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61. Generalized map of major Early Cretaceous metallogenic belts, overlap assemblages, and tectonically linked subduction-zone or accretionary-wedge assemblages for Russian Far East, northern Japan, and adjacent offshore areas ……………………136 62. Generalized map of major Early Cretaceous metallogenic belts and overlap assemblages for Alaska, Canadian Cordillera, and adjacent offshore areas. Refer to text for description of metallogenic belts ………………………………………………138 63. Early Cretaceous (Neocomian—144 to 120 Ma) stage of metallogenic-tectonic model for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera and adjacent offshore areas ………………………………………………………………………140 64. Vostok-2 W skarn deposit, Luzhkinsky metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast ………142 65. Kondyor zoned mafic-ultramafic PGE-Cr deposit, Kondyor metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …………………………………………………………………143 66. Nezhdaninka Au-Ag-quartz vein deposit, South Verkhoyansk metallogenic belt, Russia, east-central Yakutia (Verkhoyansk area) ……………………………………147 67. Bolshoy Kanyon Sn skarn deposit, Darpir metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast …149 68. Utinka Au-quartz vein deposit, Yana-Kolyma metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast …153 69. Natalka Au quartz vein deposit, Yana-Kolyma metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast …154 70. Svetloe Au quartz vein deposit, Yana-Kolyma metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast …155 71. Bokan Mountain felsic plutonic uranium and rare-earth element (U-REE) deposit, western-southeastern Alaska metallogenic belt, southeastern Alaska ……………159 72. Late Early Cretaceous (Aptian through Albian—120 to 100 Ma) stage of metallogenictectonic model for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera and adjacent offshore areas ……………………………………………………………160 73. Solnechnoe Sn quartz vein deposit, Badzhal-Ezop-Khingan metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …………………………………………………………………162 74. Pravourmiskoe Sn greisen deposit, Badzhal-Ezop-Khingan metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …………………………………………………………………163 75. Khingan Sn greisen deposit, Badzhal-Ezop-Khingan metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast ……………………………………………………………………………165 76. Canada Tungsten W skarn deposit, Selwyn metallogenic belt, Canadian Cordillera …169 77. Keno Hill (Galena Hill) Ag polymetallic vein deposit, Tombstone metallogenic belt, Canadian Cordillera …………………………………………………………………171 78. Whitehorse Copper Belt of Cu skarn deposits, Whitehorse metallogenic belt, Canadian Cordillera …………………………………………………………………175 79. Generalized map of major Late Cretaceous metallogenic belts, overlap assemblages, and tectonically linked subduction-zone or accretionary-wedge terranes for Russian Far East, northern Japan, and adjacent offshore areas ……………………………178 80. Generalized map of major Late Cretaceous metallogenic belts, overlap assemblages, and tectonically linked subduction-zone or accretionary-wedge terranes for Alaska, Canadian Cordillera, and adjacent offshore areas …………………………………179 81. Early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian through Santonian—100 to 84 Ma) stage of metallogenic-tectonic model for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera and adjacent offshore areas ……………………………………………180 82. Askold Au granitoid-related Au deposit, Sergeevka metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast ……………………………………………………………………………182 83. Novo-Monastyrskoe Pb-Zn polymetallic vein deposit, Taukha metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …………………………………………………………………183 84. Belogorskoe Fe skarn deposit, Taukha metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast ………184 85. Dalnegorsk B skarn deposit, Taukha metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast. Schematic geologic map ……………………………………………………………185 86. Nikolaevskoe Pb-Zn skarn deposit, Taukha metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …186 xxix
xxx 87. Partizanskoe Pb-Zn skarn deposit, Taukha metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …186 88. Krasnogorskoe Pb-Zn polymetallic vein deposit, Taukha metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast ……………………………………………………………………………187 89. Vysokogorskoe Sn silicate-sulfide vein deposit, Luzhkinsky metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …………………………………………………………………189 90. Iskra deposit Sn polymetallic vein deposit, Luzhkinsky metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast ……………………………………………………………………………190 91. Tigrinoe Sn-W greisen deposit, Luzhkinsky metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …191 92. Arsenyevskoe Sn silicate-sulfide vein deposit, Luzhkinsky metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …………………………………………………………………192 93. Mnogovershinnoe Au-Ag epithermal vein deposit, Lower Amur metallogenic belt, Russian Southeast …………………………………………………………………193 94. Karamken Au-Ag epithermal vein deposit, Okhotsk zone, eastern Asia-Arctic metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast ………………………………………………198 95. Shkolnoe granitoid-related Au deposit, Verkhne Kolyma zone, eastern Asia-Arctic metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast ………………………………………………202 96. Dukat Au-Ag epithermal vein deposit, Omsukchan zone, eastern Asia-Arctic metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast ………………………………………………205 97. Iultin Sn quartz vein deposit, Chukotka metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast ………207 98. Karalveem Au quartz vein deposit, Chukotka metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast …209 99. Fort Knox granitoid-related Au deposit, east-central Alaska metallogenic belt, east-central Alaska …………………………………………………………………210 100. Democrat granitoid-related Au deposit, east-central Alaska metallogenic belt, east-central Alaska …………………………………………………………………211 101. Kennecott district of Kennecott Cu deposits, Wrangell Mountains metallogenic belt, southern Alaska ………………………………………………………………214 102. Generalized map of major Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary metallogenic belts, overlap assemblages, and tectonically linked subduction-zone or accretionary-wedge terranes for Russian Far East, northern Japan, and adjacent offshore areas ………216 103. Generalized map of major Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary metallogenic belts, overlap assemblages, and tectonically linked subduction-zone or accretionary-wedge terranes for Alaska, Canadian Cordillera, and adjacent offshore areas ……………217 104. Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary (Campanian through early Eocene—84 to 52 Ma) stage of metallogenic-tectonic model for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera and adjacent offshore areas ………………………………………218 105. Kyuchyuss Sb-Au-Hg vein deposit, Verkhoyansk-Indigirka (Dulgalak) zone, eastern Asia-Arctic metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast …………………………………221 106. Maiskoe disseminated Au-sulfide deposit, Anuyi-Beringovsky zone, eastern Asia-Arctic metallogenic belt, Russian Northeast …………………………………223 107. Lost River Sn-W skarn and Sn greisen deposit, Seward Peninsula metallogenic belt, Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Schematic geologic map and cross section. Adapted from Dobson (1982) and Hudson and Reed (1997) …………………………………225 108. Chicken Mountain and Black Creek granitoid-related Au-Ag (Cu) deposits, Flat district, Kuskokwim Mountains metallogenic belt, southwestern Alaska …………230 109. Beaver Mountains Ag-Sn polymetallic vein deposits, Kuskokwim Mountains metallogenic belt, southwestern Alaska ……………………………………………231 110. Donlin Creek porphyry Au deposit, southwestern Kuskokwim Mountains metallogenic belt, southwestern Alaska ……………………………………………233 111. Vinasale Mountain granitoid-related (porphyry) Au deposit, Kuskokwim Mountains metallogenic belt, southwestern Alaska ……………………………………………234 112. Nixon Fork Cu-Au skarn deposit, adjacent prospects, and surrounding area, Kuskokwim Mountains metallogenic belt, southwestern Alaska ……………………235
Page 1 and 2: USGS Prepared in collaboration with
Page 3 and 4: U.S. Department of the Interior Gal
Page 5 and 6: iv Hart River SEDEX Zn-Cu-Ag Deposi
Page 7 and 8: vi Specific Events for Middle Throu
Page 9 and 10: viii Metallogenic Belts Formed Duri
Page 11 and 12: x Origin of and Tectonic Controls f
Page 13 and 14: xii Toodoggone Metallogenic Belt of
Page 15 and 16: xiv Slate Creek Serpentinite-Hosted
Page 17 and 18: xvi Left Omolon Belt of Porphyry Mo
Page 19 and 20: xviii Origin of and Tectonic Contro
Page 21 and 22: xx Chukotka Metallogenic Belt of Au
Page 23 and 24: xxii Plutonic Rocks Hosting East-Ce
Page 25 and 26: xxiv Skeena Metallogenic Belt of Po
Page 27 and 28: xxvi Bee Creek Porphyry Cu Deposit
Page 29: xxviii 36. Wellgreen gabbroic Ni-Cu
Page 33 and 34: Metallogenesis and Tectonics of the
Page 35 and 36: format (Nokleberg and others, 1996)
Page 37 and 38: logenesis of the region (1) subduct
Page 39 and 40: Subterrane—A fault-bounded unit w
Page 41 and 42: dilemma consists of two conflicting
Page 43 and 44: 2 to 20 m thick. A related dolomite
Page 45 and 46: Lantarsky-Dzhugdzhur Metallogenic B
Page 47 and 48: Origin of and Tectonic Controls for
Page 49 and 50: Metallogenic Belts Formed During Pr
Page 51 and 52: as at Oz, Monster, and Tart, may al
Page 53 and 54: Monashee Metallogenic Belt of Sedim
Page 55 and 56: Clark Range Metallogenic Belt of Se
Page 57 and 58: in addition to the Fe deposits. Min
Page 59 and 60: study) consists of lenses, from 100
Page 61 and 62: Omulev Austrian Alps W Deposit The
Page 63 and 64: ock, including coarse clastic rock,
Page 65 and 66: lative metalliferous brines in a re
Page 67 and 68: Prince of Wales Island Metallogenic
Page 69 and 70: suite of deposits and host rocks ar
Page 71 and 72: margin of the North American Craton
Page 73 and 74: newly created terranes migrated int
Page 75 and 76: (Ryazantzeva and Shurko, 1992). The
Page 77 and 78: tonnes Au and an average grade of a
Page 79 and 80: mafic and felsic metavolcanic rocks
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intrusion from about 402 to 366 Ma
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Origin of and Tectonic Controls for
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mentary rocks of the Cambrian to De
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(Preto and Schiarizza, 1985; Schiar
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ate and clastic rocks and volcanicl
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(Nokleberg and others, 1994c, 1997c
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Berezovka River Metallogenic Belt o
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Finlayson Lake Metallogenic Belt of
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and barite in siliceous black turbi
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Windermere Creek (Western Gypsum) C
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(NX, DL, MY), Viliga (VL), and Zolo
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South of the main east-west-trendin
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ated subduction zone in the Wrangel
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icite-biotite-quartz bodies in frac
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Canada Cordillera. The granitoid ro
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Viliga (VL) passive continental-mar
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32; tables 3, 4) occurs along the n
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superterrane, consists mainly of ma
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ers, 1994c, 1997c). In southern Bri
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mental volcanic rocks of intermedia
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a resource of 34.3 million tonnes o
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potassic zone. Combined estimated p
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and quartz monzodiorite stock and s
