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Santos, A., (2020). Lithocap on Porphyry Shoulder: Geology and lifespan of the La Arena-Calaorco porphyry and epithermal deposits, Huamachuco-Cajabamba Belt, Northern Peru [Universidad China de Geociencias, Wuhan]. https://renati.sunedu.gob.pe/handle/sunedu/3092835
Santos, A., Lithocap on Porphyry Shoulder: Geology and lifespan of the La Arena-Calaorco porphyry and epithermal deposits, Huamachuco-Cajabamba Belt, Northern Peru []. CN: Universidad China de Geociencias, Wuhan; 2020. https://renati.sunedu.gob.pe/handle/sunedu/3092835
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title = "Lithocap on Porphyry Shoulder: Geology and lifespan of the La Arena-Calaorco porphyry and epithermal deposits, Huamachuco-Cajabamba Belt, Northern Peru",
author = "Santos Polo, Alan Humberto",
publisher = "Universidad China de Geociencias, Wuhan",
year = "2020"
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Based on samples that show unambiguous field relationship coupled with zircon U-Pb dating, the magmatic-hydrothermal activity lasted 2.24 ± 0.79 m.y., from emplacement of the precursor pluton between 26.64 ± 0.71 and 26.50 ± 0.28 Ma, followed by an intensely mineralized early porphyry at 26.45 ± 0.64 Ma and weakly mineralized inter-mineral porphyries between 25.58 ± 0.68 and 24.95 ± 0.29 Ma, to intrusions of the late mineral porphyries at Calaorco between 24.81 ± 0.48 and 24.40 ± 0.34 Ma. Re-Os analyses yield ore-formation ages of 26.61 ± 0.41 and 26.51 ± 0.46 for two early molybdenite-bearing quartz veinlets, 26.05 ± 0.39, 25.93 ± 0.44, and 25.86 ± 0.44 Ma for three molybdenite-rich transitional veinlets hosted in early porphyry that are within a time span of 0.75 ± 0.60 m.y. This implies that the molybdenum were deposited in two-separated mineralization stages into the early andesite porphyry. The cooling 40Ar/39Ar ages have been determined on biotite, muscovite/sericite, and alunite. The deep potassic biotites have ages of 26.40 ± 0.29 and 26.35 ± 0.14 Ma, biotite in paleo-green SCC alteration zone yielded an age of 25.96 ± 0.16 Ma, muscovite/sericite in sericitic zones dating ages of 26.41 ± 0.52, 26.38 ± 0.24, and 26.02 ± 0.07 Ma. Alunite crystals related to advanced argillic altered roofs of the early andesite porphyry from the Calaorco open-pit yielded ages of 25.57 ± 0.16, 25.51 ± 0.10, and 25.51 ± 0.17 Ma and 25.81 ± 0.16 Ma from the Ethel area. Advanced argillic alteration at Calaorco and Ethel are ~ 0.89 and ~ 0.59 m.y. younger than the deep porphyry-style hydrothermal biotites, respectively, but similar range as that of the biotite from SCC alteration zone. This supported that the hydrothermal alteration centered in the early andesite from porphyry to epithermal environment evolved along two fluid flow paths as separate pulses of hydrothermal activity within a time span of 0.89 ± 0.34 m.y.
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