Genesis of the three concentrically-zoned granitoid Plutons of Cauterets-Panticosa (French and Spanish Western Pyrenees)

The petrogenesis of the Hercynian plutons of Cauterets-Panticosa was deduced from detailed cartographic, petrographic, chemical (> 300 analyses) and mineralogical evidence. The three adjacent calc-alkaline plutons were derived from a siliceous continental magma modified to varying degrees by hybridization with a mafic mantle-derived magma. The mafic inclusions are evidence for the mafic parent magma. Each of the three plutons is made up of several more or less concentrically disposed granitoid units. This concentric zonation is either recurrent (West Cauterets Pluton), or normal (Panticosa Pluton), or both normal and recurrent (East Cauterets Pluton). The combination of several processes (hybridization, differentiation, multiple intrusion, subterranean collapse) was responsible for the genesis of the three plutons.

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Zusammenfassung Diese Publikation gibt eine Übersicht der kartographischen, petrographischen und chemisch-mineralogischen (> 300 Analysen) Arbeiten, die in den granitoïden Massiven von Cauterets-Panticosa unternommen wurden. Es handelt sich um drei kalkoalkaline Massive, die nebeneinanderliegen, und die während der variskischen Orogenese in einem metasedimentären, gefalteten, epizonalen Zusammenhang entstanden sind. Die Herkunft der Granitoïde von Cauterets-Panticosa wird auf Grund der Ergebnisse der vergleichenden chemisch-mineralogischen Arbeiten zwischen diesen Granitoïden mit ihren basischen Einschlüssen diskutiert. Diese Granitoïde stammen aus vier Grund-Magmen. Jedes dieser vier Magmen soll durch Hybridation mit einem erdmantel-basischen Magma eine mehr oder weniger stark veränderte Fraktion eines sialischen, sauren Magmas darstellen. Die Einschlüsse weisen auf das erdmantel-basische Magma hin. Der Ursprung all dieser Granitoïde läge gleichzeitig in der kontinentalen Kruste und im Mantel. Jeder dieser drei Massive von Cauterets-Panticosa besitzt eine zonale, konzentrische Struktur. Im westlichen Massiv von Cauterets ist diese Struktur rekurrent. Im Massiv von Panticosa ist sie normal und regelmäßig und komplex im östlichen Massiv von Cauterets. Die Beobachtungen im Gelände und die zahlreichen chemisch-mineralogischen Angaben geben Aufschluß über den Ursprung jeder dieser drei Strukturen ebenso wie über die Granitoïd-Einheiten, die sie zusammensetzen. Die Genese der drei Granitoïd-Einheiten des westlichen Massivs wird durch magmatische Hybridationsprozesse erklärt. Die rekurrente Struktur dieses Massivs ist hingegen an vielfache Injektionen und an ein intrakrustales Zusammenschmelzen älterer Granitoïde gebunden. Die magmatische Differentiation einer einzigen Intrusion — hauptsächlich in größerer Tiefe — vor und während der Platznahme, wäre für die Genese der vier granitoïden Haupteinheiten, und für die normale und gleichzeitige Struktur des Massivs von Panticosa verantwortlich. Die fünf granitoïden Haupteinheiten und die komplexe Struktur des östlichen Massivs würde aus einer Kombination der Prozesse, die im westlichen Massiv und im Massiv von Panticosa beobachtet wurden, hervorgehen.

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Résumé Cette note dresse le bilan pétrogénétique des travaux cartographiques, pétrographiques et chimico-minéralogiques (> 300 analyses) détaillés récemment effectués sur les granitoïdes et leurs enclaves des massifs de Cauterets-Panticosa. Il s'agit de trois massifs calcoalcalins, juxtaposés sur le terrain et d'âge hercynien. L'étude comparée des granitoïdes et de leurs enclaves «microgrenues basiques» montre que ces massifs dériveraient d'un magma continental acide plus ou moins modifié par hybridation avec un magma mantellique basique. Par ailleurs, chacun des trois massifs se compose de plusieurs unités granitoïdes disposées de façon concentrique. Cette structure concentrique est soit récurrente (massif occidental de Cauterets), soit normale et régulière (massif de Panticosa), soit, enfin, tout à la fois normale et récurrente (massif oriental de Cauterets). La combinaison de plusieurs processus (hybridation sélective ou globale, différenciation, intrusions multiples, effondrements souterrains) serait responsable de la genèse des ces trois massifs.

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