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USGS Professional Paper 1697 - Alaska Resources Library

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

Margin (NSV) were the Kotelnyi (KT), Omulevka (OV),<br />

Prikolyma (PR), Nixon Fork-Dillinger-Mystic (NX, DL, MY),<br />

Viliga (VL), and Zolotogorskiy (ZL) passive continental-margin<br />

terranes, the Avekova (AK), Kilbuck-Idono (KI), Okhotsk<br />

Position unknown.<br />

Possible derivation from<br />

Barents Sea region.<br />

?<br />

WRA<br />

(AX)<br />

NSC<br />

EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN<br />

RIFTS<br />

SD,<br />

KR<br />

(OK)<br />

BE<br />

BE<br />

0 800 km<br />

0 800 mi<br />

NSC<br />

NSV,<br />

KN<br />

(KT)<br />

GL<br />

OL<br />

KEYA<br />

KEDON<br />

ARC<br />

WRA<br />

(AX)<br />

SICKER ARC<br />

(AK)<br />

40<br />

MS<br />

(VL)<br />

o<br />

YR<br />

?<br />

UNK<br />

(OV)<br />

(OM)<br />

(KI)<br />

ANGAYUCHAM<br />

OCEAN<br />

14 o<br />

(NX, DL,<br />

MYMY)<br />

(PR)<br />

NAM<br />

(SD)<br />

UNK<br />

(OK), and Omolon (OM) cratonal terranes. Derived from the<br />

Devonian continental-margin arc that formed along the margins<br />

of the North Asian Craton Margin were the Beryozovka<br />

(BE), Oloy (OL), and Yarakvaam (YA) terranes (fig. 18). The<br />

SEL<br />

TO EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN<br />

SINISTRAL-SLIP<br />

FAULT AND RIFT<br />

(ZL)<br />

AT<br />

PRE-DEVONIAN<br />

DEXTRAL-SLIP<br />

SUTURE<br />

URS<br />

(RA)<br />

?<br />

AKY<br />

(CO)<br />

NAC<br />

(AA)<br />

(RB)<br />

ANCESTRAL<br />

PACIFIC<br />

OCEAN<br />

DE<br />

DA<br />

BR<br />

NCO MP<br />

0 o<br />

(KO)<br />

NAC<br />

LATE DEVONIAN &<br />

EARLY<br />

FL GA MISSISSIPPIAN<br />

(YT) RL RIFT<br />

SRM<br />

FR TR<br />

UNK<br />

387 to 360 Ma.<br />

METALLOGENIC BELTS<br />

AKY - <strong>Alaska</strong> Range &<br />

Yukon-Tanana Upland<br />

AT - Arctic<br />

BE - Berezovka River<br />

BR - Brooks Range<br />

DE - Dempster<br />

FL - Finlayson Lake<br />

FR - Frances Lake<br />

GA - Gataga<br />

KE - Kedon<br />

KR - Khamna River<br />

KS - Kootenay-Shuswap<br />

MP - Macmillan Pass<br />

MS - Mount Sicker<br />

MY - Mystic<br />

NBR - Northwestern Brooks<br />

Range<br />

NCO - Northern Cordillera<br />

RL - Robb Lake<br />

SD - Sette-Daban<br />

SEL - Selennyakh River<br />

SRM - Southern Rocky Mountain<br />

TR - Tracy<br />

TO - Tommot River<br />

URS - Urultun & Sudar Rivers<br />

YA - Yaroslavka<br />

Figure 18. Middle through Late Devonian (387 to 360 Ma) stage of metallogenic-tectonic model for the Russian Far East, <strong>Alaska</strong>, and the<br />

Canadian Cordillera and adjacent offshore areas. Refer to text for explanation of metallogenic-tectonic events and to tables 3 and 4 for<br />

descriptions metallogenic belts and significant deposits. Adapted from Nokleberg and others (1997b, 1998, 2000).<br />

KS<br />

NAM<br />

?

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