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Record W2028278645 · doi:10.4138/10090

Dating Hydrothermal Alteration Attending IOCG Mineralization Along a Terrane Bounding Fault Zone: The Copper Lake Deposit, Nova Scotia

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Daniel J. Kontak, Douglas A. Archibald, Robert A. Creaser, Larry M. Heaman

Bibliographic record

VenueAtlantic Geology · 2009
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEarth and Planetary Sciences
TopicGeological and Geochemical Analysis
Canadian institutionsUniversity of AlbertaQueen's UniversityLaurentian University
FundersQueen's UniversityDalhousie UniversityUniversity of Alberta
KeywordsGeologyMineralization (soil science)Iron oxide copper gold ore depositsGeochemistryZirconMonaziteRadiometric datingHydrothermal circulationCarbonateMineralogyPaleontologyChemistryFluid inclusions

Abstract

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The Copper Lake area of mainland Nova Scotia is one of several vein-controlled mineralized (Cu-Au-Co) systems associated with widespread carbonate and iron-oxide alteration proximal to the east-trending Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault System. Although this mineralization has been known for decades, its metallogenic affinity remains poorly defined, and in recent years an IOCG (iron oxide-copper-gold) model has been suggested. In order to determine the age of mineralization and provide an important time constraint for developing a metallogenic model, direct dating of the mineralization and associated alteration was undertaken. At Copper Lake, mineralization occurs in a set of sulphide-carbonate fissure veins hosted by fine-grained metasedimentary rocks of the Middle Devonian Guysborough Group. Dating of the sulphide-alteration (pyrite) and phyllic-alteration (muscovite) stages of the ore system utilized the Re-Os and 40Ar/39Ar methods, respectively. The two different chronometers yield ages of about 320 Ma and provide an absolute age for the mineralization. As part of this study additional geochronological data were obtained for detrital zircon (U-Pb age of 1634 ± 11.2 Ma) from the host sedimentary rocks, as well as timing of thermal events at ca. 370–380 Ma, 350 Ma and < 300 Ma based on whole rock 40Ar/39Ar and chemical Th-Pb dating of host rocks and monazite. The Th-Pb dating of monazite indicates that rare-earth element mobility accompanied mineralization. Collectively, the data indicate that the area experienced multiple thermal events, but hydrothermal activity related to mineralization is constrained to about 320 Ma and is tentatively interpreted to relate to structural focusing of fluids that may have been driven by a mid-crustal level mafic heat source. The mineralizing event coincides with regional Alleghanian deformation in this part of the Appalachian orogen and thus reflects larger-scale tectonothermal processes. RÉSUMÉ Le secteur du lac Copper, dans la partie continentale de la Nouvelle-Écosse, constitue l’un de plusieurs systèmes minéralisés (Cu-Au-Co) régis par des filons associés à une altération étendue en oxyde de fer et en carbonates proximale du système de failles orienté vers l’est de Cobequid-Chedabucto. Même si l’on connaît cette minéralisation depuis des décennies, son affinité métallogénique demeure mal définie et des chercheurs ont avancé ces dernières années un modèle OFCO (oxyde de fer-cuivre-or). On a réalisé une datation directe de la minéralisation et de l’altération connexe pour déterminer l’âge de la minéralisation et établir une délimitation chronologique importante pour l’établissement d’un modèle métallogénique. Dans le secteur du lac Copper, la minéralisation est présente dans un ensemble de filons de fissures remplies de sulfures-carbonates à l’intérieur de roches métasédimentaires à grains fins du groupe du Dévonien moyen de Guysborough. Les méthodes Re-Os et 40Ar/39Ar, respectivement, ont permis la datation des stades de la sulfuration (pyrite) et de l’altération phylliteuse (muscovite). Les deux différentes méthodes chronométriques ont fourni des âges d’environ 320 Ma et confèrent un âge absolu à la minéralisation. On a obtenu, dans le cadre de cette étude, des données géochronologiques supplémentaires de zircon détritique (datation U-Pb de 1634 ± 11,2 Ma) des roches sédimentaires hôtes ainsi que le moment des événements thermiques, situés à environ 370-380 Ma, 350 Ma et < 300 Ma d’après une datation de la roche totale 40Ar/39Ar et une datation chimique Th-Pb des roches hôtes et de la monazite. La datation Th-Pb de la monazite révèle qu’une mobilité des métaux des terres rares a accompagné la minéralisation. Les données signalent collectivement que le secteur a connu plusieurs événements thermiques, mais que l’activité hydrothermale apparentée à la minéralisation est limitée à environ 320 Ma; on l’interprète provisoirement comme une activité liée à une concentration structurale des fluides qui pourrait avoir été provoquée par une source de chaleur mafique mi-crustale. L’épisode de minéralisation coïncide avec la déformation alléghanienne régionale dans cette partie de l’orogène des Appalaches et correspond en conséquence à des processus tectonothermaux à plus grande échelle. [Traduit par la redaction]

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.111
Threshold uncertainty score0.224

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.013
GPT teacher head0.220
Teacher spread0.207 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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