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and Omolon (OM) cratonal terranes,
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in volcanic and volcaniclastic rock
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minor calcite, and sporadic pyrite
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supergene blanket are interpreted a
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deposits and occurrences consist of
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onto the Omulevka terrane to form t
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superterrane. This belt is interpre
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to form along the leading edge of t
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quartz, and is virtually not associ
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deposits are at Terrassnoe and Kuna
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Peschanka Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit Th
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The belt is hosted in the Late Jura
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in a island arc that was tectonical
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and Early Cretaceous Koyukuk island
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The deposit consists of disseminate
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The Orange Hill deposit contains an
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49; tables 3, 4) (Foley and others,
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locally Late Triassic marine volcan
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gold in a gangue of quartz, calcite
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Verkhoyansk granite belt, which int
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metallogenic belts are interpreted
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assemblages, which may have been mo
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during hypogene and supergene alter
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collision and regional thrusting, t
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Yur Au Quartz Vein Deposit The smal
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phase has a Rb-Sr isotopic age of 1
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sian Northeast. The belt is hosted
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Host Granitoid Rocks and Associated
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that are up to 600-1,500 m long, av
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Metallogenic Belts Formed During La
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y partly coeval plutons that range
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tion is interpreted as occuring by
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the Badzhal-Ezop and Khingan parts
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and comagmatic with volcanic rocks;
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as interpreted for the Rock Creek d
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source (Yeo, 1992). The Blow River
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2000). The spatial location of the
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to the east in the central Yukon Te
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occur in a 30-km-long belt along ir
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The Emerald deposit has produced ap
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Metallogenic-Tectonic Model for Ear
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cham oceans were closed, and the Ch
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greisenized Mesozoic granite that i
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composition magmatic bodies (with a
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to Albian pelecypods (Nokleberg and
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quartz-arsenopyrite-pyrrhotite, pol
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thermally altered to siliceous and
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These ore bodies are as much as 1 m
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Eastern Asia-Arctic Metallogenic Be
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Demin, and Krasilnikov, 1974; Nekra
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10 percent Cu, as much as 0.92 perc
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pyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite,
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content decreases with depth, as do
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azdelnoye, (2) porphyry Sn deposits
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Karalveem Au Quartz Vein Deposit Th
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Democrat (Mitchell Lode) Granitoid-
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with high-temperature and high-pres
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chalcocite and covellite and also h
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cum-North Pacific, (2) completion o
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(6) In the Paleocene (about 56 to 6
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sists of cinnabar and metacinnabari
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Eastern Asia-Arctic Metallogenic Be
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groups of deposits are interpreted
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Indian Mountain and Purcell Mountai
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and southeastern Alaska (Moll and P
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Nokleberg and others, 1995a; Bundtz
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g/t Au or 368.2 Au gold. The deposi
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wim Group and altered mafic dikes.
