Madre de Dios Terrane

Madre de Dios Terrane is a distinct fragment of Earth's crust in southwestern Patagonia. Subduction made the Madre de Dios Terrane collide and accrete to Patagonia (then part of Gondwana) in the Mesozoic. This accretion is thought to have happened at a different location than today and the current location of the terrane is would be the result of displacement along dextral faults.^[1] The terrane is made up of three distinct units:^[1]

• Denaro Complex
• Torlton Limestone
• Duque de York Complex is made up of pelites, greywackes and conglomerates. All these sediments are thought to be derived from a continent or microcontinent. Duque de York Complex was metamorphosed before the Cretaceous intrusions of the South Patagonian Batholith, as is also likely the case of the two other units.

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Geology of Chile
Terranes	Arequipa-Antofalla Chilenia Chiloé Cuyania Fitz Roy Madre de Dios Mejillonia Patagonia
Sedimentary formations and groups	Cenozoic Abanico Formation Azapa Formation Caleta Herradura Formation Cola de Zorro Formation Coquimbo Formation Cura-Mallín Formation Estratos de Pupunahue Estratos de San Pedro Farellones Formation Lacui Formation La Portada Formation Lebu Group Malleco Formation Navidad Formation Oxaya Formation Ranquil Formation Santo Domingo Formation Traiguén Formation Trapa-Trapa Formation Tubul Formation Mesozoic La Negra Formation Pan de Azúcar Formation Quiriquina Formation Tobífera Formation Toqui Formation Vinita Formation Way Group Zapata Formation
Batholiths	Coastal Batholith of central Chile Elqui-Limarí Batholith North Patagonian Batholith Panguipulli Batholith South Patagonian Batholith Tierra del Fuego Batholith Vicuña Mackenna Batholith
Metamorphic complexes	Bahía Mansa Metamorphic Complex Belén Metamorphic Complex Chañaral Epimetamorphic Complex Choapa Metamorphic Complex Chonos Metamorphic Complex Cordillera Darwin Metamorphic Complex Eastern Andes Metamorphic Complex Puerto Edén Igneous and Metamorphic Complex Punta de Choros Metamorphic Complex Quebrada del Carrizo Metamorphic Complex Trafún Metamorphic Complex Tierra del Fuego Igneous and Metamorphic Complex
Faults	Atacama Fault Domeyko Fault Futrono Fault Gastre Fault Lanalhue Fault Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Magallanes-Fagnano Fault Pichilemu Fault Reigolil-Pirihueico Fault San Ramón Fault Valeriano Fault