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TitleField contributions to thematic studies related to the kaminak greenstone belt, Kivalliq region, Northwest Territories
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LicencePlease note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada supersedes any previous licences.
AuthorHanmer, S; Rainbird, R HORCID logo; Sandeman, H A; Peterson, T D; Ryan, J J
SourceCanadian Shield/Bouclier canadien; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research no. 1998-C, 1998 p. 77-84, https://doi.org/10.4095/209515 Open Access logo Open Access
Year1998
PublisherNatural Resources Canada
Documentserial
Lang.English
Mediapaper; on-line; digital
RelatedThis publication is contained in Canadian shield
File formatpdf
ProvinceNunavut
NTS55E/13; 55E/14; 55E/15; 55E/16; 55L/01; 55L/02; 55L/03; 55L/04; 55L/05; 55L/06; 55L/07; 55L/08; 55L/09; 55L/10; 55L/11; 55L/12; 65H/15; 65H/16; 65I/01; 65I/02
AreaKivalliq; Quartzite Lake; Heninga Lake; Kaminak Lake; Turquetil Lake; Mackenzie Lake; Victory Lake
Lat/Long WENS-97.0000 -94.0000 62.7500 61.7500
Subjectsigneous and metamorphic petrology; Archean; tectonostratigraphic zones; metasedimentary rocks; metamorphic rocks; plutonic rocks; volcanic rocks; diorites; granites; granodiorites; tonalites; igneous rocks; lithology; silicification; carbonatization; field relations; metamorphism; deformation; mineralization; alteration; sericitization; chloritization; Kaminak greenstone belt; Churchill Province; Hearne Province; Kaminak Group; Hurwitz Group; Precambrian
Illustrationssketch maps; photographs
ProgramWestern Churchill NATMAP Project
Released1998 03 01
AbstractIt is not possible to discriminate between single and multiple cycle stratigraphic models for the Archean Kaminak Group on the basis of fieldwork alone. However, facies associations in volcano-sedimentary rocks suggest that parts of the belt formed in an intra-arc depositional environment. In the Kaminak Group, regional deformation and metamorphism are Late Archean in age and have been influenced by the emplacement of major plutons. Most silicification and stratigraphically controlled carbonatization predates regional deformation. Some carbonatization and most sericitization is structurally controlled. The Mackenzie Lake sediments (sensu lato) represent two sequences: a Kaminak Group basement, and a cover of younger quartz arenites and conglomerates (Mackenzie Lake sediments sensu stricto). The Paleoproterozoic Hurwitz Group sits unconformably on a basement of Archean granitoids and Kaminak Group volcanic rocks. Paleoproterozoic reworking is confined to discontinuous chlorite alteration and quartz veining, with local cleavage, adjacent to the Hurwitz Group.
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