Late Paleozoic–Early Triassic magmatism on the western margin of

Gondwana: Collahuasi area, Northern Chile

Francisco Munizaga a , Victor Maksaev a,⁎, C.M. Fanning b , S. Giglio c ,
G. Yaxley d , C.C.G. Tassinari e
a
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile
b
Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
c
Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, SCM, Pedro Lagos 1090, Iquique, Chile
d
Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e
Instituto de Geociencias. Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

The basement in the ‘Altiplano’ high plateau of the Andes of northern Chile mostly consists of late Paleozoic to Early Triassic felsic igneous
rocks (Collahuasi Group) that were emplaced and extruded along the western margin of the Gondwana supercontinent. This igneous suite crops
out in the Collahuasi area and forms the backbone of most of the high Andes from latitude 20° to 22°S. Rocks of the Collahuasi Group and
correlative formations form an extensive belt of volcanic and subvolcanic rocks throughout the main Andes of Chile, the Frontal Cordillera of
Argentina (Choiyoi Group or Choiyoi Granite-Rhyolite Province), and the Eastern Cordillera of Peru.
Thirteen new SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages from the Collahuasi area document a bimodal timing for magmatism, with a dominant peak at about
300 Ma and a less significant one at 244 Ma. Copper–Mo porphyry mineralization is related to the younger igneous event.
Initial Hf isotopic ratios for the ~300 Ma zircons range from about −2 to +6 indicating that the magmas incorporated components with a significant
crustal residence time. The 244 Ma magmas were derived from a less enriched source, with the initial Hf values ranging from +2 to +6, suggestive of a
mixture with a more depleted component. Limited whole rock 144Nd/143Nd and 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios further support the likelihood that the Collahuasi
Group magmatism incorporated significant older crustal components, or at least a mixture of crustal sources with more and less evolved isotopic signatures.

Keywords: Geochronology; U–Pb; Hf; Sr; and Nd isotope ratios; Andes; Choiyoi; Paleozoic

1. Introduction and gold-bearing veins were mined from the late nineteenth
century to the early twentieth century at Collahuasi. Since the
An assemblage of mostly felsic volcanic rocks and related 1990s, large-scale exploitation of porphyry copper deposits
porphyritic intrusions are exposed in the Collahuasi area of the characterizes the Quebrada Blanca, Rosario, and Ujina open pit
‘Altiplano’ high plateau of northern Chile (Fig. 1). It forms the mines, which define the present-day Collahuasi mining district.
basement for Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata and was termed the These porphyry copper deposits and the associated hydro-
Collahuasi Formation by Vergara and Thomas (1984). Copper- thermal alteration zones are Late Eocene to Oligocene in age
(Camus, 2003; Masterman et al., 2005), but the surrounding
crystalline basement is late Paleozoic to Early Triassic (Table 1).
⁎ Corresponding author.
In addition, other low-grade porphyry copper–molybdenum
E-mail addresses: [email protected] (F. Munizaga),
[email protected] (V. Maksaev), [email protected] prospects are hosted by the late Paleozoic to Triassic rocks in
(C.M. Fanning), [email protected] (S. Giglio), [email protected] the region (e.g., Characolla, La Profunda, El Loa, and Los
(G. Yaxley), [email protected] (C.C.G. Tassinari). Colorados; Fig. 2). These are part of a regional porphyry copper
Fig. 1. Location map of the Collahuasi area and geographic distribution of the outcrops of main igneous units of the Collahuasi Group. Previous isotopic ages for
granitoids from the region between Collahuasi and Chuquicamata are shown (compiled after Huete et al., 1977; Damm et al., 1986; Lucassen et al., 1999; Tomlinson
et al., 2001; Masterman, 2003; see Table 1).

belt that extends from northern Chile to southern Argentina, Accurate dating of the porphyritic intrusions that define these
with K–Ar ages from 290 to ~ 200 Ma (Camus, 2003; Cornejo basement rocks in northern Chile has been typically hampered
et al., 2006). because of regional low-grade metamorphism and/or local
The basement rocks at Collahuasi are the northernmost overprinting by the Cenozoic hydrothermal alteration. Previous
exposure in Chile of an extensive belt of late Paleozoic to Early K–Ar dates (e.g., Huete et al., 1977) are mostly equivocal and
Triassic igneous rocks exposed discontinuously throughout the thus the absolute ages of the felsic igneous rocks are uncertain.
western Main Andean and eastern Frontal Cordilleras from We present the first SHRIMP U–Pb zircon data for late
southern Peru to southern Argentina (Choiyoi Group; e.g., Paleozoic to Early Triassic rocks of northern Chile (mostly
Llambías et al., 1993). Thick volcanic rock sequences are porphyries of the Collahuasi area), as well as Nd and Sr isotopic
dominant in the Frontal Cordillera of Argentina, whereas large ratios and the first Hf isotopic ratios in zircon. This work intends
batholiths are widely exposed in Chile, but both rock types are to improve the chronology and the current understanding of late
related in space and time along the western margin of Paleozoic to Early Triassic geological development of the
Gondwana (e.g., Mpodozis and Kay, 1992). The voluminous region.
felsic rocks have been interpreted as products of crustal anatexis
(Breitkreuz and Zeil, 1994; Lucassen et al., 1999; Franz et al., 2. Analytical methods
2006) or as differentiated felsic units of a calk-alkaline
subduction-related assemblage, which pre-dates spatially asso- SHRIMP II U–Pb analyses of zircon grains were carried out
ciated felsic anorogenic magmatism (Mpodozis and Kay, 1992). at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National
Table 1
Compilation of radiometric ages of the region from Collahuasi to Chuquicamata
Sample Material Age (Ma ± 2σ) Lithology Latitude S Longitude W References
U–Pb ages
R990259 Zircon 293 ± 14 Rhyodacite 20°58′13″ 68°41′52″ Masterman (2003)
R200085 Zircon 245 ± 12 Granodiorite porphyry 20°58′26″ 68°41′49″ Masterman (2003)
PZG (D-1) Zircon 256 ± 3 Granite 20°49′25″ 68°42′00″ Damm et al. (1986)

K–Ar ages
C-350 Biotite 302 ± 10 Granite 21°33′24″ 68°54′49″ Huete et al. (1977)
QBB-310 Biotite 297 ± 7 Granodiorite 21°55′52″ 69°05′47″ Tomlinson et al. (2001)
QBB-306 Biotite 292 ± 7 Granite 21°57′12″ 69°05′35″ Tomlinson et al. (2001)
QBB-284 Biotite 271 ± 6 Granite 21°56′56″ 69°07′26″ Tomlinson et al. (2001)
4/417 Biotite 301 ± 8 Granite 21°42′58″ 69°01′51″ Lucassen et al. (1999)
Apr-36 Biotite 332 ± 7 Granite 21°45′21″ 69°02′81″ Lucassen et al. (1999)
3/299 Biotite 283 ± 6 Granite 21°51′03″ 69°06′00″ Lucassen et al. (1999)
3/300 Hornblende 281 ± 9 Diorite 21°51′03″ 69°05′00″ Lucassen et al. (1999)
QT-140 Hornblende 273 ± 9 Diorite 22°15′33″ 68°51′19″ Tomlinson et al. (2001)
QT-108 Biotite 267 ± 6 Diorite 22°19′00″ 68°50′45″ Tomlinson et al. (2001)
D-2 Biotite 311 ± 8 Granite 21°51′30″ 68°55′30″ Huete et al. (1977)
QB-92 Biotite 284 ± 7 Granodiorite 21°09′42″ 68°42′57″ Tomlinson et al. (2001)
QB-66 Biotite 280 ± 7 Granodiorite 21°26′21″ 68°46′38″ Tomlinson et al. (2001)
Note: The table includes only K–Ar ages obtained in fresh mineral phases with normal K content.

