Datación Ar39 / Ar40 de mineralizaciones de mercurio de Sinclinal de Almadén

Mercury mineralizations in the Almaden district can be grouped in two main categories: i) strata-bound mineralizations hosted in Criadero quartzite (Lower Silurian) and ii) veins and stockworks in Silurian and Devonian hosting rocks. The 39Ar/40Ar dating of illite, probably related with the hydrothe...

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Authors: Hall, Chris M., Higueras, Pablo L., Kesler, Stephen E., Lunar Hernández, Rosario, Dong, Hailing, Halliday, Alex N.
Format: article
Publication Date:1996
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/11828
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11828
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Geochronology
Mineral deposits
Mercury
Hercynian
39Ar/40Ar
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Summary:Mercury mineralizations in the Almaden district can be grouped in two main categories: i) strata-bound mineralizations hosted in Criadero quartzite (Lower Silurian) and ii) veins and stockworks in Silurian and Devonian hosting rocks. The 39Ar/40Ar dating of illite, probably related with the hydrothermal activity responsible of the second type of mineralizations, yields 361 ± 2 Ma. This age is some 25-50 Ma older than the age of granitic intrusions in the area, and could be the age of the epigenetic mercury mineralizations