SIMS zircon U–Pb dating shows that the Alamas granitoids crystallized at ∼446 Ma.
The granitic rocks were derived from partial melting of the mafic lower crust, with a component of mantle-derived magma.
The Alamas pluton was the product of early stage post-collisional magmatism.
The NKT and the SKT may be amalgamated prior to ca. 446 Ma along the Kudi-Qimanyute suture zone.