Age and provenance of the Paleoproterozoic Thluicho Lake Group based on detrital zircon U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology: New insights into the protracted tectonic evolution of the southwestern Rae Province, Canadian Shield

Precambrian Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 83-100

  Bethune, K M ^a   Hunter, R C ^b   Ashton, K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Shield; Detrital zircons; Middle Paleoproterozoic; Rae Province; Thluicho Lake Group; U Pb SHRIMP data

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SHRIMP DATING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADA; CHURCHILL PROVINCE; RAE PROVINCE;

ENA;

EID: 77956188935     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

References (112)

1. Ashton, K.E., Hunter, R.C., 2003. Geology of the LeBlanc-Wellington lakes area, eastern Zemlak Domain, Rae Province (Uranium City Project). In: Summary of Investigations 2003, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Indus. Resour., Misc. Rep. 2003-4.2, CD-ROM, Pap. A-1, 15 pp.
2. Ashton, K.E., Hunter, R.C., 2004. Geology of the Camsell Portage area, southern Zemlak Domain, Rae Province (Uranium City Project). In: Summary of Investigations 2004, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Indus. Resour., Misc. Rep. 2004-4.2, CD-ROM, Pap. A-8, 12 pp.
3. Ashton, K.E., Card, C.D., Heaman, L.M., Coolican, J., 1999. Rae northeast: analytical update and new field results from the north-central Train Lake Domain. In: Summary of Investigations 1999, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 99-4.2, pp. 3-16.
4. Ashton, K.E., Kraus, J., Hartlaub, R.P., Morelli, R., 2000. Uranium City revisited: a new look at the rocks of the Beaverlodge Mining Camp. In: Summary of Investigations 2000, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 99-4.2, pp. 3-15.
5. Ashton, K.E., Boivin, D., Heggie, G., 2001. Geology of the southern Black Bay Belt, west of Uranium City, Rae Province. In: Summary of Investigations 2001, Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2001-4.2, pp. 50-63.
6. Ashton K.E., Hartlaub R.P., Heaman L.M., Morelli R., Bethune K.M., Hunter R.C. Paleoproterozoic sedimentary successions of the southern Rae Province: ages, origins, and correlations. Geol. Assoc. Can.-Mineral. Assoc. Can., Abstr. 2004, 29:434.
7. Ashton, K.E., Card, C.D., Modeland, S., 2005. Geological reconnaissance of the northern Tazin Lake map area (NTS 74N), including parts of the Ena, Nolan, Zemlak, and Taltson domains, Rae Province. In: Summary of Investigations 2005, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Indus. Resour., Misc. Rep. 2005-4.2, Pap. A-1, 24 pp.
8. Ashton, K.E., Knox, B.R., Bethune, K.M., Rayner, N., 2007a. Geochronological update and basment geology along the northern margin of the Athabasca Basin east of Fond-du-Lac (NTS 74O/06 and/07), Southeastern Beaverlodge Domain-Southwestern Tantato domains, Rae Province. In: Summary of Investigations 2007, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2007-4.2, Paper A-9.
9. Ashton, K.E., Card, C.D., Davis, W., Heaman, L.M., 2007b. New U-Pb zircon dates from the Tazin Lake map area (NTS 74N). In: Summary of Investigations 2007, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2007-4.2, Paper A-11.
10. Ashton K.E., Hartlaub R.P., Heaman L.M., Morelli R.M., Card C.D., Bethune K., Hunter R. Post-Taltson sedimentary and intrusive history of the southern Rae Province along the northern margin of the Athabasca Basin, Western Canadian Shield. Precamb. Res. 2009, 175:16-34.
11. Ashton, K.E., Rayner, N.M., Bethune, K.M., 2009b. Meso- and Neoarchean granitic magmatism, Paleoproterozoic (2.37 Ga and 1.93 Ga) metamorphism and 2.17 Ga provenance ages in a Murmac Bay Group pelite: U-Pb SHRIMP ages from the Uranium City area. In: Summary of Investigations 2009, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2009-4.2.
12. Aspler, L.B., 1985. Geology of Nonacho Basin (Early Proterozoic), N.W.T. PhD Thesis. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 385 pp.
13. Aspler L.B., Chiarenzelli J.R. Two Neoarchean supercontinents? Evidence from the Paleoproterozoic. Sedimentary Geol. 1998, 120:75-104.
