West F-zone

Gold Map

The Meliadine gold project (including the Wolf, Normeg, Wesmeg, Pump, West F-zone, F-zone and Discovery deposit) is located in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut in northern Canada, approximately 25 km northwest of Rankin Inlet on the west coast of Hudson Bay. A private all-weather access road constructed by Agnico Eagle connects Rankin Inlet to the Meliadine project.

Regional geology: Rankin Inlet Greenstone Belt

Located in the Northwest Hearne Sub-domain of the Churchill Structural Province that forms part of the northern Canadian Shield. Supracrustal rocks of this belt consist of mafic volcanic rocks, felsic pyroclastic rocks, sedimentary rocks and gabbro sills of about 2.7 billion years old that have been polydeformed and metamorphosed (Bannatyne, 1958; Laporte, 1983; Tella et al., 1986; Tella, 1994).These rocks were deformed in both the Archean and Proterozoic eras.

Meliadine area regional geology:

Note:

History, local geology, deposit geology, and deposit type are described under the Tiriganiaq deposit.

Source:

Updated Technical Report on the Meliadine Gold Project, Nunavut, Canada (12.03.2015, Toronto)
Authors: Connell Larry, Petrucci François, Larouche Julie, Caron Denis, Laflamme Dany, Robichaud François, Proulx Alexandre
Technical Report on the December 31, 2010, Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimate, Meliadine Gold Project (16.02.2011, Nunavut)
Authors: Duquette Dyane, Matte Pierre, Caron Bertho, Connell Larry, Fournier Julie, Petrucci François