University. A detailed description of procedures is given in northern Chile to Neuquén and the northern Patagonian Andes
Appendix A, and the data tabulations for all thirteen samples in in southern Argentina, and is also correlated with the Mitu
Appendix B. A summary of the U–Pb zircon age determina- Group of southern Peru (Carlier et al., 1982).
tions is given in Table 2. The volcanic components of the late Paleozoic to Triassic
Rubidium–Sr and Sm–Nd isotopic analyses of four samples magmatism are not exposed from about latitude 25°S to 33°S, but
of volcanic rocks were carried out at the Geochronological granitic and granodioritic batholiths of the same episode outcrop
Research Center of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The along the present-day high Andes (Marinovic et al., 1995; Nasi
isotopic data are given in Table 3 and description of analytical et al., 1985; Mpodozis and Kay, 1990, 1992). Martin et al. (1999)
procedures is given in Appendix A. have identified at least three discrete intrusive units in this region
Laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma according to U–Pb and K–Ar data: biotite granites (280–270 Ma),
mass spectrometry Lu–Hf isotopic analyses were carried out on silica-rich leucocratic granites and rhyolitic porphyries (242–
the same zircon grains used for the U–Pb analyses. A detailed 238 Ma), and rhyolitic porphyries, domes and mafic intrusions
description of procedures is given in Appendix A. The isotopic (221–200) Ma. The geochemical characteristics of the intrusions
data are given in Table 4. are consistent with initial subduction-related magmatism, followed
by extensive crustal melting (Mpodozis and Kay, 1992).
3. Late Paleozoic to Triassic magmatism Permian–Triassic alkaline to calc-alkaline batholiths and
stocks occur in the Eastern Cordillera of Peru and, together with
The late Paleozoic–early Mesozoic magmatism is a the alkaline volcanic rocks of the Mitu Group, they form a
significant, but not well understood geological event, which Permian–Triassic magmatic belt over a length of more than
has been recognized along much of the length of western South 1000 km in a NNW–SSE direction in the Eastern Cordillera
America (e.g., Vaughan and Pankhurst, 2007). The late (Carlier et al., 1982 and references therein). The volcanism and
Paleozoic to Triassic igneous units along the high Andes of plutonism appear to be related to crustal melting. Uranium–Pb
Chile and the Argentinean Frontal Cordillera are commonly zircon data indicate an age of 336 to 325 Ma for the Pataz
known by a variety of names. Rolleri and Criado-Roque (1970) batholith (Miskovic and Schaltegger, 2006; Schaltegger et al.,
used the name Choiyoi for late Paleozoic to Triassic felsic and 2006). Mississippian I-type metaluminous to peraluminous
intermediate units outcropping in the Argentinean Frontal granitoids are chiefly restricted to the segment of the Eastern
Cordillera, and this name has been widely used to refer to Cordillera north of 11°S, with dates on plutons at Huacapistana
Permo-Triassic magmatism in both countries. The Choiyoi (310 Ma), Hualluniyocc (325 Ma), and Utcuyacu (307 Ma)
Group is comprised of volcano-plutonic complexes that (Chew et al., 2007). Permian to Early Triassic S- to A-type
represent magmatism along the western border of Gondwana granitoids in central and southern Peru are comagmatic with
(Llambías and Sato, 1990; Sato and Llambías, 1993; Mpodozis lavas of the Mitu Group, all of which are post-tectonic suites and
and Kay, 1992; Strazzere et al., 2006). These rocks are included include U–Pb and Rb–Sr ages of 250–240 Ma for the San
in the Choiyoi Granite-Rhyolite Province of Mpodozis and Kay Ramón granite (Capdevila et al., 1977; Lancelot et al. 1978).
(1992), which extends for 2500 km from the Collahuasi area in Additional magmatic activity in the Eastern Cordillera of Peru
Fig. 2. Regional geological map of the Collahuasi area showing sample localities.
Table 2
Summary of the new SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages and sample location
206
Weighted mean Pb/238U age
Sample (Ma ± 2σ) Rock type Location Comments
CLL-44 303.2 ± 2.0 Granitic porphyry Quebrada Blanca Mine Weighted mean for 19 of 23 analyzed spots;
21°00′14″S – 68°48′50″W excluded 3 with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss,
DDH 59; 106–107 m and one inherited at ~750 Ma.
CLL-73 292.7 ± 1.9 Granitic porphyry Los Colorados Prospect Weighted mean for 20 of 20 analyzed spots.
21°01′41″S – 68°50′33″W
Surface
CLL-75 307.9 ± 2.8 Rhyolitic porphyry Los Colorados Prospect Weighted mean for 16 of 20 analyzed spots;
21°01′57″S – 68°50′40″W excluded 4 with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss
Surface
CLL-76 298.8 ± 2.2 Dacite Los Colorados Prospect Weighted mean for 16 of 18 analyzed spots;
21°01′53″S – 68°50′54″W excluded 2 with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss
Surface
CLL-85 297.6 ± 2.4 Rhyolitic porphyry El Loa Prospect Weighted mean for 17 of 20 analyzed spots;
21°09′42″S – 68°39′36″W excluded 3 with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss
Surface
CLL-114 304.6 ± 3.2 Rhyolitic porphyry Rosario Mine Weighted mean for 6 spots.
20°58′19″S – 68°42′13″W
C-177; 632 m
CLL-221 296.9 ± 4.3 Dacite porphyry Ujina Mine Weighted mean for 8 of 11 analyzed spots;
20°59′08″S – 68°38′03″W excluded 2 with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss,
Open pit and one inherited at ~318 Ma.
CLL-223 298.3 ± 2.1 Rhyolitic porphyry Rosario Mine Weighted mean for 16 of 20 analyzed spots;
20°57′56″S – 68°42′11″W excluded 3 with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss,
Open pit and one older at ~ 310 Ma.
CLL-237 303.9 ± 3.0 Rhyolitic porphyry Rosario Mine Weighted mean for all 6 analyzed spots.
20°58′09″S – 68°42′17″W
C-322; 497 m
CLL-238 308.5 ± 2.2 Rhyolitic porphyry Rosario Mine Weighted mean for 17 of 20 analyzed spots;
20°58′19″S – 68°42′13″W excluded 3 with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss.
C-177; 573 m
CLL-30 244.8 ± 2.5 Dacite porphyry La Profunda Prospect Enrichment in common Pb for many analyses.
21°00′19″S – 68°36′43″W Weighted mean for 27 of 31 spots;
PUC-611; 421 m excluded 4 spots with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss
CLL-297 248.7 ± 3.3 Granite porphyry Characolla Prospect Age estimate for only 3 of 4 grains analyzed.
20°50′37″S – 68°44′59″W
Surface
CLL-32 243.2 ± 2.1 Granite porphyry Characolla Prospect Enrichment in common Pb for most analyses.
20°50′37″S – 68°44′59″W Weighted mean for 18 of 20 analyzed spots;
RLC-01; 171 m excluded one with interpreted radiogenic Pb loss,
and one older at ~ 305 Ma.

included eruption of progressively more alkaline lavas of SHRIMP zircon U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar, together with other
the Mitu Group and A-type plutonism, which peaked between geochronological data allowed Vinasco et al. (2006) to conclude
216–205 Ma (Miskovic and Schaltegger, 2006). that discrete magmatic events characterized the Permian and

Table 3
Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd isotopic data
87
Sample Rb (ppm) Sr (ppm) Rb/86Sr 87
Sr/86Sr 87
Sr/86Sr (300 Ma) Lithology Lat. S Long. W Altitude (m)
CLL-293 156.7 44.4 10.231 0.72076 0.67780 Rhyolite 20°52′29″ 68°50′04″ 4309
CLL-294 175.5 429.9 1.181 0.71079 0.70575 Andesite 20°50′33″ 68°46′21″ 4251
CLL-295 192.8 430.4 1.297 0.71106 0.70552 Andesite 20°50′31″ 68°46′22″ 4260
CLL-296 2.1 95.0 0.065 0.70639 0.70611 Andesite 20°50′32″ 68°46′21″ 4257

Sample Sm (ppm) Nd (ppm) 147

Sm/144Nd 143
Nd/144Nd Uncertainty 143
Nd/144Nd (300 Ma) εNd (300 Ma) T DM (Ma) 2nd Stage
CLL-293 5.568 26.627 0.1264 0.512449 0.000012 0.512201 −1.46 1115
CLL-294 5.310 22.764 0.1410 0.512461 0.000009 0.512184 −1.79 1139
CLL-295 5.990 25.759 0.1406 0.512472 0.000011 0.512196 −1.56 1122
CLL-296 4.322 16.981 0.1539 0.512478 0.000013 0.512176 −1.95 1152
Table 4
Lu–Hf in zircon isotopic data
Sample Grain Spot 176
Hf/177Hf ±2σ 176
Lu/177Hf ±2σ U–Pb age (T1) εHf (0) ±2σ εHf (T1) T DM (2)
CLL-30 5 1 0.282741 0.000022 0.000792 0.000012 245 − 1.09 0.79 4.16 959
8 1 0.28273 0.000024 0.000813 0.000014 245 − 1.49 0.86 3.76 979
14 1 0.282777 0.000022 0.000756 0.000023 245 0.17 0.76 5.44 870
18 1 0.282754 0.000023 0.001038 0.00004 245 − 0.63 0.8 4.58 928
23 1 0.282743 0.000023 0.000993 0.000039 245 − 1.03 0.83 4.19 953
24 1 0.282735 0.000026 0.001203 0.000035 245 − 1.29 0.9 3.9 966
31 1 0.28276 0.000027 0.000854 0.000017 245 − 0.41 0.96 4.83 907
34 1 0.28275 0.000026 0.000852 0.00002 245 − 0.79 0.92 4.45 928
CLL-32 1 1 0.282785 0.000028 0.001512 0.000023 243 0.44 0.98 5.54 862
3 1 0.282757 0.000021 0.001885 0.000039 243 − 0.54 0.76 4.49 929
5 1 0.282694 0.000031 0.002489 0.000097 243 − 2.77 1.1 2.17 1077
12 1 0.282599 0.000023 0.000553 0.000004 305 − 6.12 0.82 0.47 1234
11 1 0.282746 0.000022 0.001151 0.000023 243 − 0.92 0.77 4.23 949
10 1 0.282782 0.000026 0.001783 0.000034 243 0.37 0.91 5.43 866
14 1 0.282714 0.000021 0.001176 0.000022 243 − 2.06 0.75 3.09 1017
18 1 0.282731 0.000023 0.001243 0.00002 243 − 1.45 0.82 3.69 978
CLL-44 2 1 0.282729 0.000031 0.00256 0.000107 303 − 1.52 1.1 4.63 968
4 1 0.28268 0.000025 0.000861 0.000013 303 − 3.24 0.89 3.25 1055
5 1 0.282665 0.000027 0.003532 0.000212 303 − 3.79 0.94 2.17 1124
10 1 0.282656 0.000031 0.002588 0.000049 303 − 4.1 1.11 2.05 1132
12 1 0.282693 0.000025 0.000847 0.000017 303 − 2.78 0.89 3.72 1026
13 1 0.282725 0.000025 0.001043 0.000007 303 − 1.66 0.89 4.8 957
16 1 0.282572 0.00002 0.001233 0.000008 303 − 7.07 0.7 − 0.66 1304
19 1 0.282688 0.00003 0.000938 0.000014 303 − 2.97 1.07 3.5 1039
CLL-73 1 1 0.282693 0.000029 0.003825 0.000033 293 − 2.79 1.03 2.91 1069
2 1 0.282742 0.000031 0.002561 0.000107 293 − 1.06 1.1 4.89 943
5 1 0.282686 0.000015 0.001249 0.000088 293 − 3.05 0.52 3.15 1054
6 1 0.282704 0.000015 0.001284 0.000125 293 − 2.41 0.54 3.78 1014
10 1 0.282692 0.000017 0.002317 0.000033 293 − 2.82 0.6 3.17 1053
CLL-75 3 1 0.282607 0.000036 0.001289 0.000057 308 − 5.84 1.27 0.67 1224
7 1 0.282625 0.00003 0.001158 0.000005 308 − 5.2 1.05 1.33 1181
8 1 0.282549 0.000036 0.001675 0.000053 308 − 7.9 1.27 − 1.47 1360
10 1 0.282601 0.000031 0.001837 0.000063 308 − 6.05 1.1 0.34 1244
11 1 0.282559 0.000038 0.001234 0.000042 308 − 7.52 1.33 −1 1330
CLL-76 1 1 0.282686 0.000021 0.000442 0.00004 299 − 3.05 0.74 3.44 1040
5 1 0.282696 0.000033 0.001747 0.000082 299 − 2.69 1.17 3.54 1034
9 1 0.28277 0.000036 0.002918 0.000134 299 − 0.06 1.26 5.94 881
10 1 0.282728 0.00004 0.006285 0.000045 299 − 1.54 1.43 3.79 1018
1 1 0.282656 0.000029 0.001517 0.000038 298 − 4.1 1.03 2.16 1121
2 1 0.282606 0.000024 0.000845 0.000013 298 − 5.88 0.85 0.51 1226
3 1 0.282592 0.000029 0.001363 0.000041 298 − 6.38 1.02 − 0.1 1265
5 1 0.282612 0.000026 0.000871 0.000036 298 − 5.67 0.9 0.71 1214
7 1 0.282572 0.000026 0.0012 0.000031 298 − 7.07 0.92 − 0.76 1306
CLL-238 20 1 0.282555 0.000017 0.001252 0.000006 309 − 7.66 0.61 − 1.12 1338
16 1 0.282542 0.000036 0.001919 0.000074 309 − 8.14 1.28 − 1.74 1377
10 1 0.28259 0.000028 0.001656 0.000072 309 − 6.43 0.98 0.02 1265
8 1 0.282584 0.000024 0.001229 0.000034 309 − 6.65 0.83 − 0.11 1274
6 1 0.282606 0.000024 0.001156 0.000055 309 − 5.88 0.84 0.68 1224
11 1 0.282582 0.000024 0.001169 0.000043 309 − 6.73 0.84 − 0.17 1278
CLL-297 1 1 0.282748 0.00002 0.001409 0.000038 250 − 0.84 0.72 4.42 939
3 1 0.282747 0.000021 0.001436 0.00002 250 − 0.89 0.72 4.37 943
4 1 0.282722 0.000021 0.001463 0.000043 250 − 1.78 0.73 3.47 1000

