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Val d Or District - Sigma-Lamaque, Camflo, Kiena, Sullivan, Siscoe, Perron, Bevcon, Norlartic, Orenado #4, Beliveau, Callahan, Orion, Shawkey, Green Stabell, Jacola
Quebec, Canada
Main commodities: Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1995.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Anglin C D, Jonasson I R, Franklin J M  1996 - Sm-Nd dating of Scheelite and Tourmaline: implications for the genesis of Archean Gold deposits, Val d Or, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v91 pp 1372-1382
Beaudoin G and Pitre D  2005 - Stable isotope geochemistry of the Archean Val-dOr (Canada) orogenic gold vein field: in    Mineralium Deposita   v40 pp 59-75
Beaudoin G, Therrien R and Savard C,  2006 - 3D numerical modelling of fluid flow in the Val-d Or orogenic gold district: major crustal shear zones drain fluids from overpressured vein fields: in    Mineralium Deposita   v41 pp 82-98
Couture J-F, Pilote P  1994 - Timing of Gold mineralization in the Val-d Or district, southern Abitibi belt: evidence for two distinct mineralizing events: in    Econ. Geol.   v 89 pp 1542-1551
Daver, L., Jebrak, M., Beaudoin, G. and Trumbull, R.B.,  2020 - Three-stage formation of greenstone-hosted orogenic gold deposits in the Val-dOr mining district, Abitibi, Canada: Evidence from pyrite and tourmaline: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.120, doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103449.
Herzog, M., LaFlamme, C., Beaudoin, G., Barre, G., Martin, L. and Savard, D.,  2024 - Fluid-rock sulfidation reactions control Au-Ag-Te-Bi precipitation in the Val-d Or orogenic gold vein field (Abitibi subprovince, Canada): in    Mineralium Deposita   v.59, pp. 1039-1064.
Herzog, M., LaFlamme, C., Beaudoin, G., Marsh, J. and Guilmette, C.,  2023 - U-Pb vein xenotime geochronology constraints on timing and longevity of orogenic gold mineralization in the Malartic-Val-d Or Camp, Abitibi Subprovince, Canada: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.58, pp. 105-133.
Morasse S, Wasteneys H A, Cormier M, Helmstaedt H, Mason R  1995 - A pre-2686 Ma intrusion-related Gold deposit at the Kiena Mine, Val D Or, Quebec, southern Abitibi subprovince: in    Econ. Geol.   v90 pp 1310-1321
Olivo G R, Williams-Jones A E  2002 - Genesis of the auriferous C Quartz-Tourmaline vein of the Siscoe mine, Val D Or district, Abitibi subprovince, Canada: structural, mineralogical and fluid inclusion constraints: in    Econ. Geol.   v97 pp 929-947
Rezeau, H., Moritz, R. and Beaudoin, G.,  2017 - Formation of Archean batholith-hosted gold veins at the Lac Herbin deposit, Val-dOr district, Canada: Mineralogical and fluid inclusion constraints: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.52, pp. 421-442.
Ribeiro, O.G., Isnard, H., Williams-Jones, A.E. and Gariepy, C.,  2007 - Pb Isotope Compositions of Pyrite from the C Quartz-Tourmaline Vein of the Siscoe Gold Deposit, Val Dor, Quebec: Constraints on the Origin and age of the Gold Mineralization: in    Econ. Geol.   v.102, pp. 137-146.
Taner M F,  1993 - Gold abundance and an aluminosilicate-rich alteration zone in the Val DOr Mining District, Abitibi, Quebec: Examples of the fossil geothermal field: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v8 pp 451-475
Tremblay A  2001 - Postmineralization faults in the Beaufor Gold deposit, Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada: Geometry, origin, and tectonic implications for the Val-dOr mining district: in    Econ. Geol.   v96 pp 509-524


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