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Thesis--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1910. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Walter I. Phillips determined to be Walter Irving Phillips from "Forty-First Annual Catalogue. School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri." Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed March 24, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 12).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--Carleton University, 1989. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--Carleton University, 1990. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

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The area northeast of Sudbury, Ontario, is known for one of the largest unexplained geophysical anomalies on the Canadian Shield, the 1,200 km2 Temagami Anomaly. The geological cause of this regional magnetic, conductive and gravity feature has previously been modelled to be a mafic-ultramafic body at relatively great depth (2–15 km) of unknown age and origin, which may or may not be related to the meteorite impact-generated Sudbury Igneous Complex in its immediate vicinity. However, with a profound lack of outcrops and drill holes, the geological cause of the anomaly remains elusive, a genetic link to the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact event purely speculative. In search for any potential surface expression of the deep-seated cause of the Temagami Anomaly, this study provides a first, yet comprehensive petrological and geochemical assessment of exotic igneous dykes recently discovered in outcrops above, and drill cores into, the Temagami Anomaly. Based on cross-cutting field relations, petrographic studies, lithogeochemistry, whole-rock Nd-Sr-Pb isotope systematics, and U-Pb geochronology, it was possible to identify, and distinguish between, at least six different groups of igneous dykes: (i) Calc-alkaline quartz diorite dykes related to the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex (locally termed Offset Dykes); (ii) tholeiitic quartz diabase of the regional 2.22 Ga Nipissing Suite/Senneterre Dyke Swarm; (iii) calc-alkaline quartz diabase of the regional 2.17 Ga Biscotasing Dyke Swarm; (iv) alkaline ultrabasic dykes correlated with the 1.88–1.86 Ga Circum-Superior Large Igneous Province (LIP); and (v) aplitic dykes as well as (vi) a hornblende syenite, the latter two of more ambiguous age and stratigraphic position. The findings presented in this study – the discovery of three new Offset Dykes in particular – offer some unexpected insights into the geology and economic potential of one of the least explored areas of the world-class Sudbury Mining Camp as well as into the nature and distribution of both allochthonous and autochthonous impactites within one of the oldest and largest impact structures known on Earth. Not only do the geometric patterns of dyke (and breccia) distribution reaffirm previous notions of the existence of discrete ring structures in the sense of a ~200-km multi-ring basin, but they provide critical constraints as to the pre-erosional thickness and extent of the impact melt sheet, thus helping to identity new areas for Ni-Cu-PGE exploration. Furthermore, this study provides important insights into the pre-impact stratigraphy and the magmatic evolution of the region in general, which reveals to be much more complex, compositionally divers, and protracted than initially assumed. Of note is the discovery of rocks related to the 2.17 Ga Biscotasing and the 1.88–1.86 Ga Circum-Superior magmatic events, as these were not previously known to occur on the southeast margin of the Superior Craton. Shortly predating the Sudbury impact and being contemporaneous with ore-forming events at Thompson (Manitoba) and Raglan (Cape Smith), these magmatic rocks could provide the missing link between unusual mafic, pre-enriched, crustal target rocks, and the unique metal endowment of the Sudbury Impact Structure. The actual geological cause of the Temagami Anomaly remains open to debate and requires the downward extension of existing bore holes as well as more detailed geophysical investigations. The hypothesis of a genetic relationship between Sudbury impact event and Temagami Anomaly is neither borne out by any evidence nor particularly realistic, even in case of an oblique impact, and should thus be abandoned. It is instead proposed, based on circumstantial