Structural setting for Canadian Malartic style of gold mineralization in the Pontiac Subprovince, south of the Cadillac Larder Lake Deformation Zone, Québec, Canada

•Quartz-monzodiorite bodies were emplaced during D2 within F1 fold hinges.•They are rheologically related with gold mineralization at Canadian Malartic.•The variance of the bedding dip is used to map structurally complex zones.•High intensity of the S2 foliation is a potential marker of the metasomatized area.•Our methodology can be used as prospectivity criteria to explore in similar terranes.