The Red Lake greenstone belt, Superior Province: Evidence of plume-related magmatism at 3 Ga and evidence of an older enriched source

Precambrian Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 59-76

  Tomlinson, K Y ^a,d   Stevenson, R K ^b   Hughes, D J ^a   Hall, R P ^a   Thurston, P C ^c   Henry, P ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Isotopes; Komatiites; Meso Archaean; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME;

CANADA;

EID: 0031872905     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00078-8     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Abbott, D.H., 1996. Plumes and hotspots as sources of greenstone belts. Lithos 37, 113-127.
2. Andrews, A.J., Hugon, H., Durocher, M., Corfu, F., Lavigne, M.J., 1986. The anatomy of a gold-bearing greenstone belt: Red Lake, northwestern Ontario, Canada. In: Proceedings of Gold '86 Symposium, Toronto, Konsult International Incorporated, Toronto, 1986.
3. Arndt, N.T., 1994. Archean komatiites. In: Condie, K.C. (Ed.) Archean Crustal Evolution, Elsevier Science, pp. 11-43.
4. Campbell, I.H., Griffiths, R.W., Hill, R.I., 1989. Melting in an Archaean mantle plume: heads it's basalts, tails it's komatiites. Nature 339, 697-699.
5. Card, K.D., Ciesielski, A., 1986. DNAG#1. Subdivisions of the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield. Geoscience Canada 13, 5-13.
6. Condie, K.C., 1989. Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, 3rd ed. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
7. Corfu, F., 1988. Differential response of U-Pb systems in coexisting accessory minerals, Winnipeg River Subprovince, Canadian Shield: implications for Archean crustal growth and stabilization. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 98, 312-325.
8. Corfu, F., 1996. U-Pb geochronology and evolution of the Uchi, English River and Winnipeg River Subprovinces, Superior Province. In: Harrap, R.M., Helmsteadt, H. (Eds.), 1996 Western Superior Transect Second Annual Workshop, 20-21 October 1995. Lithoprobe Report No. 53. Lithoprobe Secretariat, University of British Columbia, Canada, p. 74 (abstract).
9. Corfu, F., Andrews, A.J., 1987. Geochronological constraints on the timing of magmatism, deformation and gold mineralisation in the Red Lake greenstone belt, northwestern Ontario. Canadian J. Earth Sci. 24, 1302-1320.
10. Corfu, F., Wallace, H., 1986. U-Pb zircon ages for magmatism in the Red Lake greenstone belt, northwestern Ontario. Canadian J. Earth Sci. 23, 27-42.
11. Corfu, F., Wood, J., 1986. U-Pb zircon ages in supracrustal and plutonic rocks. North Spirit Lake area, northwestern Ontario. Canadian J. Earth Sci. 23, 967-977.
12. DePaolo, D.J., 1981. Neodymium isotopes in the Colorado Front Range and crust-mantle evolution in the Proterozoic. Nature 291, 193
13. Desrochers, J-P., Hubert, C., Ludden, J.N., Pilot, P., 1993. Accretion of oceanic plateau fragments in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada. Geology 21, 451-454.
14. Gulson, B.L., Mizon, K.J., Atkinson, B.T., 1993. Source and timing of gold and other mineralisation in the Red Lake area, northwestern Ontario, based on lead-isotope investigations. Canadian J. Earth Sci. 30, 2366-2379.
15. Henry, P., Stevenson, R.K., Larbi, Y., Gariépy, C., 1997a. Use of Nd isotopes to quantify 700 Ma of crustal growth from 3.4 to 2.7 Ga. In: Harrap, R.M., Helmsteadt, H. (Eds.), 1997 Western Superior Transect Third Annual Workshop, Lithoprobe Report No 54. Lithoprobe Secretariat, University of British Columbia, Canada.
16. Henry, P., Stevenson, R.K., Larbi, Y., Gariépy, C., 1997b. Nd and Pb isotopic constraints for the crustal growth during the Archean in the western Superior Province (Ontario, Canada). EUG '97, Strasbourg, France, 23-27 March 1997, abstract supplement No. 1. Terra Nova 9, 526
17. Hoffman, P.F., 1989. Precambrian geology and tectonic history of N. America. In: Bally, A.W., Palmer, A.R. (Eds.) The Geology of N. America - An Overview, vol. A. The Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
18. Hofmann, H.J., Thurston, P.C., Wallace, H., 1985. Archean Stromatolites from the Uchi greenstone belt, northwestern Ontario. In: Evolution of Archean Supracrustal Sequences, GAC Special Paper No. 28, GAC, St. Johns, Newfoundland, pp. 125-132.