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Mount Nansen porphyry Cu-Mo deposit
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A Map 450 500 550 Cross section Dik
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Cretaceous and early Tertiary conti
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deposits, at Chichagoff and Hirst-C
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others, 1994c, 1997c). The signific
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tonnes grading 0.53 percent Ni, 0.3
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with a 0.25 percent cut-off. The de
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Bulkley Metallogenic Belt of Porphy
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Red Rose W-Au-Cu-Ag Polymetallic Ve
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ish Columbia and consists of severa
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during back-arc extension or transt
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stocks and dikes, is associated wit
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etrograde minnesotaite (Fe talc), F
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Specific Events for Early to Middle
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of fractured and faulted Permian-Tr
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sists of a mineralized fracture zon
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dolomite. Wall rock alteration incl
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elt of late Tertiary plutons that a
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plates that exhibit magnetic anomal
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stages (Petrenko, 1999): (1) In the
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mon. The deposit is of medium size
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Metallogenic-Tectonic Model for Lat
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The origin of the Hg deposits of th
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margin or island-arc tectonic envir
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Columbia: Implicatons for the Middl
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Bazard, D.R., Butler, R.F., Gehrels
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Bradley, D.C., Haeussler, P.J., and
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Bundtzen, T.K., Laird, G.M., Caluti
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Cecile, M.P., 1982, The lower Paleo
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Debari, S.M., and Coleman, R.G., 19
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U.S. Bureau of Land Management Open
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Cordilleran Orogen in Canada: Geolo
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Goldfarb, R., Hart, C., Miller, M.,
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Grove, E.W., 1986, Geology and mine
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Høy, T., 1982a, Stratigraphic and
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Jones, D.L., Silberling, N.J., Cone
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Kutyev, F. Sh., Baikov, A.I., Sidor
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Shield—Ultramafic magma and its m
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Manns, F.T., 1981, Stratigraphic as
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Miller, M.L., and Bundtzen, T.K., 1
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Mortimer, N., 1987, The Nicola Grou
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Noble, S.R., Spooner, E.T.C., and H
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Canada Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, S
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Perello, J.A., Fleming, J.A., O’K
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Far East—Mineralogical criteria f
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Roeske, S.M., Mattinson, J.M., and
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Schmidt, J.M., and Zierenberg, R.A.
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formation occurrences: Materialy po
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Struik, L.C., 1986, Imbricated terr
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Valuy, G., and Rostovsky, F., 1988,
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Wolfe, W.J., 1995, Exploration and
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Appendix Table 1. Mineral deposit m
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Table 2 Summary of correlations and
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Table 2—Continued Unit(s) and Cor
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Table 2—Continued Unit(s) and Cor
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Table 3—Continued Metallogenic Be
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Table 4. Significant lode deposits,
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Table 4—Continued Appendix 369 De
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Table 4—Continued Tracy Metalloge
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Table 4—Continued Appendix 373 In
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Table 4—Continued Deposit Name Mi
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Table 4—Continued Mainits Metallo
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Table 4—Continued Whitehorse Meta
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Table 4—Continued Appendix 389 LA
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Table 4—Continued Surprise Lake M
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Table 4—Continued Sredinny Metall
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