| Title | Petrology and geochronology of Paleoproterozoic intrusive rocks, Kiggavik uranium camp, Nunavut |
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| Author | Scott, J M J; Peterson, T D; Davis, W J ; Jefferson, C W; Cousens, B L |
| Source | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences vol. 52, no. 7, 2015 p. 495-518, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2014-0153 |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20140476 |
| Publisher | Canadian Science Publishing |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf; html |
| Province | Nunavut; Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 66A/05; 66B/08 |
| Area | Judge Sissons Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -98.5000 -97.5000 64.5000 64.0000 |
| Subjects | igneous and metamorphic petrology; geochronology; igneous rocks; intrusive rocks; granitic rocks; lithology; uranium lead dates; zircon dates; titanite; core samples; porphyries; monzo-granites; sills;
mineralization; alteration; Kiggavik uranium camp; Aberdeen subbasin; Thelon Basin; Hudson Suite; Baker Lake Group; Nueltin Granite; Lone Gull stock; Bong syenite; Martell Syenite; Christopher Island Formation; Schultz Lake Intrusive Complex;
Proterozoic |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals South Rae Province Bedrock/Surficial geology |
| Released | 2015 07 01 |
| Abstract | We investigated the age and petrology of Paleoproterozoic granitic intrusions in the area of the Kiggavik uranium exploration camp, near the southeast margin of the Aberdeen subbasin of the Thelon
Basin. A subset of these intrusions (e.g., the Lone Gull stock) is spatially associated with and mineralized by basement hosted, unconformity-related uranium deposits. Surface (outcrop) samples have field relations, textures, and compositions
consistent with Hudson Suite granitoids and mixtures of monzogranite with minette. We obtained U--Pb (zircon) ages ranging from ca. 1818 to 1840 Ma, within the known range of the Hudson Suite and cogenetic minettes of the Baker Lake Group (1.80--1.84
Ga). Core samples of granitic rocks adjacent to mineralized zones are more complex and indicate an influence from the younger Nueltin Granite (Kivalliq Igneous Suite, ca. 1.77--1.73 Ga). One sample from the Lone Gull stock contains two zircon
populations in texturally distinctive domains, one at 1806 ± 41 Ma and the other at 1748 ± 9.4 Ma. A porphyritic hypabyssal syenite below the Bong deposit yielded a U--Pb zircon age of 1837.8 ± 7.7 Ma and a U--Pb titanite age of 1758.5 ± 44 Ma. We
recognize a Kivalliq-age overprint in the form of metasomatism and partial remelting or melt infiltration in the drill core samples, which is not evident at the surface and is consistent with the presence of a Nueltin Granite intrusive complex at
depth. The geochemistry and primary igneous textures of the Bong syenite, including its euhedral zircons, resemble those of lava flows near the base of the Baker Lake Group, and we recognize a mixed magma (i.e., Martell Syenite) continuum between
intrusive Hudson granitoids and minette with extrusive equivalents in the lower felsic minette member of the Christopher Island Formation. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Kiggavik uranium deposit, in Nunavut west of Baker Lake, is closely associated with granitic intrusions that have previously been assigned to two
suites: the Hudson Suite (ca. 1.83 Ga) and the Nueltin Suite (ca. 1.75 Ga). We present detailed data confirming that the granites are of the Hudson Suite; however, we recognize an overprint by the Nueltin event. Although both suites are older than
the U mineralization (approx. 1.64 Ga) and cannot be directly responsible for the deposit, we speculate that the Nueltin event may have created the physical conditions to promote U mineralization at a later time. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 295897 |
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