Regional-scale Proterozoic IOCG-mineralized breccia systems: Examples from the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, Canada

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 492-514

  Hunt, Julie ^a,b   Baker, Tim ^b   Thorkelson, Derek ^c  

^a Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

IOCG; Iron oxide copper gold; Proterozoic; Wernecke Breccia; Yukon

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; COPPER; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WERNECKE MOUNTAINS; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 29744440292     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0019-5     Document Type: Article

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