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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. ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Depositional processes operating on the paleoproterozoic gowganda ice margin
(2014-01-22)
Glacial sedimentary rocks of the Huronian Supergroup crop out along the north shore of Lake Huron and were likely deposited on what is thought to have been a divergent
continental margin (Fralick and Miall, 1981; 1989). ...
Alteration and fluid characterization of the Hamlin Lake IOCG occurrence, Northwestern Ontario, Canada
(2012-11-10)
The Hamlin Lake area is located approximately 120km southwest of Thunder Bay,
Ontario, in the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt of the Wawa Subprovince in the Superior
Province. The area has been explored for its copper and ...
Geology and geochemistry of midcontinent rift-related igneous rocks
(2013-02-03)
This study is focussed on the geology and geochemistry of Midcontinent Rift-related intrusive and extrusive rocks present in northern Ontario, Canada. The study focuses on three sections in order to elucidate the geochemical ...