Tholeiitic to calc-alkaline cyclic volcanism in the Roy Group, Chibougamau area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt — revised stratigraphy and implications for VHMS explorationGeological Survey of Canada Contribution 20100254. Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune Contribution 8439-2010-2011-17.

The Roy Group in the Chibougamau area of the Abitibi subprovince, Southeastern Superior craton, Quebec, exemplifies Archean volcanic evolution. The Roy Group formed in two volcanic cycles, with voluminous basal mafic tholeiitic volcanic rocks being capped by a thin succession of calc-alkaline felsic volcanic rocks, banded iron formations, and cherts that represent regional stratigraphic markers. The Gilman Formation is thought to represent the mafic base of the 2nd Roy Group volcanic cycle. Our new mapping reveals that the Gilman Formation (North of the Lac Dore Layered intrusive complex) can be subdivided into a tholeiitic lower part (David member), a calc-alkaline extrusive sequence (Allard member), and a tholeiitic, more mafic upper part (Bruneau Formation, newly defined here). New U–Pb zircon ages on Allard member tuffs (2726.6 ± 0.7 Ma) are within error of those obtained from rhyolites of the Waconichi Formation (2728.2–2728.7 Ma), which underlies the Gilman Formation. These ages, along with geochemi...