Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6440621 | Lithos | 2015 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
Ultramafic to intermediate rocks in the vicinity of the MacLellan Au-Ag deposit are characterized primarily by E-MORB-like trace element characteristics and Th-Nb-La systematics, which are interpreted to be the result of a primary, plume-derived melt interacting with continental lithosphere at a thinned (i.e., rifted) continental margin. Similarly, the majority of the mafic to intermediate rocks that comprise the Lynn Lake greenstone belt are characterized by flat to E-MORB-like trace element patterns and Th-Nb-La systematics, which are consistent with mantle plume-derived, contaminated, oceanic continental rift or rifted margin setting rocks. This study suggests that the metavolcanic rocks of the Lynn Lake greenstone belt were derived via rifting between the Superior and Hearne Cratons, which resulted in the formation and growth of the Manikewan Ocean. Alternatively, the metavolcanic rocks could have been derived from an upwelling plume generated from a back-arc-style subduction zone that formed between the Rae and Hearne Cratons during the closure of the Snowbird Ocean, which resulted in rifting of the passive Hearne margin.
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Authors
Michael W.P. Glendenning, Joel E. Gagnon, Ali Polat,