Triassic Colombian Andes at ca. 300–270 Ma, 250 Ma, and was originally defined as the Collahuasi Formation (Vergara,
230 Ma. These were interpreted to represent late-tectonic, 1978; Vergara and Thomas, 1984). We refer to this unit as the
extension-related magmatism. Collahuasi Group because it displays a complex succession of
intermediate to felsic lava flows, pyroclastic and sedimentary
4. The Collahuasi Group rocks, ignimbrites, sub-volcanic bodies, and domes. This
complex combination of facies and the absence of detailed
An assemblage of felsic volcanic rocks and associated mapping hinder definition of an accurate stratigraphy. The
porphyry intrusions that mainly comprise the late Paleozoic to Collahuasi Group is correlative with a number of other Late
Triassic basement in the Chilean Altiplano in the Collahuasi area Carboniferous to Triassic basement formations along the
Domeyko Cordillera and the Main Andes in northern Chile. flow-banding and identifiable contacts between successive
These include the Quipisca Formation at 20°S (Galli 1968), the flows. Frequently, they grade laterally into intrusive porphyry
La Tabla Formation between 24°S and 27°S (García 1967; facies, with crosscutting subvertical contacts and local sub-
Marinovic et al. 1995; Cornejo et al. 1998, 2006; Tomlinson vertical flow-banding. For this reason, delimitation of the
et al. 1999), the Tuina Formation (Marinovic and Lahsen 1984), intrusive facies is difficult during field mapping. Lithological
the Agua Dulce Formation (García 1967; Marinovic and Lahsen characteristics indicate that the unit represents effusive dome
1984), the Pantanoso Formation in the Copiapó region at 27– and flow-dome complexes, and thick viscous lava flows, with
28°S (Mercado 1982; Iriarte et al. 1996), the lower part of the porphyritic intrusions that likely were their feeder conduits. A
Pastos Blancos Group (Martin et al. 1999), and the Peine finely stratified sedimentary succession, about 150-m-thick, is
Formation (i.e., Marinovic and García 1999). intercalated with the igneous rocks in the Collahuasi area.
The base of the Collahuasi Group is not exposed, but it is Individual beds vary from a few centimeters to a number of
thought to unconformably overlie early Paleozoic intrusive meters in thickness, and are composed of gray limestones,
rocks emplaced into metamorphic rocks (Sierra de Moreno laminated siliceous levels (chert) with lesser calcite, and green
Schists; Skarmeta and Marinovic, 1981) that are part of the and red sandstone strata.
Arequipa–Antofalla craton (Ramos, 1988; Casquet et al., The middle member is composed of andesite lavas, but also
2007), and Devonian–Carboniferous sedimentary rocks that basalt flows (49–56% SiO2; Tomlinson et al., 2001), forming a
outcrop 50 km southeast of Collahuasi (Tomlinson et al., 2001). massive 1800-m-thick unit at Collahuasi; stratification is only
In turn, rocks of the Collahuasi Group are unconformably apparent when tuffaceous levels are intercalated. The unit is
covered by Jurassic marine carbonate rocks (Quehuita Forma- mainly composed of dark volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks.
tion; Vergara and Thomas, 1984), as well as locally Middle to There are a number of volcanic rock textures, ranging from
Late Triassic sedimentary and volcanic rocks (Tomlinson et al., porphyritic andesitic-basaltic rocks with large plagioclase
2001). phenocrysts, which are as much as 3-cm-long, to fine-grained
Rocks of the Collahuasi Group are exposed along a 200-km- aphanitic rocks.
long, north–south belt bounded by the West and the El Loa The upper member of rhyolite and dacite forms a succession
regional faults, which are part of the north–south Domeyko with a maximum exposed thickness of 1100 m. It is formed
strike-slip fault system (Fig. 2; Maksaev, 1990; Boric et al., mainly by massive dacite and rhyolite beds, with andesite
1990). The Rio Loa fault has been recognized immediately east intercalated in the uppermost part of the succession.
of the Ujina porphyry copper deposit and extends south along Sub-volcanic stocks of rhyolite porphyry form an integral
the headwaters of the Loa River, but is mostly covered by part of the Collahuasi Group. These are pink to purple, coarse-
extensive late Miocene ignimbrite strata (Bisso et al., 1998). grained to porphyritic rocks with abundant quartz augen, which
The northern termination of the Collahuasi Group is poorly either have sharp contacts or are transitional to flow-domes and
defined because the unit is buried beneath the middle Miocene silicic lava flows. The rocks are biotite and/or hornblende
Huasco Ignimbrite (Vergara and Thomas, 1984). A crustal block rhyolite with phenocrysts of K-feldspar, plagioclase, and
of predominantly Paleozoic basement, which is bounded by the embayed quartz that are as much as 5 mm in diameter; the
West and the Rio Loa faults, is inferred to have been uplifted groundmass is composed of a microcrystalline (recrystallized)
during the late Eocene Incaic orogeny (Masterman, 2003). This aggregate of quartz and feldspar. Typically, the mafic minerals
uplift is recorded by apatite fission track ages of 41 to 34 Ma for are replaced by chlorite, epidote, calcite, and opaque minerals,
the basement rocks at Collahuasi (Maksaev et al., 2006). whereas the feldspars are partly altered to sericite and clay
Vergara and Thomas, (1984) identified three members of the minerals.
Collahuasi Group: the lower member is comprised of dacite and Extensive equigranular granitoid batholiths, with a wide
rhyolite with intercalated sandstone and limestone lenses, a range of composition from syenogranite to diorite, are exposed
middle member is mainly composed of andesitic rocks, and an from Altos de Pica to Chuquicamata (Fig. 1). They are
upper member is composed mostly of dacite and rhyolite. emplaced into the late Paleozoic felsic volcanic strata. Although
However, on a regional scale, the volcanic rocks of the distinct intrusions, these batholiths are temporally associated
Collahuasi Group have significant lateral lithological variation with rocks of the Collahuasi Group and collectively form the
that is probably due to association with different volcanic basement in the region. Biotite and amphibole K–Ar ages, and a
centers. The relative stratigraphic position of the outcropping few U–Pb zircon determinations for the intrusions, range from
volcanic rocks is not always clear, due to fault displacements 332 to 245 Ma (Huete et al., 1977; Damm et al., 1986; Lucassen
and lack of stratigraphic marker horizons. Thus regional et al., 1999; Tomlinson et al., 2001; and Masterman, 2003)
mapping has simply defined units based on the dominant (Table 1; Fig. 1).
lithologies. The general description presented here follows that
of Tomlinson et al. (2001). 5. Geochronology
The lower member of rhyolite and dacite form a succession
with a massive appearance and a maximum thickness of Samples of basement rocks in the Collahuasi area were
2500 m. The sequence is mostly composed of 20- to 100-m- obtained from the Quebrada Blanca, Rosario, and Ujina mines
thick dacitic and rhyolitic flows and tuffs, tuffaceous breccias, and from the Los Colorados, Characolla, La Profunda, and El
and ignimbrite horizons. These extrusive rocks show parallel Loa prospects. A summary of the thirteen new SHRIMP U–Pb
zircon age determinations is presented in Table 2. The derived from a weighted mean of 206 Pb/238U ages for the
respective Tera and Wasserburg concordia plots and U–Pb analyses of zoned igneous zircon as evidenced by cathodolu-
age relative probability plots are shown in Figs. 3–6, whereas minescence imaging of sectioned grains. A dacite from a dome
the full analytical data are given in Appendix B. at El Colorado has an U–Pb age of 298.8 ± 2.2 Ma (Table 2). On
Nine felsic porphyries have SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages in a relative probability plot for all thirteen U–Pb age determina-
the range 308.5 ± 2.2 Ma to 292.7 ± 1.9 M. These data are tions (Fig. 7), these ten felsic volcanic rocks form a major

Fig. 3. Tera-Wasserburg concordia plot and probability density plot with stacked histogram of SHRIMP U–Pb age data for: (a) dacitic porphyry of Ujina (CLL-21);
(b) rhyolitic porphyry of Rosario (CLL-223); and (c) rhyolitic porphyry of Rosario (CLL-114).
Fig. 4. Tera-Wasserburg concordia plot and probability density plot with stacked histogram of SHRIMP U–Pb age data for: (a) rhyolitic porphyry of Rosario (CLL-237);
(b) rhyolitic porphyry of Rosario (CLL-238); and (c) granitic porphyry of Quebrada Blanca (CLL-44).

grouping at about 300 Ma. There is also a younger mode 245 ± 12 Ma obtained by Masterman et al. (2004) for the
at 244 Ma that is comprised of U–Pb ages for igneous rocks at Collahuasi porphyry that is one of the country rocks for the
the La Profunda and Characolla porphyry copper prospects Cenozoic Rosario Cu–Mo porphyry deposit. In addition, we
(244.8 ± 2.5 Ma and 243.2 ± 2.1 Ma, respectively, with another have obtained molybdenite Re–Os ages of 265.5 ± 1.3 and
Characolla porphyry U–Pb determination giving 248.7 ± 2.4 Ma 256.5 ± 1.3 Ma for the Characolla porphyry prospect, but these
for three spot analyses; Figs. 6 and 7). The U–Pb ages for these Re–Os ages are older than the U–Pb age of the Characolla
porphyries agree with the laser ICP-MS U–Pb zircon date of porphyry, probably because of the disturbance of molybdenite
Fig. 5. Tera-Wasserburg concordia plot and probability density plot with stacked histogram of SHRIMP U–Pb age data for: (a) granitic porphyry of El Colorado (CLL-73);
(b) rhyolitic porphyry of El Colorado (CLL-75); and (c) dacite (dome) of El Colorado (CLL-76).

