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GEOSPHERE Postcaldera intrusive magmatism at the Platoro caldera complex, Southern Rocky Mountain volcanic field, Colorado, USA GEOSPHERE, v. 17, no. 3 Amy K. Gilmer1, Ren A. Thompson1, Peter W. Lipman2, Jorge A. Vazquez2, and A. Kate Souders1 1U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02242.1 2U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
16 figures; 3 tables; 1 set of supplemental files ABSTRACT related plutonic and volcanic components may not be exposed or are difficult CORRESPONDENCE: [email protected] to discern. Shallow postcaldera intrusions are either later pulses of magmas The Oligocene Platoro caldera complex of the San Juan volcanic locus in or residue left behind during an eruption (e.g., Bachmann et al., 2007; Mills CITATION: Gilmer, A.K., Thompson, R.A., Lipman, P.W., Vazquez, J.A., and Souders, A.K., 2021, Post‑ Colorado (USA) features numerous exposed plutons both within the caldera and Coleman, 2013; Bacon et al., 2014; Bachmann and Huber, 2016; Watts et caldera intrusive magmatism at the Platoro caldera and outside its margins, enabling investigation of the timing and evolution of al., 2016). Both can be possibilities in any given magmatic system (e.g., Tappa complex, Southern Rocky Mountain volcanic field, postcaldera magmatism. Intrusion whole-rock geochemistry and phenocryst et al., 2011; Zimmerer and McIntosh, 2012; Colgan et al., 2018). Postcaldera Colorado, USA: Geosphere, v. 17, no. 3, p. 898–931, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02242.1. and/or mineral trace element compositions coupled with new zircon U-Pb geo- intrusions vary in geometry from ring dikes to laccoliths to larger plutons and chronology and zircon in situ Lu-Hf isotopes document distinct pulses of magma are commonly associated with mineralization and hydrothermal alteration Science Editor: Shanaka de Silva from beneath the caldera complex. Fourteen intrusions, the Chiquito Peak Tuff, (e.g., Smith, 1960; Lipman, 1984; Kennedy et al., 2012; Zimmerer and McIntosh, and the dacite of Fisher Gulch were dated, showing intrusive magmatism began 2012; Colgan et al., 2018; Tomek et al., 2017). Received 6 February 2020 after the 28.8 Ma eruption of the Chiquito Peak Tuff and continued to 24 Ma. Several Oligocene calderas of the Southern Rocky Mountain volcanic field Revision received 1 December 2020 Additionally, magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization is associated with the intru- (SRMVF) (Fig. 1) include exposed intrusions inferred to reflect the subvolcanic Accepted 11 February 2021 sive magmatism within and around the margins of the Platoro caldera complex. plutonic parts of caldera-forming magmatic systems (Lipman, 2007), offering
Published online 2 April 2021 After caldera collapse, three plutons were emplaced within the subsided excellent opportunities to track the evolution of a magmatic system to its end- block between ca. 28.8 and 28.6 Ma. These have broadly similar modal miner- point. For example, the majority of plutons in the Questa-Latir volcanic locus alogy and whole-rock geochemistry. Despite close temporal relations between (New Mexico, USA) postdate the caldera-forming Amalia Tuff, with only a modest the tuff and the intrusions, mineral textures and compositions indicate that component of unerupted residual magma (Lipman, 1988; Johnson et al., 1989; the larger two intracaldera intrusions are discrete later pulses of magma. Tappa et al., 2011; Zimmerer and McIntosh, 2012). Likewise, in the northeastern Intrusions outside the caldera are younger, ca. 28–26.3 Ma, and smaller in part of the SRMVF, the Mount Princeton pluton is interpreted to reflect a period exposed area. They contain abundant glomerocrysts and show evidence of of low magma flux that occurred substantially after the ignimbrite eruption (Mills open-system processes such as magma mixing and crystal entrainment. The and Coleman, 2013). Elsewhere in the SRMVF, the ca. 23 Ma Lake City caldera protracted magmatic history at the Platoro caldera complex documents the contains postcaldera syenite intrusions that represent mushy magma that did diversity of the multiple discrete magma pulses needed to generate large not erupt, while monzonite intrusions represent chemically distinct, less-evolved composite volcanic fields. magma emplaced after caldera collapse (Hon, 1987; Kennedy et al., 2012, 2016). The Platoro caldera complex of the San Juan volcanic locus (SJVL) in the southeastern San Juan Mountains erupted five large-volume, crystal-rich dac- ■■ INTRODUCTION ite ignimbrites over 1.5 m.y., a period considerably longer than that associated with most other multicycle calderas in the SJVL. Postcaldera magmatism is Constraining conditions of magmatic storage and differentiation processes preserved in compositionally diverse volcanic deposits ranging from andesite that resulted in either eruption or pluton emplacement can help constrain the to dacite and as hypabyssal intrusions of diorite to quartz monzonite. Post- larger architecture of magmatic systems (e.g., Buddington, 1959; Hamilton and caldera intrusions occur both within the caldera, including one inferred to Myers, 1967, 1974; Smith, 1979; de Silva, 1991; Lipman, 1984, 2007; Cashman have caused late-stage caldera resurgence, and external to the caldera mar- and Giordano, 2014). However, understanding the waning stage of a magmatic gins. Previous geochronological studies focused primarily on eruptive ages system, after large-volume caldera-forming eruptions, commonly poses sig- of volcanic deposits (Lipman, et al., 1970, 1996; Lipman and Zimmerer, 2019). nificant challenges because the temporally, spatially, and/or petrogenetically Emplacement ages for intrusions were inferred mainly from field observations This paper is published under the terms of the of crosscutting relations and stratigraphic position (Lipman, 1974, 1975), limit- CC‑BY-NC license. Amy Gilmer https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5038-8136 ing rigorous determination of temporal and magmatic associations between
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Figure 1. (A) Map of the Southern Rocky Mountain volcanic field, showing erosional remnants of mid-Cenozoic volcanic rocks (in peach), ignimbrite calderas, caldera-related granitic intrusions, and mid-Cenozoic andesite and dacite dikes. The San Juan volcanic locus was active from 35 to 23 Ma and generated 23 large-volume ignimbrites from multiple calderas (Steven and Lipman, 1976; Lipman, 2007; Lipman and Bachmann, 2015). The Platoro caldera complex is de- noted by the blue rectangle. Modified after Lipman et al. (2015). (B) Generalized geologic map of the Platoro caldera complex, showing preserved remnants of successive topographic walls related to eruptions of the La Jara Canyon and Chiquito Peak Tuffs. The Platoro caldera complex sourced seven major ignimbrites dated between 30.1 and 28.8 Ma including the last and largest, the Chiquito Peak Tuff. Modified from Lipman et al. (1996).
