Abstract
Garnet-cordierite-sillimanite bearing rocks from the contact aureole of the Precambrian Loon Lake pluton in Chandos Township, southeastern Ontario were analyzed for the major and rare-earth elements. In comparison with the associated Apsley biotite gneisses, they are rich in Al, Mg, and Fe, low in Si, Na, and K and their REE distribution patterns show a depletion of light REE with a negative Eu anomaly. These rocks are probably residuum left after partial melting of biotite gneiss. Leucogranite associated with the GCS rocks may represent the extracted anatectic material. It is suggested that some of the garnet cordierite-sillimanite gneisses which frequently occur in high-grade regionally metamorphosed areas of the Grenville Province of the Canadian Shield may also be of a similar residual origin as proposed by Lal and Moorhouse (1969).
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