The Paleoproterozoic Amer supergroup, Amer Fold Belt, Nunavut: stratigraphy, structure, correlations, and uranium metallogeny
The Amer Belt, hosting eleven informal formations of the Amer supergroup, is proposed as type area for four regional Paleoproterozoic sequences (Ps1–Ps4) in central Rae Craton, western Churchill Province. The ca. 1.9–1.865 Ga Snowbird orogeny (D P1 ) affected only Ps1–Ps3, whereas the ca. 1.87–1.81...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/cjes-2022-0077 2023-12-17T10:47:44+01:00 The Paleoproterozoic Amer supergroup, Amer Fold Belt, Nunavut: stratigraphy, structure, correlations, and uranium metallogeny Jefferson, C.W. Rainbird, R.H. Young, Grant M. White, J.C. Tschirhart, V. Creaser, R.A. 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-0077 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2022-0077 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2022-0077 en eng Canadian Science Publishing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_GB Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 60, issue 7, page 1005-1039 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 General Earth and Planetary Sciences journal-article 2023 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-0077 2023-11-19T13:39:40Z The Amer Belt, hosting eleven informal formations of the Amer supergroup, is proposed as type area for four regional Paleoproterozoic sequences (Ps1–Ps4) in central Rae Craton, western Churchill Province. The ca. 1.9–1.865 Ga Snowbird orogeny (D P1 ) affected only Ps1–Ps3, whereas the ca. 1.87–1.81 Ga Hudsonian orogeny (D P2 ) affected all four. Sequence Ps1 Ayagaq Lake formation (<2.3 Ga quartzite) initiates as schistose basal polymict orthoconglomerate unconformably overlying paleoweathered Neoarchean rocks. It transitions upward to lower Ps2 Resort Lake formation: gossanous, recessive, graphitic, pyritic-metalliferous phyllite (Re–Os age: 2126 ± 24 Ma). Ps2 conductors beneath the <1.74 Ga Thelon formation have been drilled for unconformity-related uranium. Gradationally overlying siliceous dolomitic marble (Aluminium River formation) completes Ps2. The gradationally overlying lower Ps3 is either foliated calcareous tholeiitic basalt (Five Mile Lake formation) or grey phyllite (Three Lakes formation). These lateral equivalents host strong linear aeromagnetic markers. The Oora Lake formation foliated feldspathic calcareous sandstone gradationally overlies only the Three Lakes formation and underlies the upper Ps3 Showing Lake formation (interbedded phyllite and foliated calcareous arkose) whose two arkose members host laterally continuous disseminated uraninite + magnetite forming linear aeromagnetic markers. Pristine sequence Ps4 molasse, deposited and weakly deformed during D P2 , comprises four formations of rhythmically interbedded, deep maroon to pink and green, feldspathic-lithic arenite, conglomerate, and mudstone that unconformably overlie and include clasts of D P1 -deformed Ps1–Ps3 + Neoarchean basement. Ps4 detrital zircon (3.05–1.90 Ga) suggests local + distal provenance from south Rae and Slave Cratons, and Taltson–Thelon magmatic zone. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nunavut Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Nunavut Five Mile Lake ENVELOPE(-137.391,-137.391,61.648,61.648) Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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The Amer Belt, hosting eleven informal formations of the Amer supergroup, is proposed as type area for four regional Paleoproterozoic sequences (Ps1–Ps4) in central Rae Craton, western Churchill Province. The ca. 1.9–1.865 Ga Snowbird orogeny (D P1 ) affected only Ps1–Ps3, whereas the ca. 1.87–1.81 Ga Hudsonian orogeny (D P2 ) affected all four. Sequence Ps1 Ayagaq Lake formation (<2.3 Ga quartzite) initiates as schistose basal polymict orthoconglomerate unconformably overlying paleoweathered Neoarchean rocks. It transitions upward to lower Ps2 Resort Lake formation: gossanous, recessive, graphitic, pyritic-metalliferous phyllite (Re–Os age: 2126 ± 24 Ma). Ps2 conductors beneath the <1.74 Ga Thelon formation have been drilled for unconformity-related uranium. Gradationally overlying siliceous dolomitic marble (Aluminium River formation) completes Ps2. The gradationally overlying lower Ps3 is either foliated calcareous tholeiitic basalt (Five Mile Lake formation) or grey phyllite (Three Lakes formation). These lateral equivalents host strong linear aeromagnetic markers. The Oora Lake formation foliated feldspathic calcareous sandstone gradationally overlies only the Three Lakes formation and underlies the upper Ps3 Showing Lake formation (interbedded phyllite and foliated calcareous arkose) whose two arkose members host laterally continuous disseminated uraninite + magnetite forming linear aeromagnetic markers. Pristine sequence Ps4 molasse, deposited and weakly deformed during D P2 , comprises four formations of rhythmically interbedded, deep maroon to pink and green, feldspathic-lithic arenite, conglomerate, and mudstone that unconformably overlie and include clasts of D P1 -deformed Ps1–Ps3 + Neoarchean basement. Ps4 detrital zircon (3.05–1.90 Ga) suggests local + distal provenance from south Rae and Slave Cratons, and Taltson–Thelon magmatic zone. |
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The Paleoproterozoic Amer supergroup, Amer Fold Belt, Nunavut: stratigraphy, structure, correlations, and uranium metallogeny |
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The Paleoproterozoic Amer supergroup, Amer Fold Belt, Nunavut: stratigraphy, structure, correlations, and uranium metallogeny |
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The Paleoproterozoic Amer supergroup, Amer Fold Belt, Nunavut: stratigraphy, structure, correlations, and uranium metallogeny |
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The Paleoproterozoic Amer supergroup, Amer Fold Belt, Nunavut: stratigraphy, structure, correlations, and uranium metallogeny |
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The Paleoproterozoic Amer supergroup, Amer Fold Belt, Nunavut: stratigraphy, structure, correlations, and uranium metallogeny |
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