14. Aspler, L.B., Donaldson, J.A., 1985. The Nonacho Basin (Early Proterozoic), Northwest Territories, Canada: sedimentation and deformation in a strike-slip setting. In: Biddle, K.T., Christie-Blick, N. (Eds.), Strike-slip Deformation, Basin Formation, and Sedimentation. Soc. Econ. Paleontologists and Mineralogists Spec. Publ. 37, pp. 193-209.
15. Aspler L.B., Chiarenzelli J.R., Cousens B.L. Fluvial, lacustrine and volcanic sedimentation in the Angikuni sub-basin, and initiation of ~1.84-1.79 Baker Lake Basin, western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada. Precamb. Res. 2004, 129:225-250.
16. Baldwin J.A., Bowring S.A., Williams M.L., Williams I.S. Eclogites of the Snowbird Tectonic Zone: Petrological and U-Pb geochronological evidence for Paleoproterozoic high-pressure metamorphism in the western Canadian shield. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 2004, 147:528-548.
17. Bergeron J., Stauffer M., Ansdell K. The Black Bay deformation zone, Rae Province, Canadian Shield: Archean ductile deformation to Paleoproterozoic brittle slip; 900 my of reactivation. Geol. Assoc. Can.-Miner. Assoc. Can., Abstr. 2002, 27:8.
18. Berman, R.G., Sanborne-Barrie, M., Stern, R.A., Jercinovic, M.J., Skulski, T., 2004. Collisional orogenesis at ca. 2.35 Ga in the Rae Domain, western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada. Geol. Soc. Am., 2004 annual meeting, Denver, CO, Abstr. Prog., vol. 36, No. 5, p. 339.
19. Berman R.G., Sanborne-Barrie M., Stern R.A., Carson C.J. Tectonometamorphism at ca. 2.35 and 1.85 Ga in the Rae Domain, Western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada: insights from structural, metamorphic and in situ geochronological analysis of the southwestern Committee Bay Belt. Can. Mineral 2005, 43:409-442.
20. Berman R.G., Davis W.J., Pehrsson S. Collisional Snowbird tectonic zone resurrected: growth of Laurentia during 1.9 Ga accretionary phase of Hudsonian orogeny. Geology 2007, 35(10):911-914.
21. Bethune K.M., Hunter R.C., Ashton K.E. Age and Provenance of the Paleoproterozoic Thluicho Lake Group based on detrital zircon SHRIMP geochronology: new insights into the tectonic development of the southwestern Rae Province. Geol. Assoc. Can.-Miner. Assoc. Can., Abstr. 2007, 32:8.
22. Bethune K.M., Ashton K.E., Berman R.G., Knox B. U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology in the western Beaverlodge Domain, Saskatchewan: unravelling the polyphase tectono-metamorphic history of the SW Rae Province. Geol. Assoc. Can.-Miner. Assoc. Can., Abstr. 2008, 33:21.
23. Bostock, H.H., van Breemen, O., 1992. The timing of emplacement and distribution of the Sparrow diabase dyke swarm, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies, Rep. 6. Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 92-2, pp. 49-55.
24. Bostock H.H., van Breemen O. Ages of detrital zircons and monazites from a pre-Taltson magmatic zone basin at the western margin of the Rae Province. Can. J. Earth Sci. 1994, 31:1352-1364.
25. Bostock, H.H., van Breemen, O., Loveridge, W.D., 1987. Proterozoic geochronology in the Taltson Magmatic Zone, N.W.T. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies, Rep. 1. Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 87-2, pp. 73-80.
26. Bostock, H.H., van Breemen, O., Loveridge, W.D., 1991. Further geochronology of plutonic rocks in northern Taltson magmatic zone, District of MacKenzie. Proterozoic geochronology in the Taltson Magmatic Zone, N.W.T. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies: Rep. 4. Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 90-2, pp. 67-78.
27. Card, C.D., 2001. Geology and tectonic setting of the Oldman-Bulyea Shear Zone, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Regina, Regina, Canada, 188 pp.
28. Card, C.D., Pana, D., Portella, P., Thomas, D.J., Annesley, I.R., 2007. Basement rocks to the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta. In: Jefferson, C.W., Delaney, G. (Eds.), EXTECH IV: Geology and Uranium Exploration TECHnology of the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Geol. Surv. Can. Bull. 588, pp. 193-209.
