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Journal Article
Journal: Economic Geology
Published: 01 November 2020
Economic Geology (2020) 115 (7): 1413–1442.
... presents new data for the enigmatic Carmacks Copper Cu-Au-Ag deposit in south-central Yukon, Canada, which is hosted in amphibolite facies metamorphic inliers within the Early Jurassic Granite Mountain batholith. Sulfide mineralization occurs mainly as net-textured bornite and chalcopyrite in leucosome...
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Hypogene styles of copper mineralization in the Carmacks Copper deposit. a. Disseminated chalcopyrite in metatexite. b. Reflected light photomicrograph of disseminated chalcopyrite and subordinate pyrite in metatexite. c. Foliaform chalcopyrite parallel to relict foliation in recrystallized schist. d. Reflected light photomicrograph of blebby, foliaform chalcopyrite and subordinate bornite. e. Net-textured bornite-chalcopyrite in diatexite. f. Reflected light photomicrograph of net-textured intergrowths of chalcopyrite, bornite, and minor molybdenite in diatexite. Secondary digenite replaces bornite and chalcopyrite along fractures. Bn = bornite, Cpy = chalcopyrite, Dg = digenite, Mol = molybdenite, Py = pyrite.
Published: 01 November 2020
Fig. 8. Hypogene styles of copper mineralization in the Carmacks Copper deposit. a. Disseminated chalcopyrite in metatexite. b. Reflected light photomicrograph of disseminated chalcopyrite and subordinate pyrite in metatexite. c. Foliaform chalcopyrite parallel to relict foliation
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Metamorphic rocks of the Carmacks Copper deposit. a. Massive augite gabbro. b. Cross-polarized transmitted light photomicrograph of augite gabbro. c. Foliated hornblende porphyroblastic amphibolite. d. Plane-polarized transmitted light photomicrograph of foliated hornblende porphyroblastic amphibolite. e. Trench exposure of intercalated foliated amphibolite (gray) and quartz-feldspar-biotite schist (rusty weathering). f. Cross-polarized transmitted light photomicrograph of amphibolite. g. Cross-polarized transmitted photomicrograph of quartz-feldspar-biotite schist. Bt = biotite, Chl = chlorite, Cpx = clinopyroxene, Hbl = hornblende, Pl = plagioclase, Qz = quartz.
Published: 01 November 2020
Fig. 5. Metamorphic rocks of the Carmacks Copper deposit. a. Massive augite gabbro. b. Cross-polarized transmitted light photomicrograph of augite gabbro. c. Foliated hornblende porphyroblastic amphibolite. d. Plane-polarized transmitted light photomicrograph of foliated hornblende
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Textural variations of molybdenite grains in the Carmacks Copper deposit. a. Molybdenite occurs as folded, foliaform veinlets in amphibolite from Zone 2000S. b. SEM microphotograph showing both xenocrystic and euhedral molybdenite grains in partially melted amphibolite, Zone 2000S. c. Coarse-grained, euhedral molybdenite in migmatite, Zone 1. d. Euhedral molybdenite intergrown with net-textured copper sulfides in the diatexite migmatite, Zone 1. Reflected light. Mol-1 = Xenocrystic molybdenite, Mol-2 = Euhedral molybdenite, Bn = Bornite, Cpy = Chalcopyrite, Dg = Digenite.
Published: 01 November 2020
Fig. 9. Textural variations of molybdenite grains in the Carmacks Copper deposit. a. Molybdenite occurs as folded, foliaform veinlets in amphibolite from Zone 2000S. b. SEM microphotograph showing both xenocrystic and euhedral molybdenite grains in partially melted amphibolite, Zone 2000S. c
Journal Article
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 November 1996
Geology (1996) 24 (11): 997–1000.
...Stephen T. Johnston; P. Jane Wynne; Don Francis; Craig J. R. Hart; Randolph J. Enkin; David C. Engebretson Abstract The Late Cretaceous Carmacks Group, a thick subaerial volcanic succession that once covered much of southwest Yukon, was deposited on an uplifted terrane and is divisible into a lower...
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a. Detailed geologic map showing distribution of mineralized rafts of amphibolite and intermediate schist within granodiorite at the Carmacks Copper deposit (after Copper North, 2016). b. Detailed map of the Main zones at the Carmacks Copper deposit (after Kovacs, 2018). This map shows the various phases of the Granite Mountain batholith in this area, and the relationship between migmatized and relatively intact metamorphic rafts in the main deposit area. Grid in Universal Transverse Mercator projection, Zone 8v, North American Datum 1983.
Published: 01 November 2020
Fig. 3. a. Detailed geologic map showing distribution of mineralized rafts of amphibolite and intermediate schist within granodiorite at the Carmacks Copper deposit (after Copper North, 2016). b. Detailed map of the Main zones at the Carmacks Copper deposit (after Kovacs, 2018 ). This map shows
Series: Special Publications of the Society of Economic Geologists
Published: 01 January 2021
DOI: 10.5382/SP.24.03
EISBN: 9781629496436
..., Datum: NAD 83. FGMD = Freegold Mountain district, MNGC = Mount Nansen gold corridor. The Dawson Range gold belt stretches from the Yukon-Alaska border to within 50 km of Carmacks in Yukon, Canada ( Allan et al., 2013 ; Fig. 2A ), however, the known porphyry Cu-Au deposits, prospects...
