Unraveling the Geological History of the Fenelon Gold Property and the Relative Timing and Source of Gold Mineralization

该项目揭示了Fenelon金矿存款的地质历史。Fenelon存款位于世界上最丰富的太古代矿脉金矿省之一的阿比提比绿岩带。Abitibi的财富主要来自其南部地区，那里增加的岩石暴露和基础设施为勘探创造了最佳环境。然而，随着阿比提比地区许多最大、最容易开采的矿床已经被发现，勘探公司现在正向北寻找下一个大型存款。Fenelon项目是魁北克矿产勘探协会颁发的2019年度发现奖的决赛选手，也是北部的先驱项目之一。尽管地处偏远，覆盖层厚，该地区缺乏学术研究，但Fenelon通过其正在进行的勘探计划显示出巨大的矿产资源潜力。该提案将是通过年龄测定和整个岩石地球化学调查该财产地质历史的第一项研究，这将有助于指导勘探钻探，并将Fenelon财产与Abitibi的其他金矿联系起来。这将导致对地球地壳这一古老部分的更好理解。此外，离散矿物相的微观分析将有助于确定金的来源以及导致金沉淀的流体和过程。这些结果将增强我们对北方Abitibi的了解，同时也有利于Fenelon的勘探计划。Fenelon的成功，将创造一个强有力的先例，将鼓励未来的勘探和研究在北方阿比提比，产生持续增长的加拿大经济在未来几十年。

This project unravel the geological history of the Fenelon Gold deposit. The Fenelon deposit located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, one of the most proliferous Archean lode gold provinces in the world. The wealth of the Abitibi comes primarily from its southern region, where increased rock exposure and infrastructure create an optimal environment for exploration. However, with many of the largest and most accessible deposits of the Abitibi having already been discovered, exploration companies are now looking northward to find the next big deposit. The Fenelon Project was a finalist for the 2019 Discovery of the Year Award given by the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association and is one of the pioneer projects in the north. Despite its remote location, thick overburden, and a lack of academic research in the area, Fenelon has shown significant potential for mineral wealth through its ongoing exploration program. This proposal will be the first research to investigate the geological history of this property through age-dating, and whole rock geochemistry which will help to guide exploration drilling and put the Fenelon property into a context with the other gold deposits in the Abitibi. This will result in a greater understanding of this ancient part of the Earth's crust. Additionally, microanalysis of discrete mineral phases will help enable the determination of source of the gold and the fluids and processes that led to gold precipitation. These results will enhance our understanding of the northern Abitibi, while also benefiting Fenelon's exploration program. Fenelon's success, will create a strong precedent that will encourage future exploration and research in the northern Abitibi, generating continued growth for the Canadian economy for decades to come.