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Vicuña Mackenna Batholith

Coordinates: 24°21′57″S 69°02′24″W / 24.36583°S 69.04000°W / -24.36583; -69.04000
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Vicuña Mackenna Batholith
Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous
~192–98 Ma
TypeBatholith
Lithology
PrimaryGabbro, granitoids
Location
Coordinates24°21′57″S 69°02′24″W / 24.36583°S 69.04000°W / -24.36583; -69.04000
RegionAntofagasta Region
CountryChile
Type section
Named forSierra Vicuña Mackenna

The Vicuña Mackenna Batholith (Spanish: Batolito Vicuña Mackenna) is a group of plutons in the Chilean Coast Range of northern Chile. The plutons of the batholith formed (cooled from magma to rock) between the Early Jurassic and the Late Cretaceous (192–98 Ma). The magmas that formed the batholith originated in Earth's mantle and have not suffered any significant crustal contamination. A group of Early Cretaceous plutons were intruded syn-tectonically on the Atacama Fault.[1]

Subdivision

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Geologists Miguel Hervé and Nicolás Marinivic identify six major units. From the oldest to the youngest these are:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hervé, Miguel; Marinovic, Nicolas (1989). "Geocronología y evolución del batolito Vicuña Mackenna, Cordillera de la Costa, sur de Antofagasta (24-25°S)". Revista Geológica de Chile (in Spanish). 16 (1): 31–49. Retrieved 8 August 2016.