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Journal: Economic Geology
Published: 01 November 1979
Economic Geology (1979) 74 (7): 1577–1599.
... dikes related to the Eocene or younger Carmacks Group volcanics, and affected by supergene chlorite-sericite-hematite, kaolinite, and laumontite alteration.The genesis of the deposit remains in doubt. Whereas the highest grade (Cu-, Ag-, and Au-rich) quartz and K-feldspar-bearing rocks could have...
Journal Article
Published: 01 November 1975
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (1975) 12 (11): 1910–1916.
...Colin I. Godwin Abstract A small part of the Klotassin batholith, that intrudes the Yukon Metamorphic Complex, has been studied in detail near the Casino porphyry copper–molybdenum deposit, Yukon Territory. Eleven potassium–argon model ages, including concordant biotite and hornblende ages...
Journal Article
Published: 21 April 2017
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (2017) 54 (7): 798–811.
... with velocities of 2.0–3.0 km/s are identified; some correlate well with volcanic rocks of the Upper Cretaceous Carmacks Group, but others could be attributable to alluvial deposits or faulting. The Big Salmon fault is interpreted to dip southwest, implying that rocks of the Yukon–Tanana terrane extend beneath...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 December 1988
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (1988) 25 (12): 2005–2016.
...Guy Marquis; Brian R. Globerman Abstract The Upper Cretaceous Carmacks Group (70.4 ± 2.4 Ma) comprises gently dipping basaltic and andesitic lava flows overlying volcaniclastic deposits of the Intermontane Belt in the Whitehorse Trough. The sampling area is in southern Yukon and northern British...
Journal Article
Published: 01 November 1986
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (1986) 23 (11): 1857–1859.
...G. W. Lowey; W. D. Sinclair; L. V. Hills Abstract Three whole-rock K–Ar analyses on andesites from the Indian River area, west central Yukon, yielded dates of 69.0 ± 1.7, 65.2 ± 1.7, and 64.8 ± 1.7 Ma. These confirm earlier dates indicating the Carmacks Group is Late Cretaceous in age. A single...
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Simplified geologic map of south-central Yukon, showing distribution of Late Triassic-Early Jurassic plutons and locations of the Minto and Carmacks Copper deposits. Geology after Yukon Geological Survey (2018). Inset shows the terrane map of the Canadian Cordillera with distribution of Jurassic plutons and major Cu-Au porphyry deposits. Terrane map after Colpron and Nelson (2011); plutons from Yukon Geological Survey (2018) and Cui et al. (2017).
Published: 01 November 2020
Fig. 1. Simplified geologic map of south-central Yukon, showing distribution of Late Triassic-Early Jurassic plutons and locations of the Minto and Carmacks Copper deposits. Geology after Yukon Geological Survey (2018) . Inset shows the terrane map of the Canadian Cordillera with distribution
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Summary of new 206Pb/238U zircon and 187Re/187Os molybdenite dates from the Carmacks Copper deposit. Box heights are 2σ. Samples shown over green background were collected from mineralized foliated rafts. Double arrows along the right edge of the diagram indicate age ranges of the Stikine (217–214 Ma), Minto (205–194 Ma), and Long Lake (188–183 Ma) suites.
Published: 01 November 2020
Fig. 13. Summary of new 206 Pb/2 38 U zircon and 187 Re/ 187 Os molybdenite dates from the Carmacks Copper deposit. Box heights are 2σ. Samples shown over green background were collected from mineralized foliated rafts. Double arrows along the right edge of the diagram indicate age ranges
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Graphs of Laberge Group maximum depositional ages for two broad transects (A) across and (B) along strike of the Whitehorse trough. Basal and nonbasal strata are shown by orange and blue boxes, respectively, using the youngest statistical peak (YSP) metric of Coutts et al. (2019). Gray boxes show total maximum depositional age (MDA) range for each sample reported in Table 1. (C) Map showing distribution of Laberge Group sedimentary units and samples collected from basal (orange) and nonbasal (blue) strata. Maximum depositional ages are labeled with those from basal strata shown in bold. C—Carmacks; W—Whitehorse; CA-TIMS—chemical abrasion–thermal ionization mass spectrometry.
Published: 11 August 2022
Figure 8. Graphs of Laberge Group maximum depositional ages for two broad transects (A) across and (B) along strike of the Whitehorse trough. Basal and nonbasal strata are shown by orange and blue boxes, respectively, using the youngest statistical peak (YSP) metric of Coutts et al. (2019
Journal Article
Published: 01 December 2012
Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology (2012) 60 (4): 239–255.