postcaldera intrusions and the caldera-forming magmatic system. However, high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) dates and trace element data in exceptional exposures and documented field relations of postcaldera volcanic combination with other mineral compositions, we address the timing of post- and intrusive rocks (Lipman, 1974) enable geochronologic determination of collapse pluton emplacement at Platoro in relation to compositions of the intrusion ages and assessment of their petrologic affinities to eruptions from ignimbrite magma, later effusive volcanism, magma generation, and attendant the Platoro caldera complex as monitors of the evolution of that magmatic shallow pluton assembly. system from explosive, silicic ignimbrite eruption to intrusion emplacement. In this study, we examine the temporal and spatial constraints on the emplacement history of postcaldera intrusions at the Platoro caldera com- ■■ GEOLOGICAL SETTING plex and assess the genetic relationship between the postcaldera intrusions, caldera-filling lavas, and the Chiquito Peak Tuff, the last major ignimbrite The SRMVF (Fig. 1A) is one of North America’s largest mid-Cenozoic vol- sourced from the Platoro caldera complex. Using new zircon U-Pb sensitive canic fields. As part of the larger Cordilleran ignimbrite flareup, the SRMVF
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is an eastern manifestation of volcanism related to subduction of the Faral- Precaldera rocks in the Platoro area (Figs. 1, 2), as well as generally in the lon plate beneath North America. Farallon slab removal in the mid-Cenozoic San Juan Mountains, are andesitic to dacitic lavas and volcaniclastic deposits likely caused asthenospheric mantle melting, resulting in the ignimbrite fla- of the Conejos Formation (Lipman, 1975; Colucci et al., 1991). These deposits, reup (Coney and Reynolds, 1977; Humphreys et al., 2003; Farmer et al., 2008). volumetrically the largest component of the SJVL, were erupted from multi- The composite SRMVF sourced 26 large-volume (>100 km3) ignimbrites from ple centers between 35 and 30 Ma (Lipman et al., 1970). Eruptive centers for multiple calderas between 37 and 23 Ma, depositing >17,000 km3 of crys- Conejos lavas in the Platoro area were interpreted as being located mainly tal-rich, high-silica dacite and crystal-poor, low-silica rhyolite across a region of within the area of subsequent caldera subsidence; flanks of several strato ~100,000 km2 (Lipman, 2007; Lipman and Bachmann, 2015). Estimates of total volcanoes are preserved along caldera rims (Lipman, 1975). erupted volume for the SRMVF, including precursor lava flows, are approxi- The Platoro caldera complex sourced seven named ignimbrite units of the mately a factor of four greater than that of the ignimbrites, and the dominantly Treasure Mountain Group between 30.1 and 28.8 Ma. These ignimbrites are silicic batholithic roots of the volcanic field may constitute as much as an intercalated with andesitic lava eruptions and predate intrusion of monzonites additional 300,000 km3 (Farmer et al., 2008; Lipman and Bachmann, 2015). (Fig. 2) (Lipman, 1975; Lipman et al., 1996; Tomek et al., 2019). The five largest Current crustal thickness in the region is estimated to vary from ~41 to 49 km ignimbrites associated with the Platoro caldera complex, the Black Mountain, (Hansen et al., 2013). La Jara Canyon, Ojito Creek, Ra Jadero, and Chiquito Peak Tuffs, have volumes Stratigraphic and structural exposure levels within individual calderas are between 100 and 1000 km3. Ignimbrites of the Treasure Mountain Group con- variable across the SRMVF owing to diverse volcanogenic controls, including sist dominantly of compositionally crystal-rich dacites (Lipman et al., 1996). syncollapse structural juxtaposition of intracaldera and extracaldera deposits, The Black Mountain Tuff, a densely welded dacite tuff with a volume of postcollapse magmatic resurgence, and presence or absence of postcaldera ~300–400 km3, has an 40Ar/39Ar hornblende date of 30.19 ± 0.16 Ma (Lipman and volcanism. More importantly, regional uplift and extension associated with Zimmerer, 2019). Dates for underlying and overlying units indicate that the next the northern Rio Grande rift, and opening of the Upper Arkansas and San Luis ignimbrite of the Treasure Mountain Group, the La Jara Canyon Tuff, erupted valleys, have resulted in extensive dip-slip and oblique-slip faulting, structur- between 30.1 and 29.9 Ma (Lipman et al., 1996; Lipman and Zimmerer, 2019). ally exposing deeper levels of magmatic systems adjacent to basin-bounding This crystal-rich dacitic ignimbrite, which contains plagioclase, biotite, and systems of north- and northwest-trending faults. Coupled with extensive flu- augite phenocrysts, is widespread, thick, and has a volume >1000 km3 (Lipman, vial dissection driven by tectonic and climate influences, exposures vary from 1975). Subsequent to eruption of the La Jara Canyon Tuff, the resulting col- dominantly plutonic remnants of volcanic loci, such as exposed in the Sawatch lapsed caldera was partially filled by andesite lavas of the lower member of the Range north of the SJVL, to surface preservation of primary caldera morphol- Summitville Andesite (Lipman, 1974; Lipman et al., 1996). The next erupted unit, ogy, as in the minimally dissected Creede and Cochetopa Park calderas of the middle tuff, consists of 10–15 separate, small-volume ignimbrite sheets. the central SJVL (Fig. 1A). Most calderas of the SJVL are enclosed by a large The Ojito