Re–Os system (R. Mathur, written commun., 2005). The U–Pb Previous geochronological data for equigranular granitoid
zircon age data substantiate a Triassic porphyry copper plutons for the Andes between 21° and 22°S suggested a time-
mineralization episode that is much older than the larger span of 332 to 245 Ma for magmatism (Table 1; Fig. 1). The
tonnage and more widely described Cenozoic porphyry copper new SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages from 309 to 293 Ma for the
deposits that are currently mined in the Collahuasi area. oldest population of porphyries and volcanic rocks from the
Fig. 6. Tera-Wasserburg concordia plot and probability density plot with stacked histogram of SHRIMP U–Pb age data for: (a) granite porphyry of Characolla (CLL-32);
(b) granite porphyry of Characolla (CLL-297); (c) dacite of La Profunda (CLL-30); and (d) rhyolitic porphyry of El Loa (CLL-85).
 Widespread late Paleozoic igneous rocks exposed near Calama
(Fig. 1) have been interpreted alternatively as the products of arc
magmatism (e.g., Brown, 1991; Bahlburg and Hervé, 1997),
crustal melts at a passive margin (Breitkreuz and Zeil, 1994,
Lucassen et al. 1999, and references therein), or subduction-
related, mantle-derived melts with some crustal contamination
(Brown, 1991). The latter interpretation assumes a transition from
a passive to an active continental margin during Late Carbonifer-
ous (Bahlburg, 1993; Bahlburg and Hervé, 1997).

6.2. Sr and Sm–Nd isotopes

Strontium and Nd isotopic data for dacite and rhyodacite

from the Collahuasi area are discussed by Masterman, (2003),
but due to the intense potassic alteration, the calculated
Fig. 7. Probability plot of the SHRIMP zircon U–Pb data. Two peaks are 87
apparent at 300 Ma and 244 Ma, consistent with two discrete magmatic Sr/86Sr initial ratios (0.6634–0.7024) are mostly not mean-
episodes. ingful. Corresponding εNd values cluster between −0.53 to
+0.13 (recalculated after Masterman, 2003) and are consistent
with the involvement of an evolved crustal component. Isotopic
Collahuasi Group overlap the previous 293 ± 14 Ma date from data for rocks exposed to the south (near Chuquicamata) have
the Collahuasi Formation (Masterman, 2003). The new data 87
Sr/86Sr initial ratios from 0.708 to 0.712 and εNd from about
confirm that there is a temporal relationship between the − 2 to − 10 (recalculated after Lucassen et al., 1999), which are
intrusion of equigranular plutons and the volcanism for the consistent with a long-lived crustal involvement in the source
oldest rocks of the Collahuasi Group. It also suggests a discrete region for the igneous rocks.
ca. 16-m.y.-long period of magmatism in the Late Carbonifer- We have measured Sr and Nd isotopes for four new samples of
ous to Early Permian. On the other hand, porphyritic intrusions the least altered volcanic rocks from the Collahuasi area; the Sr
in the Collahuasi area that are related to porphyry copper data are presented in Table 3. Samples from different lithologies
mineralization define a second, discrete younger magmatic and with different textures were selected. The initial 87Sr/86Sr
event at ca. 244 Ma. ratios, calculated at 300 Ma, cluster at 0.7055–0.7061 (Table 3),
excluding sample CLL-293 that yielded a geologically untenable
6. Petrogenesis value probably due to unrecognized alteration. The Sm–Nd
system appears to have been less affected by the alteration
6.1. Introduction processes and all four samples yield εNd values between −1.46
and −1.95 (at 300 Ma, Table 3). These εNd values indicate that the
The late Paleozoic–early Mesozoic magmatism from Altos rocks have components with some crustal residence time.
de Pica to Chuquicamata (Fig. 1) is mostly defined by rhyolite
and dacite lavas, and granite and granodiorite intrusions; only 6.3. Lu–Hf isotopes
near Chuquicamata do some relatively small diorite intrusions
outcrop. The magmatism in the Collahuasi area began in late The Hf isotope ratios have been determined for zircon grains
Paleozoic with the eruption of a large volume of felsic volcanic from 8 of the 13 samples that were previously dated by
rocks, with occasional mafic magmatism, and was considered to SHRIMP U–Pb. It has been demonstrated that zircon is not only
be a part of the Choiyoi Magmatic Province defined by of geochronological importance via the U–Th–Pb system, but
Mpodozis and Kay (1990). The volcanism was accompanied by that the associated Lu–Hf system can be used as a tracer of
widespread plutonism. The large volume of silicic rocks crustal evolution (e.g., Taylor and McLennan, 1985; Vervoort
suggests that this magmatism involved crustal melting (e.g., and Blichert-Toft, 1999; Zhang et al., 2007). Zircons retain their
Lucassen et al., 1999). isotopic integrity through multiple episodes of magmatic and
Hydrothermal alteration in the Collahuasi area related to sedimentary recycling. More importantly, zircons have very low
Tertiary porphyry copper deposits, particularly silicification and Lu/Hf ratios (typically ~ 0.001), so that Hf isotope ratio
potassic assemblages, has obscured the original chemistry of the corrections due to in situ radiogenic growth are virtually
rocks and may have impacted the isotopic ratios, particularly for negligible. In other words, zircons preserve accurate approx-
Sr. This is apparent in the chemical data of Masterman (2003) imations of the initial 176Hf/177 Hf ratio of the magma at the time
that reports copper contents of even the less altered rocks as of crystallization (Patchett et al., 1981).
being as great as 1.8%. In addition, most of the rocks from the The εHf values for the analysed zircons are given in Table 4,
Collahuasi Group fall within the high-K and shoshonitic fields with initial Hf values calculated at the U–Pb zircon crystal-
in a SiO2 versus K2O diagram, which does not correspond to the lization age. Initial εHf values are mostly positive, being as large
igneous composition of what are defined as the least altered as +5.9, but some negative values were obtained for the ca.
rocks (Masterman, 2003). 300 Ma rocks (Table 4; Fig. 8). For the oldest rocks, two groups
 Collahuasi Group has two discrete magmatic episodes at ca.
300 Ma and 244 Ma. They also indicate that the Collahuasi
Group is the product of temporally discrete magmatic pulses,
rather than the result of continuous and widespread magmatism,
similarly to the conclusions of Martin et al. (1999) for the
equivalent Pastos Blancos Group in the area of the high Andes
between 29–30°S.
The slightly negative εNd values (− 2 to − 1.5), together with
87
Sr/86Sr ratios (0.7056) of volcanic rocks of the Collahuasi
Group, are consistent with the involvement of crustal material in
the magma genesis. Furthermore, the fact that rocks with
different compositions (rhyolite to andesite) show relatively
similar εNd values Sr initial ratios does not support fractional
crystallization or different degrees of melting of a homogeneous
parent magma, unless magmatism took place over an
unreasonably short time interval.
Fig. 8. εHf(T) in zircons grains versus the respective SHRIMP U–Pb age; error The range of εHf values in zircon from − 1.7 to + 5.9
bar at ±2σ is shown as inset. suggests that the rocks were derived from different sources or
via different processes. The involvement of crustal MORB-
type magmas is unlikely, as the rocks derived from such a
source would have εHf values of about + 15. The magma
are evident: one with εHf values from − 1.7 to + 2.2 (CLL-75; undoubtedly has some component of sedimentary rocks; it
CLL-85; CLL-238); and the other with εHf values from about probably evolved in the upper crust, most likely in rocks of
+ 2.0 to + 5.9, with one grain at − 0.7 (CLL-44, CLL-73, CLL- the metamorphic basement that outcrop near Chuquicamata.
76). The 244 Ma rocks show a single cluster with εHf values in In fact, Lucassen et al. (1999) proposed that the late
the range from + 2.2 to + 5.4 (Fig. 8). The Hf isotope evolution Paleozoic igneous rocks of that region originated during
trends are shown on Fig. 8 and indicate that the 300 Ma group anatexis involving recycling of the basement rocks. Another
with the more evolved signatures could not provide a source possible scenario, however, is that the magma composition
for the initial Hf of the 244 Ma magmas. However, the less was a mixture of crustal melts and depleted mantle-derived
evolved 300 Ma group could provide the initial Hf at 244 Ma, magmas.
although it is likely that a small contribution was obtained Two clusters of average εHf values in zircon at − 1.7 to + 2.2
from a more depleted source (note that the Depleted Mantle εHf and +2.0 to + 5.9 for the ca. 300 Ma rocks show a history of
would be about + 15.0 and + 15.2 at 300 Ma and 245 Ma, different magma sources or processes, with variable degrees of
respectively). The overall data indicate that there was a crustal involvement. In addition, average εHf values in zircon
significant contribution of older crustal material to the magmas cluster at about + 3.5 to + 4.5 for the ca. 244 Ma rocks. This
from which the zircons have crystallized, but also show shows that these were derived from relatively less radiogenic
differences among them giving support to variable magmatic source material. This could thus reflect the anatexis of younger
sources or processes for the origin of the rocks of the rocks or those with less Lu, or involved a mixture between
Collahuasi Group. crustal melts and more primitive sub-crustal magma.
The tectonic regime and crustal evolution of this area during
7. Discussion and conclusions late Paleozoic are complex. Llambías and Sato (1995)
proposed a cessation of subduction in the Permian and a
Geochronology of the Collahuasi Group has previously possible transition from a subduction-related magmatic arc to a
been reported based upon poorly-constrained K-feldspar and collisional regime with crustal thickening, which was followed
whole rock K–Ar ages (144 to 39 Ma, recalculated from Huete by Triassic post-orogenic granite magmatism in the Argenti-
et al., 1977; Baker, 1977; Vergara and Thomas, 1984; Damm nean part of the Cordillera Frontal. Our data are consistent with
et al., 1986) or limited LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb dates of 293 ± crustal melting as the main source for the magmatism, but
14 Ma for a dacite ignimbrite and 245 ± 12 Ma for a porphyritic with the addition of Late Carboniferous magmas from other
granodiorite (Collahuasi porphyry) from the Rosario porphyry sources, and with Early Triassic contributions from more
copper deposit (Masterman et al., 2005). Tomlinson et al. primitive sources.
(2001) first assigned the rocks of the Collahuasi Group to the
Late Carboniferous to Early Triassic, based on more regional Acknowledgements
K–Ar and U–Pb ages of plutonic rocks that were emplaced
within the co-genetic volcanic strata between 332 and 245 Ma. This study was supported by CONICYT, Chile, through
Given the limited and questionable geochronology of igneous Fondecyt 1030912 grant to F. Munizaga and V. Maksaev
rocks in the Collahuasi area, we have carried out SHRIMP U–Pb (Universidad de Chile). We are grateful to the Doña Inés de
zircon age determinations. Our new U–Pb data indicate that the Collahuasi and Quebrada Blanca mining companies that
granted access for sampling at their mines, prospects, and about 20 µm across). Laser ablation analyses were performed on
drillcores, and supplied geological information. We are the same locations. For most analyses of unknowns or
particularly thankful to Ricardo Palma, Manuel Durán, and secondary standards, the laser spot size on the sample was
Jean Philippe Desrochers. The geologists Claudio Bisso, either 47 or 37 µm in diameter, depending on the size of the
Claudio Ahumada, Leonardo Torres, Sergio Giglio, Patricio grain and the nature of internal structure as revealed by CL
Osorio, Jorge Zamorano, Boris Alarcón, Pedro Apablaza, imaging. The mass spectrometer was first tuned to optimal
Michael Buchanan, Marcial Vergara, and Alejandro Sanhueza sensitivity using a large grain of zircon from the Monastery
greatly facilitated our work at the high altitude of Collahuasi. kimberlite.
Helpful comments by Suzanne M. Kay, David Chew and The detector array was as follows:
Richard Goldfarb are greatly appreciated.
Cup L4 L3 L2 L1 C H1 H2 H3 H4
Appendix A. Analytical procedures Mass 171 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 181