evidence, that the anomaly might be explained by an ultramafic complex of the 1.88–1.86 Ga Circum-Superior LIP. / Das Gebiet nordöstlich von Sudbury, Ontario, ist bekannt für eine der größten unerklärten geophysikalischen Anomalien auf dem Kanadischen Schild, die 1.200 km2 große Temagami Anomalie. Die geologische Ursache dieser regionalen magnetischen, konduktiven und Schwere-Anomalie wurde bisweilen als ein mafisch-ultramafischer Körper in relativ großer Tiefe (2–15 km) unbekannten Alters und Ursprungs modelliert, der womöglich mit dem durch einen Impakt entstandenen Sudbury Igneous Complex in dessen unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft verwandt sein könnte. Da es jedoch an Aufschlüssen und Tiefbohrungen grundlegend mangelt, bleibt die geologische Ursache dieser Anomalie unklar, eine genetische Beziehung zum 1,85 Ga Sudbury Impaktereignis rein spekulativ. Auf der Suche nach einer potenziellen Oberflächenmanifestation der tiefliegenden Ursache der Temagami Anomalie liefert diese Studie eine erste und dennoch umfassende petrologische und geochemische Charakterisierung magmatischer Ganggesteine, die erst kürzlich in Aufschlüssen über der Temagami Anomalie, als auch in Bohrkernen, entdeckt wurden. Auf Grundlage von relativen geologischen Altersbeziehungen, petrographischen Untersuchungen, Lithogeochemie, Nd-Sr-Pb Isotopensystematiken sowie U-Pb Geochronologie war es möglich, mindestens sechs Gruppen von magmatischen Gesteinsgängen zu identifizieren und zu unterscheiden: (i) kalk-alkaline Quarz Diorit Gänge, die mit dem 1,85 Ga Sudbury Igneous Complex genetisch verwandt sind (lokal als Offset Dykes bezeichnet); (ii) tholeiitischer Quarz Dolerit der regionalen 2,22 Ga Nipissing Suite/Senneterre Gangschar (iii) kalk-alkaliner Quarz Dolerit der regionalen 2,17 Ga Biscotasing Gangschar; (iv) alkaline ultrabasische Gänge, die sich mit der 1,88–1,86 Ga Circum-Superior Large Igneous Province (LIP) korrelieren lassen; und (v) aplitische Gänge sowie ein (vi) Hornblende Syenit, beide von nach wie vor unklarem Alter und unklarer Zugehörigkeit. Die in dieser Studie vorgestellten Ergebnisse – insbesondere die Entdeckung drei neuer Offset Dykes – bieten einige unerwartete Einblicke in die Geologie und das wirtschaftliche Potenzial eines der am wenigsten erforschten Gebiete des Sudbury Bergbaudistriktes sowie in die Beschaffenheit und Verteilung sowohl allochthoner als auch autochthoner Impaktgesteine innerhalb einer der größten und ältesten bekannten terrestrischen Impaktstrukturen. Die geometrischen Muster der Gang (und Brekzien-) Verteilung bestätigen nicht nur frühere Vorstellungen von der Existenz diskreter Ringstrukturen im Sinne eines ~200 km großen Multiringbeckens, sondern liefern auch Erkenntnisse über die ursprüngliche Mächtigkeit und Ausbreitung der Impaktschmelze, was unter anderem zur Identifizierung neuer potenzieller Gebiete für die Ni-Cu-PGE Exploration beiträgt. Darüber hinaus liefert diese Studie wichtige Einblicke in die Stratigraphie des Einschlagsgebietes und die magmatische Entwicklung der Region im Allgemeinen, welche sich als viel komplexer, in der Zusammensetzung vielfältiger, und zeitlich ausgedehnter erweist als ursprünglich angenommen. Hervorzuheben ist hierbei die Entdeckung von Gesteinen, die mit dem 2,17 Ga Biscotasing und dem 1,88–1,86 Circum-Superior Magmatismus in Verbindung stehen, da solche Gesteine bisher nicht am südöstlichen Rand des Superior Kratons bekannt waren. Diese Ereignisse, die kurz vor dem Sudbury Impakt und zeitgleich mit Erz-bildendem Magmatismus nahe Thompson (Manitoba) und Raglan (Cape Smith, Quebec) stattfanden, könnten das fehlende Bindeglied zwischen ungewöhnlich mafischen, vorangereicherten krustalen Zielgesteinen einerseits, und der einzigartigen Metallausstattung der Sudbury Impaktstruktur andererseits, darstellen. Die tatsächliche geologische Ursache der Temagami Anomalie bleibt nach wie vor ungeklärt und erfordert letztlich die Erweiterung bestehender Bohrlöcher sowie detailliertere geophysikalische Untersuchungen. Die Hypothese eines genetischen Zusammenhangs zwischen Sudbury Impakt und Temagami Anomalie kann weder durch Beweise gestützt werden noch gilt sie als besonders realistisch, selbst im Falle eines obliquen Einschlags, und sollte daher verworfen werden. Stattdessen wird auf der Grundlage von Indizienbeweisen vorgeschlagen, dass die Temagami Anomalie durch einen ultramafischen Komplex der 1,88–1,86 Ga Circum-Superior LIP verursacht wird.

