Mejillones Metamorphic Complex

Mejillones Metamorphic Complex
Mejillones Metamorphic Complex
Stratigraphic range: Triassic–Jurassic
Type	Complex
Lithology
Primary	Metaturbidite, schist, gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite
Location
Region	Antofagasta Region
Country	File:Flag of Chile.svg 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]

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