Creek, Ra Jadero, and South Fork Tuffs are also widespread dacitic negative Bouguer gravity anomaly, interpreted as the geophysical expression ignimbrites that may have been erupted from the Summitville caldera, a ten- of a composite upper-crustal batholith (Plouff and Pakiser, 1972; Steven and uously postulated structure within the larger Platoro caldera complex (Fig. 1) Lipman, 1976; Drenth et al., 2012). The Platoro caldera complex lies along the (Lipman, 1975). Sanidine from the Ra Jadero and South Fork Tuffs yielded southeastern margin of the gravity low. 40Ar/39Ar dates of 29.12 ± 0.07 Ma and 28.86 ± 0.14 Ma, respectively (Lipman The products of postcaldera magmatism in the SJVL include intermediate and Zimmerer, 2019). lavas, andesitic to dacitic dikes, and granodiorite to granite plutons (Lipman, The outflow sheet of the last major ignimbrite erupted from the Platoro 2007). The subvolcanic intrusions (Fig. 1) are typically more mafic than the caldera complex, the Chiquito Peak Tuff, was originally mapped as parts of associated ignimbrites but overlap the compositions of the more primitive the Masonic Park and La Jara Canyon Tuffs (Lipman, 1974) but was later rec- parts of some compositionally zoned ignimbrites (e.g., San Luis caldera–Nel- ognized as a separate ignimbrite based on the presence of sparse sanidine, son Mountain Tuff) (Lipman, 2007). Among the few published intrusion ages, differences in rock and mineral chemistry, and paleomagnetic data (Lipman et some are within error of the ages of the associated ignimbrites; others are al., 1996). Sanidine for the Chiquito Peak Tuff yielded an 40Ar/39Ar date of 28.77 demonstrably younger. Intrusion textures range from equigranular and nearly ± 0.03 Ma (Lipman and Zimmerer, 2019). The tuff is a lithic-rich, crystal-rich aphanitic to porphyritic, and many of the intrusions have been interpreted dacite with plagioclase, biotite, augite, and sanidine phenocrysts. Lipman et as the cores of volcanic edifices. Within the SJVL, small- to moderate-scale al. (1996) concluded that eruption of the Chiquito Peak Tuff created the major- hypabyssal plutons are exposed at the Bonanza, South River, San Luis, Sil- ity of exposed caldera features, including the thick ponding of intracaldera verton, Lake City, Uncompahgre–San Juan, San Juan, and Platoro calderas ignimbrite (Fig. 1). The total estimated volume of ignimbrites erupted from (Steven and Lipman, 1976; Lipman, 2007; Lipman and Bachmann, 2015). Pub- the Platoro caldera complex is >2600 km3 (Lipman et al., 1996). lished intrusion ages are limited, and only one caldera intrusion, the Sultan Andesitic lavas of the upper Summitville Andesite (Lipman, 1974), locally Mountain pluton, has a published U-Pb zircon date (Gonzales, 2015). >500 m thick, filled the Platoro caldera after the eruption of the Chiquito Peak
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106°45'W 106°15'W 37°30'N TsmTwp Ttr Thb Thb Tcv Tlp LIST OF MAP UNITS Tcr Tsu Ttl Thu Tcv Thm Tcr Tcv Tcu Regional lavas Tfc Tcr Tpd Tto Tma • •Tqp Ttc Hinsdale Formation - basalt • Trc Thb Ttr Tpd Thr Tcr Thb Tcu
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Figure 2. Geologic map of the Platoro caldera complex showing locations of dated postcaldera plutons and dikes (labeled with their names) associated with the postcaldera magmatic activity at the Platoro caldera (modified from Lipman, 1974; Lipman et al., 1996). These units intrude precaldera lavas and volcaniclastic deposits of the Conejos Formation (blue), ignimbrites of the Treasure Mountain Group (green), and the caldera-filling lavas of Summitville Andesite (purple). Gray stippled patterns represent surficial deposits. HD—hornblende dacite.
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Tuff (Figs. 1, 2). Stratigraphically overlying these andesites are dacite and minor Cross, 1956; Lipman, 1974). With the exception of a K-Ar date of 29.1 ± 1.2 Ma rhyolite lavas of Park Creek, Green Ridge, Silver Mountain, South Mountain, on biotite from the Alamosa River monzonite (Lipman et al., 1970), there have and Cropsy Mountain. The andesites and dacites at Green Ridge and Silver been no prior radiometric dates on these plutons. Mountain (Fig. 2) have been interpreted as eroded flanks of a stratovolcano Mineralization in the Summitville, Platoro, Stunner, and Jasper districts on the eastern margin of the Platoro caldera complex in the Cat Creek area has been interpreted as being related to postcaldera structures and postcal- (Lipman, 1974, 1975). dera magmatic activity of the Platoro caldera complex (Patton, 1917; Steven Intrusions associated with the Platoro caldera complex (Table 1) include and Ratté, 1960; Mehnert et al., 1973; Lipman, 1975; Neuerburg, 1978; Bethke, quartz monzonite to diorite plutons and stocks as well as andesitic to dacitic 2011). The largest deposit, the Summitville Au-Ag-Cu deposit, is a 22.5 ± 0.5 Ma dikes (Patton, 1917; Larsen and Cross, 1956; Lipman, 1974). These intrude high-sulfidation, epithermal deposit associated with the quartz dacite volcanic volcanic and volcaniclastic deposits of the Conejos Formation, ignimbrites dome at South Mountain and underlying quartz monzonite porphyry intrusion of the Treasure Mountain Group, and the Summitville Andesite. In general, (Bethke et al., 2005). The deposit is situated at the intersection of the caldera the porphyritic intrusions crosscut the equigranular monzonites (Larsen and margin and a northwest-trending fault zone that extends from southeast of
TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF THE PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLATORO POSTCALDERA INTRUSIONS, CHI UITO PEAK TUFF, AND POSTCALDERA LAVAS Unit Texture Mineralogy
Intracaldera Alamosa River monzonite Equigranular to porphyritic 30 – 0 pl; 2 –40 af; 10 –20 qtz; 2 – bt; 2 –6 aug; accessory: ap, mag, ilm, zrn Corn all Mountain quartz monzonite porphyry Porphyritic 60 –70 microcrystalline gm; phenocrysts: 20 –2 pl; –8 aug; 2 bt; matrix/accessory: qtz, pl, af, ap, mag, ilm, ttn, zrn Jasper monzonite Equigranular to porphyritic 0 –60 pl; 20 –30 af; 20 –2 qtz; bt; 2 aug; accessory: ap, mag, ilm, zrn Alum Creek porphyry Porphyritic 60 –70 gm; phenocrysts: 20 –2 pl; –8 aug; 2 – bt; matrix/accessory: qtz, ap, mag, ilm, zrn Summitville quartz monzonite Equigranular 0 –60 pl; 20 –30 af; 20 –2 qtz; 2 – bt; accessory: ap, mag, ilm, zrn Summitville Andesite upper member Equigranular to porphyritic 80 –90 gm; phenocrysts: 60 –7 pl; 10 –1 aug; 8 –10 opx; 1 –6 mag; accessory: ap, mag, ilm Dacite of Fisher Gulch Porphyritic 30 crystals; phenocrysts: 20 –2 pl; 2 –6 bt; 1 –2 aug; 1 san; accessory: ap, mag, ilm, zrn Extracaldera Cat Creek monzonite Equigranular to porphyritic 0 –60 pl; 20 –30 af; 20 –2 qtz; bt; 2 aug; 0 –1 opx; accessory: qtz, ap, mag, ilm, zrn Lake Annella andesite porphyry Porphyritic 40 gm; phenocrysts: 8 pl; 10 bt; 3 mag; 2 hb; matrix/accessory: pl, af, qtz, aug, mag, ilm, ap Bear Creek monzonite Equigranular to porphyritic 0 –60 pl; 20 –30 af; 20 –2 qtz; bt; 2 –4 hb ; 0 –2 aug; 1 opx ; matrix/ accessory: ap, mag, ilm, zrn El ood Creek monzonite Equigranular to porphyritic 0 –60 pl; 20 af; 20 –2 bt;10 qtz; 4 bt; 2 aug; accessory: ap, mag, ilm, zrn Cataract Creek monzonite Equigranular to porphyritic 0 –60 pl; 20 –30 af; 20 –2 qtz; bt; 2 – hb; accessory: ap, mag, ilm, zrn Sanidine dacite dikes Porphyritic 40 gm; phenocrysts: 8 pl; 3 – bt; 2 –4 hb; 3 mag; 2 san; 1 qtz; matrix/accessory: pl, af, qtz, aug, mag, ilm, ap Intracaldera and extracaldera Hornblende dacite‑andesite dikes Porphyritic 40 –4 gm; phenocrysts: 68 –80 pl; 10 –16 bt; –20 hb; 0 – aug; matrix/ accessory: pl, af, qtz, mag, ilm, ttn, ap Andesite dikes Equigranular 6 –80 gm; phenocrysts: 30 – 0 pl; –10 aug; 2 – opx; accessory: ap, mag, ilm Chiquito Peak Tuff Welded to un elded 3 –4 crystals; phenocrysts: 30 pl; 0 –3 san; 6 bt; 2 aug; accessory: ap, mag, ilm, zrn Note: af alkali feldspar; ap apatite; aug augite; bt biotite; gm groundmass; hb hornblende; ilm ilmenite; mag magnetite; opx orthopyroxene; pl plagioclase; qtz quartz; san sanidine; ttn titanite; zrn zircon. Units occur both ithin and outside of the caldera. Observed in porphyritic phase only.
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Platoro village northwest to Wolf Creek Pass. Largely subeconomic mineral- 12 Tephri- Trachyte ization in the other districts has been minimally studied, and relationships to phonolite 10 Trachy- postcaldera magmatic activity are not well established; however, mineralization Phono- Trachy- dacite in the Jasper district occurs within a postcaldera pluton at the intersection of Tephrite andesite two caldera-related faults (Lipman, 1974, 1975). Molybdenite vein stockwork 8 Rhyolite Basaltic and copper-lead-zinc vein mineralization (Neuerburg, 1978) and alteration trachy- O (wt%) in the Crater Creek area are localized around plutons and along northwest- 2 6 Trachy- andesite Dacite basalt trending faults and dikes.
O + K Andesite 2 4 Basaltic Basalt andesite Na ■■ INTRUSIONS, CHIQUITO PEAK TUFF, AND POSTCALDERA LAVAS 2
0 Plutons (Table 1) associated with the postcaldera magmatism at the Pla- 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 toro caldera complex range from diorite to quartz monzonite and are locally SiO2 (wt%) intruded by small aplitic veins (Figs. 3, 4A). The dikes define a similar com- Chiquito Peak Tuff (this study) positional range as the plutons but are texturally more variable, commonly Extracaldera intrusions Chiquito Peak Tuff (Lipman et al.,1996) porphyritic (Fig. 4B), and contain mafic enclaves locally (Fig. 4C). We distinguish Lake Annella andesite Summitville Andesite two groups of the intrusions: (1) those that are within and (2) those that are porphyry Dacite of Fisher Gulch Cat Creek monzonite outside the Platoro caldera complex. Plutons within the caldera (Fig. 2) were Intracaldera intrusions Cataract Creek monzonite emplaced along structures related to subsidence and/or resurgence (Lipman, Alamosa River monzonite Elwood Creek monzonite 1975). Plutons outside the Platoro caldera are less related to specific structures, Alum Creek porphyry Bear Creek monzonite Jasper monzonite Sanidine dacite dikes but many of the dikes are radial to the western caldera boundary. In the Cat Cornwall Mountain quartz monzonite Hornblende andesite-dacite Creek area, east of the caldera, dikes are approximately radial to the Cat Creek porphyry Hornblende dacite dikes dikes pluton. Field, age, and compositional relations suggest that the postcaldera Mafic (andesite) dikes lavas, the dacite of Fisher Gulch and the Summitville Andesite, are also genet- ically associated with Platoro caldera magmatism. Figure 3. Total alkali versus silica diagram (Le Maitre, 2002) for Platoro whole-rock samples. Intracaldera intrusions (in yellow) are displaced to higher total alkalis when compared to samples from intrusions outside the caldera (in blue). Details of analyses are in Table 2, Table S1 Intracaldera Plutons (footnote 1), and Lipman et al. (1996), recalculated volatile free.