29. Carson, J.M., Holman, P.B., Shives, R.B.K., Ford, K.L., Ashton, K., Slimmon, W., 2001. Airborne geophysical survey, Tazin Lake, Saskatchewan (NTS 74 N/5 to N/16). Geol. Surv. Can., Open File 3952, 110 sheets, scale 1:50,000.
30. Crocker C.H., Collerson K.D., Lewry J.F., Bickford M.J. Sm-Nd, U-Pb and Rb-Sr geochronology and lithostructural relationships in the southwestern Rae Province: constraints on crustal assembly in the western Canadian Shield. Precamb. Res. 1993, 61:27-50.
31. Crowell, J.C., 2003. Introduction to geology of Ridge Basin, southern California. In: Crowell, J.C. (Ed.), Evolution of Ridge Basin, Southern California, An Interplay Between Sedimentation and Tectonics. Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Pap. 367, pp. 1-15.
32. Dott R.H. Wacke, greywacke, and matrix-what approach to immature sandstone classification?. J. Sed. Petrol. 1964, 34:625-632.
33. De Sk., Chacko T., Creaser R., Muehlenbachs K. Geochemical and Nd-Pb-O isotope systematics of granites from the Taltson Magmatic Zone, NE Alberta: implications for early Proterozoic tectonics in western Laurentia. Precamb. Res. 2000, 102:221-249.
34. Einsele G. Sedimentary Basins-Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget 2000, Springer-Verlag, 779 pp. 2nd edition.
35. Flowers R.M., Bowring S.A., Williams M.L. Timescales and significance of high-pressure, high-temperature metamorphism and mafic dykes anatexis, Snowbird Tectonic Zone, Canada. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 2006, 151:558-581.
36. Gibb R.A. Slave-Churchill collisional tectonics. Nature 1978, 271(5640):50-52.
37. Hale, W.E., 1954a. Gulo Lake, Saskatchewan. Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 54-6, Preliminary Map 54-6 (Sheet 74N/11(East Half)), scale 1:63,360 with marginal notes.
38. Hale, W.E., 1954b. Black Bay map-area, Saskatchewan. Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 53-15, 18 pp., Preliminary Map 53-15 (Sheet 74N/10 (West Half)), scale 1:63,360.
39. Hanmer S. Geology of the Striding-Athabasca Mylonite Zone, northern Saskatchewan and southeastern District of MacKenzie, Northwest Territories. Geol. Surv. Can. Bull. 1997, 501:92 pp.
40. Hanmer S., Parrish R., Williams M., Kopf C. Striding-Athabasca mylonite zone: complex Archean deep-crustal deformation in the East Athabasca mylonite triangle, northern Saskatchewan. Can. J. Earth Sci. 1994, 31:1287-1300.
41. Hanmer S., Williams M., Kopf C. Striding-Athabasca mylonite zone: Implications for the Archean and Early Proterozoic tectonics in the Canadian Shield. Can. J. Earth Sci. 1995, 32:178-196.
42. Hartlaub, R.P., 1999. New insights into the geology of the Murmac Bay Group, Rae Province, northwest Saskatchewan. In: Summary of Investigations 1999, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 99-4.2, pp. 17-26.
43. Hartlaub, R.P., 2004. Archean and Proterozoic evolution of the Beaverlodge Belt, Churchill craton, Canada. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 189 pp.
44. Hartlaub, R.P., Ashton, K.E., 1998. Geological investigations of the Murmac Bay group, Lake Athabasca North Shore Transect. In: Summary of Investigations 1998, Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 98-4, pp. 17-28.
45. Hartlaub R.P., Chacko T., Heaman L.M., Creaser R., Ashton K.E. The Archean Murmac Bay Group: evidence for a giant Archean rift in the Rae Province. Precamb. Res. 2004, 131:345-372.
46. Hartlaub R.P., Chacko T., Heaman L.M., Creaser R., Ashton K.E., Simonetti A. Ancient (Paleo- to Mesoarchean) crust in the Rae Province, Canada: evidence from Sm-Nd and U-Pb constraints. Precamb. Res. 2005, 141:137-153.
