High tenor Ni–PGE sulfide mineralization in the South Manasan ultramafic intrusion, Paleoproterozoic Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada》.pdfVIP

Ore Geology Reviews 72 (2016) 434–458 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Ore Geology Reviews journal homepage: www. elsevi er. com/ locate/ oregeorev High tenor Ni–PGE sulfide mineralization in the South Manasan ultramafic intrusion, Paleoproterozoic Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada Anatoliy Franchuk a,⁎, Peter C. Lightfoot b, Daniel.J. Kontak c a Vale Technology Development (Canada) Limited, Brownfi eld Exploration, Thompson, Manitoba R8N 1S4, Canada b Vale Technology Development (Canada) Limited, Brownfi eld Exploration, Copper Cliff, Ontario P0M 1N0, Canada c Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The South Manasan ultramafic intrusion, located in the Early Proterozoic Thompson Nickel Belt (TNB), contains Received 1 April 2015 Ni and platinum group element (PGE) mineralization in the form of disseminated sulfide. Whole-rock Ni values Received in revised form 24 July 2015 range from 0.3 to 1.7 wt.% and total precious metals range from 0 to 1.3 ppm Pt + Pd + Au. In 100% sulfide the Accepted 27 July 2015 concentration of Ni ranges from 11 to 39 wt.%, and the concentration of Pt + Pd + Au ranges from 8 to 27 ppm. Available online 31 July 2015 The intrusion is a steeply dipping, boudinaged, sill-like body with a strike length of approximately 1200 m, an av- erage width o