Mejillones Metamorphic Complex

Mejillones Metamorphic Complex
Stratigraphic range: Triassic–Jurassic
Type	Complex
Lithology
Primary	Metaturbidite, schist, gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite
Location
Region	Antofagasta Region
Country	Chile
Type section
Named for	Mejillones Peninsula

The Mejillones Metamorphic Complex is made up of two separate outcrops of metamorphic rocks in the Mejillones Peninsula of northern Chile. Turbidites of low metamorphic grade make up the northern outcrop at Morro Mejillones. The southern outcrop lies at Morro Jorgiño and is made up of schist, gneiss, amphibolite and quartzite. Rocks at Morro Jorgiño are intruded by garnet-bearing leucogranites.^[1]

References

^ Calderón, M.; Massonne, H.-J.; Hervé, Francisco; Theye, T. (2017). "P–T–time evolution of the Mejillones Metamorphic Complex: Insights into Late Triassic to Early Jurassic orogenic processes in northern Chile". Tectonophysics. 717: 383–398. Bibcode:2017Tectp.717..383C. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.013.

Geology of Chile

Terranes

Sedimentary
formations
and groups

Cretaceous	Baños del Flaco Fm. Cerro Colorado Fm. Chacarilla Fm. Chañarcillo Gp. Coihaique Gp. Divisadero Gp. Dorotea Fm. Hornitos Fm. La Liga Fm. Ñirehuao Fm. Punta del Cobre Fm. Purilactis Gp. Quiriquina Fm. Viñita Fm. Way Gp. Zapata Fm.
Jurassic	Chacarilla Fm. Coihaique Gp. Ibáñez Fm. La Liga Fm. La Negra Fm. Nacientes del Biobío Fm. Nacientes del Teno Fm. Pan de Azúcar Fm. Tobífera Fm.
Triassic	Canto del Agua Fm. Choiyoi Gp. Panguipulli Fm. Santa Juana Fm. Tralcán Fm.