| Title | Structural controls and relative timing of events at the orogenic Island Gold deposit, Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Wawa, Ontario |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Jellicoe, K M; Lin, S; Ciufo, T J; Yakymchuk, C; Mercier-Langevin, P |
| Source | Targeted Geoscience Initiative: 2017 report of activities, volume 1; by Rogers, N (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8358, 2018 p. 113-116, https://doi.org/10.4095/306442  Open Access |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Targeted Geoscience
Initiative: 2017 report of activities, volume 1 |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 42C/08 |
| Area | Wawa |
| Lat/Long WENS | -84.4667 -84.4000 48.3167 48.2500 |
| Subjects | economic geology; tectonics; structural geology; mineral deposits; mineral exploration; mineral potential; gold; ore mineral genesis; ore controls; structural controls; greenstone belts; modelling;
tectonic history; mineralization; metamorphism; deformation; foliation; shearing; emplacement; intrusions; veins; veinlets; dykes; bedrock geology; structural features; folds; lithology; metavolcanic rocks; igneous rocks; volcanic rocks; sedimentary
rocks; iron formations; intrusive rocks; structural interpretations; fabric analyses; geometric analyses; Archean; Superior Province; Wawa Subprovince; Michipicoten Greenstone Belt; Island Gold Deposit; Island Gold Mine; Magino Mine; Goudreau Lake
Deformation Zone; Webb Lake Stock; Matachewan Dykes; Michipicoten Iron formation; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; photographs |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-5) Knowledge Management Coordination |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-5) Gold systems |
| Program | NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada |
| Released | 2018 01 19 |
| Abstract | The Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone (GLDZ) transects the Michipicoten greenstone belt and hosts multiple gold deposits, most notably the Island Gold deposit. This structural study aims to determine the
deformation history of the deposit and surrounding area, and to improve current exploration models. The GLDZ strikes east-northeast, subparallel to regional stratigraphy and foliation, and is centred along the contact of two metavolcanic assemblages.
The Island Gold deposit is located in the southern metavolcanic assemblage, to the south of the trondhjemitic Webb Lake Stock. The main Island Gold deposit forms a mineralized corridor comprising steeply south-dipping ore zones. The Goudreau zone
occurs to the north of the main deposit and contains tightly folded sub-horizontal ore veins. Two generations of deformation and multiple vein generations have been identified in the study area on the basis of overprinting and cross-cutting
relationships. Mineralization is interpreted to have occurred during D1 sinistral north-side-up transpression. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI) is directed towards providing next generation knowledge and methods to facilitate more effective targeting of
buried mineral deposits. The program aims to enhance the effectiveness of exploration for Canada¿s major mineral systems by resolving foundational geoscience problems that constrain the geological processes responsible for the liberation metals from
their source region, transportation of these ore metals and control their eventual deposition. TGI supports projects on gold, Ni-Cr-PGE, porphyry-style mineralization, uranium and volcanic- and sedimentary-hosted base metal mineralization ore
systems, with each project divided into subprojects focused on resolving specific knowledge gaps by integrating data and studies from multiple sites across Canada. Herein, we present interim results and interpretations from a selection of the
research activities currently being conducted under the auspices of TGI. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306442 |
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