Correlation of High-Calcium Silica-Undersaturated Complex of the Maymecha–Kotuy Province with Siberian Flood Basalts: New Age Data on the Kugda Massif (Polar Siberia)

Abstract

Abstract—Perovskite crystals from the ore-bearing olivinite and phoscorite of the Kugda massif were analyzed by LA-ICP-MS. Age obtained for the alkaline rocks of the Kugda massif is 257 ± 6 Ma. This implies that the Kugda massif was formed simultaneously with the Siberian flood basalts and Guli Massif (250 ± 9 Ma), which is the largest and highly differentiated pluton in the Maymecha–Kotuy Province. The simultaneous formation of the melilite-bearing Kugda Complex, Siberian flood basalts, and Guli Massif suggests the possible genetic relation of these rocks.