Lifetime of an ocean island volcano feeder zone: constraints from U–Pb dating on coexisting zircon and baddeleyite, and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age determinations, Fuerteventura, Canary IslandsThis article is one of a series of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme of <i>Geochronology</i> in honour of Tom Krogh.

High-precision isotope dilution – thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID–TIMS) U–Pb zircon and baddeleyite ages from the PX1 vertically layered mafic intrusion Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, indicate initiation of magma crystallization at 22.10 ± 0.07 Ma. The magmatic activity lasted a minimum of 0.52 Ma. 40 Ar/ 39 Ar amphibole dating yielded ages from 21.9 ± 0.6 to 21.8 ± 0.3, identical within errors to the U–Pb ages, despite the expected 1% theoretical bias between 40 Ar/ 39 Ar and U–Pb dates. This overlap could result from (i) rapid cooling of the intrusion (i.e., less than the 0.3 to 0.6 Ma 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age uncertainties) from closure temperatures (T c ) of zircon (699–988 °C) to amphibole (500–600 °C); (ii) lead loss affecting the youngest zircons; or (iii) excess argon shifting the plateau ages towards older values. The combination of the 40 Ar/ 39 Ar and U/Pb datasets implies that the maximum amount of time PX1 intrusion took to cool below amphibole T c is 0.8 Ma, suggesting PX1 lifetime of 520 000 to 800 000 Ma. Age disparities among coexisting baddeleyite and zircon (22.10 ± 0.07/0.08/0.15 Ma and 21.58 ± 0.15/0.16/0.31 Ma) in a gabbro sample from the pluton margin suggest complex genetic relationships between phases. Baddeleyite is found preserved in plagioclase cores and crystallized early from low silica activity magma. Zircon crystallized later in a higher silica activity environment and is found in secondary scapolite and is found close to calcite veins, in secondary scapolite that recrystallised from plagioclase. close to calcite veins. Oxygen isotope δ 18 O values of altered plagioclase are high (+7.7), indicating interaction with fluids derived from host-rock carbonatites. The coexistence of baddeleyite and zircon is ascribed to interaction of the PX1 gabbro with CO 2 -rich carbonatite-derived fluids released during contact metamorphism.