Geology of unmineralized and gold-bearing iron formation, Contwoyto Lake – Point Lake region, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Lhotka, Paul G., Nesbitt, Bruce E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Northwest Territories; Canada; Contwoyto Lake; Lupin Mine
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e89-005; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e89-005

Numerous gold occurrences, including the Lupin mine, exist in Archean iron formation within the Contwoyto Lake – Point Lake region of the Slave Province. Early studies suggested that gold was a syngenetic component of the iron formation; however, the present study suggests that the gold and sulphide...