Geochemistry of the Lundmark-Akow Lake Au and VMS mineralization, Northwestern Ontario

该项目将重点研究苏必里尔省北部北加勒比绿岩带（NCGB） Lundmark-Akow部分的火山块状硫化物（VMS）和金矿化。两名硕士学生和至多三名理学士学生将使用基本的地质测绘和测井，结合传统和最先进的分析技术，来描述NCGB中这一鲜为人知的部分的矿化系统。一名学生将描述> - 11km长的蚀变路径/带，这些蚀变路径/带由粗粒星黄岩-石榴石+/-黑云母-绢云母片岩组成，显示出VMS相关系统的典型地球化学特征。第二部分将重点描述伦德马克-阿科夫湖地区两种类型的金矿化，以评估它们与VMS矿化的关系。拟议的研究将把基本的野外和岩石学研究与成熟的（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）地球化学技术结合起来，以充分表征矿化和矿化的共生和蚀变及其所在岩石。在这项研究中产生的数据将被Romios Gold Resources Inc.用于加强他们的勘探工作，并有望增加矿产产量。该项目将有助于我们对NCGB的认识和矿化特征的描述，从而开发可用于瞄准高品位矿化带的模型。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 Volcanic Massive Sulphide (VMS) and gold mineralization of the Lundmark-Akow portion of the North Caribou Greenstone Belt (NCGB) in the northern Superior Province. Two MSc students and up to three BSc students will use fundamental geological mapping and logging, combined with traditional and state-of-the-art analytical techniques, to characterize the mineralized systems in this poorly understood portion of the NCGB. One student will characterize the >11 km long alteration pathway/zone of coarse-grained staurolite-garnet+/-biotite-sericite schists that show geochemical characteristics typical of VMS related systems. The second will focus on characterizing the two styles of gold mineralization in the Lundmark-Akow Lake area to assess what, if any, relationship they have with the VMS mineralization. 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 the mineralization and the rocks that host them.The data generated in this study will be used by Romios Gold Resources Inc., to enhance their exploration efforts, and hopefully lead to increased mineral production. This project will contribute to our understanding of the NCGB and characterize the mineralization so as to develop models 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.