The geochemistry of the Maimón Formation (Central Cordillera, Dominican Republic) revisited

L. Torró; J. A. Proenza; A. García-Casco; J. Farré de Pablo; R. del Carpio; P. León; C. Chávez; H. Domínguez; Salvador Brower; J. Espaillat; C. Nelson; J. F. Lewis

doi:10.21701/bolgeomin.128.3.001

Autores/as

L. Torró Departament de Cristal·lografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona
J. A. Proenza Departament de Cristal·lografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona
A. García-Casco Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada
J. Farré de Pablo Departament de Cristal·lografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona
R. del Carpio Corporación Minera Dominicana
P. León Corporación Minera Dominicana
C. Chávez Corporación Minera Dominicana
H. Domínguez Everton Minera Dominicana S.R.L.
Salvador Brower Brouwer Geoconsultores, E.I.R.L.
J. Espaillat GoldQuest Mining Corp.
C. Nelson Recursos del Caribe, S.A.
J. F. Lewis Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, George Washington University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21701/bolgeomin.128.3.001

Palabras clave:

Arco de Islas Volcánicas, Basaltos de Ante-arco-FAB, Caribe, Geoquímica, Ofiolita

Resumen

Los materiales volcánicos de la Formación Maimón, metamorfizados en facies de esquistos verdes, son representativos del magmatismo más antiguo registrado en el arco-isla del Cretácico del Caribe. A partir de nuevos datos geoquímicos de roca total y mediante el uso de elementos traza inmóviles (elementos de alto potencial iónico - HFSE, tierras raras - REE), se reconoce el predominio de protolitos basálticos y una menor proporción de rocas de composición intermedia y ácida. Geoquímicamente, los protolitos basálticos han sido clasificados como boninitas, toleítas de arco de isla pobres en Ti y LREE, toleítas de arco de isla pobres en Ti normales y escasas toleítas de arco de isla normales. Las rocas ácidas presentan claras afinidades boniniticas y toleíticas y pertenecerían al tipo M (derivadas del manto). La geoquímica de las toleítas pobres en Ti y LREE permite su clasificación como FAB (Fore-Arc Basalts, i.e. basaltos de ante-arco), término recientemente acuñado para describir toleítas con rasgos de MORB (basaltos de dorsal centro-oceánica) identificados en el ante-arco de Izu-Bonin-Mariana. La presencia de FAB y su correlación estratigráfica con boninitas son indicativas de formación en un contexto de ante-arco durante los primeros estadios magmáticos en un régimen extensional ligado al inicio de la subducción y el nacimiento del arco-isla. La Fm. Maimón puede representar la sección superior (volcánica) de una ofiolita tipo “inicio de subducción”.

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