Metal Earth Transect Scale Project:
Abitibi, Chibougamau
Project Information
Project Title:Metal Earth Abitibi Transect: Chibougamau Research Location:Chibougamau, Québec Research Team:Pierre Bedeaux, Postdoctoral Fellow, UQAC Marie Kieffer, MSc, UQAC (completed) Adrien Boucher, MSc student (completed) UQAC Julien Huguet, MSc, UQAC Baptiste Madon, MSc (75% NSERC, 25% Metal Earth), UQAC Patrik Berthoty, PhD (Metal Earth, thematic project), UQAC Alexandre Crépon, PhD, UQAC Youssouf Ahmadou Youssoufou, MSc, UQAC (completed)
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Project Status:Active Contact:Instutitional Chair of Archean metallogenic processes Département des Sciences Appliquées, Centre d’Étude sur les Ressources Minérales (CERM), University of Québec in Chicoutimi (UQAC), QC, Canada |
Academic Collaborators:
Sarah-Janes Barnes, Professor, UQAC
Edward-W. Sawyer, Professor, UQAC
Damien Gaboury, Professor, UQAC
Paul Bédard, Professor, UQAC
Réal Daigneault, Vice-rector, UQAC
Graham Pearson, Professor, University of Alberta
Steven Shirey, Professor, Carnegie Institution for Science
Stéphane de Souza, Professor, UQAM
Daniel Kontak, Professor, Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University
Zsuzsanna Toth, Research Assistant, Laurentian University
Patrick Mercier-Langevin, Geoscientist, Canadian Geology Survey
Industry Collaborators:
François Leclerc, Geologist, MERN
Patrick Houle, Regional Geologist, MERN
Pierre Pilote, Senior Geologist, MERN
Benoit Lafrance, Geologist, Exploration Tarku Ltd.
Frank Guillemette, President of Multi-Ressources Boréale Ltd.
Andrey Rinta, Geologist, AmAuCu Ltd.
Image Caption: 2018 Chibougamau field crew.
Back rank (standing), left to right: Marie Kieffer (Msc), Julien Huguet (Msc), Adrien Boucher (Msc), Youssouf Ahmadou Youssoufou (Msc), Laura-Pier Perron-Desmeules (FA), Mike Bellemare (FA), Maryse Desrochers (FA).
-Front rank (prone), left to right: Pierre Bedeaux (RA), Antoine Brochu (FA) and Lucie Mathieu (professor)
Scope of Project:
Project Theme: Chibougamau transect / magmas and mineralisation.
The Chibougamau area, when compared to the rest of the Abitibi Subprovince, has several unique characteristics i) fold-dominated architecture; ii) lack of komatiites; ii) unusual intrusions (layered complex and polyphased pluton); and, iv) in the broadest sense, a large amount of “intrusion-related” mineralisation.
Anticipated Outcomes:
For the duration of the project, the team will focus on i) revealing factors that controlled the formation of deposits in the Chibougamau area by comparing it with other greenstone belts; ii) comprehension of the role that magmas play in mineralising processes and in the transport of volatiles and metals in the crust; and iii) interpretation of the Chibougamau transect and 3D modelling.
Transect Research Projects
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Metal Earth à Chibougamau: chimie, stratigraphie, âge, et structure de la Formation de l'Obatogamau
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Adrien Boucher, MSc candidate Geology, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Pyrite chemistry: mineralizing processes and Au distribution in the Chibougamau area.
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Adrien Boucher, MSc candidate Geology, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Metal Earth à Chibougamau: géométrie, chimie et mode de mise en place du Complexe à l’Eau-Jaune
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Marie Kieffer, MSc Geology, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Metal Earth à Chibougamau: caractérisation minéralogique et chimique du pluton de Chevrillon, et de sa relation avec son encaissant sédimentaire.
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Julien Huguet, MSc Geology, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Metal Earth à Chibougamau: origine du Sodagranophyre du Complexe du Lac Doré et
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Youssouf A. Youssoufou, MSc Geology, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Determine redox conditions in Neoarchean magmas using apatite and zircon
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Baptiste Madon, MSc candidate Geology, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Chibougamau Map:
Related Documents/News:
Metal Earth GeoHub - Chibougamau Related Documents, updated December 2022 to April 2023 with Chibougamau Transect: Data Location Map, Gravity Station Coordinates, MT Station Coordinates, Structures tiles web, Sediment, Metamorphorphic, Volcanic Flow, Volcanic Pyroclastic, Alteration, Magnetic Susceptibility, Mineralization, Geochemistry Analysis Extents, Geochemistry Sample Locations, and Samples.
Video: Metal Earth in Chibougamau: the magmatic-tectonic evolution of the north-eastern corner of the Abitibi greenstone belt.
Presented day 3 of the four-day Metal Earth Partner Meeting series in April 2022, during Mantle and Transect section of the meeting.
Metal Earth Transect Update: Chibougamau. September 17, 2019
MERN Summary of Field Work 2018
