Using pegmatite geochronology to constrain temporal events in the Adirondack Mountains

Geosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-39

  Lupulescu, Marian V ^a   Chiarenzelli, Jeffrey R ^b   Pullen, Alexander T ^c   Price, Jonathan D ^d,e  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^e MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; OROGENY; PEGMATITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952825382     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00596.1     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Barfod, G.H., Eirik, J.K., Frei, R., and Albarède, F., 2005, Lu-Hf and PbSL geochronology of apatites from Protero zoic terranes: A first look at Lu-Hf isotopic closure in metamorphic apatite: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, no. 7, p. 1847-1859, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.09.014.
2. Carl, J.D., 1988, Popple Hill gneisses as dacite volcanics: A geochemical study of mesosome and leucosome, northwest Adirondacks, New York: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 100, p. 841-849, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1988)100<0841:PHGADV>2.3.CO;2.
3. Černý, P., 1991, Rare-element granite pegmatites: I. Anatomy and internal evolution of pegmatite deposits: Geoscience Canada, v. 18, p. 49-67.
4. Cherniak, D.J., Pyle, J.M., and Rakovan, J., 2004, Syn thesis of REE and Y phosphates by Pb-free flux methods and their utilization as standards for electron microprobe and in design of monazite chemical U-Th-Pb dating protocol: The American Mineralogist, v. 89, p. 1533-1539.
5. Chiarenzelli, J.R., and McLelland, J.M., 1991, Age and regional relationships of granitoid rocks of the Adirondack Highlands: The Journal of Geology, v. 99, p. 571-590, doi: 10.1086/629518.
6. Chiarenzelli, J., Lupulescu, M., Cousens, B., Thern, E., Coffin, L., and Regan, S., 2010a, Enriched Grenvillian lithospheric mantle as a consequence of long-lived subduction beneath Laurentia: Geology, v. 38, p. 151-154, doi: 10.1130/G30342.1.
7. Chiarenzelli, J.R., Regan, S.P., Peck, W.H., Selleck, B.W., Cousens, B.L., Baird, G.B., and Shrady, C.H., 2010b, Shawinigan arc magmatism in the Adirondack Lowlands as a consequence of closure of the Trans-Adirondack backarc basin: Geosphere, doi: 10.1130/GES00576.1.
8. Corrigan, D., 1995, Mesoproterozoic evolution of the southcentral Grenville orogen: structural, metamorphic, and geochronological constraints from the Maurice transect [Ph.D. thesis]: Ottawa, Carleton University, 308 p.
9. Corriveau, L., and van Breemen, O., 2000, Docking of the Central Metasedimentary Belt to Laurentia in geon 12: Evidence for the 1.17-1.16 Ga Chevreuil intrusive suite and host gneisses, Quebec: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, p. 253-269, doi: 10.1139/cjes-37-2-3-253.
10. Cushing, H.P., and Newland, D.H., 1925, Geology of the Gouverneur quadrangle: New York State Museum Bulletin 169.
11. de Lorraine, W.F., and Sangster, A.L., 1997, Geology of the Balmat Mine, New York: Ottawa, Field Trip A5, Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint Annual Meeting, 43 p.
12. Foose, M.P., and McLelland, J.M., 1995, Proterozoic low-Ti iron-oxide deposits in New York and New Jersey: Relation to Fe-oxide (Cu-U-Au-rare earth element) deposits and tectonic implications: Geology, v. 23, p. 665-668, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0665:PLTIOD>2.3.CO;2.
13. Geraghty, E.P., Isachsen, Y.W., and Wright, S.F., 1981, Extent and character of the Carthage-Colton Mylonite Zone, northwest Adirondacks, New York: New York State Geological Survey report to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 83 p.
14. Heumann, M.J., Bickford, M.E., Hill, B.M., McLelland, J.M., Selleck, B.W., and Jercinovic, M.J., 2006, Timing of anatexis in metapelites from the Adirondack lowlands and southern highlands: A manifestation of the Shawinigan orogeny and subsequent anorthositemangerite-charnockite-granite magmatism: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, p. 1283-1298, doi: 10.1130/B25927.1.
15. Hudson, M.R., Lehn, C.W., Dahl, P.S., and Kozak, A.L., 2008, Mesoproterozoic thermotectonic history of the Adirondack Lowlands, New York: Evidence from monazite geochronology: Houston, Texas, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs.
