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(TC), <strong>and</strong> Toodoggone (TO) belts which contain granitic rnagmrliom-related @sits aad are interpreted ae formi% in <strong>the</strong> axid<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Stikinia-Quesncllia isl<strong>and</strong> are. IR ~e fobwiung descriptions <strong>of</strong> mcrsaagtnic belts, a few <strong>of</strong> he mteoblt rig~frcfnt<br />

lode depasits (table 4) are described for each belt.<br />

Figure 42. Generalized map <strong>of</strong> major Early <strong>and</strong> Middle Junudic nW&qdc behs <strong>and</strong> for Akaska, anadian Cordillma, ~d<br />

adjacent <strong>of</strong>fshore areas. Refer to text for deauiplbn <strong>of</strong> meMsl)agbnic bslk Adaptad ~~~ ~ RU atha? fTm% @@F<br />

to figure 3 for explanation.<br />

Metallogenic-Tectonic Model for<br />

Early Jurassic (208 to 193 Ma; Figure 43)<br />

During <strong>the</strong> Early Jurassic (Hettangian to Pie-W - 208 lo 193 Ma), Ibe mjbf ~~tectoaiCa~cwtg were.<br />

(fig. 43; table 3): (1) continuation <strong>of</strong> continantaf-mrgm<br />

-<br />

arcs a d d b d wbhctioP pbar tb NMb<br />

-<br />

Ash C- in <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Far</strong> <strong>East</strong>; (2) beginning <strong>of</strong> assembly <strong>of</strong> pre~io~ly rifled cmlmd, passive QbbCibtPtal-W, W kbu4-an<br />

--<br />

%@rams<br />

between which craton <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> ancestral Pacik Ocean lo hm <strong>the</strong> KdymsOmlen Enptrramt; 0) +3cah&mdh<br />

Talkeetna, Bonanza, <strong>and</strong> Stikinia-Quesnellia arcs md assoched metallogienic Mts, d fannatiw <strong>of</strong> c-awbdmh<br />

zones; (4) continued sinistralslip<br />

imbrication <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Stikinia-Quesnellia iralaed cootaimad.me- battr, tad associated<br />

oblique-sinistral convergence between <strong>the</strong> ancestral hi5c Ch#a plate <strong>and</strong> tfrs Norrb herifan -P m&(q ~ilia thQ<br />

beginning <strong>of</strong> accretion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Stikinia-QutsnalEia arc at about 185 Mq Lbt stmt dawnaia wl&g in <strong>the</strong> AmmMn<br />

Cordillera. Sedimentation continued along cBa p;buive contim&&l mvgh <strong>of</strong> no^ Asian md Narth Anmiam C-s.

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