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The Bafoussam area in west Cameroon is located within the Cameroon Neoproterozoic orogenic belt (north of the Congo craton) which is part of the Central African Fold Belt (CAFB).The evolution of the CAFB is related to the collision between the convergent West African craton, the São Francisco – Congo cratons and the Sahara Metacraton. The outcrop area stretches over a surface of ~1000 km2 and dominantly consists of granitoids which intruded wall-rocks of gneiss and migmatite during the Pan-African orogeny. The Bafoussam granitoid emplacement was influenced by the N 30 °E strike-slip shear zone in the prolongation of the Cameroon Volcanic Line, but also by the N 70 °E Central Cameroon Shear Zone. In the field, these two shear directions are expressed in the schistosity and foliation trajectories, fault orientation and the alignment of the volcanic cones as well. In the Bafoussam area, four types of granitoids can be distinguished, including: (i) the biotite granitoid, (ii) the deformed biotite granitoid, (iii) the mega feldspar granitoid, and (iv) the two-mica granitoid. These granitoids occur as elongated plutons hosting irregular mafic enclaves (amphibole-bearing, biotite-rich, and metagabbroic types) and are frequently cut by late pegmatites, aplite dykes and quartz veins. Petrographically, they range in composition from syenogranite (major), alkali-feldspar granite, granodiorite, monzogranite, quartz-syenite, quartzmonzonite to quartz-monzodiorite. Potassium feldspar, quartz, plagioclase and biotite are the principal phases, in cases accompanied by amphibole and accessory minerals such as apatite,zircon, monazite, titanite, allanite, ilmenite and magnetite. Sericite, epidote and chlorite are secondary minerals. In addition, the two-mica granitoid contains primary muscovite and sometimes igneous garnet. In the granitoids, potassium feldspar is orthoclase (microcline and orthoclase: Or81–97Ab19–3), and plagioclase is mainly oligoclase with some albite and andesine (An3–35Ab96–64).Biotite is Fe-rich (meroxene and lepidomelane, with some siderophyllite), having high Fe2+/(Fe2+ + Mg) ratios of 0.40–0.80. It is a re-equilibrated primary biotite and suggests calc-alkaline and peraluminous nature of the host granitoids. Amphibole is edenitic and magnesian hastingsitic hornblende, with high Mg/(Mg + Fe2+) ratios of 0.50–0.62. The evolution of the hornblende was dominated by the edenitic, tschermakitic, pargasitic and hastingsitic substitution types. Primary muscovite is iron-rich [Fe2+/(Fe2+ + Mg) = 0.52–0.82] and has experienced celadonite and paragonite substitutions. Igneous garnet is almandine–spessartine (XFe = 0.99 and XMn = 0.46–0.56). The euhedral grain shapes of garnet crystals and the absence of inclusions coupled with the high Mn and Fe2+contents (2.609–3.317 a.p.f.u and 2.646–3.277 a.p.f.u,respectively) and low Mg contents (0.012–0.038 a.p.f.u) clearly point to its plutonic origin. The Mn-depletion crystallization model is suggested for the origin of the analyzed garnet, i.e. initial crystallization of garnet inducing early decrease of Mn in the original melt. Aluminum-in-hornblende and phengite barometric estimates show that the granitoids crystallized at 4.2 ± 1.1 to 6.6 ± 1.0 kbar, corresponding to emplacement depths of 15–24 km.Zircon and apatite saturation temperature calibrations and hornblende–plagioclase thermometry yielded emplacement temperatures between 772 ± 41 and 808 ± 34 °C. Except the two-mica granitoid, the titanite–magnetite–quartz assemblage gives oxygen fugacities ranging from 10–17 to 10–13, suggesting that the granitoids were produced by an oxidized magma. Since the twomica granitoid lacks magnetite, it was originated from a magma