The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central Mexico

Relevant data on the structure and composition of the crystalline basement in Central México can be found by means of plutonic, metamorphic, and sedimentary xenoliths transported by Neogene and Quaternary volcanic eruptions within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB). We present detailed major ox...

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Main Authors: María del Sol Hernández-Bernal, Pedro Corona-Chávez, Noemí Trujillo-Hernández, Consuelo Macías-Romo, Dante Jaime Morán-Zenteno, Adrián Jiménez-Haro, Stefano Poli
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author María del Sol Hernández-Bernal
Pedro Corona-Chávez
Noemí Trujillo-Hernández
Consuelo Macías-Romo
Dante Jaime Morán-Zenteno
Adrián Jiménez-Haro
Stefano Poli
author_facet María del Sol Hernández-Bernal
Pedro Corona-Chávez
Noemí Trujillo-Hernández
Consuelo Macías-Romo
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Adrián Jiménez-Haro
Stefano Poli
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description Relevant data on the structure and composition of the crystalline basement in Central México can be found by means of plutonic, metamorphic, and sedimentary xenoliths transported by Neogene and Quaternary volcanic eruptions within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB). We present detailed major oxide and trace elements concentrations, isotopic analysis and thermobarometric estimations for a granitic xenolith found in an Early Miocene ignimbrite in Cuitzeo Lake, Michoacán. The xenolith is a calc-alkaline quartz-plagioclase-K-feldspar-biotite-amphibole granite-monzogranite with 73.7 wt.% SiO2. Trace element and isotopic signatures are compatible with a volcanic arc signature. According to amphibole-plagioclase pairs and Ti-in-zircon thermobarometry, the studied xenolith suggests that the granitic system crystallized between 655–737 °C and 1.3–1.9 kbar. U-Pb isotopic analyses of zircon grains from this rock have provided a concordia age of 20.76 ± 0.11 Ma. The presence of granitic xenoliths in Quaternary eruptions produced by the TMVB are not rare. However, this is the first zircon age of a Miocene granitic rock showing evidence of the shallow plutonic counterpart of the magma plumbing system of the Early Miocene (~23 to ~16 Ma) Mil Cumbres - Angangueo voluminous, andesitic-dacitic-rhyolitic episode. Implications for faulting, erosion, and Miocene-Pliocene ignimbrite emplacement in Cuitzeo region are also discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-ead9fa928c1d4b07a6903a766a4f569f2025-08-20T03:44:54ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRevista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas1026-87742007-29022021-03-0138110.22201/cgeo.20072902e.2021.1.1591The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central MexicoMaría del Sol Hernández-Bernal0Pedro Corona-Chávez1Noemí Trujillo-Hernández2Consuelo Macías-Romo3Dante Jaime Morán-Zenteno4Adrián Jiménez-Haro5Stefano Poli6Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Col. Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, C.P. 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Mexico.Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Avenida Francisco J. Mujica S/N, Edificio U-3, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 58030, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Geotérmica, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada, Baja California, C.P. 22860, Mexico.Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Mexico.Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Mexico.Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Geotérmica, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada, Baja California, C.P. 22860, Mexico.Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Botticelli 23, 20133, Milano, Italy. Relevant data on the structure and composition of the crystalline basement in Central México can be found by means of plutonic, metamorphic, and sedimentary xenoliths transported by Neogene and Quaternary volcanic eruptions within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB). We present detailed major oxide and trace elements concentrations, isotopic analysis and thermobarometric estimations for a granitic xenolith found in an Early Miocene ignimbrite in Cuitzeo Lake, Michoacán. The xenolith is a calc-alkaline quartz-plagioclase-K-feldspar-biotite-amphibole granite-monzogranite with 73.7 wt.% SiO2. Trace element and isotopic signatures are compatible with a volcanic arc signature. According to amphibole-plagioclase pairs and Ti-in-zircon thermobarometry, the studied xenolith suggests that the granitic system crystallized between 655–737 °C and 1.3–1.9 kbar. U-Pb isotopic analyses of zircon grains from this rock have provided a concordia age of 20.76 ± 0.11 Ma. The presence of granitic xenoliths in Quaternary eruptions produced by the TMVB are not rare. However, this is the first zircon age of a Miocene granitic rock showing evidence of the shallow plutonic counterpart of the magma plumbing system of the Early Miocene (~23 to ~16 Ma) Mil Cumbres - Angangueo voluminous, andesitic-dacitic-rhyolitic episode. Implications for faulting, erosion, and Miocene-Pliocene ignimbrite emplacement in Cuitzeo region are also discussed. https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/1591Granitic xenolithmagma plumbingcentral MexicoMil CumbresAngangueoMiocene
spellingShingle María del Sol Hernández-Bernal
Pedro Corona-Chávez
Noemí Trujillo-Hernández
Consuelo Macías-Romo
Dante Jaime Morán-Zenteno
Adrián Jiménez-Haro
Stefano Poli
The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central Mexico
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
Granitic xenolith
magma plumbing
central Mexico
Mil Cumbres
Angangueo
Miocene
title The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central Mexico
title_full The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central Mexico
title_fullStr The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central Mexico
title_full_unstemmed The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central Mexico
title_short The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central Mexico
title_sort cuitzeo granitic xenolith evidence of an early miocene magma plumbing system in central mexico
topic Granitic xenolith
magma plumbing
central Mexico
Mil Cumbres
Angangueo
Miocene
url https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/1591
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