16. Ludwig, K.R., 2003, Isoplot 3.00: Berkeley Geochronology Center, Special Publication 4, 70 p.
17. Marcantonio, F., McNutt, R.H., Dickin, A.P., and Heaman, L.M., 1990, Isotopic evidence for the crustal evolution of the Frontenac Arch in the Grenville Province of Ontario, Canada: Chemical Geology, v. 83, p. 297-314, doi: 10.1016/0009-2541(90)90286-G.
18. Martin, R.F., and De Vito, C., 2005, The patterns of enrichment in felsic pegmatites ultimately depend on tectonic setting: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 43, p. 2027-2048, doi: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.6.2027.
19. McLelland, J., and Chiarenzelli, J., 1990a, Geochronology and geochemistry of 1.3 Ga tonalitic gneisses of the Adirondack Highlands and their implications for the tectonic evolution of the Grenville Province, in Middle Proterozoic Crustal Evolution of the North American and Baltic Shields: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 38, p. 175-196.
20. McLelland, J.M., and Chiarenzelli, J.R., 1990b, Geo chronological studies of the Adirondack Mountains, and the implications of a Middle Proterozoic tonalite suite, in Gower, C., Rivers, T., and Ryan, C., eds., Mid-Proterozoic Laurentia-Baltica: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 38, p. 175-194.
21. McLelland, J.M., Daly, J.S., and McLelland, J., 1996, The Grenville Orogenic Cycle (ca. 1350-1000 Ma): An Adirondack perspective: Tectonophysics, v. 265, p. 1-28, doi: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00144-8.
22. McLelland, J.M., Hamilton, M., Selleck, B.W., McLelland, J., Walker, D., and Orrell, S., 2001, Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Ottawan orogeny, Adirondack Highlands, New York: Regional and tectonic implications: Precambrian Research, v. 109, p. 39-72, doi: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00141-3.
23. McLelland, J.M., Daly, McLelland, J. M., Morrison, J., Selleck, B., Cunningham, B., Olson, C., and Schmidt, K., 2002, Hydrothermal alteration of late- to posttectonic Lyon Mountain Granitic Gneiss, Adirondack Mountains, New York: Origin of quartz-sillimanite segregations, quartz-albite lithologies, and associated Kiruna-type low-Ti Fe-oxide deposits: Journal of Meta morphic Geology, v. 20, p. 175-190.
24. McLelland, J.M., Bickford, M.E., Hill, B.M., Clechenko, C.C., Valley, J.W., and Hamilton, M.A., 2004, Direct dating of Adirondack massif anorthosite by U-Pb SHRIMP analysis of igneous zircon: Implications for AMCG complexes: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 116, p. 1299-1317, doi: 10.1130/B25482.1.
25. McLelland, J.M., Selleck, B.W., and Bickford, M.E., 2010, Review of the Proterozoic evolution of the Grenville Province, its Adirondack outlier, and the Mesozoic in liers of the Appalachians, in Tollo, R.P., Bartholomew, M.J., Hibbard, J.P., and Karabinas, P.M, eds., From Rodinia to Pangea: The Lithotectonic Record of the Appalachian Region: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Memoir 206.
26. Merlet, C., 1994, An accurate computer correction program for quantitative electron probe microanalysis: Microchimica Acta, v. 114-115, p. 363-376, doi: 10.1007/BF01244563.
27. Miller, W.J., 1921, Geology of the Luzerne quadrangle: New York State Museum Bulletin, v. 245-246, p. 35-36.
28. Newland, D.H., 1916, The quarry materials of New York-Granite, gneiss, trap and marble: New York State Museum Bulletin 181, p. 160-175.
29. Newland, D.H., 1921, The mineral resources of the State of New York: New York State Museum Bulletin, v. 223-224, p. 69-76.
30. Newland, D.H., and Hartnagel, C.A., 1939, The mining and quarry industries of New York State for 1934 to 1936: New York State Museum Bulletin, v. 319, p. 18-36.
31. Putman, G.W., and Sullivan, J.W., 1979, Granitic pegmatites as estimators of crustal pressures-A test in the eastern Adirondacks, New York: Geology, v. 7, p. 549-553, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<549:GPAEOC>2.0.CO;2.