under reducing conditions, below the quartz–fayalite–magnetite buffer. Fluid inclusions in quartz from hydrothermal veins are secondary in nature and are found in trails along healed microcracks or in clusters. Two types of fluid inclusion have been recognized, mixed aqueous–non-aqueous volatile fluid inclusions subdivided into aqueous-rich mixed and non-aqueous volatile-rich mixed fluid inclusions, and pure aqueous fluid inclusions.The non-aqueous volatile-rich mixed fluid inclusions are one-, two-, or three-phase inclusions, whereas the aqueous-rich mixed fluid inclusions are exclusively three-phase inclusions. Both have similar low to moderate salinities (1 to 10 equiv. wt. %). The total homogenization temperatures of the aqueous-rich mixed fluid inclusions are slightly lower than those of the nonaqueous volatile-rich mixed fluid inclusions, ranging from 150 to 250 °C and 170 to 300 °C,respectively. They contain nearly pure CO2, or CO2 with addition of 4.1–13.5 mole % CH4 as volatile constituents. Pure aqueous fluid inclusions are two-phase with lower total homogenization temperatures (130–150 °C) and salinities ranging from 3 to 8 equiv. wt. %. They display mixing salt system characteristics, having NaCl as the dominant salt and considerable amounts of other divalent cations. Aqueous-rich mixed fluid inclusions and pure aqueous fluid inclusions exhibit a low geothermal gradient value of 18 °C/km, whereas the non-aqueous volatiles-rich mixed fluid inclusions have a high density which correspond to high geothermal gradient of 68 °C/km. The studied granitoids are intermediate to felsic in compositions (56.9–74.6 wt. % SiO2)and have high contents of alkalis K2O (1.73–7.32 wt. %) and Na2O (1.25–5.13 wt. %) but low abundances in MnO (0.01–0.20 wt. %), MgO (0.10–3.97 wt. %), CaO (0.37–4.85 wt. %), P2O5(up to 0.90 wt. %). They display variable contents in TiO2 (0.07–0.91 wt. %), Fe2O3* (total Fe = 0.96–7.79 wt. %) and Al2O3 (12.0–17.6 wt. %) contents. The granitoids show a wide range of high-field-strength elements (HFSE) and large ion lithophile elements (LILE) contents, with felsic granitoids being enriched in HFSE and the intermediate granitoids displaying in contrast high LILE concentrations. They exhibit chemical characteristics of non-alkaline to mid-alkaline, alkali-calcic, calc-alkaline, K-rich to shoshonitic, ferriferous affinities. Chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REE) patterns are characterized by a strong enrichment in light compared to heavy REEs [(La/Sm)N = 3.23–9.65 and (Ga/Lu)N = 1.45–5.54, respectively], with small to significant negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.28–1.08). Ocean ridge granites (ORG)normalized multi-elements spidergrams display typical collision-related granites pattern, with characteristic negative anomalies of Ba, Nb and Y, and positive anomalies in Rb, Th and Sm. The granitoids under study are genetically I-type granitoids (biotite granitoid, deformed biotite granitoid and mega feldspar granitoid) and one S-type granitoid (two-mica granitoid). The I-type granitoids are metaluminous (ASI: 0.70–1.00) or moderately peraluminous if highly fractionated (ASI: 1.01–1.06). The geochemistry and petrological features of these I-type granitoids argue for close genetic relationships and it is suggest that they originated from a single parent magma. The observed variability in mineralogy and major and trace element compositions in these granitoids are then the reflection of the fractional crystallization that evolved separation of plagioclase, biotite, K-feldspar and accessory minerals at the level of emplacement. The two mica S-type granitoid is exclusively peraluminous (ASI: 1.07–1.25) and classified as a peraluminous leucocratic granitoid or