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Wernecke Breccias - Slab, Igor
Yukon Territory, Canada
Main commodities: Cu Au Fe




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2010.     Record last updated: 09/06/2013
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Hunt J A, Baker T and Thorkelson D J,  2010 - Wernecke Breccia: Proterozoic IOCG Mineralised Breccia System, Yukon, Canada: in Porter T M, (Ed), 2010 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.4 pp. 345-356
Hunt J, Baker T and Thorkelson D  2005 - Regional-scale Proterozoic IOCG-mineralized breccia systems: examples from the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, Canada: in    Mineralium Deposita   v40 pp 492-514
Hunt, J.A., Baker, T. and Thorkelson, D.J.,  2007 - 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: in    Exploration & Mining Geology, CIM   v.16, pp. 209-232.
Laznicka P  1992 - Breccia-related metallogenesis in the Proterozoic core of the Wernecke Mountains, Northwest Canada (Cordilleran Orogen): in Sarker S C (Ed),  Metallogeny Related to Tectonics of Proterozoic Mobile Belts Oxford & IBH Publication, New Delhi    pp 225-251
Laznicka P and Edwards R J,  1979 - Dolores Creek, Yukon; a disseminated copper mineralization in sodic metasomatites : in    Econ. Geol.   v74 pp 1352-1370
Porter T M,  2010 - Current Understanding of Iron Oxide Associated-Alkali Altered Mineralised Systems: Part II, A Review: in Porter T M, (Ed),  2010 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.3 pp. 33-106


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