19. Jahn, B.M., Gruau, G., Glickson, A.Y., 1982. Komatiites of the Onverwacht Group, South Africa: REE geochemistry, Sm-Nd age and mantle evolution. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 80, 25-40.
20. Jensen, L.S., 1976. A new plot for classifying subalkalic volcanic rocks. Ontario Division of Mines, Miscellaneous Paper No. 66. Ontario Division of Mines, Ontario, Canada.
21. Karsten, J.L., Klein, E.M., Sherman, S.B., 1996. Subduction zone geochemical characteristics in ocean ridge basalts from the southern Chile Ridge: implications of modern ridge subduction systems for the Archean. Lithos 37, 143-161.
22. Kent, R.W., Hardarson, B.S., Saunders, A.D., Storey, M., 1996. Plateaux ancient and modern: geochemical and sedimentological perspectives on Archaean oceanic magmatism. Lithos 37, 129-142.
23. Kerr, A.C., Marriner, G.F., Arndt, N.T., Tarney, J., Nivia, A., Saunders, A.D., Duncan, R.A., 1996a. The petrogenesis of Gorgona komatiites, picrites and basalts: new field, petrographic and geochemical constraints. Lithos 37, 245-260.
24. Kerr, A.C., Tarney, J., Marriner, G.F., Klaver, G.Th., Saunders, A.D., Thirlwall, M.F., 1996b. The geochemistry and petrogenesis of the late Cretaceous picrites and basalts of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles: a remnant of an oceanic plateau. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 124, 29-43.
25. Kerr, A.C., Tarney, J., Marriner, G.F., Nivia, A., Klaver, G.Th., Saunders, A.D., 1996c. The geochemistry and tectonic setting of late Cretaceous Caribbean and Colombian volcanism. J. South Am. Earth Sci. 9 (1/2), 111-120.
26. Nesbitt, R.W., Sun, S.S., Purvis, A.C., 1979. Komatiites: geochemistry and genesis. Canadian Mineralogist 17, 165-186.
27. Operto, S., Charvis, P., 1995. Kerguelen Plateau: a volcanic passive margin fragment? Geology 23, 137-140.
28. Patchett, P.J., 1996. Scum of the Earth after all. Nature 382, 758-759.
29. Pirie, J., 1981. Regional setting of gold deposits in the Red Lake area, northwestern Ontario. In: Genesis of Archean Volcanic-hosted Gold Deposits. Ontario Geological Survey. Miscellaneous Paper No. 97. Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario, Canada. pp. 71-93.
30. Pouclet, A., Lee, J-S., Vidal, P., Cousens, B., Bellon, H., 1995. Cretaceous to Cenozoic volcanism in South Korea and in the Sea of Japan: magmatic constraints on the opening of the back-arc basin. In: Smellie, J.L. (Ed.), 1995 Volcanism Associated with Extension at Consuming Plate Margins. Geological Society Special Publication No. 81. Geological Society, Blackwell Scientific Publications, U.K., pp. 169-191.
31. 144Nd. a natural tracer: an application to oceanic basalts. Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett. 31, 269-278.
32. Rollinson, H.R., 1993. Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation. Longman Scientific and Technical Press, UK.
33. Saunders, A.D., Tarney, J., Kerr, A.C., Kent, R.W., 1996. The formation and fate of large oceanic igneous provinces. Lithos 37, 81-95.
34. Shirey, S.B., Hanson, G.N., 1986. Mantle heterogeneity and crustal recycling in Archean granite-greenstone belts: evidence from Nd isotopes and trace elements in the Rainy Lake area, Superior Province, Ontario, Canada. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 50, 2631-2651.
35. Stevenson, R., 1995. Crust and mantle evolution in the Late Archean: evidence from a Sm Nd isotopic study of the North Spirit Lake greenstone belt, northwestern Ontario, Canada. GSA Bulletin 107 (12), 1458-1467.
36. Storey, M., Mahoney, J.J., Kroenke, L.W., Saunders, A.D., 1991. Are oceanic plateaus sites of komatiite formation? Geology 19, 376-379.
37. Storey, M., Kent, R.W., Saunders, A.D., Hergt, J., Salters, V.J., Whitechurch, H., Sevigny, J.H., Thirlwall, M.F., Leat, P., Ghose, N.C., Gifford, M., 1992. Lower Cretaceous volcanic rocks on continental margins and their relationship to the Kerguelen Plateau. In: Wise, S.W., Schlich, R. et al. (Eds.). Proc. Ocean Drill. Progr., Sci. Res. No. 120. Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, USA, pp. 33-53.
