32E04SE0035 - Geology Ontario

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4.O GEOLOGY
4.1 REGIONAL GEOLOGY
The Patten River property lies along the Casa Berardi-Norroetal-
Ligneris greenstone belt which forms part of the Abitibi
Subprovince, Superior Province of the Precambrian Shield.
The greenstone belts north of the Destor-Porcupine Fault are
considered to be Hunter Mine Group, Cycle II; the Kidd Creek
rhyolites are 2702 my. (OGS Map 2484 -
Lithostratigraphic Map of
the Abitibi Subprovince).
The Casa Berardi Fault extends through the northern part of the
area. The Abitibi Fault extends through the southern part of the
area. The Privat-Launay Fault extends through the Normetal area.
A swarm of northeastern trending diabase dikes extend through the
Abitibi-Normetal area.
4.2 Property Geology
The Patten River property lies near the southwestern boundary of
the Casa Berardi-Normetal greenstone belt which forms a part of
the Abitibi Subprovince, Superior Province of the Canadian
Shield (Figure 3).