47. Hartlaub R.P., Heaman L.M., Chacko T., Ashton K.E. Circa 2.3-Ga magmatism of the Arrowsmith Orogeny, Uranium City Region, Churchill Craton, Canada. J. Geology 2007, 115:181-195.
48. Hartmann L.A., Santos J.O.S. Predominance of high Th/U, magmatic zircon in Brazilian Shield sandstones. Geology 2004, 32:73-76.
49. Hartmann L.A., Leite J.A.D., Silva L.C., Remus M.V.D., McNaughton N.J., Groves D.I., Fletcher I.R., Santos J.O.S., Vasconcellos M.A.Z. Advances in SHRIMP geochronology and their impact on understanding the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of southern Brazil. Aust. J. Earth Sci. 2000, 47:829-844.
50. Heaman, L.M., Parrish, R., 1991. U-Pb geochronology of accessory minerals. In: Heaman, L., Ludden, J. (Eds.), Applications of Radiogenic Isotope Systems to Problems in Geology. Mineral. Assoc. Can., Short Course Handbook, Toronto, May 1991, pp. 59-102.
51. Heaman, L.M., Hartlaub, R.P., Ashton, K.E., Harper, C.T., Maxeiner, R.O., 2003. Preliminary results of the 2002-2003 Saskatchewan Industry and Resources geochronology program. In: Summary of Investigations 2003, Vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2003-4.2, Paper A-3, 4 pp.
52. Hoffman P.F. Continental transform tectonics: Great Slave Lake shear zone (ca. 1.9 Ga), northwest Canada. Geology 1987, 15(9):785-788.
53. Hoffman P.F. United plates of America, the birth of a craton: early Proterozoic assembly and growth of Laurentia. Earth Planet. Sci., Ann. Rev. 1988 1988, 16:543-603.
54. Hoffman, P.F., 1989. Precambrian geology and tectonic history of North America. In: Bally, A.W., Palmer, A.R. (Eds.), The Geology of North America-An Overview. Geol. Soc. Am., Boulder, Colorado, pp. 447-512.
55. Hoffman, P.F., 1990. Subdivision of the Churchill Province and extent of the Trans-Hudson Orogen. In: Lewry, J.F., Stauffer, M.R. (Eds.), The Early Proterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen of North America. Geol. Assoc. Can., Spec. Pap. 37, pp. 15-39.
56. Hoskin P.W.O., Black L.P. Metamorphic zircon formed by solid-state recrystallization of protolith igneous zircon. J. Metamorphic Geol. 2000, 18:423-439.
57. Hunter, R.C., 2007. A geological investigation of the Thluicho Lake Group, southwestern Rae Province, Saskatchewan. M.Sc. Thesis. Univeristy of Regina, Regina, Canada, 125 pp.
58. Hunter, R.C., Bethune, K.M., Ashton, K.E., 2003. Stratigraphic and structural investigations of the Paleoproterozoic Thluicho Lake Group, central Zemlak Domain (Uranium City Project). In: Summary of Investigations 2003, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Indus. Resour. Misc. Rep. 2003-4.2, Pap. A-2, 14 pp.
59. Hunter, R.C., Bethune, K.M., Yeo, G.M., Ashton, K.E., 2004. Investigations of the Thluicho Lake Group: a stratigraphic, structural and tectonic perspective (Uranium City Project). In: Summary of Investigations 2004, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Indus. Resour. Misc. Rep. 2004-4.2, Pap. A-9, 14 pp.
60. Hunter, R.C., Bethune, K.M., Ashton, K.E., 2008. Geology of the Thluicho Lake Group in the Waterloo-Wellington lakes areas (Parts of NTS 74N/10 and/11). Sask. Energy and Resources Open File 2008-3, 1:20 000 scale.
61. Hunter, R.C., Bethune, K.M., Ashton, K.E., Yeo, G.M., 2010. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Paleoproterozoic Thluicho Lake Group, southwestern Rae Province, Canada: alluvial basin development in the hinterland of the Taltson orogen. J. Geology, 118.
62. Koster F., Baadsgaard H. On the geology and geochronology of northwestern Saskatchewan. Can. J. Earth Sci. 1970, 7:919-930.
63. Knox, B., Bethune, K.M., Ashton, K.E., Williams, M.L., 2007. Preliminary monazite geochronology from the southern Beaverlodge Domain, Fond-du-Lac region, Saskatchewan. Sask. Geol. Surv., Open House 2007.
