Geological Evolution of the rodingites and associated rocks from the Cabo de La Vela mafic - ultramafic complex, Alta Guajira, Colombia
Evolución geológica de las rodingitas y rocas asociadas del complejo máfico - ultramáfico del Cabo de La Vela, Alta Guajira, Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.24054/bistua.v23i2.3754Keywords:
Rodingites; Metasomatism; Serpentinization; Metamorphism; Peridotites; Ophiolitic Complexes.Abstract
At Cabo de La Vela, dikes, irregular massive bodies, pods, and banded masses of rodingite have been identified, indicating the presence of at least two distinct protoliths. Field relationships, petrographic analyses, and geochemical data allow differentiation between gabroic and hornblenditic protoliths, mainly evidenced by the occurrence of hydrogrossular and prehnite interacting within ultramafic and mafic serpentinites. This ophiolitic complex is strongly deformed within a mélange zone and underwent early mylonitization, which facilitated intense calcium metasomatism responsible for rodingite formation, as well as additional hydrothermal alterations such as uralitization and albitization associated with multiple elemental enrichments. The presence of minerals like prehnite and pumpellyite indicates low-grade metamorphism in the rocks of the complex.
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