... Sciences , v. 42 , p. 1223 – 1237 . Tafti R . 2005 . Nature and origin of the Early Jurassic copper (-gold) deposits at Minto and Williams Creek, Carmacks copper belt, western Yukon: examples of deformed porphyry deposits [ M.Sc. thesis ]. University of British Columbia , 213 p...
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(A) Location of 73 ± 4 Ma gold-rich mineralized zones in the northern Cordillera. Location of the Carlin-type gold (CT) and Keno Hill (K) deposits before 410 km of right-lateral displacement along the Tintina fault (Gabrielse et al., 2006) is shown. Mineralized zones: C = Casino, M = Mosquito, N = Nucleus/Revenue, V = Venus. The yellow area includes the present-day extent of the Carmacks Group and known late Eocene mineralized zones. (B) Location of Eocene (38 ± 4 Ma) deposits in Nevada and Utah (modified from Muntean, 2018). BC = Bingham Canyon, C = Carlin trend, CC = Copper Canyon, Co = Cortex, G = Getchell, JC = Jerritt Canyon, MH = Mount Hope. The yellow area includes all 38 ± 4 Ma major deposits.
Published: 01 June 2022
= Mosquito, N = Nucleus/Revenue, V = Venus. The yellow area includes the present-day extent of the Carmacks Group and known late Eocene mineralized zones. (B) Location of Eocene (38 ± 4 Ma) deposits in Nevada and Utah (modified from Muntean, 2018 ). BC = Bingham Canyon, C = Carlin trend, CC = Copper Canyon
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Regional geology of the Whitehorse trough (WT) and surrounding region in south-central Yukon (after Colpron, 2011). Inset shows the location of the Whitehorse trough (red shading) with respect to terranes of the northern Cordillera (after Colpron and Nelson, 2011a). Locations of detrital zircon samples presented in this paper are indicated by red dots; general locations of samples from the Faro Peak and Macauley Ridge formations are shown in inset. Also shown are locations of previously dated plutonic clasts (blue dots; Hart et al., 1995; Gordey et al., 1998; Johannson et al., 1997), dated pyroclastic deposits (ca. 188–186 Ma, purple stars; Johannson et al., 1997; Hart, 1997; Colpron and Friedman, 2008), and occurrences of detrital eclogite-facies minerals (orange triangles; MacKenzie et al., 2005; Canil et al., 2006). The location of Early Jurassic copper-gold mineralization at Minto and Carmacks Copper is shown by black stars. Abbreviations: CA—Cassiar terrane (derived from ancestral North America); CC—Cache Creek terrane; Cmx—Carmacks; DL—Dease Lake; Dw—Dawson; LSL—Little Salmon Lake; NA—rocks of ancestral North America; NRMT—Northern Rocky Mountain Trench fault; QN—Quesnellia; SM—Slide Mountain terrane; ST—Stikinia; TTF—Teslin-Thibert fault; Wh—Whitehorse; WT—Whitehorse trough; YT—Yukon-Tanana terrane.
Published: 01 October 2015
., 1997 ), dated pyroclastic deposits (ca. 188–186 Ma, purple stars; Johannson et al., 1997 ; Hart, 1997 ; Colpron and Friedman, 2008 ), and occurrences of detrital eclogite-facies minerals (orange triangles; MacKenzie et al., 2005 ; Canil et al., 2006 ). The location of Early Jurassic copper-gold
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Igneous phases of the Granite Mountain batholith in the Carmacks Copper deposit area. a. Monzodiorite of the eastern phase (LTrEJM1). b. Stained slab of LTrEJM1 highlighting plagioclase in red (alizarin red stain) and K-feldspar in yellow (sodium cobaltinitrite). c. K-feldspar megacrystic granodiorite of the western phase (LTrEJM2A). d. Stained slab of LTrEJM2A. e. Quartz phyric quartz diorite of the western phase (LTrEJM2B). f. Stained slab of LTrEJM2B. g. A rootless F2 fold defined by a folded quartz monzonite dike hosted in intercalated quartz-feldspar-biotite schist and amphibolite. A penetrative S2 axial planar cleavage is present in the metamorphic rocks. h. Boudinaged quartz monzodiorite dike. i. Granite pegmatite.
Published: 01 November 2020
Fig. 4. Igneous phases of the Granite Mountain batholith in the Carmacks Copper deposit area. a. Monzodiorite of the eastern phase (LTrEJM1). b. Stained slab of LTrEJM1 highlighting plagioclase in red (alizarin red stain) and K-feldspar in yellow (sodium cobaltinitrite). c. K-feldspar megacrystic
Journal Article
Published: 01 September 1988
Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology (1988) 36 (3): 296–310.
... an Early Cretaceous (Neocomian) age, but suggested a Late Jurassic (Portlandian) age was pos- sible. Hopkins (1979) and Lowey (1984) examined paly- nomorphs from strata in the Carmacks area and concluded that the formation is Early Cretaceous (Albian) in age. The sediments were deposited by braided...