016/ j.epsl.2005.02.034.
41. Mayo, E., 1958, Lineament tectonics and some ore districts of the Southwest: American Institute of Mining Engineers Transactions, v. 10, p. 1169-1175.
42. McGetchin, T.R., and Silver, L.T., 1972, A crustal-upper mantle model for the Colorado Plateau based on observation of crystalline rock fragments in the Moses Rock dike: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 77, p. 7022-7037.
43. McGuire, A.V., 1994, Southern Basin and Range Province crust-mantle boundary: Evidence from gabbroic xenoliths, Wikieup, Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, v. 99, no. B12, p. 24,263-24,273, doi: 10.1029/94JB01184.
44. McGuire, A.V., and Mukasa, S.B., 1997, Magmatic modifi -cation of the uppermost mantle beneath the Basin and Range to Colorado Plateau Transition Zone: Evidence from xenoliths, Wikieup, Arizona: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 128, no. 1, p. 52-65, doi: 10.1007/s004100050293.
45. McMillan, N.J., Dickin, A.P., and Haag, D., 2000, Evolution of magma source regions in the Rio Grande rift, southern New Mexico: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, no. 10, p. 1582-1593, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1582:EOMSRI>2.0.CO;2.
46. Mukhopadhyay, B., and Manton, W.I., 1994, Upper mantle fragments from beneath the Sierra Nevada batholith: Partial fusion, fractional crystallization, and metasomatism in a subduction-related ancient lithosphere: Journal of Petrology, v. 35, no. 5, p. 1417-1450.
47. New Mexico Bureau of Mining and Mineral Resources, 2000, Satellite Image of New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mining and Mineral Resources Resource Map 23, scale 1:500,000
48. Padovani, E.R., and Reid, M., 1989, Field guide to Kilbourne Hole maar, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, in Chapin, C. and Zidek, J., eds., Field excursions to volcanic terranes in the western United States, Volume 1: Southern Rocky Mountain region,: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir 46, p. 174-179.
49. Pearson, D.G., and Nowell, G.M., 2004, Re-Os and Lu-Hf isotope constraints on the origin and age of pyroxenites from the Beni Bousera peridotite massif: Implications for mixed peridotite-pyroxenite mantle sources: Journal of Petrology, v. 45, no. 2, p. 439-455, doi: 10.1093/ petrology/egg102.
50. Perkins, G.B., Sharp, Z.D., and Selverstone, J., 2006, Oxygen isotope evidence for subduction and rift-related mantle metasomatism beneath the Colorado Plateau- Rio Grande rift transition: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 151, p. 633-650, doi: 10.1007/ s00410-006-0075-6.
51. Perry, F.V., Baldridge, W.S., and Depaolo, D.J., 1988, Chemical and isotopic evidence for lithospheric thinning beneath the Rio Grande rift: Nature, v. 332, no. 6163, p. 432-434, doi: 10.1038/332432a0.
52. Perry, F.V., Baldridge, W.S., Depaolo, D.J., and Shafi qullah, M., 1990, Evolution of a magmatic system during continental extension: The Mount Taylor volcanic fi eld, New Mexico: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth and Planets, v. 95, no. B12, p. 19,327-19,348.
53. Pertermann, M., and Hirschmann, M.M., 2003, Partial melting experiments on a MORB-like pyroxenite between 2 and 3 GPa: Constraints on the presence of pyroxenite in basalt source regions from solidus location and melting rate: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, v. 108, no. B2, p. 2125, doi: 10.1029/2000JB000118.
54. Prouteau, G., Scaillet, B., Pichavant, M., and Maury, R., 2001, Evidence for mantle metasomatism by hydrous silicic melts derived from subducted oceanic crust: Nature, v. 410, p. 197-200, doi: 10.1038/35065583.
55. Rapp, R.P., Shimizu, N., Norman, M.D., and Applegate, G.S., 1999, Reaction between slab-derived melts and peridotite in the mantle wedge: Experimental constraints at 3.8 GPa: Chemical Geology, v. 160, no. 4, p. 335-356, doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00106-0.
