Stratigraphy and U – Pb zircon geochronology of Kidd Creek: implications for the formation of giant volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits and the tectonic history of the Abitibi greenstone belt

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Bleeker, Wouter, Parrish, Randall R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Kidd; Keewatin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e96-092; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e96-092

Within the context of a structural–stratigraphic analysis of the giant Kidd Creek Cu–Zn–Ag deposit, precise U–Pb zircon ages have been obtained for five critical rock units associated with the deposit. Massive, flow-banded footwall rhyolite is dated at 2714.3 ± 1.2 Ma, slightly younger than a previo...