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Est Tonalite
Stratigraphic label: [narc]toe
Map symbol: nAtoe
 

First published: 26 April 2019
Last modified:

 

 

 

  DISCLAIMER: This English version is translated from the original French. In case of any discrepancy, the French version shall prevail. 

Informal subdivision(s)
Numbering does not necessarily reflect the stratigraphic position.
 
nAtoe1 Granodiorite
 
Author(s):Midra et al., 1992a
Age:Neoarchean
Stratotype:None
Type area:Dickson and Poingdextre lakes area (NTS sheet 32G11) for tonalite; Mann Lake area (sheet 32G11) for granodiorite
Geological province:Superior Province
Geological subdivision:Abitibi Subprovince
Lithology:Biotite tonalite, granodiorite
Category:Lithodemic
Rank:Lithodeme
Status:Formal
Use:Active
Related unit(s)

Background

The granitoid mass of the Lapparent Intrusive Suite first appeared on the map of Retty and Norman (1938). Remick (1956, 1957) recognized different phases of the Lapparent Intrusive Suite, including plagioclase granite, but did not differentiate them on the map. In 1970, Duquette described the Lapparent Pluton, a massif to which is associated the Est Tonalite, as a tonalite-diorite mass. Racicot et al. (1984), Tait and Chown (1987) and Tait et al. (1990) developed the first subdivisions of the Lapparent Intrusive Suite, but did not distinguish the Est Tonalite, which was finally defined by. Midra et al. (1992a, b).

 

Description

Est Tonalite, Undivided (nAtoe): Biotite Tonalite

According to Midra et al. (1992a):

“[The Est Tonalite] is medium grained and contains plagioclase phenocrystals in some areas of the northern part. On the south shore of Dickson Lake, the rock displays subhorizontal magmatic foliation (plagioclase alignment). A second E-W foliation is also present and is marked by the orientation of ferromagnesian minerals and stretching of quartz grains.

[The NW area] is characterized by the predominance of greyish biotite, and is black grey spotted in fresh exposure. In the southern area, however, chlorite tonalite predominates and is green-spotted greyish in fresh exposure. In both cases, the alteration patina varies from light grey to orange grey. [… ] Texture in tonalitic phases is generally subhedral. Biotite tonalite is slightly more foliated than chlorite tonalite.

Tonalite has a mafic index ranging from 5 to 10%.The main minerals encountered are plagioclase, quartz, biotite and epidote. Accessory minerals are hornblende, apatite, opaque minerals, allanite, zircon and sphene. Plagioclase crystals are millimetric, locally porphyritic, and subhedral. They exhibit slight sericitization and twisted twinning. Anhedral quartz is interstitial and commonly polygonized. Biotite occurs as millimetric subhedral laths and defines a light foliation in the rock. Epidote occurs as irregular clusters, and also rimming allanite. Accessory minerals are generally associated with biotite.”

In 1956, Remick recognized a slight alteration along the SW arm of Dickson Lake. This alteration is characterized by “the presence of small amounts of magnetite, fluorite and pyrite” and “an abundance of cracks filled with pink feldspar or epidote. South of the arm, he notes fractures filled with specularite, calcite or euhedral quartz.

 

Est Tonalite 1 (nAtoe1): Granodiorite

According to Midra et al. (1992a, page 36): “Around Mann Lake, the rock becomes granodioritic and has a slight NE foliation.”

 

Thickness and distribution

The Est Tonalite forms a more or less hexagonal mass ~20 km long E-W by 15 km wide N-S around Dickson, Poingdextre and Mann lakes. The Est Tonalite corresponds to the NW part of the Est Tonalite described by Midra et al. (1992a, b). Indeed, Simard (1996) incorporated the SE part of the tonalite as described by Midra et al. (1992a) into the Eau Jaune Complex. According to Midra et al. (1992a, pages 36-38): “The Est Tonalite is bounded to the north and west by tonalitic gneiss and to the SW by the Rachel Pluton.”

