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180 Metallogenesis and Tectonics of the Russian Far East, <strong>Alaska</strong>, and the Canadian Cordillera<br />

subduction of part of the ancestral Pacific oceanic plate (PAC)<br />

to form the Hidaka (HI), Aniva (ANV), and Nabilsky (NAB)<br />

terranes. Incorporated into the Aniva and Nabilsky terranes<br />

were the volcanogenic Fe and Mn and Cyprus massive sulfide<br />

deposits of the Aniva-Nabil (ANN) metallogenic belt that<br />

formed in Late Cretaceous oceanic crust and island-arc rocks.<br />

(3) The Khingan continental margin arc (ko) continued<br />

activity. Continuing in the arc was the Badzhal-Ezop-Khingan<br />

(BZ-KH) belt of granitic-magmatism-related deposits.<br />

(4) Subduction stepped seaward after the accretion of the<br />

Mainitskiy arc with the consequent inception of the Okhotsk-<br />

Chukotka continental-margin arc (oc) and related Penzhina<br />

(fore-arc) Sedimentary Basin (pn) along the new continental<br />

margin. This major Andean-type arc overlapped the previously<br />

accreted Kolyma-Omolon superterrane, part of the North<br />

Asian Craton Margin (NSV), and adjacent terranes in Russian<br />

northeast and western <strong>Alaska</strong> and extended for about 3,500<br />

km along an active continental margin. Associated with the arc<br />

was oblique subduction of part of the ancestral Pacific oceanic<br />

plate to form the West Kamchatka (WK), Ekonay (EK), and<br />

Yanranay (YN) terranes. Forming in the Okhotsk-Chukotka<br />

arc was the Eastern Asia metallogenic belt of granitic-magmatism-related<br />

deposits, which contained a complex array of<br />

zones. The zones were the Chaun (CN), Dogdo-Erikit (DE),<br />

Korkodon-Nayakhan (KN), Koni-Yablon (KY), Okhotsk (OH),<br />

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Omsukchan (OM), and Verkhne–Kolyma (VK) zones. Each<br />

zone contains a characteristic suite of mineral deposit types that<br />

are herein interpreted as reflecting the geochemical signature<br />

of the underlying terranes through that the granitic magmas<br />

ascended. Also forming in the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic-plutonic<br />

belt, and peripherally related to the Eastern Asia metallogenic<br />

belt, were the Adycha-Taryn (AT), Chokurdak (CD), and<br />

Vostochno-Verkhoyansk (VV) metallogenic belts.<br />

(5) In the Arctic Ocean, sea-floor spreading and associated<br />

rifting continued (Lawver and Scotese, 1990; Grantz and others,<br />

1990, 1991, 1998) with the formation of new oceanic crust and<br />

the combined Alpha and Mendeleev Ridges (am) that are interpreted<br />

as large piles of hot-spot basalt and associated deposits<br />

(Grantz and others, 1990, 1991, 1998). The large Amerasia (ab),<br />

Canada (cb) and Eurasia (eb) Basins continued to form. During<br />

the opening of the basins, North American continental-margin<br />

terranes, including the Arctic <strong>Alaska</strong> superterrane (AA) and the<br />

Chukotka terrane (CH), and outboard oceanic and island terranes<br />

migrated towards the North Asian Craton and previously<br />

accreted Kolyma-Omolon superterrane (KLO). The opening<br />

of the Amerasia (ab), Canada (cb) and Eurasia (eb) Basins is<br />

interpreted as causing oroclinal warping of Northern <strong>Alaska</strong> and<br />

the northern part of the Russian Far East.<br />

(6) Also during the opening of the Amerasia (ab), Canada<br />

(cb), and Eurasia (eb) Basins, the South Anyui and Angayu-<br />

METALLOGENIC BELTS<br />

AD - Anadyr<br />

COLL<br />

ANN - Aniva-Nabil<br />

AT - Adycha-Taryn<br />

(TA, KT) eb<br />

BA - Bayonne<br />

BZ - Badzhal-Ezop<br />

NSC CD<br />

am<br />

CA - Cassiar<br />

ab<br />

CD - Chokurdak<br />

AT<br />

CN - Chaun<br />

VV<br />

(SA) ab cb<br />

CH - Chukotka<br />

DE - Dogdo-Erikit<br />

NSV<br />

EAST BZ,<br />

SIKHOTE-<br />

COLL<br />

cb<br />

ALIN ARC - KH<br />

OH<br />

(VE)<br />

COLL<br />

es<br />

VK (KLO, DE CN<br />

KN)<br />

(CH)<br />

om<br />

oc<br />

CHCOLL<br />

OKHOTSK-<br />

CHUKOTKA<br />

(VE)<br />

LA<br />

ARC<br />

(AG) (AA)<br />

oc<br />

(CO)<br />

SY ANN KY<br />

(SD)<br />

HI, ANV,<br />

SG, TK, WSA oc<br />

KLM, NAB (KM)<br />

pn<br />

KM, LZ<br />

NAC<br />

COLLAGE OF<br />

RIFTED<br />

TERRANES:<br />

NR, CK, CS,<br />

AP<br />

NAM<br />

ECA, SW<br />

YT<br />

(AG)<br />

kw<br />

om<br />

ECA - East-Central <strong>Alaska</strong><br />

KH - Khingan<br />

KM - Kema<br />

KN - Korkodon-Nayakhan<br />

KY - Koni-Yablon<br />

LA - Lower Amur<br />

LZ - Luzhkinsky<br />

OH - Okhotsk<br />

OM - Omsukchan<br />

SG - Sergeevka<br />

SW - Selwyn<br />

TK - Taukha<br />

TS - Tombstone<br />

VK - Verkhne-Kolyma<br />

VT - Vatyn<br />

VV - Vostochno-Verkhoyansk<br />

WH - Whitehorse<br />

WR - Wrangell Mountains<br />

YT - Yukon-Tanana<br />

CA<br />

NAC<br />

o<br />

At 36-60 latitude<br />

(ASC, IOC)<br />

KRO<br />

OKA, IR<br />

KH,<br />

VT<br />

NE, SH,<br />

TR<br />

VT<br />

OLYUTORKA<br />

ARC<br />

0<br />

0<br />

WK KN, oc<br />

EK, YN AD<br />

OM<br />

gg<br />

ACCRETED (WP, PK,<br />

GD kh<br />

MT<br />

(AG?)<br />

om<br />

MAINITSKIY ZL)<br />

RB<br />

WH COLL sb<br />

ARC<br />

(KY, TG,<br />

BA<br />

NY)<br />

ANCESTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN<br />

WRA<br />

WRA<br />

WRA<br />

(PE) CG (WR) GRAVINA (AX)<br />

gg<br />

NX, DL, ARC<br />

FAR<br />

MY WR<br />

CG<br />

FARALLON<br />

OCEAN<br />

WRA<br />

(WR) PR<br />

800 km<br />

BR,<br />

GRAVINA ARC EA<br />

800 mi 100 to 84 Ma<br />

Figure 81. Early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian through Santonian—100 to 84 Ma) stage of metallogenic-tectonic model for the Russian<br />

Far East, <strong>Alaska</strong>, and the Canadian Cordillera and adjacent offshore areas. Refer to text for explanation of metallogenic-tectonic<br />

events, to tables 3 and 4 for descriptions metallogenic belts and significant deposits, and to figure 18 for explanation of abbreviations,<br />

symbols, and patterns. Adapted from Nokleberg and others (1997b, 1998, 2000).<br />

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