A.1. U–Pb SHRIMP All listed masses were measured simultaneously in static-
collection mode. A gas blank was acquired at regular intervals
Zircon grains were obtained from samples of the Collahuasi throughout the analytical session (every ten analyses).
Group and associated intrusive rocks following normal mineral The laser was pulsed with a repetition rate of 5–8 Hz and
separation procedures, which included crushing, washing, and applied fluence of ~ 5 J/m 2 at the target site. Data were
heavy liquid and magnetic separation. Hand-picked zircon acquired for 100 s, but in many cases only a selected interval
grains were mounted in epoxy, together with chips of the FC1 from the total acquisition was used in data reduction. In
or Temora reference zircons, sectioned approximately in one- each batch of samples between gas blank measurements,
half, and polished. Reflected and transmitted light photo- several secondary standard zircons (91500, FC-1, Temora-2,
micrographs were prepared for all zircons, as were cathodo- Monastery and Mud Tank) were measured to assess data
luminescence (CL) Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) quality.
images. The CL images were used to decipher the internal Measured signal intensity was typically ≈5–6 V total Hf at the
structures of the sectioned grains and to ensure that the ~ 20 µm beginning of ablation, and decreased over the acquisition period
SHRIMP spot was wholly within a single age compo- to 2 V or less. Isobaric interferences of 176Lu and 176Yb on the
176
nent within the sectioned grains. Uranium–Th–Pb analyses Hf signal were corrected by monitoring signal intensities of
175
were made using a sensitive high resolution ion micro- Lu and 173Yb and 171Yb. The interference of 174Yb on 174Lu
probe (SHRIMP II) for determining the respective zircon was also corrected from the monitored 173Yb and 171Yb isotopes.
238
U/ 206 Pb ages following procedures given in Williams These Lu and Yb isobar interferences were corrected using an
(1998, and references therein). Analytic work was done at exponential mass fractionation beta coefficient based on reference
the Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian of the measured 173Yb/171Yb to the atomic ratio of 1.123456
National University, Canberra, Australia. Each analysis con- proposed by Thirwall and Anczkiewicz (2004), and the Yb and
sisted of six scans through the mass range, with a FC1 or Lu isotope ratio compositions reported by Thirwall and
Temora U–Pb reference grain analyzed for every three Anczkiewicz (2004), and Chu et al. (2002), respectively. In
unknown analyses. The data have been reduced using the cases where zircon Yb contents were too low to measure
173
SQUID Excel Macro of Ludwig (2001); U/Pb ratios have been Yb/171Yb to an internal precision better than 4%, the applied
normalized relative to a value of 0.0668 for the Temora Yb and Lu beta coefficient was estimated from the measured Hf
reference zircon, equivalent to an age of 417 Ma (see Black beta coefficient, based on the measured in-run ratio of the Yb and
et al., 2003). Uncertainties given for individual analyses (ratios Hf beta coefficients. The latter was found typically to have a value
and ages) are at the one-sigma level (see Appendix A). Tera and near 1.30, consistent with the relationship reported by Chu et al.
Wasserburg (1972) concordia plots, probability density plots (2002). Interference corrected Hf isotopes ratios were subse-
with stacked histograms, and weighted mean 206 Pb/238 U age quently corrected for instrumental mass fractionation using an
calculations were carried out using ISOPLOT/EX (Ludwig, exponential law based on reference of the measured 179Hf/177Hf
2003). Weighted mean 206 Pb/238 U ages have been calculated to the atomic ratio of 0.7325 proposed by Thirwall and
and the uncertainties are reported as 95% confidence limits. Anczkiewicz (2004). The determined 174Hf/177Hf ratio used to
assess the veracity of the correction procedure applied to Lu and
A.2. Hf isotopes Yb isotope interferences on 174Hf and 176Hf.

The measurements were conducted by laser ablation multi- A.3. Sr and Sm–Nd isotopes
collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy using a
RSES Neptune MC-ICPMS coupled with a HelEx 193 μm ArF The Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd isotopic analysis were carried out at
Excimer laser ablation system (Eggins, 2003; Eggins et al., Geochronological Research Center of the University of Sao
2005). Samples were photographed under a reflected light Paulo, Brazil. The samples for analysis were prepared by
microscope subsequent to U–Pb dating by SHRIMP to reveal standard methods according to the analytical procedures
the location on each grain of the ion probe sputter pit (typically described by Tassinari et al. (1996), involving HF-HNO3
dissolution and HCl cation exchange. No visible solid residues Jolla and BCR-1 standards were 0.511847 ±0.00005 (2σ) and
were observed after dissolution. Samples with incomplete dis- 0.512662 ± 0.00005 (2σ), respectively. The blanks were less than
solution were discarded. The Sr isotopic ratios were normalized 0.03 ng. The Sr and Nd isotope analyses were carried out on a
to 86Sr/88Sr = 0.1194; replicate analyses of 87Sr/86Sr for the multi-collector Finnigan-MAT 262 mass spectrometer. The
NBS987 standard gave a mean value of 0.71028 ± 0.00006 (2σ), isotopic data were regressed using the decay constants established
the blanks for Sr were 5 ng. Nd ratios were normalized to a in Steiger and Jaeger (1977); for 87Rb = 1.42 × 10− 11 yr− 1; for
146Nd/144Nd = 0.72190. The averages of 143Nd/144Nd for La 147Sm = 6.54 × 10− 12 yr− 1.

Appendix B. Zircon SHRIMP U–Pb analytical data for rocks of the Collahuasi Group

Total Radiogenic Age (Ma)

Grain. spot U (ppm) Th (ppm) Th/U Pb⁎ (ppm)
206 204
Pb/206Pb f206 % 238
U/206Pb ± 207
Pb/206Pb ± 206
Pb/238U ± 206
Pb/238U ±
Sample CLL-44
1.1 170 76 0.45 6.8 0.000494 0.48 21.47 0.26 0.0560 0.0011 0.0464 0.0006 292.1 3.5
2.1 371 77 0.21 15.5 0.000262 0.26 20.50 0.22 0.0546 0.0007 0.0487 0.0005 306.2 3.3
3.1 469 78 0.17 19.8 0.000038 0.16 20.36 0.23 0.0538 0.0008 0.0490 0.0006 308.7 3.5
4.1 123 79 0.64 4.9 0.000109 0.31 21.55 0.27 0.0547 0.0012 0.0463 0.0006 291.5 3.6
5.1 969 76 0.08 40.4 0.000077 0.01 20.62 0.21 0.0526 0.0004 0.0485 0.0005 305.2 3.1
5.2 89 71 0.80 3.7 0.000223 0.69 20.85 0.28 0.0578 0.0015 0.0476 0.0006 300.0 4.0
6.1 157 75 0.48 6.5 0.000797 0.81 20.84 0.25 0.0589 0.0011 0.0476 0.0006 299.8 3.6
7.1 142 79 0.55 5.8 – 0.33 20.99 0.26 0.0549 0.0015 0.0475 0.0006 299.0 3.6
8.1 115 76 0.66 4.7 0.000607 1.08 20.88 0.27 0.0610 0.0014 0.0474 0.0006 298.4 3.8
9.1 220 74 0.34 9.0 0.000132 0.17 20.93 0.24 0.0537 0.0009 0.0477 0.0006 300.4 3.4
10.1 272 77 0.28 11.1 0.000149 0.31 21.03 0.32 0.0548 0.0008 0.0474 0.0007 298.6 4.5
11.1 184 76 0.42 7.6 0.000370 0.43 20.76 0.28 0.0559 0.0010 0.0480 0.0007 302.0 4.1
12.1 105 73 0.69 4.4 0.000212 0.66 20.60 0.27 0.0577 0.0022 0.0482 0.0007 303.6 4.0
13.1 205 74 0.36 8.6 0.000604 0.32 20.59 0.24 0.0550 0.0010 0.0484 0.0006 304.7 3.5
14.1 773 78 0.10 32.2 0.000082 0.16 20.60 0.24 0.0538 0.0005 0.0485 0.0006 305.1 3.5
15.1 119 75 0.63 4.9 0.000431 0.51 20.99 0.26 0.0564 0.0013 0.0474 0.0006 298.6 3.7
16.1 510 72 0.14 21.6 0.000068 0.20 20.26 0.22 0.0541 0.0006 0.0493 0.0005 310.0 3.3
17.1 133 76 0.57 5.6 0.000372 0.97 20.58 0.25 0.0602 0.0015 0.0481 0.0006 303.0 3.7
18.1 170 78 0.46 7.1 0.000198 1.23 20.68 0.25 0.0622 0.0016 0.0478 0.0006 300.8 3.6
18.2 192 74 0.39 20.3 0.000141 0.15 8.110 0.098 0.0654 0.0007 0.1231 0.0015 748.5 8.7
19.1 194 76 0.39 8.1 0.000007 0.28 20.52 0.30 0.0547 0.0010 0.0486 0.0007 305.9 4.4
20.1 140 79 0.56 5.9 0.003423 5.69 20.40 0.25 0.0978 0.0070 0.0462 0.0008 291.4 4.9
21.1 108 78 0.72 4.5 0.000557 0.66 20.50 0.26 0.0577 0.0013 0.0485 0.0006 305.0 3.9
Weighted mean 206Pb/238U age 292.7 ± 2.0 Ma