64. Knox B., Bethune K.M., Ashton K.E., Williams M.L., Rayner N. U-Pb SHRIMP and chemical monazite geochronology of rocks in the central Beaverlodge Domain, Saskatchewan: constraints on ages of rock units and implications for the tectonic evolution of the SW Rae Province. Geol. Assoc. Can.-Mineral. Assoc. Can., Abstr. 2008, 33:86.
65. Kraus, J., Ashton, K.E., 2000. New insights into the structural geology and tectonic setting of the Uranium City area, northwestern Saskatchewan. In: Summary of Investigations 2000, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 99-4.2, pp. 16-25.
66. Ludwig K.R. User's Manual for Isoplot/Ex rev. 3.00: A Geochronological Toolkit for Microsoft Excel 2003, Spec. Publ. 4, Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, 70 pp.
67. Macdonald, R., Slimmon, W.L., 1985. Bedrock geology of the Greater Beaverlodge Area, NTS 74N-6 to -11; Sask. Energy Mines, Map 241A, scale 1:100,000.
68. Mahan K.H., Williams M.L. Reconstruction of a large deep-crustal terrane: implications for the Snowbird tectonic zone and early growth of Laurentia. Geology 2005, 33:385-388.
69. Mahan K.H., Williams M.L., Baldwin J.A. Contractional uplift of deep crustal rocks along the Legs lake shear zone, western Churchill Province, Canadian Shield. Can. J. Earth Sci. 2003, 36:1085-1110.
70. Martel E., van Breemen O., Berman R.G., Pehrsson S. Geochronology and tectonometamorphic history of the Snowbird Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada: new insights into the architecture and significance of the Snowbird tectonic zone. Precamb. Res. 2008, 161:201-230.
71. Mazimhaka, P.K., Hendry, H.E., 1984. The Martin Group, Beaverlodge area. In: Summary of Investigations 1984, Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines Misc. Rep. 84-4, pp. 53-62.
72. Mazimhaka, P.K., Hendry, H.E., 1985. The Martin Group: Tazin Lake, Charlot Point and Jug Bay areas. In: Summary of Investigations 1984, Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines Misc. Rep. 85-4, pp. 67-80.
73. McDonough, M.R., McNicoll, V.J., 1997. U-Pb age constraints on the timing of deposition of the Waugh Lake and Burntwood (Athabasca) groups, southern Taltson magmatic zone, northeastern Alberta. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies, Rep. 10. Geol. Surv. Can. Current Research 1997-F, pp. 101-111.
74. McDonough M.R., McNicoll V.J., Schetselaar E.M., Grover T.W. Geochronological and kinematic constraints on crustal shortening and escape in a two-sided oblique-slip collisional and magmatic zone, Paleoproterozoic Taltson magmatic zone, northeastern Alberta. Can. J. Earth Sci. 2000, 37:1549-1573.
75. McNicoll V.J., Theriault J., McDonough M.R. Taltson basement gneissic rocks: U-Pb and Nd isotopic constraints on the basement to the Paleoproterozoic Taltson magmatic zone, northeastern Alberta. Can. J. Earth Sci. 2000, 37:1575-1596.
76. Miall, A.D., 1992. Alluvial deposits. In: Walker, R.G., James, N.P. (Eds.), Facies Models-Response to Sea-level Change. Geol. Assoc. Can., pp. 119-142.
77. Morelli, R., Ashton, K.E., Ansdell, K., 2001. Geochemical investigation of the Martin Group igneous rocks, Beaverlodge Domain, northwestern Saskatchewan. In: Summary of Investigations 2001, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines Misc. Rep. 2001-4.2, pp. 64-75.
78. Morelli R., Hartlaub R.P., Ashton K.E., Ansdell K.M. Evidence for multi-component enrichment of subcontinental lithospheric mantle from Paleoproterozoic intracratonic magmas: geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology of Martin Group igneous rocks, western Rae Craton, Canada. Precamb. Res. 2009, 175:1-15.
79. Pehrsson, S.J., Berman, R.G., Rainbird, R.H., Davis, W.J., 2004. 2.5-1.9 Ga tectonic evolution of the western Churchill Province: a dance in four parts. Geol. Soc. Am., 2004 annual meeting, Denver, CO, Abstr. Prog., vol. 36, No. 5, p. 339.
