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The petrology, mineralization and regional context of the Thunder mafic to ultramafic intrusion, Midcontinent Rift, Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2015-06-15)
The 1108 Ma Thunder mafic to ultramafic intrusion is a small, 800 x 100 x 500 m, Cu- PGE (platinum group element) mineralized body, located on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and associated with the early magmatic ...
The geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Ni-Cu-PGE Shakespeare deposit, Ontario, Canada
(2015-08-05)
The Shakespeare intrusion, which hosts the Shakespeare Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit, is part of the 2.2 Ga Nipissing Gabbro magmatic event, a large mafic-ultramafic suite located in the southern Superior and Southern Province. ...
Depositional environments of the 3.0 Ga. Finlayson and Lumby Lake greenstone belts, Superior Province, Ontario, Canada
(1998)
The Finlayson and Lumby Lake Greenstone BeHs are located approximately
200km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario, nom of Atikokan, Ontario.
Within both the Finlayson Lake and Lumby Lake Grsenstom belts two distinct
sequences ...
Preliminary hydrodynamic modeling of the steep rock pit lakes, Atikokan, Ontario
(2012-11-10)
Pit lakes are often a planned part of an open pit mine closure where the excavations are expected to flood and water quality is not an issue. Common environmental issues regarding pit lakes include their rebound rate, ...
Paleomagnetism, structure and magnetic fabrics in a traverse of the Quetico subprovince between Atikokan and Kashabowie, NW Ontario
(1993)
The metasedimentary rocks along the traverse reveal low to
high grade metamorphism from chlorite schist near Atikokan,
through biotite schist to migmatites in the west within the
centre of the Quetico Belt. Continuing ...
Formational processes of recent, arsenic rich, ferromanganese lacustrine precipitates in Nova Scotia and Northern Ontario
(2014-01-22)
Banded iron - and manganese - rich precipitates were collected from the lake bottoms of Lake Charlotte (Nova Scotia), Lake Shebandowan (Ontario) and Sowden Lake (Ontario). Investigations of study areas at the macro, meso ...
Petrogenesis of the ferrogabbroic intrusions and associated Fe-Ti-V-P mineralization within the McFaulds Greenstone belt, Superior Province, Canada
The McFaulds Lake area (commonly known as the Ring of Fire), has been the site of
much recent exploration within northern Ontario. The area represents a recently discovered
Archean greenstone belt which is host to world ...
Quaternary sedimentology east of Thunder Bay, Ontario; implications for five Paleoindian sites
(2014-01-22)
A geoarchaeological investigation was north of Highway 11/17, 34km east
of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Five archaeological sites (Mackenzie 1, Mackenzie 2,
RLF, Woodpecker 1, and Woodpecker 2) and seven additional sediment
exposures ...
A Microstructural study of Musselwhite Mine and Hammond Reef shear-zone-hosted gold deposits
(2011)
Musselwhite Mine and Hammond Reef are shear-zone-hosted gold deposits located in
Northwestern Ontario, in the Western Superior Province of the Canadian Shield. A detailed
microscopic investigation of three gold-hosting ...
Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Regressive and Transgressive Surfaces in the Gunflint Formation, Northwestern, Ontario
(2016)
The 1.878 Ga Gunflint and equivalent iron formations of the Animikie Basin were deposited during the period after the rise in atmospheric oxygen during the Great Oxidation Event, which began at approximately 2.4 Ga. The ...