| Title | Petrologic and geochemical examination of the Early Devonian, Evandale porphyry Cu-Mo-(Au) deposit, southern New Brunswick: geothermobarometric analysis of petrogenesis |
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| Author | White, T; Lentz, D R; McFarlane, C R M |
| Source | TGI 4 - intrusion related mineralisation project: New vectors to buried porphyry-style mineralisation; by Rogers, N (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7843, 2015 p. 343-360, https://doi.org/10.4095/296475  Open Access |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in TGI 4 - Intrusion Related
Mineralisation Project: new vectors to buried porphyry-style mineralisation |
| Related | This publication is related to Petrologic and geochemical
examination of the Early Devonian, Evandale porphyry Cu-Mo-(Au) deposit, southern New Brunswick: geothermobarometric analysis of petrogenesis |
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| Province | New Brunswick |
| NTS | 21A; 21G; 21H |
| Area | Mount Pleasant; Sisson |
| Lat/Long WENS | -68.0000 -66.5000 46.0000 45.0000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; geochemistry; igneous and metamorphic petrology; porphyry deposits; porphyry copper; mineral exploration; glacial deposits; mineralization; tungsten; molybdenum; tin; bismuth; copper;
gold; structural features; intrusive rocks; granodiorites; petrographic analyses; petrogenesis; geobarometry; geothermometry; geochemical analyses; Sisson deposit; Mount Pleasant deposit; Evandale Granodiorite; Paleozoic; Devonian |
| Illustrations | location maps; cross-sections; block diagrams; photographs; photomicrographs; Concordia diagrams; ternary diagrams; plots |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) Intrusion/Porphyry Ore Systems |
| Released | 2015 06 11; 2023 03 17 |
| Abstract | Porphyry Cu-Mo-(Au) systems associated with the granitoid rocks in eastern North American orogenic belts have been researched using current deposit models; however, relatively few studies have examined
the potential for late stage fine-grained porphyritic to aplitic intrusive phases being host to mineralization. The Evandale Granodiorite is an example of a well- preserved Mid-Devonian (U-Pb zircon age of 391.2 ± 3.2 Ma for the coarser granitoid,
and 390.2 ± 1.6 Ma for the aplite) polyphase pluton intruding through deformed Silurian sedimentary and mafic volcanic rocks of the Mascarene Basin in southern New Brunswick. The two intrusive phases have been identified as I type granites with a
minor sedimentary component. The pluton is separated both petrochemically and texturally into two distinct phases. The coarser phase ranges from medium- to coarse-grained seriate to porphyritic granodiorite to monzogranite and the later finer stage
layered aplite ranges from a monzogranite to syeno-granite. INAA analysis of each phase found that the highest concentrations of Cu and Au (108 ppm Cu, and 33 ppb Au) are associated with pyrite, chalcopyrite, and arsenopyrite within the aplitic dykes
sampled, whereas concentrations of up to 6 ppm Mo were detected within the c.g. granite. Current models suggest that the transport of metals (particularly Cu and Au) are sourced from secondary two-phase fluids at shallow depths (approximately 2 kb),
and is controlled primarily by Cl fugacity of the magma. Analyses of biotite phenocrysts from both the aplite and granite contain an average of 0.21 wt% Cl, which is similar to other high grade Cu-Mo-(Au) porphyry deposits. Average zircon saturation
temperatures were calculated to be 818°C for the aplite and 787°C for the granitoid. Average apatite saturation temperatures were found to be 880°C for the aplite and 934°C for the granitoid phase. Hornblendeplagioclase thermometry revealed the
crystallization temperature of the granite to be 642°C and 600°C for the aplite, cooler than most deposits of the same type. Al in hornblende geobarometery indicates crystallization depths of ~2.1 kb for hornblende in the aplite and ~0.7 kb for the
c.g. granite. The aplitic dykes were subject to higher crystallization pressures and lower crystallization temperatures suggesting that their formation may either be a result of pressure quenching of the melt during rapid ascent or by the sub-solidus
recrystallization of the melt as pyroclastic flows. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) is a collaborative federal geoscience program that provides industry with the next generation of geoscience
knowledge and innovative techniques to better detect buried mineral deposits, thereby reducing some of the risks of exploration. This volume summarises research activities completed under the TGI 4 Intrusion Related Mineralisation Project that
focused on porphyry-style ore systems related to the Cu- and Cu-Mo deposits of South-Central British Columbia and the Sn-W-Mo-In deposits in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296475 |
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