Supplementary material Table 1. Whole rock compositions for the Platoro Intrusions and Chiquito Peak Tuff, Colorado
Sample 17AG05 17AG58 SRM24 SRM22 17AG52 17AG54 17AG45 DC1 17AG31 SRM25 SRM23 17AG68 17AG12 SRM26 17AG24 17AG26 17AG21 17AG06 U281H 17AG83 17AG87 17AG86 SRM33 17AG39 17AG49 17AG28 17AG46 U281J 17AG27 17AG22 17AG50 17AG51 17AG90 18AG35 17AG29 18AG33 19AG03 18AG58 17AG01 17AG04 19AG05 19AG02 19AG09 17AG73 17AG11 18AG38 17AG32 17AG64 18AG43 Horsethief Jasper Creek Meadow Ranger Creek Alamosa River Alamosa River Alamosa River Alamosa River Alamosa River Alamosa River Alum Creek Alum Creek Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cat Creek Cat Creek Cat Creek Lake Annella Lake Annella Cataract Creek Bear Creek Elwood Creek hornblende hornblende hornblende Hornblende Hornblende Hornblende Hornblende Sanidine Sanidine Sanidine Chiquito Peak Chiquito Peak Chiquito Peak Chiquito Peak Chiquito Peak Chiquito Peak Chiquito Peak Dacite of Dacite of Summitville Summitville Summitville Summitville Unit M M M M M M MP QMP Jasper M Jasper M Mountain QMP Mountain QMP Mountain QMP Cat Creek M QMP QMP QMP AP AP M Bear Creek M MP M dacite dike dacite dike dacite dike andesite dike andesite dike dacite dike dacite dike dacite dike dacite dike dacite dike Andesite dike Andesite dike Andesite dike Tuff Tuff Tuff Tuff Tuff Tuff Tuff Fisher Gulch Fisher Gulch Andesite Andesite Andesite Andesite Latitude 37.39507 37.37229 37.3778 37.3845 37.37484 37.3851 37.37865 37.3879 37.41556 37.41817 37.3505 37.35801 37.35391 37.40517 37.40267 37.4009 37.41478 37.37428 37.3733 37.37269 37.38926 37.38917 37.4165 37.4278 37.37116 37.40986 37.37592 37.3733 37.37482 37.41675 37.39782 37.37388 37.40033 37.46337 37.41687 37.47058 37.57151 37.33311 37.46889 37.40162 37.74713 37.61981 37.61439 37.32533 37.32916 37.44651 37.41668 37.43151741 37.9699 Longitude -106.55122 -106.56744 -106.5657 -106.5465 -106.59252 -106.56629 -106.57536 -106.5735 -106.47938 -106.47567 -106.50267 -106.50532 -106.52386 -106.30583 -106.3284 -106.30451 -106.33153 -106.62424 -106.6278 -106.67149 -106.69889 -106.69751 -106.70983 -106.48197 -106.64262 -106.38153 -106.60976 -106.6278 -106.32856 -106.31923 -106.64988 -106.62524 -106.65839 -106.45359 -106.39299 -106.57774 -106.32456 -106.57798 -106.2533 -106.44555 -106.31577 -106.3453 -106.56319 -106.51927 -106.47264 -106.56671 -106.485124 -106.5670001 -106.64965
SiO2 58.63 59.65 60.28 61.87 62.57 63.72 58.24 65.24 61.59 62.50 64.63 65.26 66.47 60.50 65.61 66.84 67.03 57.27 60.69 58.56 55.64 58.60 62.67 62.75 63.01 64.77 60.34 60.50 66.72 67.84 67.79 69.67 69.97 61.79 62.04 62.16 63.12 63.83 64.09 64.49 64.59 65.47 64.17 62.84 63.60 57.45 59.16 59.46 59.72
TiO2 0.99 0.96 0.94 0.70 0.78 0.81 0.90 0.61 0.78 0.86 0.58 0.59 0.52 0.97 0.52 0.47 0.54 0.88 0.85 0.84 1.03 0.79 0.75 0.79 0.68 0.71 0.77 0.82 0.43 0.39 0.54 0.48 0.47 0.87 0.68 0.84 0.64 0.54 0.61 0.49 0.63 0.59 0.65 0.73 0.69 0.97 0.89 0.88 1.03
Al2O3 15.64 16.08 15.86 15.13 16.08 15.75 16.77 15.51 15.81 15.49 16.41 16.52 16.31 16.45 16.87 16.48 15.94 17.64 17.29 17.27 17.72 17.72 16.35 15.71 16.45 15.54 17.08 16.95 16.02 16.25 15.44 15.11 14.25 16.21 17.00 16.23 17.45 18.03 17.63 17.74 16.66 16.85 17.61 16.48 17.27 17.76 16.42 17.54 17.33
Fe2O3 7.93 7.83 nd nd 6.02 5.83 7.66 4.90 6.58 nd nd 4.28 3.66 nd 4.60 3.97 3.93 8.22 7.16 8.01 9.45 7.84 nd 6.08 5.85 4.93 7.08 6.99 3.84 3.49 4.16 3.15 3.58 6.32 5.92 6.94 4.81 3.98 4.37 3.70 5.00 4.18 4.58 5.70 4.46 7.84 7.41 6.78 7.86 FeO nd nd 6.45 6.28 nd nd nd nd nd 5.98 4.06 nd nd 6.79 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 5.49 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd MnO 0.13 0.15 0.12 0.16 0.10 0.10 0.23 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.13 0.11 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.08 0.08 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.11 0.09 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.15 0.11 0.07 0.10 0.06 0.07 0.12 0.09 0.29 0.16 0.13 0.07 0.11 0.11 0.08 0.09 0.11 0.08 0.14 0.14 0.12 0.17 MgO 3.62 3.55 3.50 2.92 2.38 1.89 3.21 1.87 3.06 2.63 1.37 1.15 1.27 2.55 1.33 1.14 1.50 3.08 2.92 3.20 3.32 2.51 2.27 2.47 2.03 2.07 2.49 2.52 1.28 0.98 1.58 0.85 1.59 2.32 1.79 1.56 1.07 1.55 0.76 1.34 1.25 0.90 1.04 1.76 1.53 2.37 2.99 2.70 2.40 CaO 5.64 4.08 5.38 5.02 3.57 2.89 4.86 3.71 3.86 4.13 4.56 3.36 3.29 4.92 2.76 2.84 2.73 5.91 4.45 5.15 6.61 6.28 4.35 4.31 4.47 3.74 4.42 5.13 3.95 2.88 2.69 2.18 2.84 4.55 4.71 4.23 4.04 3.80 3.65 3.49 3.62 3.32 3.16 4.21 3.94 7.41 4.99 5.49 5.12
Na2O 3.40 3.68 3.40 3.28 4.12 3.76 4.29 3.78 3.64 3.72 3.96 3.53 4.08 4.03 4.26 4.31 3.72 3.92 3.50 3.37 3.54 3.62 4.02 3.75 3.67 3.98 4.37 3.70 3.94 4.04 3.18 4.15 1.67 3.46 3.85 3.66 4.48 4.22 4.48 4.71 3.83 4.04 4.18 3.51 4.13 3.25 3.41 3.62 3.33
