Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6443915 | Journal of African Earth Sciences | 2013 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Compared to the granodiorites, the lamprophyres have higher MgO contents (2.37-3.81Â wt%), Cr (60-298Â ppm), Co (31-57Â ppm) and Mg# (32-40). They also show slight enrichment of the LREE relative to HREE (La/YbCNÂ =Â 3.3-7.1), moderate Nb-Ti depletion and sub-chondritic Zr/Hf ratios (34-41). These geochemical features are attributed to derivation of the Golden Pride lamprophyres by partial melting of the amphibole-rich metasomatized mantle by slab derived hydrous fluids. Both of the Golden Pride intrusion suites show strong affinity to subduction related magmas and we interpret that the entire greenstone sequence and the associated intrusions at Golden Pride gold deposit formed in a late Archaean convergent margin.
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Authors
Shimba Kwelwa, Shukrani Manya, Ivo M.A. Vos,