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Cretaceous And Eocene U-Pb Zircon Migmatite Ages From The East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Nevada, Jordan Drew
Cretaceous And Eocene U-Pb Zircon Migmatite Ages From The East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Nevada, Jordan Drew
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Zircon separates from migmatite samples from the East Humboldt Range (EHR), northern Nevada were U-Pb dated using secondary ionization mass spectrometry. Cathodoluminescence images of zircons show bright anhedral cores with abundant euhedral overgrowths surrounding them.
The overgrowths give U-Pb dates indicating two periods of zircon growth. Inner rims have a Cretaceous age population at 70.6 ± 2.6 Ma. Outer rims give Eocene ages that either fall in to a single-age population at 45 ± 1.3 Ma or are part of a range from 41-31 Ma. Discordant zircon cores have upper intercepts between 1.8 -1.0 Ga.
Cretaceous and Eocene ages are …