leucogranite. It is marked in its CIPW normative composition by the permanent presence of corundum, ranging between 0.12 and 3.03. The Bafoussam granitoids were emplaced in a syn- to post-collisional tectonic environment. The observed deformational features and the concentrations in Y, less than 40 ppm, confirm that they are related to an orogenesis. Whole-rock Rb–Sr isochrons defines an igneous crystallization ages of 540 ± 27 Ma for the biotite granitoid and 587 ± 41 Ma for the mega feldspar granitoid. These ages fit with the range of Pan-African granitoid ages (650–530 Ma) in West Cameroon and correspond to the Pan-African D2 deformation event in the Neoproterozoic Cameroon orogenic belt. The two-mica granitoid yields an older Rb–Sr isochron age of 663 ± 62 Ma which is considered to be probably a mixing age. The Nd–Sr isotopic compositions indicate that the I-type granitoids have been produced by partial melting of a tonalite–granodiorite source in the lower crust. This is supported by their initial 87Sr/86Sr(600 Ma) ratios (0.705–0.709) and by their WNd(600 Ma) values (0.2 to –6.3, mainly < 0). The two-mica granitoid was generated by partial melting of a greywacke-dominated source involving biotite-limited, biotite dehydration melting. Chemical data of the two-mica granitoid that support this hypothesis are low CaO/Na2O (0.11–0.38) and Sr/Ba (0.20–0.30), the high Rb/Sr (2.26–7.00), the high initial 87Sr/86Sr(600 Ma) ratios ranging from 0.708 to 0.720, the large range in Al2O3/TiO2 (47–204) and the negative WNd(600 Ma) values (–9.9 to –14.0). Moreover,the higher initial 87Sr/86Sr(600 Ma) ratios of the two-mica granitoid are consistent with an upper crust origin. The depleted mantle Nd model ages (TDM) of 1.3–2.3 Ga indicate that the studied granitoids originated by partial melting of Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic crust, with limited mantle-derived magma contribution. The high initial 87Sr/86Sr(600 Ma) ratios of these granitoids coupled with the wide negative WNd(600 Ma) values strongly suggest a very long residence time in the crust of their protoliths before the melting event. The petrologic signatures of the Bafoussam granitoids are similar to those described in other Pan-African belts of western Gondwanaland such as the neighbouring provinces of Nigeria and the Central African Republic, as well as in the Borborema Province of northeastern Brazil. This supports the previous hypothesis that the Central African fold Belt including Cameroon, Nigeria and the Central African Republic provinces has a continuation in Brazil.
Die sechs untersuchten Au-Cu-Vorkommen südlich von Rehoboth befinden sich im östlichen Bereich des Rehoboth Inliers, dessen Geologie durch Kibarische Granitoide und Rhyolite der Gamsberg Granit Suite, Eburnische Granitoide der Piksteel Intrusiv Suite und prä-Piksteel Metasedimente der Rehoboth Sequenz dominiert wird, die grünschieferfaziell überprägt wurden. Au-Cu-Mineralisationen sind an spröd-duktile Scherzonen gebunden, die mit variablem Streichen nach NW, N oder NE einfallen. Die Scherzonen orientieren sich entlang von deformierten mafischen Gängen oder Einheiten von Metasedimenten, die in Eburnischen Granitoiden vorliegen. Imprägnationen mit Au- oder Cu-führenden Mineralen sind auf Bereiche von wenigen Metern um die Hauptvererzungen begrenzt. Während der Kompression der Damara Orogenese wurde ein zylindrischer Faltenbau mit ENE-WSW-streichenden Achsenebenen und eine parallel dazu verlaufende Foliation angelegt. Daraufhin bewirkte eine Schleppfaltung mit dextraler Komponente eine Rotation von Faltenachsen, Streckungslinearen und Faserharnischen in nordwestliche Richtungen. Vielerorts lassen Planare anhand von Faserharnischen eine dextrale Aufschiebung und/oder eine spätere