Cu isotope variations between conduit and sheet-style Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide mineralization in the Midcontinent Rift System, North America

2015 ◽  
Vol 414 ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Ripley ◽  
Shuofei Dong ◽  
Chusi Li ◽  
Laura E. Wasylenki
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Rift System ◽  
Sulfide Mineralization ◽  
Midcontinent Rift ◽  
Midcontinent Rift System ◽  
Cu Isotope

scholarly journals Geology of the Mesoproterozoic Pillar Lake Volcanics and Inspiration Sill, Armstrong, Ontario: Evidence of Early Midcontinent Rift Magmatism in the Northwestern Nipigon Embayment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pete Hollings ◽  
Mark Smyk ◽  
Wouter Bleeker ◽  
Michael A. Hamilton ◽  
Robert Cundari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Large Igneous Province ◽  
Rift System ◽  
Flood Basalts ◽  
Midcontinent Rift ◽  
Igneous Province ◽  
Intrusive Rocks ◽  
Midcontinent Rift System ◽  
Northern Edge

The Midcontinent Rift System of North America is a ~1.1 Ga large igneous province comprising mainly flood basalts and intrusive rocks. We present new data for the Pillar Lake Volcanics and Inspiration Sill from the northern edge of the Midcontinent Rift in the northwestern Nipigon Embayment. The Pillar Lake Volcanics comprise a ~20-40 m-thick, flat-lying sequence of mafic pillowed and massive flows, pillowed flow breccia, and hyaloclastite breccia. They are characterized by SiO2 of 52-54 wt%, TiO2 of 1.2 to 1.3 wt% and K2O of 0.9 to 1.1 wt%. They are LREE-enriched, with La/Smn of 3.0 to 4.4 with fractionated HREE (Gd/Ybn = 1.4 to 1.7). The Inspiration diabase sill is < 50 m thick and is in direct contact with the underlying Pillar Lake Volcanics. Baddeleyite and zircon data from the Inspiration Sill yield a combined U-Pb upper intercept age of 1105.6 ± 1.6 Ma. The Inspiration Sill is characterized by uniform SiO2 of 52 to 53 wt%, TiO2 of 1.1 to 1.2 and K2O of 0.9 to 1.2 wt%. Inspiration Sill samples are LREE enriched with La/Smn of 3.2 to 3.3 and fractionated HREE of (Gd/Ybn = 1.6). The Pillar Lake Volcanics are at least 1120 Ma, and perhaps as old as 1130 Ma and represent an early, thin, and restricted mafic volcanic sequence, largely preserved below the younger Inspiration Sill. The Pillar Lake Volcanics and Inspiration Sill display a marked geochemical similarity, suggesting that they may represent magmatism associated with the earliest stages of Midcontinent rifting.

Metallogeny of the midcontinent rift system of North America

1992 ◽  
Vol 58 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 355-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.W. Nicholson ◽  
W.F. Cannon ◽  
K.J. Schulz
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Rift System ◽  
Midcontinent Rift ◽  
Midcontinent Rift System
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