Sample CLL-73
1.1 576 903 1.57 22.6 0.000022 0.04 21.843 0.244 0.0524 0.0006 0.0458 0.0005 288.5 3.2
2.1 266 343 1.29 10.5 0.000236 0.21 21.788 0.301 0.0538 0.0009 0.0458 0.0006 288.7 3.9
3.1 263 401 1.52 10.5 – b0.01 21.483 0.384 0.0501 0.0009 0.0467 0.0008 294.0 5.2
4.1 179 174 0.98 7.1 – 0.34 21.638 0.267 0.0548 0.0013 0.0461 0.0006 290.3 3.6
5.1 265 366 1.38 10.3 0.000010 0.31 22.097 0.265 0.0544 0.0009 0.0451 0.0005 284.5 3.4
6.1 452 416 0.92 18.1 0.000041 0.09 21.419 0.236 0.0529 0.0007 0.0466 0.0005 293.9 3.2
7.1 286 407 1.42 11.3 0.000257 0.23 21.730 0.275 0.0539 0.0009 0.0459 0.0006 289.4 3.6
8.1 418 585 1.40 16.8 0.000065 0.03 21.447 0.239 0.0524 0.0007 0.0466 0.0005 293.7 3.2
9.1 287 47 0.16 11.3 0.000028 0.23 21.732 0.251 0.0539 0.0009 0.0459 0.0005 289.4 3.3
10.1 423 613 1.45 16.5 0.000149 0.06 21.984 0.290 0.0525 0.0007 0.0455 0.0006 286.6 3.7
11.1 386 353 0.91 15.3 0.000037 0.19 21.627 0.243 0.0536 0.0008 0.0462 0.0005 290.9 3.2
12.1 362 322 0.89 14.2 – 0.12 21.916 0.275 0.0530 0.0008 0.0456 0.0006 287.3 3.6
13.1 499 987 1.98 20.0 0.000025 0.06 21.456 0.236 0.0527 0.0007 0.0466 0.0005 293.5 3.2
14.1 119 123 1.04 4.8 0.000204 0.04 21.491 0.292 0.0525 0.0014 0.0465 0.0006 293.1 4.0
15.1 158 168 1.06 6.4 0.000114 0.17 21.315 0.354 0.0536 0.0012 0.0468 0.0008 295.1 4.9
16.1 742 888 1.20 29.9 – 0.15 21.303 0.228 0.0535 0.0006 0.0469 0.0005 295.3 3.1
17.1 162 152 0.93 6.6 0.000571 b0.01 21.030 0.268 0.0523 0.0012 0.0476 0.0006 299.5 3.8
18.1 284 383 1.35 11.5 0.000248 b0.01 21.128 0.247 0.0520 0.0009 0.0473 0.0006 298.2 3.5
19.1 101 108 1.06 4.1 0.000756 0.34 21.116 0.301 0.0550 0.0016 0.0472 0.0007 297.3 4.2
20.1 793 1403 1.77 32.1 0.000071 0.02 21.219 0.249 0.0524 0.0005 0.0471 0.0006 296.8 3.4
21.1 360 503 1.40 14.5 0.000138 0.19 21.302 0.244 0.0538 0.0008 0.0469 0.0005 295.2 3.3
22.1 947 1326 1.40 39.2 0.000060 b0.01 20.769 0.220 0.0521 0.0005 0.0482 0.0005 303.3 3.2
Weighted mean 206Pb/238U age 292.7 ± 1.9 Ma
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Appendix )
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Total Radiogenic Age (Ma)
Grain. spot U (ppm) Th (ppm) Th/U Pb⁎ (ppm)
206 204
Pb/ 206
Pb f206 % 238
U/ 206
Pb ± 207
Pb/ 206
Pb ± 206
Pb/ 238
U ± 206
Pb/238U ±
Sample CLL-114
1.1 152 69 0.45 6.4 0.000408 0.17 20.36 0.25 0.0539 0.0011 0.0490 0.0006 308.6 3.8
2.1 106 53 0.50 4.3 – 0.19 21.03 0.28 0.0538 0.0013 0.0475 0.0006 299.0 3.9
3.1 188 94 0.50 7.8 0.000333 b0.01 20.66 0.25 0.0522 0.0009 0.0484 0.0006 304.8 3.6
4.1 626 113 0.18 19.6 0.000148 0.23 27.46 0.29 0.0526 0.0006 0.0363 0.0004 230.1 2.4
5.1 320 156 0.49 13.4 0.000029 0.15 20.51 0.28 0.0537 0.0008 0.0487 0.0007 306.4 4.1
6.1 345 204 0.59 14.4 0.000005 0.10 20.61 0.23 0.0533 0.0007 0.0485 0.0005 305.1 3.4
7.1 166 109 0.66 6.8 0.000242 b0.01 20.79 0.30 0.0514 0.0010 0.0482 0.0007 303.3 4.3
Weighted mean 206Pb/238U age 304.6 ± 3.2 Ma

Sample CLL-76
1.1 491 393 0.80 20.2 0.000091 0.09 20.882 0.230 0.0531 0.0007 0.0478 0.0005 301.3 3.3
2.1 69 32 0.46 2.8 0.000465 0.39 21.241 0.323 0.0553 0.0018 0.0469 0.0007 295.4 4.5
3.1 345 323 0.94 14.0 0.000174 0.14 21.194 0.353 0.0534 0.0008 0.0471 0.0008 296.8 4.9
4.1 656 903 1.38 26.7 0.000100 0.11 21.084 0.239 0.0532 0.0006 0.0474 0.0005 298.4 3.3
5.1 139 91 0.66 5.2 0.000113 0.21 22.758 0.655 0.0534 0.0013 0.0439 0.0013 276.7 7.9
6.1 588 524 0.89 23.9 – 0.24 21.131 0.271 0.0542 0.0006 0.0472 0.0006 297.4 3.8
7.1 571 517 0.90 23.3 – b0.01 21.027 0.229 0.0520 0.0006 0.0476 0.0005 299.6 3.2
8.1 842 946 1.12 34.5 – b0.01 20.984 0.245 0.0524 0.0005 0.0477 0.0006 300.1 3.5
9.1 134 71 0.53 5.4 0.000544 0.53 21.303 0.283 0.0565 0.0014 0.0467 0.0006 294.2 3.9
10.1 1032 1851 1.79 41.7 0.000037 b0.01 21.290 0.227 0.0518 0.0005 0.0470 0.0005 296.1 3.1
11.1 283 185 0.65 11.4 0.000067 0.03 21.251 0.255 0.0525 0.0009 0.0470 0.0006 296.3 3.5
12.1 427 200 0.47 17.3 – 0.03 21.166 0.237 0.0525 0.0007 0.0472 0.0005 297.5 3.3
13.1 444 548 1.23 18.0 – b0.01 21.177 0.302 0.0522 0.0007 0.0472 0.0007 297.5 4.2
14.1 344 197 0.57 14.2 – b0.01 20.751 0.279 0.0524 0.0008 0.0482 0.0007 303.4 4.0
15.1 656 688 1.05 26.9 0.000065 0.01 20.919 0.225 0.0525 0.0008 0.0478 0.0005 301.0 3.2
16.1 454 458 1.01 18.6 0.000052 0.11 21.008 0.231 0.0532 0.0007 0.0475 0.0005 299.4 3.3
17.1 119 54 0.45 5.0 0.000585 1.85 20.257 0.269 0.0673 0.0018 0.0485 0.0007 305.0 4.1
18.1 154 56 0.36 6.1 0.000029 0.80 21.609 0.334 0.0585 0.0012 0.0459 0.0007 289.3 4.4
Weighted mean 206Pb/238U age 298.8 ± 2.2 Ma

Sample CLL-85
1.1 169 123 0.73 7.0 – 0.18 20.934 0.334 0.0538 0.0016 0.0477 0.0008 300.3 4.8
2.1 189 106 0.56 7.9 0.000305 0.08 20.595 0.337 0.0531 0.0011 0.0485 0.0008 305.4 4.9
3.1 102 81 0.79 4.0 0.000326 0.51 22.134 0.465 0.0560 0.0016 0.0449 0.0010 283.4 5.9
4.1 57 38 0.68 2.3 0.000975 0.77 20.785 0.339 0.0586 0.0021 0.0477 0.0008 300.6 4.9
5.1 97 51 0.53 4.1 – 0.21 20.583 0.290 0.0542 0.0015 0.0485 0.0007 305.2 4.3
6.1 135 73 0.54 5.5 0.000389 0.25 21.174 0.384 0.0543 0.0013 0.0471 0.0009 296.8 5.3
7.1 381 190 0.50 15.5 – 0.11 21.133 0.238 0.0532 0.0008 0.0473 0.0005 297.7 3.3
8.1 59 49 0.83 2.4 0.000487 0.14 21.479 0.393 0.0533 0.0020 0.0465 0.0009 293.0 5.3
9.1 104 80 0.77 4.2 0.000551 0.57 21.190 0.293 0.0568 0.0015 0.0469 0.0007 295.6 4.1
10.1 93 40 0.43 3.9 0.000741 0.51 20.726 0.408 0.0565 0.0016 0.0480 0.0010 302.2 5.9
11.1 123 113 0.92 5.0 – 0.49 20.992 0.340 0.0563 0.0014 0.0474 0.0008 298.6 4.8
12.1 380 163 0.43 15.5 0.000002 0.11 20.989 0.254 0.0532 0.0007 0.0476 0.0006 299.7 3.6
13.1 113 76 0.68 4.4 0.000002 0.31 21.989 0.313 0.0545 0.0014 0.0453 0.0007 285.8 4.0
14.1 130 71 0.54 5.2 0.000103 0.41 21.369 0.282 0.0555 0.0013 0.0466 0.0006 293.6 3.8
15.1 127 85 0.67 5.2 0.000035 b0.01 20.746 0.274 0.0524 0.0013 0.0482 0.0006 303.5 4.0
16.1 104 88 0.84 4.2 0.000462 0.91 21.387 0.391 0.0594 0.0016 0.0463 0.0009 292.0 5.3
17.1 517 258 0.50 20.7 0.000149 0.17 21.407 0.234 0.0535 0.0007 0.0466 0.0005 293.8 3.2
18.1 121 80 0.66 4.9 0.000635 0.31 21.278 0.284 0.0547 0.0014 0.0469 0.0006 295.2 3.9
19.1 81 64 0.79 3.2 0.000883 0.56 21.555 0.321 0.0566 0.0018 0.0461 0.0007 290.7 4.3
20.1 132 128 0.96 5.1 0.000087 0.25 22.179 0.291 0.0539 0.0013 0.0450 0.0006 283.6 3.7
Weighted mean 206Pb/238U age 297.6 ± 2.4 Ma