32. Pyle, J.M., Spear, F.S., Wark, D.A., Daniel, C.G., and Storm, L.C., 2005, Contributions to precision and accuracy of monazite microprobe ages: The American Mineralogist, v. 90, p. 547-577, doi: 10.2138/am.2005.1340.
33. Rivers, T., 1997, Lithotectonic elements of the Grenville Province: Review and tectonic implications: Precambrian Research, v. 86, p. 117-154, doi: 10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00038-7.
34. Rivers, T., 2008, Assembly and preservation of lower, mid, and upper orogenic crust in the Grenville Province-Implications for the evolution of large hot long-duration orogens: Precambrian Research, v. 167, p. 237-259, doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.08.005.
35. Selleck, B., McLelland, J.M., and Bickford, M.E., 2005, Granite emplacement during tectonic exhumation: The Adirondack example: Geology, v. 33, p. 781-784, doi: 10.1130/G21631.1.
36. Seydoux-Guillaume, A.-M., Paquette, J.-L., Wiedenbeck, M., Montel, J.-M., and Heinrich, W., 2002, Experimental resetting of the U-Th-Pb systems in monazite: Chemical Geology, v. 191, p. 165-181, doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00155-9.
37. Shaub, B.M., 1929, A unique feldspar deposit near DeKalb junction, New York: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, v. 24, p. 68-89.
38. Shaub, B.M., 1940, Age of the uraninite from McLear pegma tite near Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York: The American Mineralogist, v. 25, p. 480-487.
39. Spear, F.S., and Markussen, J.C., 1997, Mineral zoning, P-T-X-M phase relations and metamorphic evolution of Adirondack anorthosite, New York: Journal of Petrology, v. 38, p. 757-783, doi: 10.1093/petrology/38.6.757.
40. Spear, F.S., Pyle, J.M., and Cherniak, D., 2009, Limitations of chemical dating of monazite: Chemical Geology, v. 266, p. 218-230, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.06.007.
41. Stacey, J.S., and Kramers, J.D., 1975, Approximation of terrestrial lead isotope evolution by a two-stage model: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 26, p. 207-221, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(75)90088-6.
42. Storm, L.C., and Spear, F.S., 2002a, Taconian and Acadian rims on southern Adirondack monazites: Hydrothermal fluids from the Appalachian metamorphism: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs.
43. Storm, L.C., and Spear, F.S., 2002b, Thermometry, cooling rates, and monazite ages of the southern Adirondacks: Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section, 37th Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs.
44. Streepey, M.M., Johnson, E.L., Mezger, K., and van der Pluijm, B.A., 2001, Early history of the Carthage-Colton Shear Zone, Grenville Province, northwest Adirondacks, New York (U.S.A.): The Journal of Geology, v. 109, p. 479-492, doi: 10.1086/320792.
45. Tan, L.-P., 1966, Major pegmatite deposits of New York State: New York State Museum and Science Service Bulletin 408, 138 p.
46. Tollo, R.P., Corriveau, L., McLelland, J.M., and Bartholomew, M.J., 2004, Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the Grenville orogen in North America: An introduction, in Tollo, R.P., Corriveau, L., McLelland, J.M., Bartholomew, M.J., eds., Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Grenville Orogen in North America: Geological Society of America Memoir 197, p. 1-18.
47. Valley, P.M., Hanchar, J.M., and Whitehouse, M.J., 2009, Direct dating of Fe oxide-(Cu-Au) mineralization by U/Pb zircon geochronology: Geology, v. 37, p. 223-226, doi: 10.1130/G25439A.1.
48. Wasteneys, H., McLelland, J.M., and Lumbers, S., 1999, Precise zircon geochronology in the Adirondack Lowlands and implications for revising plate-tectonic models of the Central Metasedimentary belt and Adirondack Mountains, Grenville Province, Ontario and New York: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 967-984, doi: 10.1139/cjes-36-6-967.
49. Wodicka, N., Corriveau, L., and Stern, R.A., 2004, SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Bondy Gneiss complex: Evidence for circa 1.39 Ga arc magmatism and polyphase Grenvillian metamorphism in the Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province, Quebec, in Tollo, R.P., Corriveau, L., McLelland, J.M., and Bartholomew, M.J., eds., Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Grenville Orogen in North America: Geological Society of America Memoir 197, p. 243-266.