<p> Lead isotope ratios have been determined by a VG.354 thermal ionization mass spectrometer on Sudbury Igneous Complex sulphide ores. The isotopic ratios are contrasted with the lead isotope profile of selected country rocks in the vicinity of the complex. South Range data form a linear array whose slope indicates an age of approximately 1.85 Ga, the published age of the igneous complex. They also indicate North Range data a magmatic origin for lead in the ore. North Range data describe a parallel isochron, with lower 206Pb/204Pb and 207Pb/204Pb ratios. The South and North Range data are similar to the lead-isotope composition of country rocks close to them, and indicate rather different crustal-source rocks for sulphide ores in these regions of the complex. This fact suggests that the Sudbury Igneous Complex was generated by a meteorite impact which occurred at the edge of the Huronian succession overlying the Southeast edge of the Superior Province. </p> / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

North Range low-sulfide mineralization is dominantly hosted by Sudbury breccia, with amphibole-plagioclase equilibrium metamorphic temperatures of 440 to 533 ± 75oC, produced by the SICs thermal aureole. Mineralization led to increases in the bulk halogen content of the host Sudbury breccia and the formation of Ni-enriched ferromagnesian silicates. South Range low-sulfide mineralization is typically hosted by metabasalts of the Huronian Supergroup. Garnet-biotite-plagioclase-quartz geothermobarometry produced equilibrium metamorphic conditions of 513 to 645 ± 50oC and 2.0 to 7.7 ± 1.0 kbar, probably corresponding to a late-Penokean overprint of peak Blezardian/Penokean metamorphism. Silicates associated with South Range mineralization are compositionally similar to the host rock equivalents and no alteration selvage is commonly observed due to subsequent recrystallization. Platinum-group minerals (PGM) from the North Range comprise platinum and palladium tellurides and bismuth-tellurides, with Sb-bearing palladium bismuth-tellurides and sperrylite from the South Range. Kotulskite-sobolevskite from the North Range shows a previously unreported Ag-Pd substitution, with michenerite from irregular veinlet style mineralization showing the substitution of Se and Sb for Bi. Two unknown PGMs were identified from the South Range, along with kotulskite-sobolevskite-sudburyite crystals displaying extensive Te-Bi-Sb solid-solution not noted before at Sudbury. A new Se-bearing variant of pilsenite was identified at McKim. Polyphase aggregates from both Ranges indicate that Bi-Te melts may have been widespread at some stage postdating the emplacement of the main magmatic sulfides. Normalized plots for low-sulfide mineralization show enrichments in the precious and semimetals relative to contact and sharp-walled vein mineralization. This enrichment has resulted in elevated concentrations of Ag and Se in chalcopyrite and Pd+Ag and Se in pentlandite from the North Range. The mass balance for North Range samples found that a significant fraction of Ag and Se occurs in sulfides with all other elements preferring discrete phases. A substantial fraction of Pd is hosted by pentlandite on the South Range, with gersdorffite also a major host despite its low abundance. The enrichments observed reflect the formation of low-sulfide mineralization from a fractionated sulfide liquid and hydrothermal fluids that have interacted with a fractionated sulfide source, and suggest that the precious and semimetals behave incompatibly with crystallizing sulfide.