Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2004-A2
Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2004-A2

Author: P. Van Der Heyden

Publisher: Natural Resources Canada

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 0662357671

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This report details the results of geochronological measurements made on 19 samples from locations in & directly adjacent to the eastern Bella Coola map area of British Columbia. The analytical data were extracted from a large, mostly unpublished data set that includes uranium/lead, potassium/argon, and argon/argon geochronometry for other parts of the Anahim Lake and Mount Waddington map areas. Analytical data, geological ages, and relevant observations for each dated sample are presented in chronological order. The age results provide broad constraints on pluton emplacement, volcanic eruption, and structural & metamorphic relationships in the study area, although these are discussed only in general terms.

Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2002-C26
Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2002-C26

Author: Benoît Dubé

Publisher: Natural Resources Canada

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 15

ISBN-13: 0660187469

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The Goldcorp high grade zone at the Red Lake mine in northern Ontario is currently the best Canadian example of high-grade gold mineralization. It provides an opportunity to define the fundamental geological parameters controlling the formation of high-grade gold ore and to assist in developing exploration guidelines for such mineralization. This report updates an ongoing study of the Red Lake high grade zone, beginning with a review of the local geological setting and a description of the southeast-trending structural lineament known as the Red Lake mine trend, defined by folds, faults, and an associated corridor of alteration & mineralization. The report then describes the structure, veins, ore zones, and alteration assemblages in the high grade zone and discusses the chronology of gold replacement, gold remobilization, and the geological controls on formation of the high grade zone.

Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2005-A2
Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2005-A2

Author: K. Wetherell

Publisher: Natural Resources Canada

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 0662411226

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The West Tuya lava field is located about 95 kilometres north-north-west of Dease Lake, British Columbia. This report presents an overview & summary of field work, geographic information system spatial analysis, and preliminary petrographic analysis conducted at the field in 2003-04. Highlights of this work include: identification of three sub-aerial shield volcanoes and their mineral composition; confirmation that mantle-derived peridotite inclusions are present at two of the volcanoes; and interpretation of the sub-aerial lava flows. The minimum and maximum volumes of material erupted are also estimated.

Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2002-C27
Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2002-C27

Author: Guoxiang Chi

Publisher: Natural Resources Canada

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 0660187477

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This paper reports on a part of the study of the Goldcorp high-grade zone at the Red Lake gold mine, northern Ontario that carried out fluid inclusion microthermometric analyses on a few key samples representing different stages of gold mineralization. The purpose of the study is to provide an initial idea regarding the fluid characteristics before, during, & after the gold mineralization in order to better understand how the deposit was formed and to contribute to the ongoing debate on its genesis. Fluid inclusions were studied from three different mineral phases: pre-ore carbonate, syn-ore quartz, and post-ore euhedral quartz & associated carbonate. The paper reviews the regional & local geologic setting, the petrography of the samples studied, and the study methods employed, and interprets the microthermometric data with discussion of fluid immiscibility, temperature-pressure conditions of carbonate vein formation & silicification, temperature-pressure conditions of euhedral quartz formation, and the evolution of fluid composition.