The Volcanological and Structural Evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Flin Flon Mining District: Anatomy of a Giant VMS System
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Abstract
FIELD TRIP OBJECTIVES The world-class, Paleoproterozoic, Flin Flon volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VMS) district contains the Flin Flon, Callinan and 777 VMS deposits, which along with HudBay Mineral’s smelter, sustains the communities of Creighton, Saskatchewan and Flin Flon, Manitoba. The Flin Flon VMS district is situated within the southwestern Trans-Hudson Orogen, the largest Paleoproterozoic orogenic belt of Laurentia. Using spectacular, clean and polished outcrops (Figs. 1-4), and underground exposures at HudBay’s 777 mine (Fig. 5), this field trip will: 1) place the Flin Flon District in the context of the tectonic and magmatic evolution of a juvenile rifted volcanic-arc volcano; 2) showcase the spectacular flow, volcaniclastic and intrusive lithofacies that comprise this largely basaltic volcanic edifice; 3) reconstruct the volcanic and structural architecture and history of the district, including a large, synvolcanic subsidence structure referred to as the Flin Flon cauldron that hosts the VMS deposits; 4) demonstrate how subsequent deformation events have modified this primary volcanic feature and its contained ore deposits; and 5) illustrate the role of volcanism and subsidence in the formation and location of VMS deposits, and the role of deformation in their modification. This field trip will draw on the results of research conducted over the past decade by the Manitoba and Saskatchewan geological surveys, Natural Resources Canada (Targeted Geoscience Initiative 1 and 3 programs), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Laurentian and Mount Royal Universities, and HudBay Minerals Inc. The field trip is an outgrowth of these collective efforts and presents a significant new interpreta182
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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