 

Dating

None.

Stratigraphic Relationship(s)

Midra et al. (1992a) observed that the Est Tonalite intrudes as dykes into the Rachel Pluton. They associate the Est Tonalite with syntectonic tonalitic masses that have intruded the Eau Jaune Complex described by Tait and Chown (1987).

 

Paleontology

Does not apply.

References

Publications available through SIGÉOM Examine

DUQUETTE, G., 1970. ARCHEAN STRATIGRAPHY AND ORE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CHIBOUGAMAU DISTRICT. MRN; ES 008(A), 23 pages, 1 plan.

DUQUETTE, G., 1970. STRATIGRAPHIE DE L’ARCHEEN ET RELATIONS METALLOGENIQUES DANS LA REGION DE CHIBOUGAMAU. MRN; ES 008, 25 pages, 1 plan.

MIDRA, R., CHOWN, E. H., TAIT, L., 1992. GEOLOGIE DE LA REGION DU LAC DICKSON (BANDE CAOPATINA-DESMARAISVILLE). MRN; ET 90-01, 1 plan.

MIDRA, R., CHOWN, E. H., TAIT, L., 1992. GEOLOGIE DE LA REGION DU LAC DICKSON (BANDE CAOPATINA-DESMARAISVILLE). MRN; MB 91-30, 65 pages.

REMICK, J. H., 1956. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ANVILLE – DROUET AREA, ABITIBI-EAST COUNTY. MRN; RP 322(A), 8 pages, 1 plan.

REMICK, J. H., 1956. RAPPORT PRELIMINAIRE SUR LA REGION D’ANVILLE – DROUET, COMTE D’ABITIBI-EST. MRN; RP 322, 11 pages, 1 plan.

REMICK, J. H., 1957. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON GUERCHEVILLE – LAPPARENT AREA, ABITIBI-EAST ELECTORAL DISTRICT. MRN; RP 343(A), 12 pages, 1 plan.

REMICK, J. H., 1957. RAPPORT PRELIMINAIRE SUR LA REGION DE GUERCHEVILLE – LAPPARENT, DISTRICT ELECTORAL D’ABITIBI-EST. MRN; RP 343, 15 pages, 1 plan.

TAIT, L., PILOTE, P., CHOWN, E. H., 1987. GEOLOGIE DE LA REGION DU LAC A L’EAU JAUNE – DISTRICT DE CHIBOUGAMAU – RAPPORT INTERIMAIRE. MRN; MB 87-24, 120 pages, 4 plans.

TAIT, L., SHARMA, K. N. M., CHOWN, E. H., BARRETTE, J. P., 1990. GEOLOGIE DE LA REGION DE DU GUESCLIN – RAPPORT INTERIMAIRE -. UQAC; MB 90-01, 67 pages, 3 plans.

 

Other publications

RACICOT, D., CHOWN, E.H., HANEL, T. 1984. Plutons of the Chibougamau-Desmaraisville belt: A preliminary survey, dans: Chibougamau – Stratigraphy and Mineralization, (Guha, J. and Chown, E.H., editors). Canadian institute of Mining and Metallurgy; Special Volume 34, pages 178-197.

Suggested Citation

Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles (MERN). Est Tonalite. Quebec Stratigraphic Lexicon. https://gq.mines.gouv.qc.ca/lexique-stratigraphique/province-du-superieur/tonalite-de-est_en [accessed on Day Month Year].

Contributors

First publication

Patrice Roy, P. Geo., M.Sc. patrice.roy@mern.gouv.qc.ca (redaction)

Mehdi A. Guemache, P. Geo., Ph.D. (coordination); François Leclerc, P. Geo., Ph.D. (critical review);  Mélina Langevin, B.Sc. and Simon Auclair, P. Geo., M.Sc. (editing); Céline Dupuis, P. Geo., Ph.D. (English version); Nathalie Bouchard (HTML editing). 

 
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