The world-class Musselwhite BIF-hosted gold deposit, Superior Province, Canada: New high-precision U-Pb geochronology and implications for the geological setting of the deposit and gold exploration
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- 作者：Vicki McNicolla ; vicki.mcnicoll@canada.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Benoî ; t Dubé ; b ; Sé ; bastien Castonguayb ; William Oswaldc ; John Biczokd ; Patrick Mercier-Langevinb ; Thomas Skulskia ; Michel Maloc
- 关键词：Banded iron formation ; Gold deposit ; U&ndash ; Pb ID-TIMS ; Zircon ; Superior Province ; North Caribou greenstone belt
- 刊名：Precambrian Research
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：January 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：272
- 期：Complete
- 页码：133-149
- 全文大小：8016 K
文摘
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U–Pb ages indicate that the stratigraphy of the Musselwhite BIF-hosted gold deposit is inverted.
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A 60–120 Ma time gap within the deposit succession may be a first-order gold exploration target.
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New ages impact geological and exploration models for BIF-hosted gold deposits.