A review of iron oxide copper-gold deposits, with focus on the Wernecke Breccias, Yukon Canada, as an example of a non-magmatic end member and implications for IOCG genesis and classification

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 209-232

  Hunt, Julie A ^a,b,c   Baker, T ^b   Thorkelson, D J ^d  

^a Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

IOCG; Iron oxide copper gold deposits; Proterozoic; Wernecke Breccias; Yukon

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; COPPER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GOLD; IRON OXIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESSURE EFFECT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC DAM; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 48649086046     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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