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Sugluk Group
Stratigraphic label: [ppro]su
Map symbol: pPsu

First published: 9 February 2016
Last modified: 4 September 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Translation of original French

 

 

Informal subdivision(s)
Numbering does not necessarily reflect the stratigraphic position.
 
None
 
Author: Lucas and St-Onge, 1991
Age: Paleoproterozoic
Reference section: None
Type area: Salluit nordic village area
Geological province: Churchill Province
Geological subdivision: Ungava Orogen / Narsajuaq Arc
Lithology: Metasedimentary rocks
Type: Lithostratigraphic
Rank: Group
Status: Formal
Use: Active

 

 

Background

The Sugluk Group was defined by Lucas and St-Onge (1991) to describe kilometric strips of metasedimentary rocks distributed within the Narsajuaq Arc.

In the western part of the Narsajuaq Arc, recent geological mapping (Charette and Beaudette, 2018) has highlighted high-grade metamorphism affecting metasedimentary rocks, resulting in amphibolite facies and locally granulite facies paragenesis, the presence of partial melting evidence, and the loss of primary sedimentary structures. With regard to the North American Stratigraphic Code (1983, 2005), the Group rank becomes inappropriate. As a result, these highly metamorphosed rocks have been assigned to the Erik Cove Complex (Charette and Beaudette, 2018), which includes not only metasedimentary rocks, but also migmatites resulting from their melting, and related ultrametamorphic granite-type mobilisate.

The term Sugluk Group will tend to be abadoned as the Narsajuaq Arc mapping work continues.

 

Description.

Lucas and St-Onge (1991) incorporates in the Sugluk Group graphitic and sulphidic semi-pelitic metasediment strips locally interstratifed with pelite and quartzite units (locally arkosic) or, more locally, carbonate units (St-Onge and Lucas, 1992). Quartzite contains a large amount of magnetite and changes locally to iron formation (St-Onge, 1992). The predominance of semi-pelites and the scarcity of units characteristic of a platform environment suggest a relatively deep deposition environment.

 

Thickness and Distribution

Metasediments are dispersed throughout the Narsajuaq Arc and form strips of limited thickness.

 

Dating

Several detrital zircons and rutiles were dated using the U-Pb method in a quartzite sample taken north of Salluit Bay. The oldest zircon was dated >2545 Ma, while the youngest gave an age of 1830 ±3 Ma (Parrish, 1989). These ages indicate that the source area of Sugluk Group metasediments is diverse (Archean and Paleoproterozoic) and that the maximum age of deposition is 1830 Ma. However, Parrish (1989) and St-Onge et al. (1992) point to the inconsistency of this date with events of late intrusion and metamorphism to the granulite facies  affecting the Sugluk Group and that were dated approximately 1835 to 1820 Ma. A coolding age of 1719 Ma was obtained by Bracciali et al. (2013) on rutile grains from the same Sugluk Group quartzite sample. This age suggests a long period of cooling following collisional metamorphism of the Ungava orogenesis.

 

Unit Sample Number Isotopic System Mineral Age (Ma) (+) (-) Reference(s)
pPsu PCA-Sugluk-4 U-Pb Zircon 2545 Parrish, 1989
Zircon 1830 3 3
Monazite 1835 2 2
U-Pb Rutile 1719 14 14 Bracciali et al., 2013

 

Stratigraphic Relationship(s)

Metasedimentary rocks of the Sugluk Group occur as klippes in granulitic units and intrusive suites of the Narsajuaq Arc. They are interpreted as deep-water deposits emplaced on the edge of an island arc complex. Geochronology of the Narsajuaq Arc units suggests a rapid burial of sediments likely as a result of overthrusting of units of various intrusive arc suites around 1830 Ma (Parrish, 1989; St-Onge et al., 1992).

Paleontology

No fossil has been reported.

References

 
Author(s) Title Year of Publication Hyperlink (EXAMINE or Other)
BRACCIALI, L. – PARRISH, R.R. – HORSTWOOD, M.S.A – CONDON, D.J. – NAJMAN, Y. U-Pb-(MC)-ICP-MS dating of rutile: New reference materials and applications to sedimentary provenance. Chemical Geology; volume 347, pages 82-101. 2013 Source
CHARETTE, B. – BEAUDETTE, M. Géologie de la région du Cap Wolstenholme, Orogène de l’Ungava, Province de Churchill, sud-est d’Ivujivik, Québec, Canada. Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles, Québec; BG 2018-03. 2018 BG 2018-03
LAMOTHE, D. Lexique stratigraphique de l’Orogène de l’Ungava. Ministère des Ressources naturelles; DV 2007-03, 62 pages. 2007
LUCAS, S.B. – ST-ONGE, M.R Evolution of Archean and early Proterozoic magmatic arcs in northeastern Ungava Peninsula, Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada; Paper 91-1C, pages 109-119. 1991 Source
NORTH AMERICAN COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE (NACSN) North American Stratigraphic Code. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin; volume 67, pages 841-875. 1983
NORTH AMERICAN COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE (NACSN) North American Stratigraphic Code. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin; volume 89, pages 1547-1591. 2005 Source
PARRISH, R.R.  U-Pb geochronology of the Cape Smith Belt and Sugluk block, northern Quebec. Geoscience Canada; volume 16, number 3, pages 126-130. 1989 Source
ST-ONGE, M.R. – LUCAS, S.B. New insight on the crustal structure and tectonic history of the Ungava Orogen, Kovik Bay and Cap Wolstenholme, Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada; Research in progress,Part C, Paper 92-1C, pages 31-41. 1992 Source
ST-ONGE, M.R. – LUCAS, S.B. – PARRISH, R.R. Terrane accretion in the internal zone of the Ungava orogen, northern Quebec. Part 1: tectonostratigraphic assemblages and their tectonic implications. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; volume 29, pages 746-764. 1992 Source

 

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