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| PRE-OBDUCTION STRUCTURES OF THE THETFORD MINES OPHIOLITIC COMPLEX (TMOC), QUEBEC : IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEANIC CRUST FORMATION AND PGE MINERALISATION | ||
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SCHROETTER, Jean-Michel, Centre geoscientifique de Quebec, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, CP7500, 880, chemin St Foy, Quebec, QC G1V 4C7, Canada, jschroet@nrcan.gc.ca, PAGÉ, Philippe, Centre Geoscientifique de Quebec, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, CP 7500, 880 Ste-Foy, Ste-Foy, QC G1V 4C7, Canada, ppage@rncan.gc.ca, TREMBLAY, Alain, INRS-Géoressources, Quebec Geoscience Ctr, 880 Chemin Sainte-Foy, P.O. Box 7500, Sainte Foy, QC G1V 4C7, Canada, and BÉDARD, Jean H., Centre Geoscientifique de Quebec, Geol Survey of Canada, CGQ, CP7500, 880 Ste-Foy, Ste-Foy, QC G1V 4C7, Canada The TMOC is divided into two different petrologic and structural units, a NW mantle-dominated massif (Thetford Mines unit) and a SE crustal-dominated massif (Mont Adstock unit). Three types of tectonic fabrics can be identified, pre-, syn- and post-obduction. Post-obduction structural features consist of NE-trending Acadian open folds and reverse faults, Late Silurian- Early Devonian backfolds and normal faults such as the Saint-Joseph fault (SJF).The TMOC occurs in the hanging wall of the SJF. Structures attributed to ophiolite obduction onto the Laurentian Margin consist mainly of a metamorphic sole and related structures at the base of the mantle section. Pre-obduction structures show two different sub-vertical orientations, NS and NW-trending. There are underlined by sheared dunite (mylonite), and the NS-trending set, appears to control the emplacement of mafic-ultramafic bodies into the cumulates. In the upper part of the crust, NS-structures are associated with doleritic dykes, fault breccias, upwardly decreasing throws suggest that they are syn-oceanic grow faults. A Pt-Pd survey shows that chromite-bearing as well as pyroxene-bearing rocks are good prospects for PGE exploration. The greatest PGE concentrations are encountered in discordant chromitite bodies but non-negligible grades have been found in the pyroxenite, near the contact with gabbroic units, and in the bedded chromitite-bearing dunite. | ||
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GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001
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| Session No. 97--Booth# 59 Ophiolites as Problem and Solution in the Evolution of Geological Thinking (Posters) Hynes Convention Center: Hall D 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, November 6, 2001 | ||
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