80. Pehrsson, S.J., Berman, R.G., Rainbird, R.H., Davis, W.J., Skulski, T., Sanborn-Barrie, M., Martel, E., Corrigan, D., Tella, S., 2005. Interior collisional orogenesis related to supercontinent assembly: the ca. 1.9-1.5 Ga tectonic history of the western Churchill Province. Geol. Assoc. Can.-Miner. Assoc. Can., Abstr. vol. 30, p. 151.
81. Rainbird, R.H., Davis, W.J., 2007. U-Pb detrital zircon geochrology and provenance of the late Paleoproterozoic Dubawnt Supergroup: linking sedimentation with tectonic reworking of the western Churchill Province, Canada. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 119, 314-328.
82. Rainbird, R.H., Stern, R.A., Rayner, N., Jefferson, C.W., 2007. Age, provenance, and regional correlation of the Athabasca Group, Saskatchewan and Alberta, constrained by igneous and detrital zircon geochronology. In: Jefferson, C.W., Delaney, G. (Eds.), EXTECH IV: Geology and Uranium Exploration TECHnology of the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Geol. Surv. Can. Bull. 588, pp. 193-209.
83. Ramaekers, P., 1979. Stratigraphy of the Athabasca Basin. In: Summary of Investigations 1979, Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Dep. Miner. Resour. Misc. Rep. 79-10, pp. 154-160.
84. Rasmussen B., Muhling J.R. Monazite begets monazite: evidence for dissolution of detrital monazite and reprecipitation of syntectonic monazite during low-grade regional metamorphism. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 2007, 154:675-689.
85. Rayner, N.M., Stern, R.A., Rainbird, R.H., 2003. SHRIMP U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology of the Athabasca Group sandstones, northern Saskatchewan and Alberta. In: Current Research., Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 2003-F3, 20 pp.
86. Ross G.M., Eaton D.W. Proterozoic terrane accretion and growth of western Laurentia. Can. J. Earth Sci. 2002, 39:313-329.
87. Ross G.M., Parrish R.R., Villeneuve M.E., Bowring S.A. Geophysics and geochronology of the crystalline basement of the Alberta Basin, western Canada. Can. J. Earth Sci. 1991, 28:512-522.
88. Samson, S.D., 2007. Do sediments lie (or are they just coy)? New approaches in advancing provenance studies. Geol. Soc. Am., Northeastern Section, 42nd annual meeting, Durham, NH, Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Prog., vol. 39, no. 1, p. 95.
89. Saskatchewan Geological Survey, 2003. Geology, and Mineral and Petroleum Resources of Saskatchewan. Sask. Indus. Resour., Misc. Rep. 2003-7, 173 pp.
90. Schau M. Geology of the Prince Albert Group in parts of the Walker and Laughland Lake map areas. Geol. Surv. Can. Bull. 1982, 337.
91. Schultz M.E.J., Chacko T., Heaman L.M., Sandeman H.A., Simonetti A., Creaser R.A. Queen Maud Block: a newly recognized Paleoproterozoic (2.4-2.5 Ga) terrane in northwest Laurentia. Geology 2007, 35:707-710.
92. Scott, B.P., 1978. The geology of an area east of Thluicho Lake, Saskatchewan (part of NTS area 74N/11). Sask. Dep. Miner. Resour. Rep. 167, 51 pp., and Map 167A, scale 1:31,680.
93. Sircombe K.N. AgeDisplay: an EXCEL workbook to evaluate and display univariate geochronological data using binned frequency histograms and probability density distributions. Comput. Geosci. 2004, 30:21-31.
94. Skulski T., Villeneuve M. Geochronological compilation of the Rae and Hearne provinces. Geol. Surv. Can. Open File 1999, 3706.
95. Skulski, T., Sandeman, H., Sanborne-Barrie, M., MacHattie, T., Hyde, D., Johnstone, S., Panagapko, D., Byrne, D., 2002. Contrasting crustal domains in the Committee Bay belt, Waker Lake-Arrowsmith River area, central Nunavut. In: Current Research, Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 2002-C11.
96. Skulski, T., Sanborne-Barrie, M., Sandeman, H., 2003a. Geology, Walker Lake and Arrowsmith River area, Nunavut. Geol. Surv. Can Open File 3777, 1:100,000 scale, 3 sheets.
