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Matagami Camp - Mattagami Lake, Bell Allard, Bell Allard South, Orchan, Orchan West, Bracemac-McLeod, Perseverance, Isle Dieu, New Hosco, Radiore West, Norita, Bell Channel, Garon Lake, Garon Lake No. 2, Radiore No. 2
Quebec, Canada
Main commodities: Zn Cu Au Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2012.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Carr P M, Cathles L M and Barrie C T,  2008 - On the Size and Spacing of Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits within a District, with Application to the Matagami District, Quebec: in    Econ. Geol.   v103 pp 1395-1409
Costa U R, Barnett R L, Kerrich R  1983 - The Mattagami Lake Mine Archean Zn-Cu Sulfide Deposit, Quebec: hydrothermal coprecipitation of Talc and Sulfides in a sea-floor brine pool - evidence from geochemistry, 18 O/ 16 O, and mineral chemistry: in    Econ. Geol.   v78 pp1144-1203
Debreil, J.-A., Ross, P.-S. and Mercier-Langevin, P.,  2018 - The Matagami District, Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada: Volcanic Controls on Archean Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits Associated with Voluminous Felsic Volcanism: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 891-910.
Genna D, Gaboury D and Roy G,  2014 - The Key Tuffite, Matagami Camp, Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada: petrogenesis and implications for VMS formation and exploration: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.49 pp. 489-512
Ioannou S E, Spooner E T C and Barrie C T,  2007 - Fluid Temperature and Salinity Characteristics of the Matagami Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide District, Quebec: in    Econ. Geol.   v102 pp 691-715
Piche M, Guha J, Daigneault R  1993 - Stratigraphic and structural aspects of the volcanic rocks of the Matagami mining camp, Quebec: implications for the Norita ore deposit: in    Econ. Geol.   v88 pp 1542-1558
Ross P-S, McNicoll V J, Debreil J-A and Carr P,  2014 - Precise U-Pb Geochronology of the Matagami Mining Camp, Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Quebec: Stratigraphic Constraints and Implications for Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Exploration: in    Econ. Geol.   v.109 pp. 89-101
Ross, P.-S., Bourke, A., Schnitzler, N. and Conly, A.,  2019 - Exploration Vectors from Near Infrared Spectrometry near the McLeod Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Matagami District, Quebec: in    Econ. Geol.   v.114, pp. 613-638.


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