A tale of a lava from its shallow zoned reservoir to surface: the case of Azufre volcano in the context of the Altiplano Puna Magma Body (northern Chile)

The Azufre volcano (21°47′S; 68°14′W) is emplaced above the western boundary of the Altiplano Puna Magma Body. The youngest lava of the Azufre volcano (50–331 ka) was selected for detailed studies because of the relevant petrological information that could emerge to understand its reservoir as a pot...

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Published in:	Contributions to mineralogy and petrology Vol. 178; no. 8; p. 52
Main Authors:	Hübner, Darío Salvador, Parada, Miguel-Ángel, Morgado, Eduardo, Mallea-Lillo, Francisca
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-08-2023 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Amphiboles Analysis Andesite Biotite Composition Crystallization Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Geology High temperature Iron Lava Magma Mineral Resources Mineralogy Olivine Original Paper Oxidation Oxides Petrology Plagioclase Porphyry Pyroxene Pyroxenes Reservoirs Rhyolite Rhyolites Silica Silicon dioxide Solidus Titanium Volcanoes Altiplano Magma mixing Altiplano Puna Volcanic Complex Crystal-mush reservoirs Magmatic enclaves
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Summary:	The Azufre volcano (21°47′S; 68°14′W) is emplaced above the western boundary of the Altiplano Puna Magma Body. The youngest lava of the Azufre volcano (50–331 ka) was selected for detailed studies because of the relevant petrological information that could emerge to understand its reservoir as a potential heat source of the neighboring Cerro Pabellón geothermal system. The studied lava corresponds to an andesite-dacite (61–63 SiO 2 wt%) with phenocrysts of plagioclase, amphibole (Group 1), biotite, pyroxenes, quartz, and olivine. The lava also contains aphanitic enclaves (58–60 SiO 2 wt%), whose groundmass have the same mineralogy of lava samples groundmass consisting of amphibole microphenocryts (Group 2) and microlites of plagioclase, pyroxenes, and Fe–Ti oxides. Disequilibrium textures are commonly observed in the studied samples such as partially resorbed plagioclase phenocrysts, amphibole breakdown, and reverse zoning in pyroxene and plagioclase phenocrysts. Thermobarometry calculations indicated pressures of ~ 2 kbar for Group 1 amphiboles, temperatures of 905–1097 °C for Mg-rich pyroxene phenocrysts and Ca-rich plagioclase (An ≥ 66), and near-solidus temperatures of 712–788 °C for Group 1 amphibole-plagioclase pairs. Group 1 amphiboles also indicate crystallization from an evolved liquid (63–79 wt% of SiO 2 ). Oxidation conditions of QFM + 0.9–2.5 log units were recorded in amphibole and Fe–Ti oxides. Rhyolite-MELTS models reproduce the composition of the high-temperature phases from a melt composition (andesitic enclave) at similar P–T- f O 2 . The arrival of new hot andesite magma into a crystal-rich shallow reservoir, thermally and compositionally zoned, would have triggered the studied eruption. Diffusion models in Fe–Ti oxides microlites indicated cooling temperatures of 742–866 °C during the sub-aerial emplacement of the lava.
ISSN:	0010-7999 1432-0967
DOI:	10.1007/s00410-023-02031-x