Sample CLL-75
1.1 290 170 0.58 12.2 – 0.25 20.501 0.305 0.0545 0.0009 0.0487 0.0007 306.3 4.5
2.1 246 166 0.67 10.2 0.000057 0.14 20.819 0.277 0.0535 0.0010 0.0480 0.0006 302.0 4.0
3.1 145 82 0.57 6.1 0.000064 0.03 20.363 0.317 0.0528 0.0013 0.0491 0.0008 309.0 4.8
4.1 293 138 0.47 12.3 0.000147 0.18 20.503 0.240 0.0539 0.0009 0.0487 0.0006 306.5 3.6
5.1 192 105 0.55 8.3 0.000070 0.04 19.986 0.333 0.0530 0.0011 0.0500 0.0008 314.6 5.2
6.1 361 177 0.49 15.3 0.000034 0.08 20.226 0.232 0.0532 0.0008 0.0494 0.0006 310.9 3.5
7.1 99 39 0.40 4.2 0.000752 0.18 20.280 0.295 0.0540 0.0016 0.0492 0.0007 309.7 4.5
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Appendix BB (continued
Total Radiogenic Age (Ma)
206 204 206 238 206 207 206 206 238 206
Grain. spot U (ppm) Th (ppm) Th/U Pb* (ppm) Pb/ Pb f206 % U/ Pb ± Pb/ Pb ± Pb/ U ± Pb/238U ±
Sample CLL-75
8.1 194 116 0.60 7.8 0.000294 b0.01 21.321 0.498 0.0514 0.0011 0.0469 0.0011 295.8 6.8
9.1 345 177 0.51 14.5 0.000041 b0.01 20.453 0.239 0.0520 0.0009 0.0489 0.0006 307.9 3.6
10.1 257 148 0.57 10.2 – b0.01 21.627 0.308 0.0521 0.0010 0.0462 0.0007 291.4 4.1
11.1 366 199 0.54 15.3 0.000028 0.05 20.496 0.305 0.0529 0.0008 0.0488 0.0007 306.9 4.5
12.1 97 35 0.36 4.0 0.000109 0.18 20.565 0.285 0.0539 0.0015 0.0485 0.0007 305.5 4.2
13.1 139 47 0.34 5.7 0.000140 0.16 20.835 0.403 0.0537 0.0012 0.0479 0.0009 301.7 5.8
14.1 284 158 0.56 12.1 – 0.28 20.180 0.239 0.0549 0.0009 0.0494 0.0006 310.9 3.6
15.1 135 77 0.57 5.7 0.000503 0.17 20.438 0.425 0.0538 0.0013 0.0488 0.0010 307.4 6.3
16.1 468 281 0.60 20.3 0.000077 b0.01 19.840 0.304 0.0527 0.0007 0.0504 0.0008 317.0 4.8
17.1 308 159 0.52 13.1 0.000053 0.14 20.207 0.275 0.0537 0.0009 0.0494 0.0007 310.9 4.2
18.1 272 158 0.58 10.0 0.000175 0.38 23.373 0.409 0.0547 0.0010 0.0426 0.0008 269.1 4.7
19.1 201 118 0.59 8.4 0.000006 0.34 20.470 0.287 0.0552 0.0011 0.0487 0.0007 306.5 4.3
20.1 203 131 0.64 8.6 0.001439 1.73 20.238 0.244 0.0664 0.0011 0.0486 0.0006 305.7 3.7
Weighted mean 206Pb/238U age 307.9 ± 2.8 Ma

Sample CLL-221
1.1 269 108 0.40 10.5 0.000384 0.54 22.04 0.43 0.0563 0.0011 0.0451 0.0009 284.5 5.5
2.1 319 201 0.63 12.6 0.000181 0.34 21.74 0.35 0.0548 0.0010 0.0458 0.0007 288.9 4.5
3.1 299 201 0.67 12.0 0.000219 0.49 21.35 0.51 0.0561 0.0010 0.0466 0.0011 293.7 6.9
4.1 322 184 0.57 12.9 0.000147 0.21 21.42 0.26 0.0539 0.0010 0.0466 0.0006 293.6 3.6
5.1 271 137 0.51 11.2 – b0.01 20.80 0.26 0.0515 0.0012 0.0481 0.0006 303.0 3.8
6.1 281 189 0.67 11.4 0.000248 0.08 21.20 0.27 0.0529 0.0010 0.0471 0.0006 296.9 3.7
7.1 379 278 0.73 15.4 0.000142 b0.01 21.14 0.25 0.0521 0.0009 0.0473 0.0006 298.0 3.5
8.1 394 240 0.61 16.3 0.000139 0.05 20.76 0.25 0.0528 0.0009 0.0482 0.0006 303.2 3.6
9.1 294 158 0.54 12.8 0.000000 0.55 19.69 0.38 0.0572 0.0013 0.0505 0.0010 317.6 6.0
10.1 342 210 0.61 14.3 0.000148 0.16 20.59 0.25 0.0538 0.0009 0.0485 0.0006 305.2 3.6
10.2 157 69 0.44 6.3 0.000631 0.18 21.51 0.30 0.0536 0.0014 0.0464 0.0007 292.3 4.1
Weighted Mean 206Pb/238U Age 296.9 ± 4.6 Ma

Sample CLL-223
1.1 357 193 0.54 13.3 0.000358 0.19 23.00 0.28 0.0533 0.0011 0.0434 0.0005 273.9 3.3
2.1 261 157 0.60 10.3 – 0.16 21.83 0.28 0.0534 0.0020 0.0457 0.0006 288.3 3.7
3.1 137 97 0.71 5.5 0.000099 0.34 21.49 0.32 0.0549 0.0016 0.0464 0.0007 292.3 4.3
4.1 313 189 0.60 13.0 0.000194 0.01 20.76 0.26 0.0525 0.0010 0.0482 0.0006 303.3 3.7
5.1 242 132 0.55 9.9 0.000167 0.19 21.07 0.27 0.0538 0.0012 0.0474 0.0006 298.3 3.8
6.1 387 245 0.63 15.9 – 0.20 20.86 0.25 0.0540 0.0012 0.0479 0.0006 301.3 3.6
7.1 378 244 0.65 15.6 – 0.04 20.84 0.25 0.0527 0.0009 0.0480 0.0006 302.1 3.5
8.1 112 82 0.73 4.5 – 0.06 21.45 0.33 0.0527 0.0016 0.0466 0.0007 293.6 4.5
9.1 201 136 0.68 8.2 0.000390 0.28 20.95 0.28 0.0546 0.0015 0.0476 0.0006 299.7 4.0
10.1 241 204 0.84 10.2 0.000390 b0.01 20.32 0.26 0.0522 0.0011 0.0492 0.0006 309.8 3.9
11.1 299 168 0.56 12.2 0.000263 0.44 21.13 0.26 0.0558 0.0010 0.0471 0.0006 296.8 3.6
12.1 110 69 0.63 4.4 0.000296 0.35 21.28 0.33 0.0550 0.0017 0.0468 0.0007 295.0 4.5
13.1 208 153 0.74 8.6 0.000300 b0.01 20.71 0.27 0.0513 0.0012 0.0483 0.0006 304.3 4.0
15.1 317 280 0.89 12.8 0.000147 0.20 21.17 0.26 0.0538 0.0010 0.0472 0.0006 297.0 3.6
16.1 306 179 0.58 12.3 0.000364 0.17 21.37 0.27 0.0536 0.0010 0.0467 0.0006 294.3 3.6
17.1 118 84 0.71 4.7 – 0.23 21.51 0.33 0.0540 0.0017 0.0464 0.0007 292.3 4.5
18.1 312 173 0.56 12.7 0.000332 0.17 21.00 0.26 0.0537 0.0010 0.0475 0.0006 299.4 3.7
19.1 154 101 0.66 6.2 0.000676 b0.01 21.17 0.30 0.0516 0.0014 0.0473 0.0007 297.8 4.2
20.1 240 97 0.40 9.8 0.000270 b0.01 20.96 0.31 0.0523 0.0012 0.0477 0.0007 300.5 4.4
Weighted Mean 206Pb/238U Age 298.3 ± 2.1 Ma

CLL-237
1.1 172 99 0.57 7.3 0.000817 1.36 20.41 0.25 0.0634 0.0012 0.0483 0.0006 304.2 3.6
2.1 63 26 0.41 2.7 0.001638 2.80 20.45 0.30 0.0748 0.0023 0.0475 0.0007 299.4 4.4
3.1 310 175 0.56 13.1 – 0.19 20.38 0.23 0.0540 0.0007 0.0490 0.0006 308.2 3.4
4.1 638 412 0.65 26.7 0.000082 0.10 20.49 0.22 0.0533 0.0006 0.0488 0.0005 306.9 3.3
5.1 343 185 0.54 14.0 0.000093 0.08 21.00 0.24 0.0529 0.0008 0.0476 0.0005 299.7 3.4
6.1 442 200 0.45 18.3 0.000204 0.14 20.75 0.23 0.0535 0.0007 0.0481 0.0005 303.1 3.3
Weighted Mean 206Pb/238U Age 303.9 ± 3.0 Ma
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Appendix BB(continued )
Total Radiogenic Age (Ma)
Grain. spot U (ppm) Th (ppm) Th/U Pb⁎ (ppm)
206 204
Pb/ 206
Pb f206 % 238
U/ 206
Pb ± 207
Pb/206
Pb ± 206
Pb/ 238
U ± 206
Pb/238U ±
Sample CLL-238
1.1 356 201 0.56 14.9 – 0.12 20.57 0.23 0.0534 0.0007 0.0485 0.0006 305.6 3.4
2.1 389 217 0.56 16.4 – b0.01 20.36 0.23 0.0521 0.0007 0.0491 0.0006 309.2 3.4
3.1 451 237 0.53 17.9 0.000319 0.11 21.70 0.27 0.0530 0.0007 0.0460 0.0006 290.1 3.6
4.1 368 195 0.53 15.5 0.000232 0.08 20.34 0.23 0.0532 0.0007 0.0491 0.0006 309.1 3.5
5.1 201 107 0.53 8.5 0.000333 0.15 20.44 0.25 0.0537 0.0010 0.0488 0.0006 307.4 3.7
6.1 361 217 0.60 15.4 0.000142 0.05 20.16 0.23 0.0530 0.0007 0.0496 0.0006 311.9 3.5
7.1 178 108 0.61 7.5 0.000826 0.09 20.47 0.26 0.0532 0.0014 0.0488 0.0006 307.2 3.9
8.1 155 77 0.49 6.6 – 0.17 20.20 0.26 0.0540 0.0011 0.0494 0.0006 311.0 4.0
9.1 438 241 0.55 17.8 0.000099 0.13 21.18 0.24 0.0533 0.0007 0.0471 0.0005 297.0 3.3
10.1 152 101 0.66 6.4 – 0.04 20.31 0.26 0.0529 0.0011 0.0492 0.0006 309.7 4.0
11.1 604 391 0.65 25.3 – b0.01 20.52 0.22 0.0521 0.0006 0.0487 0.0005 306.8 3.3
12.1 163 90 0.55 6.9 – 0.23 20.41 0.26 0.0544 0.0011 0.0489 0.0006 307.7 3.9
13.1 184 85 0.46 7.6 0.000204 0.23 20.96 0.26 0.0542 0.0011 0.0476 0.0006 299.7 3.7
14.1 229 137 0.60 9.6 0.000008 0.05 20.49 0.25 0.0529 0.0009 0.0488 0.0006 307.0 3.7
15.1 216 132 0.61 8.9 0.000429 0.11 20.93 0.26 0.0532 0.0010 0.0477 0.0006 300.5 3.6
16.1 228 153 0.67 9.5 0.000064 0.16 20.66 0.25 0.0537 0.0009 0.0483 0.0006 304.3 3.6
17.1 291 135 0.47 12.3 0.000006 0.07 20.34 0.24 0.0531 0.0010 0.0491 0.0006 309.1 3.6
18.1 181 89 0.49 7.7 0.000472 b0.01 20.09 0.26 0.0522 0.0014 0.0498 0.0007 313.3 4.1
19.1 189 99 0.53 8.0 0.000085 0.17 20.27 0.25 0.0539 0.0010 0.0492 0.0006 309.9 3.8
20.1 212 93 0.44 8.6 0.000388 0.25 21.15 0.26 0.0543 0.0010 0.0472 0.0006 297.1 3.6
Weighted Mean 206Pb/238U Age 308.5 ± 2.2 Ma

