Paper No. 157-0
APATITE, XENOTIME, AND MONAZITE GROWTH DURING GARNET BREAKDOWN IN THE CONTACT AUREOLE OF THE MAKHAVINEKH LAKE PLUTON, NORTHERN LABRADOR
MCFARLANE, Christopher R.M.1, CONNELLY, James2, and CARLSON, William D.2, (1) Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, cmcfarlane@mail.utexas.edu, (2) Dept. Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712

Garnet-bearing peraluminous migmatites (Tasiuyak paragneiss) that formed at ca. 1850 Ma were progressively heated in a high-T isobaric aureole adjacent to the 1322 Ma Makhavinekh Lake Pluton, northern Labrador. Regional-grade Grt is replaced by Crd-Opx-Pl coronas approaching the contact. Al-solubility thermometry using Grt-Opx pairs records a T-gradient of 650ºC at 6 km to 900ºC at the contact. No partial melting took place in this dry system. Imaging and trace element X-ray mapping have been used to document the behavior of accessory phases during major-mineral reactions involving Grt. At temperatures below ca. 750ºC, breakdown of P-rich (700ppm) regional Grt resulted in growth of numerous small (10µm) Ap grains that form a halo around relict Grt. Ap growth was accompanied by a pile-up of Y in Grt rims resulting in a steep concentric Y-gradient that has not been significantly modified by volume diffusion. P in the same Grt shows a marked depletion zone at the rim. At temperatures of 800-900ºC between 250 m and the contact, Ap is scarce within the symplectite whereas Mnz and Xen are the dominant accessory phases. Y zoning in these Grt is opposite to lower-T samples. It displays flat cores and an abrupt transition to an Y-depleted rim. This change in Y zoning may be a proxy for destabilization of Ap above 750ºC or for the achievement of REE saturation and the precipitation of REE-phosphates rather than Ap. Rims of relict Grt from across the aureole show enrichment in Ca, suggesting Grt remained a sink for Ca during breakdown reactions. The source of LREE in newly formed Mnz remains to be identified, but may be related to dissolution and re-precipitation of 1850 Ma Mnz formed at much higher pressures.

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