K2O 3.72 3.72 3.75 4.36 4.07 5.01 3.50 4.03 4.26 4.30 4.07 4.99 4.12 3.33 3.73 3.67 4.33 2.54 2.59 3.08 2.13 2.09 3.68 3.78 3.47 3.85 3.01 2.89 3.55 3.89 4.27 4.13 5.34 4.05 3.54 3.81 3.97 3.64 4.00 3.70 4.07 4.34 4.25 4.35 4.05 2.39 4.24 3.09 2.69 P2O5 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.28 0.30 0.24 0.34 0.25 0.31 0.27 0.22 0.22 0.18 0.36 0.23 0.18 0.20 0.35 0.37 0.34 0.39 0.38 0.31 0.26 0.27 0.32 0.32 0.35 0.17 0.16 0.24 0.21 0.21 0.32 0.37 0.30 0.26 0.29 0.33 0.23 0.25 0.22 0.25 0.30 0.23 0.42 0.35 0.32 0.36 Alamosa River Monzonite LOI 0.75 2.3 1.51 0.80 3.57 2.29 2.38 0.93 1.37 0.70 3.33 4.52 2.55 0.71 2.44 0.74 2.96 2.31 4.64 3.53 1.25 0.39 2.06 1.29 3.08 1.06 2.73 4.55 3.38 2.08 2.55 0.93 4.07 1.49 2.08 1.55 1.77 2.46 1.42 1.97 1.49 1.62 2.25 3.44 1.49 4.2 4.11 2.01 2.74 Unnormalized Total 100.53 101.21 99.92 100.38 100.58 98.18 100.77 100.87 99.43 99.53 99.21 99.53 100.64 99.64 99.68 100.23 100.23 100.97 97.74 98.48 97.76 99.71 99.82 99.94 100.36 100.82 99.35 98.93 101.40 101.13 100.35 98.24 98.82 99.57 99.12 99.53 99.20 100.07 100.66 99.50 99.34 99.53 99.33 100.51 99.92 99.93 99.11 100.06 99.70
V 181 177 146 151 118 104 147 89 128 125 70 69 57 147 67 63 64 117 122 154 154 97 103 125 98 92 104 118 52 47 66 48 59 117 80 133 77 56 74 31 78 71 65 115 80 148 153 131 178 Cr 47 36 67 35 21 12 44 22 55 40 3 <10 <10 40 12 12 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 10 15 13 42 <10 <10 <10 <10 17 19 13 16 20 13 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 11 <10 <10 25 <10 11 Co 24.3 22.9 nd nd 16 12.9 19 8.9 19 nd nd 8.2 6.3 nd 10 7.3 9.5 15.6 22 22.4 21.3 16.3 nd 18.1 14.1 14.3 15.6 15.3 8.4 6.8 9.5 7.1 9.2 14.6 12.1 21.1 9 8.2 8.3 6.8 11.2 8.7 7.5 14.8 9.9 21.7 20.6 16.2 21.8 Ni 32 26 33 21 18 15 29 15 38 22 3 7 5 26 20 16 8 6 12 17 13 10 8 16 11 24 9 11 10 11 11 30 16 15 37 18 <5 6 <5 10 7 6 <5 17 8 15 25 9 16 Cu 83 101 58 198 48 71 38 28 55 33 13 11 7 40 6 9 21 12 52 38 29 12 19 53 29 28 18 52 9 6 13 18 14 53 27 70 9 11 14 6 12 12 7 32 27 51 90 13 46 Zn 105 82 82 97 91 63 216 65 86 87 66 65 51 89 150 83 63 94 126 93 94 85 77 75 89 82 65 95 65 56 62 72 49 83 82 92 68 75 82 76 67 65 66 86 76 88 107 85 104 Ga 21 21 19 18 21 18.2 21 19 19.6 19 18 18 18 21 18.8 20 20 21 20 20.1 18.5 18.3 18 21 19 21 20 20 18 19 18 20.7 15.1 20.1 19 20.3 20.1 19.5 21 19.2 19.7 21.3 21.1 20.3 20 20 19 21 21.7 Rb 115 109 103 109 106 160 83 85 112 131 85 120 90 81 75.5 79 110 49 62 66.2 37 40.2 80 98 85 92 69 66 71 73 103 100 125 122 95.6 101 74.2 67.8 81 76.7 96.7 95.9 85.9 135 91 42.2 99 58 57.9 Sr 629 614 601 566 558 465 706 590 577 563 573 636 595 764 569 621 494 744 563 636 694 615 678 686 648 719 801 673 519 647 441 476 803 656 682 656 719 767 733 711 584 619 640 764 645 864 734 838 680 Ba 667 687 783 770 932 742 752 833 868 747 986 1200 986 954 1280 1270 856 652 510 920 658 617 1069 882 649 1170 703 753 1290 1230 993 1240 1070 783 899 816 1260 1060 1190 1060 1110 1010 1050 1030 920 711 851 875 743 Y 27 28 26 25 19 29 21 18 23.4 27 20 20 19 22 16.7 17 19 28 21 23.3 28.1 28.6 22 21 21 16 27 22 16 15 15 8.6 13.8 23.8 24.3 22.1 77 19.5 21 17.9 78 71 65 17.5 22 21.1 21.2 23 22.1 Zr 277 255 243 192 226 397 185 163 314 296 214 230 236 188 231 211 242 154 157 179 171 169 179 212 188 190 184 158 202 201 154 212 149 273 231 202 256 250 293 232 221 254 287 192 217 166 185 182 184 Nb 14 14 14 12 12 16.3 9 11 11.7 16 13 13 13 10 10.8 11 12 8 10 8.7 7.7 7.9 13 12 11 13 10 10 10 11 10 12.9 10.5 11.1 11.6 7.5 10.3 9.8 12 10.5 14.7 13.4 11.6 9.5 14 5.5 9.9 10 5.8 given that these commonly occur in clusters. These mineral phases all con- Pb 16 13 14 17 13 11 24 17 16 17 14 13 14 13 11 27 20 6 36 12 8 5 19 16 15 18 13 32 18 46 70 16 20 15 12 15 42 15 17 14 14 17 16 13 19 12 14 10 10 Th 13 14 12 8 12 21.3 8 11 17.1 17 9 9 9 7 8.5 8 13 5 7 8 3.9 3.2 12 10 11 12 7 7 8 9 15 9.2 17.8 15.7 11 11.9 6.8 7.4 7 7.6 9.2 9.2 8.5 6.7 9 7.1 9.8 6 7 U 4.5 3.2 3.5 2.4 3.7 5.24 2.6 3.8 4.18 3.9 2.5 2.3 2.9 1.2 2.09 1.9 3.6 1.5 2.2 2.35 1.11 1.04 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.7 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.3 4.7 3.34 4.96 4.48 3.26 3.39 1.74 2.08 2.2 2.21 2.24 3.2 2.56 2 2.9 1.83 3.01 1.9 2.06 La 38 40 39 33 35 51.4 31 34 42.4 45 36 36 34 35 40.2 35 39 29 33 31.4 28 25.9 42 36 35 42 32 32 33 36 38 45.2 35.8 42.2 42.4 37.2 36.9 38.2 35 36.2 43.7 41.4 40.6 27.7 36 32 34.1 31 32 Ce 77 81 80 66 70 90.7 66 66 85.6 90 69 70 65 70 74 66 76 60 66 64.6 59.4 56.1 79 72 70 77 65 65 62 66 66 82.1 68.7 87.7 86.3 75.8 70.5 76.7 68 67.8 84.2 77.7 73.6 56.8 72 65.8 67.7 63 68.3 Pr 9.6 9.8 9.7 8.1 8.4 12.4 8 7.5 10.3 10.8 8 8.1 7.4 8.6 8.59 7.4 8.8 7.7 8 7.97 7.55 7.14 9.2 8.7 8.4 9 8 7.8 6.8 7.3 7.6 8.86 7.11 10.3 10.8 9 8.42 8.95 8 8.03 10.1 9.36 9.54 6.86 8.7 8.05 8.5 8 8.28 Nd 40 42.3 37 31.1 35.8 48.7 35.6 30.9 41.3 40 29.9 33.5 30.4 33.8 32.5 28.3 35.5 35.4 34.8 32.3 32.2 30.2 34.4 35.9 34.6 35.5 34.4 33.4 26 28.2 29.5 34.3 25.8 37.7 44.3 34.2 30.7 33.7 34.2 33 35.4 32.5 35.3 28.1 36.1 31.1 35.6 33.9 32.7 Sm 7.1 7.7 7.12 6.19 6.3 8.7 6.5 5.6 7.5 7.51 5.55 5.7 5 6.56 5.4 4.6 5.8 6.6 6.2 6.2 6.7 6.3 6.44 6.6 6 5.8 6.5 6.2 4.4 4.2 4.8 5.1 4.4 6.9 8.3 6.5 5.5 6 5.7 5.8 6.3 5.9 6.2 5.3 6.3 6.2 6.7 6.3 6.2 Eu 1.6 1.66 1.67 1.55 1.45 1.59 1.79 1.34 1.54 1.58 1.43 1.4 1.3 1.78 1.48 1.3 1.28 1.99 1.6 1.75 1.9 1.8 