97. Skulski, T., Sandeman, H., MacHattie, T., Sanborne-Barrie, M., Rayner, N., Byrne, D., 2003b. Tectonic setting of 2.73-2.7 Ga Prince Albert Group, Churchill Province, Nunavut: Geol. Assoc. Can.-Miner. Assoc. Can.-Soc. Econ. Geologists, Abstr. 28.
98. Skulski, T., Sandeman, H., Sanborne-Barrie, M., MacHattie, T., Young, M., Carson, C.J., Berman, R.J., Brown, J., Rayner, N., Panagapko, D., Byrne, D., Deyell, C., 2003c. Bedrock geology of the Ellice Hills map area and new constraints on the regional geology of the Committee Bay area, Nunavut. In: Current Research, Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 2003-C22.
99. Stern, R.A., 1997. The GSC Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP): analytical techniques of zircon U-Th-Pb age determinations and performance evaluation. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies, Rep. 10. Geol. Surv. Can., Current Research 1997-F, pp. 1-31.
100. Stern R.A., Amelin Y. Assessment of errors in SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology using a natural zircon standard and NIST SRM 610 glass. Chem. Geol. 2003, 197:111-146.
101. Stockwell, C.H., 1961. Structural Provinces, orogenies and time classification of rocks of the Precambrian Canadian Shield. In: Isotopic ages, Report 2 of Age determinations by the Geological Survey of Canada. Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 61-17, pp. 108-118.
102. Stockwell, C.H., 1982. Proposals for the time classification and correlation of Precambrian rocks and events in the Canadian Shield. I. A time classification of Precambrian rocks and events. Geol. Surv. Can., Pap. 80-19.
103. Thériault, R.J., Henderson, J.B., Roscoe, S.M., 1994. Nd isotopic evidence for early to mid-Archean crust from high grade gneisses in the Queen Maud Block and south of the McDonald Fault, western Churchill Province, Northwest Territories. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies, Rep. 8. Geol. Surv. Can., Current Research 1994-F, pp. 37-42.
104. Tremblay L.P. Geology of the Beaverlodge mining area. Saskatchewan. Geol. Surv. Can. Mem. 1972, 367:265 pp.
105. van Breemen, O., Aspler, L.B., 1994. Detrital zircon ages from Nonacho Basin, western Rae Province, Northwest Territories. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies, Rep. 8. Geol. Surv. Can., Current Research 1997-F, pp. 49-59.
106. van Breemen, O., Bostock, H.H., Loveridge, W.D., 1992. Geochronology of granites along the northern margin of the Taltson Magmatic Zone and western Rae Province. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies, Rep. 5. Geol. Surv. Can., Pap. 91-2, pp. 17-24.
107. Van Schmus, W.R., Persons, S.S., Macdonald, R., Sibbald, T.I.I., 1986. Preliminary results from U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Uranium City region, northwest Saskatchewan. In: Summary of Investigations 1986, Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 86-4, pp. 108-111.
108. Williams M.L., Hanmer S., Kopf C., Darrach M. Syntectonic generation and segregation of tonalite melts from amphibolite dykes in the lower crust, Striding-Athabasca mylonite zone, northern Saskatchewan. J. Geophys. Res. 1995, 100:15717-15734.
109. Wheeler, J.O., Hoffman, P.F., Card, K.D., Davidson, A., Sandford, B.V., Okulitch, A.V., Roest, W.R. (compilers), 1996. Geological Map of Canada. Geol. Surv. Can., Map 1860A, scale 1:5,000,000.
110. Yeo, G.M., 2005. Stratigraphy and metallogeny of the Paleoproterozoic Thluicho Lake Group, northwestern Saskatchewan (NTS 74N/11). In: Summary of Investigations 2005, vol. 2. Sask. Geol. Surv., Sask. Indus. Resour. Misc. Rep. 05-4.2, 20 pp.
111. Zaleski, E., Pehrsson, S., 2005. Geology, Half Way Hills and Whitehills lakes area. Geol. Surv. Can. Map 2069A, 1: 50,000 scale.
112. Zaleski, E., Pehrsson, S., Wilkinson, L., 2005. Geology, Amarulik and Tehek lakes area. Geol. Surv. Can. Map 2070A, 1: 50,000 scale.