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

tion of part of the Pacific oceanic plate (PAC) to form the West<br />

Kamchatka (WK) and Ekonay (EK) terranes. Local plutons in<br />

the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic-plutonic belt intruded under<br />

extension, probably as the result of rollback of the subduction<br />

slab during the Late Cretaceous (Amato and Wright, 1997). Also<br />

in the same region, the Okhotsk-Chukotka and East Sikhote-Alin<br />

continental-margin arcs were offset in a sinistral sense along the<br />

Mongol-Okhotsk fault system (MO). Continuing in the Okhotsk-<br />

Chukotka arc was the Eastern Asia metallogenic belt of graniticmagmatism-related<br />

deposits, which contained a complex array<br />

of zones. Continuing or new zones were the Anuyi-Beringovsky<br />

(AB), Chaun (CN), Chukotka (CH), Korkodon-Nayakhan (KN),<br />

Okhotsk (OH), Omsukchan (OM), Verkhoyansk-Indigirka (VY),<br />

Verkhne–Kolyma (VK), Verkhne-Yudomsky (VY) zones. Also<br />

continuing to form in the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic-plutonic<br />

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

belt in the Russian Far East were the Adycha-Taryn (AT), and<br />

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

the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic-plutonic belt in western <strong>Alaska</strong>,<br />

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

were the Northwestern Koyukuk Basin metallogenic belt (NWK),<br />

which contains felsic plutonic U deposits, the Seward Peninsula<br />

metallogenic belt (SP) that contains Sn skarn and related deposits,<br />

and the West-Central <strong>Alaska</strong> metallogenic belt (WCA), which<br />

contains porphyry Cu deposits.<br />

NSC<br />

COLL<br />

EAST SIKHOTE-<br />

ALIN ARC LA<br />

es<br />

SY<br />

WSA<br />

SG, TK,<br />

KM, LZ<br />

o<br />

At 50-60 latitude<br />

NE, SH,<br />

TR<br />

KRO<br />

IR<br />

MO<br />

CS<br />

HI, ANV,<br />

NAB<br />

VT<br />

OLYUTORKA<br />

ARC<br />

(ASC, IOC)<br />

OH<br />

OKA, IR<br />

KH,<br />

VT<br />

NSC<br />

VV<br />

VI<br />

VY<br />

oc<br />

60 o<br />

?<br />

?<br />

?<br />

80 o am<br />

?<br />

?<br />

KO<br />

KA<br />

NF<br />

(4) Between the areas of the Russian Far East and <strong>Alaska</strong>,<br />

continental-margin arcs and companion subduction zones in<br />

each region were connected by a major transform fault. In the<br />

area of western <strong>Alaska</strong>, tectonic escape (crustal extrusion)<br />

of terranes occurred along major dextral-slip faults, including<br />

the Denali (DE), Iditarod-Nixon Fork (NF), Kaltag (KA),<br />

and companion faults (Scholl and others, 1992, 1994). In<br />

association with movement on these major dextral-slip faults,<br />

dextral-wrench sedimentary basins formed, including the<br />

Kuskokwim Basin (kw; Plafker and Berg, 1994; Bundtzen and<br />

Miller, 1997). The crustal extension and wrench faulting were<br />

associated with a major period of extension in Interior <strong>Alaska</strong><br />

according to the interpretation of Miller and Hudson (1991).<br />

The middle and Late Cretaceous extension is interpreted as<br />

forming warm, thin continental crust that was favorable for<br />

crustal extrusion and dextral-wrench faulting (Scholl and others,<br />

1992, 1994).<br />

(5) By the early Tertiary, in the region of the Amerasia<br />

(ab), Canada (cb) and Eurasia (eb) Basins, sea-floor spreading<br />

and associated rifting was completed (Grantz and others, 1990,<br />

1991, 1998), and sedimentation continued in the large Amerasia<br />

(ab), Canada (cb) and Eurasia (eb) Basins. The formation<br />

of the Alpha and Mendeleev Ridges (am), which are interpreted<br />

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

was completed (Grantz and others, 1990, 1991, 1998).<br />

(TA, KT) eb<br />

NAC<br />

COLLAGE OF<br />

ab<br />

RIFTED<br />

cb TERRANES:<br />

NSV<br />

NR, CK, CS,<br />

AT<br />

AP<br />

COLL<br />

cb<br />

NAM<br />

VK<br />

CN,<br />

OKHOTSK- CH (CH)<br />

CHUKOTKA<br />

ARC<br />

COLL<br />

NAM<br />

SP<br />

oc<br />

(AA) ECA<br />

NAC<br />

KLUANE<br />

km ARC<br />

oc pn<br />

SL BK,<br />

NAC<br />

COLL<br />

oc<br />

SK COAST<br />

cn<br />

ARC<br />

KN,<br />

at<br />

WK EK<br />

ka<br />

OM AB<br />

kw<br />

COLL<br />

km<br />

KLUANE<br />

cn<br />

at<br />

ARC<br />

CG<br />

WRA sab COLL<br />

PAC<br />

CG KMT<br />

sab<br />

KULA<br />

WRA<br />

PR<br />

FAR cn<br />

0 800 km<br />

84 to 52 Ma<br />

0 800 km<br />

WCA,<br />

METALLOGENIC BELTS LA - Lower Amur<br />

LZ - Luzhkinsky<br />

AB - Anuyi-Beringovsky MC - Maclaren<br />

AT - Adycha-Taryn<br />

NW - KNorthwest Koyukuk<br />

BK - Bulkley<br />

Basin<br />

BN - Baranov<br />

NS - Nelson<br />

CF - Catface<br />

OH - Okhotsk<br />

CM - Chugach Mounains OM - Omsukchan<br />

CN - Chaun<br />

PW - Prince William Sound<br />

CH - Chukotka<br />

SA - Southern <strong>Alaska</strong><br />

CS - Central Sakhalin SG - Sergeevka<br />

CSE - Central-Southeastern SK - Skeena<br />

<strong>Alaska</strong><br />

SL - Surprise Lake<br />

ECA - Eastern-Southern SP - Seward Peninsula<br />

<strong>Alaska</strong><br />

TK - Taukha<br />

FLB - Fish Lake-Bralorne TM - Talkeetna Mountains<br />

GA - Gambier<br />

TY - Tyaughton-Yalakom<br />

IR - Iruneiskiy<br />

VI - Verkhoyansk-Indigirka<br />

JU - Juneau<br />

VK - Verkhne-Kolyma<br />

KH - Khingan<br />

VV - Vostochno-Verkhoyansk<br />

KM - Kema<br />

VY - Verkhne-Yudomsky<br />

KMT - Kuskokwim Mountains WCA - West-Central <strong>Alaska</strong><br />

KN - Korkodon-Nayakhan YK - Yakobi<br />

NWK<br />

FLB,<br />

TY<br />

NS<br />

TM<br />

MC,<br />

JU<br />

CM SA BN,<br />

YK<br />

CSE<br />

PW<br />

GA,<br />

CF<br />

DE TI<br />

? ?<br />

Figure 104. Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary (Campanian through early Eocene—84 to 52 Ma) stage of metallogenic-tectonic<br />

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

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

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

60 o<br />

HA<br />

RL

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