56. Riter, J.C.A., and Smith, D., 1996, Xenolith constraints on the thermal history of the mantle below the Colorado Plateau: Geology, v. 24, no. 3, p. 267-270, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0267:XCOTTH>2.3.CO;2.
57. Rudnick, R., McDonough, W.F., and Chappell, B.W., 1993, Carbonatite metasomatism in the northern Tanzanian mantle: Petrographic and geochemical characteristics: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 114, p. 463-475, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(93)90076-L.
58. Samuels, K., Brearley, A., and Selverstone, J., 2006, Metasomatic fl uid compositions recorded by Cr-diopside pyroxenite xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau-Rio Grande rift transition zone: Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 87, abstract MR43C-1092.
59. Sapienza, G., Scribano, V., and Calvari, S., 2001, Kelyphitic breakdown of garnets from pyroxenite xenoliths, south-eastern Sicily, Italy: Periodico di Mineralogia, v. 70, no. 3, p. 377-386.
60. Sen, G., Keshav, S., and Bizimis, M., 2005, Hawaiian mantle xenoliths and magmas: Composition and thermal character of the lithosphere: The American Mineralogist, v. 90, no. 5-6, p. 871, doi: 10.2138/am.2005.1731.
61. Shaw, C.A., and Karlstrom, K.E., 1999, The Yavapai-Mazatzal crustal boundary in the Southern Rocky Mountains: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 34, p. 37-52, doi: 10.2113/34.1.37.
62. Smith, D., 1979, Hydrous minerals and carbonates in peridotite inclusions from the Green Knobs and Buell Park kimberlitic diatremes on the Colorado Plateau, in Boyd, F., and Meyer, H.O.A., eds., The Mantle Sample: Inclusions in Kimberlites and Other Volcanic Rocks: Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union, p. 345-356.
63. Smith, D., 2000, Insights into the evolution of the uppermost continental mantle from xenolith localities on and near the Colorado Plateau and regional comparisons: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 105, no. B7, p. 16,769-16,781, doi: 10.1029/2000JB900103.
64. Smith, D., and Barron, B.R., 1991, Pyroxene-garnet equilibration during cooling in the mantle: The American Mineralogist, v. 76, no. 11-12, p. 1950-1963.
65. Smith, D., and Griffi n, W.L., 2005, Garnetite xenoliths and mantle-water interactions below the Colorado Plateau, southwestern United States: Journal of Petrology, v. 46, no. 9, p. 1901-1924, doi: 10.1093/petrology/egi042.
66. Smith, D., Riter, J.C.A., and Mertzman, S.A., 1999, Waterrock interactions, orthopyroxene growth, and Si-enrichment in the mantle: Evidence in xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau, southwestern United States: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 165, no. 1, p. 45-54, doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00251-9.
67. Smith, D., Connelly, J.N., Manser, K., Moser, D.E., Housh, T.B., McDowell, F.W., and Mack, L.E., 2004, Evolution of Navajo eclogites and hydration of the mantle wedge below the Colorado Plateau, southwestern United States: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 5, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000675.
68. Stern, C.R., Kilian, R., Olker, B., Hauri, E.H., and Kyser, T.K., 1999, Evidence from mantle xenoliths for relatively thin (<100 km) continental lithosphere below the Phanerozoic crust of southernmost South America: Lithos, v. 48, no. 1-4, p. 217-235, doi: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00030-4.
69. West, M., Ni, J., Baldridge, W.S., Wilson, D., Aster, R., Gao, S., and Grand, S., 2004, Crust and upper mantle shear wave structure of the southwest United States: Implications for rifting and support for high elevation: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002575.
70. Wilshire, H.G., Meyer, C.E., Nakata, J.K., Calk, L.C., Shervais, J.W., Nielson, J.E., and Schwarzman, E.C., 1988, Mafi c and Ultramafi c Xenoliths from Volcanic Rocks of the Western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1443, 179 p.
71. Xu, Y.G., 2002, Evidence for crustal components in the mantle and constraints on crustal recycling mechanisms: Pyroxenite xenoliths from Hannuoba: North China: Chemical Geology, v. 182, no. 2-4, p. 301-322.