|
Miramar Mining Corp., Nunavut |
|
The formerly Miramar-owned Hope Bay Volcanic Belt is host to a number of Archean orogenic lode gold deposits. I spent a number of months in the central part of the property gathering data for an M.Sc. thesis, logging core and mapping. Most of my time was spent in the central part of the belt at the Naartok deposit. Gold mineralization is associated with a large continuous structure known as the Hope bay Deformation Zone which cuts through various packages of mafic volcanic/volcaniclastic rocks. The mineralization occurs in structurally/lithologically controlled zones on the margins of the main deformation zone in areas of strong silica, carbonate, sericite and pyrite alteration. Much of the mineralization is confined to a geochemically unique group of Ti enriched Al depleted komatiites and komatiitic basalts. |
Hope Bay Volcanic Belt |
|
Varieties of ore at the Naartok Zone |
|
A lone caribou |
|
Windy Lake Camp and the topographic low (right center) of the Hope Bay Deformation Zone |
|
Geological Consultant |
|
Ronnie Therriault. #32 Hwy. 595. Kakabeka Falls, ON. P.O. Box 256. P0T-1W0 Phone: (807) 766-9764; E-mail: rtherriault@geologistforhire.com |
|
R. Therriault, M.Sc., P.Geo |
|
Ronnie Therriault, M.Sc., P.Geo #32 Hwy. 595 Kakabeka Falls, ON. P.O. Box 256. P0T-1W0 P: (807) 766-9764; E-mail: rtherriault@geologistforhire.com
|
|
Wealth Minerals., Argentina. |
|
Lund Gold., Brazil. |
|
Sage Gold., Beardmore, ON. |
|
TLC Explorations., ON. |
|
Anglo Columbia Mines., BC. |
|
Tenajon Resources Corp., BC. |
|
Committee Bay Res., NU. |
|
Ravencrest Resources., BC. |
|
Sherwood Copper Corp., YT. |
|
Ashton Mining., AB. |
|
Miramar Mining Corp., NU. |
|
Nunavut Tunngavik., NU. |
|
DeBeers Canada., ON. |
|
Greenshields., Ecuador. |
|
Diamonds North., NU. |
|
Sage Gold., Timmins, ON. |
|
Grizzly Discoveries., BC. |
|
Strikepoint Gold Inc., MB. |
|
Lund Gold Ltd., ON. |
|
Carina Energy Inc., ON. |
|
Carina Energy Inc., MB. |
|
Ontario Geol. Survey., ON. |
|
Sentosa Mining., Philippines. |
|
Sentosa Mining., Indonesia. |
|
Sentosa Mining., Aus. |
|
Regalpoint Resources., Aus. |
|
Dahrouge Consulting., Aus. |
|
Fjordland Exploration., BC. |
|
Paragenetic relationship of gold mineralization with other sulphides, Naartok Deposit |