38. Stott, G.M. 1997. The Superior Province. In: de Wit, M.J., Ashwal, L.D. (Eds.) The Tectonic Evolution of Greenstone Belts, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
39. Stott, G.M., Corfu, F., 1991. Uchi Subprovince. In: Geology of Ontario, special volume 4, part I. Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario, Canada, pp. 145-236.
40. Sun, S.S., McDonough, W.F., 1989. Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes. In Saunders, A.D., Norry, M.J. (Eds.) Magmatism in the Ocean Basins. Geological Society Special Publication No. 42. Geological Society, Blackwell Scientific Publications, U.K., pp. 313-345.
41. Taylor, S.R., McLennan, S.M. 1985. The Continental Crust: Its Composition and Evolution. Blackwell Scientific Publications, U.K.
42. Thurston, P.C., Chivers, K.M., 1990. Secular variation in greenstone sequence development emphasising Superior Province, Canada, Precam. Res. 46, 21-58.
43. Thurston, P.C., Osmani, I.A., Stone, D., 1991. Northwestern Superior Province: Review and Terrane Analysis. In: Geology of Ontario, special volume 4, part 1. Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario, Canada, pp. 81-142.
44. Tomlinson, K.Y., 1996. The geochemistry and tectonic setting of early Precambrian greenstone belts, northern Ontario, Canada. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Portsmouth, UK.
45. Tomlinson, K.Y., Thurston, P.C., Hughes, D.J., Keays, R.R., 1996a. The central Wabigoon region: petrogenesis of mafic-ultramafic rocks in the Steep Rock, Lumby Lake and Obonga Lake greenstone belts (continental rifting and drifting in the Archean). In: Harrap, R.M., Helmstaedt, H. (Hds.), Western Superior Transect Second Annual Workshop 20-21 October 1995, Lithoprobe Report No. 53. Lithoprobe Secretariat, University of British Columbia, Canada, pp. 65-73.
46. Tomlinson, K.Y., Thurston, P.C., Hughes, D.J., Keays, R.R., 1996b. The central Wabigoon Subprovince as a microcontinental fragment: geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Steep Rock, Finlayson. Lumby Lake and Obonga Lake greenstone belts. GAC-MAC annual meeting Winnipeg. Program with abstracts, vol. 21, published by GAC-MAC, Winnipeg, A97.
47. Tomlinson, K.Y., Hughes, D.J., Thurston, P.C., 1997a. Crustal evolution in the Superior Province, Northern Ontario. GAC- MAC annual meeting. Ottawa. Program with abstracts, vol. 22, published by GAC-MAC, Ottawa, A-148.
48. Tomlinson, K.Y., Hughes, D.J., Thurston, P.C., 1997b. Arc, plume and oceanic volcanic rocks in the Obonga Lake greenstone belt, Central Wabigoon Subprovince. GAC-MAC annual meeting, Ottawa. Program with abstracts, vol. 22, published by GAC-MAC, Ottawa, A-148.
49. Wallace, H., Thurston, P.C., Corfu, F., 1986. Developments in stratigraphic correlation: western Uchi Subprovince. In Volcanology and mineral deposits. Ontario Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Paper No. 129. Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario, Canada, pp. 88-102.
50. Wilks, M.E., Nisbet, E.G., 1988. Stratigraphy of the Steep Rock Group, northwestern Ontario: a major Archean unconformity and Archean stromatolites. Canadian J. Earth Sci. 25, 370-391.
51. Williams, H.R., Stott, G.M., Thurston, P.C., Sutcliffe, R.H., Bennett, G., Easton, R.M., Armstrong, D.K., 1992. Tectonic evolution of Ontario: summary and synthesis. In: Geology of Ontario, special vol. 4, part 2. Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario, Canada, pp. 1255-1332.
52. Xie, Q., Kerrich, R., 1994. Silicate-perovskite and majorite signature komatiites from the Archean Abitibi Greenstone Belt: implications for early mantle differentiation and stratification. J. Geophys. Res. 99 (B8), 15799-15812.
53. Xie, Q., Kerrich, R., Fan, J., 1993. HFSE/REE fractionations recorded in three komatiite-basalt sequences, Archean Abitibi greenstone belt: implications for multiple plume sources and depths. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57, 4111-4118.