| Title | Report of activities, 2017, for Yukon tectonic evolution - late Mesozoic to Tertiary: GEM2 Cordillera Project |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Kellett, D A ;
Ryan, J J; Zagorevski, A; Colpron, M; Joyce, N; Zwingmann, H;
Kislitsyn, R |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8306, 2017, 14 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/305956  Open Access |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Syn-magmatic deformation and
structural relationships within Jurassic granitoid rocks of the Aishihik batholith, Yukon: 2015 report of activities for GEM-2 Cordillera Project |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Yukon; British Columbia |
| NTS | 104J; 104K; 104L; 104M; 104N; 104O; 105B; 105C; 105D; 105E; 105F; 105G; 105L; 115A; 115G; 115H; 115I; 115J |
| Area | Whitehorse; Atlin Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -139.5000 -130.0000 65.0000 58.5000 |
| Subjects | tectonics; structural geology; geochronology; tectonic evolution; crustal evolution; terranes; sedimentary basins; fluid flow; bedrock geology; structural features; faults; thermal history; temperature;
radiometric dating; argon argon dating; muscovite; potassium argon dating; uranium lead dating; zircon; apatite; fission-track dates; mineralization; x-ray diffraction analyses; clays; structural trends; Canadian Cordillera; Intermontane Belt;
Whitehorse Trough; Laberge Group; Cache Creek Terrane; Stikine Terrane; Quesnel Terrane; Yukon-Tanana Terrane; Slide Mountain Terrane; Minto Deposit; Tantalus Formation; Sinwa Formation; Aksala Formation; Lewis River Group; King Salmon Thrust Fault;
Llewellyn Fault; Nahlin Fault; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Tertiary; Mesozoic; Cretaceous; Jurassic |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; plots |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Western Cordillera, Yukon Tectonic Evolution - late Mesozoic to Tertiary |
| Released | 2017 10 05 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Distinct rock assemblages (terranes) of Devonian to Triassic age were accreted to the northern Cordillera during Early Jurassic, including significant
mineral deposits. However, these terranes have been displaced significantly since the Early Jurassic. The upper crustal processes that modified these mineral-endowed terranes are poorly understood, yet are critical for controlling the setting of
formation, and subsequent translation of base metal mineralization. This GEM2 research activity is designed to address this gap in our knowledge of the Cordillera by focusing on the upper crustal processes that occurred from the Early Jurassic. To
achieve this goal, we are applying low temperature (<400 °C) thermochronology methods including Ar/Ar, K/Ar, U-Th/He and fission track dating. This report outlines 2017 progress in understanding these syn- to post-accretion geological processes,
including formation of sedimentary basins, differential exhumation, fluid events and translation of terranes along faults. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 305956 |
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