Alteration footprint of the Eagle River Au Mine, Northwestern Ontario

该项目将重点研究安大略省北部Mishibishu绿岩带Eagle River Complex剪切带的金矿化。3个理学士和2个理学士将使用基本的地质测绘和测井技术，结合传统和最先进的分析技术，来描述与鹰河复杂金矿床和三水绿岩带相关的矿化和蚀变系统。拟议的研究将结合基本的野外和岩石学研究，以及成熟的（整个岩石地球化学，稳定和放射性同位素）和新的（例如LA-ICP-MS， EMPA，原位同位素研究的矿物化学）地球化学技术，以充分表征剪切带金矿化的共生和蚀变。我们将制定岩性、地球化学和地质年代学标准，这些标准可用于表征蚀变的足迹，并开发可用于Wesdome在该物业及其正在进行的区域勘探的模型。本研究中产生的数据将用于开发剪切带金矿化模型，Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.可以使用该模型来加强勘探工作，并有望增加矿产产量。该项目将有助于我们了解剪切带含金系统的形成过程，并在蚀变中开发可用于目标高品位矿化带的矢量。我们将开发可供加拿大公司应用的工具，以帮助产生未来的发现。新矿物资源的发现和开发对加拿大经济的福祉至关重要，这个项目将导致在这一进程中提高效率。

This project will focus on the shear zone hosted gold mineralization of the Eagle River Complex in the Mishibishu greenstone belt, Northern Ontario. Three BSc and two MSc will use fundamental geological mapping and logging combined with traditional and state-of-the-art analytical techniques to characterize the mineralization and alteration system associated with the Eagle River Complex gold deposits and the Mishibishu greenstone belt that hosts them. The proposed research will combine basic field and petrographic studies with well established (whole rock geochemistry, stable and radiogenic isotopes) and novel (e.g., mineral chemistry from LA-ICP-MS, EMPA, in situ isotope studies) geochemical techniques to fully characterise the paragenesis and alteration of shear zone hosted gold mineralization. We will develop lithologic, geochemical and geochronologic criteria that can be used to characterize the footprint of the alteration and develop models that can be applied by Wesdome on the property and in their ongoing regional exploration.The data generated in this study will be used to develop a model(s) for shear zone hosted Au mineralization that Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. can use to enhance their exploration efforts, and hopefully lead to increased mineral production. This project will contribute to our understanding of the processes that form shear zone hosted gold systems and develop vectors in the alteration that can be used to target high-grade zones of mineralization. We will develop tools that can be applied by Canadian companies to aid in generating future discoveries. The discovery and development of new mineral resources is critical to the well-being of Canada's economy and this project will lead to greater efficiencies in that process.