The distribution of platinum-group elements, nickel, copper, and gold in the Muskox layered intrusion, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Main Authors: Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Francis, Don
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Sciences de la terre (géologie; géographie); Canada; Cape Smith; Northwest Territories; Talnakh; Coppermine River; muskox
• Online Access: https://constellation.uqac.ca/3484/1/The%20distribution%20of%20platinum-group%20elements,%20nickel,%20copper,%20and%20gold%20in%20the%20Muskox.pdf

The Muskox intrusion was emplaced into a rift in the northwestern Canadian Shield at about 1270 Ma. This rifting event was associated with extensive flood basalt magmatism (Coppermine River basalt) and is attributed to the development of a mantle plume centered some 400 km north of the intrusion. Ni...