Abschiebung mit sinistralen Charakter erkennen, die vereinzelt mit Zerrklüften von tauben Quarz, Karbonat und Chlorit assoziiert sind. Mylonite der Scherzonen sind durch Albitisierung, Serizitisierung und teils durch eine Illitisierung gekennzeichnet. Es liegen zwei Arten der Au-Cu-Mineralisation vor. Bei der Vererzung der Swartmodder Kupfer Mine handelt es sich um eine Eisenoxid-Cu-Au-Mineralisation (IOCG-Typ) mit einer massiven Magnetit-Mineralisation mit einer diese verdrängenden Sulfidmineralisation. Typisch für erstere sind eine Assoziation von Magnetit mit Apatit (±Monazit) und erhöhte Gehalte an U und LSEE. Die folgende Sulfidmineralisation beinhaltet Chalkopyrit und Carrollit. Innerhalb dieses Vorkommens treten keine mineralisierten Quarzadern, die für die Au-Cu-Mineralisation der übrigen untersuchten Minen charakteristisch sind. Die Au-führenden Quarzadern zeigen deutliche Merkmale der Deformation und Rekristallisation und orientieren sich entlang der Mylonite, die die Scherzonen charakterisieren. Die Au-Cu-Quarzmineralisationen sind an das Auftreten von Chalkopyrit gebunden. Dieser tritt im Erz der Golden Valley Mine mit Pyrit auf und enthält Einschlüsse von gediegenem Au, Petzit, Hessit, Stützit, Galenit/Clausthalit, Sphalerit und anderen Ag-Cu-Seleniden und Ag-Cu-Se-Sulfiden. Für diese Paragenese lässt sich eine minimale Bildungstemperatur von 300°C bei Te-Fugazitäten von logfTe2= -11 bis -6,5 und S-Fugazitäten von logfS2 = -7,5 bis -6,8 für das hydrothermale Fluid abschätzen. Der Chalkopyrit im Erz der Neuras Mine enthält Pyrit und Sphalerit und wurde teils durch eine komplexe Galenit-Bi-Ag-Sulfosalzparagenese verdrängt, die neben Galenit Wittichenit, Aikinit, Berryit, Emplektit und gediegen Bi enthält, die in Spuren Au führen. Isoliert im Quarz treten auch Aikinit, Berryit, Matildit, Akanthit/Argentit und mindestens eine unbekannte Ag-reiche Phase (Ag8Bi5Cu5S16) auf. Diese Paragenesen indizieren eine Verdrängung von Chalkopyrit bei Temperaturen zwischen 271 und 320°C bei niedrigen S- (logfS2 ≤ -11) und O2-Fugazitäten (logfO2 ≤ -37) aus einem Fluid, welches reich an Pb, Bi und Ag (+Au) gewesen sein muss. Bei der Golden Valley Mine und der Neuras Mine weisen Magnetit-Imprägnationen und einige Elementkorrelationen auf eine Ähnlichkeit mit einer IOCG-Lagerstättenbildung hin. Unabhängig von der texturellen Assoziation, der Lithologie bzw. deren Mylonitisierung variieren die Bildungstemperaturen von Chlorit zwischen 230 und 405°C. In den meisten Gesteinen zeigt Biotit Anzeichen einer Chloritisierung. Aus der Rücksetzung des K/Ar-Isotopensystems und den Si-Gehalten von Muskoviten ergeben sich minimale P-T-Bedingungen von 350±50°C und ca. 3,5 kbar für die Damara Metamorphose. Biotite und Muskovite in den Myloniten sind meist illitisiert. Dieses spiegelt sich auch in niedrigeren Illit-Kristallinitäten von Glimmerpräparaten wider, die Damara bzw. post-Damara Alter (Feinfraktionen) ergeben. Der Grad der Argillitisierung lässt sich durch die Evolution der Infiltration von niedrigtemperierten moderat-salinaren Fluiden bis hin zu hochsalinaren Fluiden mit höheren Ca/Na-Verhältnissen erklären, die sich aus der Untersuchung von Fluideinschlüssen ableiten lässt. Ein Zusammenhang zwischen den untersuchten Fluideinschlüssen in Quarzadern und Nebengesteinen und der primären Au-Cu-Mineralisation kann ausgeschlossen werden. Für die Exploration auf Lagerstätten des IOCG-Typs bieten sich P, LSEE, U, Th, Cu, Co, Au, Ag, Pb und Se als Pfadfinder-Elemente an. Vorkommen dieses Typs lassen sich mit Methoden der Magnetik und Radiometrie auffinden. Für die Aufsuchung von Au-Cu-Quarzmineralisationen legen Erzmineralogie und Elementkorrelationen Ag, Te, Se, Pb und Bi als Pfadfinder neben As als klassischem Pfadfinder für Gold nahe.
