USGS Professional Paper 1697 - Alaska Resources Library
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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 />
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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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