Geochemistry of the granitic rocks and their minerals from Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal

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Several types of Hercynian peraluminous granitic rocks ranging from biotite-muscovite granodiorite to muscovite granite occur in the horst of Serra da Estrela. Variation diagrams of most major and trace elements of the rocks and biotites and Cr and V of muscovites show fractionation trends. However, Nb, Li, Rb, K / Rb , Li / Mg variation diagrams of the rocks and muscovites and also of Sn, Cs, Cs / K of the muscovites indicate that the muscovite granite probably originated by another mechanism. Least squares analysis of major elements and modelling of trace elements indicate that the coarse grained porphyritic biotite-muscovite granite, granite porphyry and fine to medium grained muscovite-biotite granite were derived from the granodiorite magma by fractional crystallization of plagioclase, quartz and biotite. Emplacement of granodiorite magma took place at 3.5-3 Kb and 720°C: granites and granite porphyry probably originated about 690°C, but were completely crystallized about 520°C. f O2 was about 10 -17 for the granodiorite and <10 -18 for the two mica granites and granite porphyry. Log ( f HCl / f HF ) was higher, whereas log ( f h 2 o / f hcl ) was lower in the granodiorite than in the other granitic rocks of the fractionated series. The coarse-grained porphyritic biotite-muscovite granite was hydrothermally altered between 400-350°C and 260-230°C at about 1.5-1 Kb. The hydrothermal fluids were probably mainly meteoric in origin, but some fluids released during the late stage of granite solidification might also have been involved.

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