1.74 1.62 1.52 1.59 1.75 1.61 1.14 1.19 1.32 1.24 1.13 1.57 1.88 1.52 1.59 1.73 1.59 1.64 1.48 1.51 1.57 1.54 1.64 1.66 1.64 1.68 1.69 Gd 6.48 6.47 5.9 5.1 5.11 7.89 5.7 4.5 6.69 6.02 4.4 4.99 4.2 5.37 4.72 3.89 4.45 6.27 5.37 6.09 6.73 6.38 5.1 5.49 5.16 4.75 5.93 5.32 3.49 3.58 3.98 3.98 4 6.11 6.94 5.49 4.81 5.19 5 5.05 5.41 5.5 5.59 4.87 5.19 5.76 6.15 5.58 5.74 Tb 0.82 0.86 0.86 0.78 0.64 1.01 0.71 0.6 0.88 0.89 0.65 0.64 0.57 0.78 0.62 0.52 0.59 0.87 0.73 0.84 0.96 0.92 0.73 0.67 0.7 0.57 0.77 0.68 0.48 0.5 0.46 0.45 0.53 0.81 0.93 0.75 0.67 0.7 0.66 0.67 0.8 0.76 0.73 0.68 0.68 0.73 0.8 0.71 0.76 Dy 5.19 5.35 4.96 4.49 3.69 5.55 3.96 3.4 4.71 5.11 3.76 3.73 3.55 4.28 3.28 3.03 3.72 5.21 4.17 4.4 5.35 5.13 4.08 3.84 4.16 3.16 4.93 4.14 2.76 2.79 3.01 1.96 2.55 4.57 5.12 4.31 3.66 3.75 4.01 3.53 4.23 4.32 4.04 3.4 4.18 4.26 4.3 4.41 4.37 Ho 0.88 0.93 0.97 0.9 0.65 1.04 0.71 0.6 0.89 1.01 0.72 0.66 0.57 0.8 0.61 0.55 0.62 0.92 0.74 0.82 1.04 1.02 0.78 0.7 0.74 0.52 0.89 0.73 0.47 0.49 0.52 0.34 0.49 0.88 0.97 0.79 0.68 0.71 0.68 0.66 0.8 0.82 0.74 0.62 0.74 0.79 0.81 0.79 0.84 Er 2.72 2.85 2.6 2.46 1.98 3.27 1.98 1.88 2.8 2.72 2.06 2.04 1.85 2.11 1.96 1.71 1.79 2.83 2.11 2.41 2.96 3 2.11 2.17 2.18 1.51 2.63 2.17 1.41 1.38 1.61 0.9 1.43 2.68 3.04 2.47 1.96 2.01 2 2.05 2.57 2.35 2.12 1.76 2.18 2.34 2.45 2.22 2.59 Tm 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.26 0.44 0.26 0.26 0.38 0.4 0.31 0.31 0.25 0.3 0.26 0.22 0.27 0.37 0.28 0.34 0.43 0.44 0.3 0.3 0.29 0.2 0.35 0.28 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.11 0.21 0.36 0.4 0.32 0.26 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.33 0.32 0.28 0.26 0.32 0.3 0.32 0.32 0.33 Lu 0.38 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.25 0.44 0.26 0.29 0.38 0.4 0.31 0.3 0.29 0.29 0.28 0.24 0.26 0.37 0.3 0.37 0.45 0.49 0.3 0.25 0.33 0.2 0.35 0.32 0.25 0.23 0.21 0.11 0.24 0.38 0.41 0.36 0.28 0.3 0.29 0.28 0.38 0.37 0.29 0.27 0.3 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.33 The Alamosa River pluton, the largest postcaldera intrusion (~3 × 7 km), tain apatite inclusions, suggesting apatite saturation near the liquidus. Zircon Yb 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 1.8 2.7 1.8 1.9 2.3 2.6 2 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.9 2.7 2 2.3 2.9 3 1.9 1.9 2.3 1.4 2.6 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.7 0.7 1.4 2.6 2.5 2.5 2 2 2.2 1.8 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.7 2.3 2.3 1.9 2.2 2.3 W 1 2 nd nd 1 2 2 1 1 nd nd <1 <1 nd <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 nd 1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 <1 <1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 <1 <1 Te <0.5 <0.5 nd nd <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 nd nd <0.5 <0.5 nd <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 0.6 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 nd <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 0.6 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 Tl 1 0.6 nd nd 0.6 1 0.9 1.1 <0.5 nd nd <0.5 <0.5 nd 0.6 1.6 1.3 0.6 1.4 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 nd 0.8 0.7 1 1 2.2 1.1 1.2 0.9 <0.5 0.9 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 0.9 <0.5 <0.5 0.5 <0.5 3.8 1.3 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 Ta 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 1 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 <0.5 <0.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 <0.5 <0.5 0.8 0.7 <0.5 <0.5 <0.5 0.6 0.9 <0.5 0.6 0.6 <0.5 Cs 3.4 2 0.8 1.4 0.6 4.6 3.6 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.1 1.4 6.3 1.3 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.5 3.2 0.8 0.7 1 1.2 1.5 1.1 2.4 0.9 3.5 1.7 1 1.5 0.9 1.1 2.1 1.5 1.6 0.3 1.1 1.3 1 0.4 4 0.8 8.6 1.8 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.7 Mo 3 3 nd nd <2 4 3 2 <2 nd nd <2 <2 nd <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 2 <2 4 nd <2 <2 <2 <2 2 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 3 2 2 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 3 3 <2 <2 <2 <2 Sb 0.3 0.2 nd nd 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.2 nd nd 0.2 0.3 nd 0.7 0.1 0.2 <0.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 nd 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 Sc 18 17 15 15 10 12 13 8 14 14 7 7 5 13 7 6 6 14 11 15 17 15 10 11 10 8 12 10 <5 <5 6 <5 6 12 10 13 8 9 7 7 8 7 7 9 9 15 17 14 17 Sn 2 2 nd nd 2 2 2 1 2 nd nd <1 <1 nd <1 <1 1 1 1 1 <1 <1 nd 1 1 1 1 1 <1 <1 1 1 <1 2 2 1 <1 2 1 1 <1 <1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Se <5 <5 nd nd <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 nd nd <5 <5 nd <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 nd <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 Mn 1010 1160 nd nd 771 873 1700 819 875 nd nd 765 682 nd 835 648 577 1350 1280 1520 1280 1210 nd 730 768 595 931 1060 810 534 772 467 582 902 804 2120 1180 954 559 901 829 581 600 906 627 984 1070 943 1170 Li 19 16 nd nd 10 11 <10 <10 <10 nd nd 18 30 nd 22 14 12 12 17 23 14 14 nd 19 13 25 11 13 17 15 19 23 32 19 15 10 19 19 13 21 12 12 15 48 29 <10 <10 14 15 In <0.2 <0.2 nd nd <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 nd nd <0.2 <0.2 nd <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 nd <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 Hf 7 7 6 5 6 10 5 5 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 6 4 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 Ge 1 2 nd nd 1 1 1 1 1 nd nd <1 2 nd 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 nd 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 was emplaced into Summitville Andesite (upper member) and the Chiquito occurs both as inclusions in biotite and more commonly in interstitial quartz Cd <0.2 <0.2 nd nd <0.2 <0.2 0.7 0.2 <0.2 nd nd <0.2 <0.2 nd <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 nd <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 0.3 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 Bi <0.1 <0.1 nd nd <0.1 0.2 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 nd nd <0.1 <0.1 nd <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 nd <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 <0.1 0.4 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 Be <5 <5 nd nd <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 nd nd <5 <5 nd <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 nd <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 B 22 14 nd nd 10 17 14 <10 19 nd nd <10 <10 nd 21 <10 <10 14 16 26 31 22 nd 12 <10 <10 22 13 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 17 21 22 <10 <10 16 <10 <10 <10 <10 21 11 16 20 11 15 As <5 <5 nd nd <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 nd nd <5 <5 nd 6 <5 <5 <5 19 <5 <5 <5 nd <5 <5 <5 <5 10 <5 14 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 9 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 Ag 2 <1 nd nd <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 nd nd <1 <1 nd <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 nd <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 Note: MP - monzonite porphyry; M - monzonite; QMP - quartz monzonite porphyry; AP - andesite porphyry Units are in wt% for major oxides and ppm for trace elements. nd - not detemined LOI - loss on ignition Coordinates in WGS84 XRF data are normalized to 100% volatile-free compositions. Analytical methods- For SRM samples from Lipman and Zimmerer (2019): https://environment.wsu.edu/facilities/geoanalytical-lab/technical-notes/xrf-method For all other samples: https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/contract-chemistry-method-summaries Peak Tuff (Fig. 4D) at the northwestern margin of the hinged Cornwall Mountain and orthoclase. All equigranular and several porphyritic samples include gra- block, which has been interpreted as a resurgent structure within the Platoro nophyric intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar (Fig. 5B). 1 Supplemental Material. Table S1: Whole-rock com- caldera complex. Lipman (1975) suggested that the Alamosa River pluton is Alteration within the intrusion is localized along the northwestern margin positions of analyzed samples. Table S2: Major and the intrusive core of the volcano that sourced the compositionally similar Sum- of the intrusion and is most pervasive near the contact with the Alum Creek trace element geochemistry of feldspar. Table S3: mitville Andesite. Magnetic fabrics in this intrusion suggest pulsed magma porphyry. The dominant alteration is propylitic; chlorite and actinolite replace Major and trace element geochemistry of pyroxene. Table S4: Major and trace element geochemistry of emplacement of a vertically extensive pluton (Tomek et al., 2019). biotite, augite, and orthopyroxene, but localized advanced argillic alteration biotite. Table S5: Major and trace element geochemis- The pluton ranges in composition from monzonite to local quartz monzonite, was also observed. try of amphibole. Table S6: Zircon geochronology and 59–64 wt% SiO (Table 2; Table S1 in the Supplemental Material1; Fig. 3) and trace element geochemistry. Table S7: Lutetium and 2 hafnium isotopic compositions of zircon. Table S8: is equigranular fine to medium grained and locally porphyritic (Fig. 4A). The Amphibole-plagioclase thermometry. Table S9: Sam- equigranular and porphyritic phases of the Alamosa River monzonite contain Alum Creek Porphyry ple locations and lithologies. Please visit https://doi plagioclase, augite, orthoclase, quartz, biotite, Fe-Ti oxides, and minor ortho- .org/10.1130/GEOS.S.13929935 to access the supple- mental material, and contact [email protected] pyroxene and accessory titanite, apatite, and zircon (Table 1; Fig. 5A). Textural The Alum Creek porphyry intrudes the Alamosa River monzonite north of with any questions. relationships suggest co-crystallization of plagioclase, augite, and Fe-Ti oxides, the Alamosa River (Fig. 2) and consists of fine- to medium-grained porphyritic
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