Comprehensive geochemical investigations of rnetabasites yielded constraints for a correlation of, or discrimination between the different tectonic units within the northeast Bavarian crystalline basement. The Münchberg nappe pile consists of at least five large tectonic units which exhibit differences in lithology, in part also in metamorphie grade and in metamorphie history. The metabasites in each of these nappes show their own, significant geochemical characteristics. The lowermost tectonic unit, the Bavarian lithofacies, includes the anchimetamorphie Ordovician Randschieferserie which contains alkaline basalts. In their geochemistry, they are sirnilar to the metabasites of the Fichtelgebirge crystalline complex in the autochthonous Saxo-thuringian. The next higher tectonic unit of the Münchberg nappe pile, the Prasinit-Phyllit-Serie contains metabasites which can be derived from subalkaline basalts with a clear calc-alkaline tendency. There is a striking geochemical resemblance to the metabasites of the Erbendorf Greenschist Zone (EGZ) underscorinq the similar lithology of both allochthonous units which appear to be in a similar tectonic position. The Randamphibolit-Serie higher up in the Münchberg nappe pile consists of metabasites with tholeiitic characteristics and a pronounced differentiation trend. The next higher tectonic unit, the Liegendserie of the Münchberg gneiss cornplex s. str., contains metagabbros to metagabbronorites with a high-Al basaltic composition. The amphibolites and banded hornblende gneisses of the overlying Hangendserie are of subalkaline basaltic character with calc-alkaline affinity. The Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauss (ZEV) is currently regarded as an allochthonous unit equivalent to the higher crystalline nappes of the Münchberg pile. However, the geochemical character of the metabasites do not encourage such a correlation. Neither the schistose and striped amphibolites nor the flaseramphibolites of the ZEV with their N-KORB and E-MORB character respectively, find convincing counterparts in the crystalline nappes of the Münchberg pile. However, an interestingly close resemblance exists between the schistose and striped amphibolites in the ZEV, on the one hand, and in the autochthonous Zone Tirschenreuth- Mähring (ZTM) and the adjacent Moldanubian sensu strictu, on the other. Owing to the absence of age criteria, our results cannot be used, so far, to reconstruct the paleogeographical position of the individual tectonic units, based on the geochemical characteristics of their respective metabasites.
Various amphibolites, metagabbros and eclogitic relics of the Mariänske Läzne complex, and amphibolites from the Cernä Hora Massif exhibit an uniform geochemical character which compares weil with modern mid-ocean ridge basalts. Geochemically these metabasites are similar to the amphibolites of the Myto area and to schistose, partly striped amphibolites of the neighbouring Tirschenreuth-Mähring Zone and the Erbendorf-Vohenstrauss Zone (Bavaria). Greenschists and amphibolites from the Domazlice metamorphic complex show an alkaline-basaltic tendency conforming to modern within-plate basalts or basalts from anomalaus midocean ridge segments. In their chemical character, these metabasites compare weil with the flaseramphibolites of the Erbendorf-Vohenstrauss Zone. Fine-grained amphibolites in the Warzenrieth area and (gabbro-) amphibolites in the Blätterberg-Hoher Bogen area show normal MORB character. The metamorphosed gabbroic rocks in the southern part of the Neukirchen-Kdyne (meta-) igneous complex are subalkaline - tholeiitic and exhibit a magmatic differentiation trend. They differ from the neighbouring amphibolites by generally lower contents of incompatible elements.
Various amphibolites, metagabbros and eclogitic relics of the Mariimske Lazne complex, and amphibolites from the Cerna Hora Massif exhibit an uniform geochemical character which compares well with modern mid-ocean ridge basalts. Geochemically these metabasites are similar to the amphibolites of the My to area and to schistose. partly striped amphibolites of the neighbouring Tirschenreuth-Mahring Zone and the Erbendorf-Vohenstrauss Zone (Bavaria). Greenschists and amphibolites from the Domailice metamorphic complex show an alkaline-basaltic tendency conforming to modern within-plate basalts or basalts from anomalous midocean ridge segments. In their chemical character, these metabasites compare well with the flaseramphibolites of the Erbendorf-Vohenstrauss Zone. Fine-grained amphibolites in the Warzenrieth area and gabbroic amphiboltes in the Blatterberg-Hoher Bogen area show normal MORB character. The metamorphosed gabbroic rocks in the southern part of the Neukirchen-Kdyne (meta-) igneous complex are subalkaline-tholeiitic and exhibit a magmatic differentiation trend. They differ from the neighbouring amphibolites by generally lower contents of incompatible elements.