Sample CLL-30
1.1 287 223 0.78 9.6 0.000688 1.45 25.59 0.39 0.0627 0.0014 0.0385 0.0006 243.6 3.7
2.1 101 78 0.78 3.6 0.004070 9.31 24.23 0.64 0.1254 0.0049 0.0374 0.0011 236.9 7.1
3.1 323 105 0.32 4.6 0.004391 7.87 59.83 0.97 0.1105 0.0027 0.0154 0.0003 98.5 1.9
3.2 90 62 0.69 2.8 0.000116 1.70 27.32 0.41 0.0643 0.0025 0.0360 0.0006 227.9 3.5
5.1 116 87 0.75 3.8 0.001410 3.14 26.28 0.47 0.0759 0.0024 0.0369 0.0007 233.3 4.3
6.1 113 98 0.87 3.7 0.001460 4.23 25.91 0.47 0.0847 0.0026 0.0370 0.0007 233.9 4.4
7.1 107 103 0.96 3.6 0.002646 3.83 25.47 0.47 0.0816 0.0026 0.0378 0.0007 239.0 4.6
8.1 166 132 0.79 5.6 0.001355 1.84 25.48 0.43 0.0658 0.0018 0.0385 0.0007 243.7 4.1
9.1 65 49 0.76 2.3 0.002061 3.22 24.68 0.50 0.0769 0.0030 0.0392 0.0008 247.9 5.1
10.1 112 79 0.71 3.7 0.001488 4.12 25.67 0.46 0.0839 0.0025 0.0373 0.0007 236.4 4.5
11.1 208 241 1.16 7.0 0.001359 2.16 25.50 0.41 0.0683 0.0020 0.0384 0.0006 242.8 4.0
12.1 113 91 0.81 3.8 0.002178 2.87 25.43 0.46 0.0740 0.0023 0.0382 0.0007 241.6 4.4
13.1 66 47 0.71 2.5 0.008480 11.99 22.81 0.47 0.1471 0.0069 0.0386 0.0011 244.0 6.8
13.2 94 72 0.77 3.2 0.004291 7.13 25.25 0.47 0.1079 0.0031 0.0368 0.0008 232.9 4.9
14.1 112 77 0.69 3.8 0.002026 4.06 25.46 0.53 0.0835 0.0026 0.0377 0.0008 238.4 5.1
14.2 305 376 1.23 10.3 0.000026 0.43 25.56 0.30 0.0545 0.0008 0.0390 0.0005 246.4 2.8
15.1 186 205 1.10 6.4 0.002964 3.78 25.03 0.41 0.0813 0.0019 0.0384 0.0007 243.1 4.2
16.1 183 134 0.73 6.4 0.002875 4.96 24.66 0.41 0.0907 0.0020 0.0385 0.0007 243.8 4.3
17.1 138 101 0.73 4.9 0.003064 6.93 24.04 0.41 0.1066 0.0025 0.0387 0.0008 244.8 4.8
18.1 205 188 0.92 6.9 0.001894 3.55 25.30 0.41 0.0794 0.0022 0.0381 0.0007 241.2 4.1
19.1 87 69 0.79 2.9 0.000331 1.06 25.70 0.38 0.0596 0.0022 0.0385 0.0006 243.5 3.7
20.1 135 149 1.11 4.5 0.000657 0.55 25.60 0.40 0.0555 0.0013 0.0388 0.0006 245.7 3.8
21.1 98 73 0.75 3.3 0.000466 1.05 25.29 0.36 0.0596 0.0018 0.0391 0.0006 247.4 3.5
22.1 146 100 0.68 5.0 0.001480 2.03 25.23 0.33 0.0673 0.0038 0.0388 0.0006 245.6 3.4
23.1 139 130 0.94 4.6 0.000323 0.66 26.12 0.34 0.0563 0.0012 0.0380 0.0005 240.6 3.1
24.1 145 102 0.70 5.0 0.000146 0.32 25.23 0.33 0.0538 0.0012 0.0395 0.0005 249.8 3.2
25.1 130 110 0.84 4.5 0.000093 0.67 25.05 0.33 0.0566 0.0020 0.0397 0.0005 250.7 3.3
26.1 174 165 0.95 5.9 0.000169 0.54 25.22 0.32 0.0555 0.0011 0.0394 0.0005 249.4 3.1
28.1 77 56 0.73 2.6 0.000023 0.80 25.71 0.39 0.0575 0.0026 0.0386 0.0006 244.0 3.8
29.1 149 171 1.15 4.9 0.000128 0.67 26.06 0.34 0.0564 0.0012 0.0381 0.0005 241.1 3.1
30.1 186 152 0.82 6.4 0.000278 0.31 24.92 0.32 0.0538 0.0010 0.0400 0.0005 252.9 3.2
31.1 135 104 0.77 4.6 0.000828 0.51 25.24 0.40 0.0552 0.0017 0.0394 0.0006 249.3 3.9
32.1 143 118 0.83 4.9 0.000192 0.61 25.17 0.33 0.0561 0.0015 0.0395 0.0005 249.7 3.3
33.1 103 71 0.69 3.6 0.000466 0.60 24.63 0.47 0.0562 0.0021 0.0404 0.0008 255.1 4.9
34.1 58 42 0.73 2.0 0.000694 2.11 24.28 0.39 0.0682 0.0034 0.0403 0.0007 254.8 4.3
Weighted Mean 206Pb/238U Age 244.8 ± 2.5 Ma
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Appendix BB (continued
Total Radiogenic Age (Ma)
206 204 206 238 206 207 206 206 238 206
Grain. spot U (ppm) Th (ppm) Th/U Pb* (ppm) Pb/ Pb f206 % U/ Pb ± Pb/ Pb ± Pb/ U ± Pb/238U ±
Sample CLL-297
1.1 517 456 0.88 17.6 – b0.01 25.27 0.28 0.0506 0.0007 0.0396 0.0004 250.3 2.8
2.1 416 286 0.69 14.0 – b0.01 25.60 0.29 0.0509 0.0013 0.0391 0.0005 247.1 2.8
3.1 395 338 0.85 13.4 – 0.04 25.42 0.29 0.0515 0.0009 0.0393 0.0005 248.7 2.8
4.1 243 164 0.68 7.9 0.000432 b0.01 26.30 0.32 0.0505 0.0010 0.0380 0.0005 240.7 2.9
Weighted Mean 206Pb/238U Age 248.7 ± 3.3 Ma

Sample CLL-32
1.1 647 504 0.78 21.5 0.000536 0.44 25.888 0.375 0.0546 0.0008 0.0385 0.0006 243.3 3.5
2.1 474 431 0.91 15.7 0.000779 0.99 25.903 0.384 0.0589 0.0010 0.0382 0.0006 241.8 3.6
3.1 280 191 0.68 9.5 0.001439 1.80 25.468 0.397 0.0655 0.0014 0.0386 0.0006 243.9 3.8
4.1 453 297 0.66 15.2 0.000750 0.99 25.553 0.380 0.0590 0.0011 0.0387 0.0006 245.1 3.6
5.1 291 265 0.91 9.8 0.001709 1.30 25.569 0.396 0.0615 0.0013 0.0386 0.0006 244.2 3.8
6.1 519 400 0.77 16.7 0.000676 1.12 26.673 0.393 0.0599 0.0010 0.0371 0.0006 234.6 3.4
7.1 356 237 0.67 11.8 0.000316 0.94 26.006 0.395 0.0585 0.0012 0.0381 0.0006 241.0 3.6
8.1 523 392 0.75 17.6 0.000544 0.74 25.528 0.374 0.0570 0.0012 0.0389 0.0006 245.9 3.6
9.1 476 402 0.84 16.1 0.000419 0.60 25.386 0.374 0.0560 0.0010 0.0392 0.0006 247.6 3.6
10.1 354 269 0.76 12.1 0.000809 0.90 25.062 0.379 0.0584 0.0011 0.0395 0.0006 250.0 3.8
11.1 218 198 0.91 7.2 0.001112 2.03 25.967 0.418 0.0672 0.0016 0.0377 0.0006 238.7 3.9
12.1 184 91 0.50 7.8 0.000403 1.29 20.383 0.329 0.0628 0.0015 0.0484 0.0008 304.9 4.9
13.1 395 439 1.11 13.2 0.000520 1.34 25.667 0.384 0.0618 0.0011 0.0384 0.0006 243.1 3.6
14.1 556 571 1.03 18.7 0.000338 0.73 25.486 0.373 0.0570 0.0009 0.0390 0.0006 246.3 3.6
15.1 306 219 0.72 10.0 0.000948 1.46 26.220 0.404 0.0626 0.0013 0.0376 0.0006 237.8 3.7
16.1 514 467 0.91 17.0 0.000499 0.81 25.994 0.381 0.0575 0.0010 0.0382 0.0006 241.4 3.5
17.1 253 340 1.34 8.2 0.001219 1.37 26.437 0.415 0.0619 0.0014 0.0373 0.0006 236.1 3.7
18.1 740 801 1.08 25.1 0.000417 0.70 25.344 0.367 0.0568 0.0008 0.0392 0.0006 247.8 3.6
19.1 488 470 0.96 16.2 0.000738 1.06 25.804 0.381 0.0595 0.0012 0.0383 0.0006 242.6 3.6
20.1 258 217 0.84 8.6 0.001637 2.14 25.737 0.406 0.0682 0.0016 0.0380 0.0006 240.6 3.8
Weighted Mean 206Pb/238U Age 243.2 ± 2.1 Ma
Notes: (1) Uncertainties are given at the one σ level for individual spot analyses; (2) Error in FC1 reference zircon calibration for the respective analytical session was:
0.32% for samples CLL-221 y CLL-223; 0.35% for CLL-238; 0.37% for CLL-73 and CLL-75; 0.39% for CLL-44; 0.45% for CLL-76; 0.47% for CLL-85; and 0.51%
for CLL-30 and CLL-32. Error in Temora reference zircon calibration was: 0.33% for CLL-114 and CLL-237; 0.34% for CLL-297 (not included in above errors, but
required when comparing data from different mounts and incorporated in the mean weighted age); (3) “–“ denotes that no 204Pb was detected; (4) f % denotes the
206
percentage of 206Pb that is common Pb; (5) for common Pb was done using the measured 238U/206Pb and 207Pb/206Pb ratios following Tera and Wasserburg (1972), as
outlined in Williams (1998; the so called 207Pb correction method).

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