Description

The Yukon-Tanana Terrane (YTT) is a terrane of pericratonic affinity which occupies an intermediate position between continental margin rocks of Ancestral North America (Cassiar Terrane, Selwyn Basin) to the east and arc and oceanic terranes accreted in Mesozoic time to the west (Quesnellia, Stikinia and Cache Creek). It consists of polydeformed and metamorphosed Paleozoic metasedimentary and meta-igneous rocks which have isotopic and provenance ties to Archean and Proterozoic cratonic source regions, comparable to those of sedimentary strata from northwestern Canada, but whose paleogeographic evolution with respect to the Laurentian craton is enigmatic. The YTT is host to significant base metal occurrences, including the Wolverine and Kudz Ze Kayah deposits in the Finlayson Lake district, in the part of the terrane which lies northeast of Tintina Fault.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Map	Unknown		https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/reference/42219
Map	HTML		https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/reference/42219
Map	HTML		https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/reference/42219
Original metadata (https://open.yukon.ca)	HTML		https://open.yukon.ca/data/datasets/tectonic-assemblage-map-yukon-tanana-and-related-terranes-yukon-and-northern-british
Original metadata (https://open.yukon.ca)	HTML		https://open.yukon.ca/data/datasets/tectonic-assemblage-map-yukon-tanana-and-related-terranes-yukon-and-northern-british
Original metadata (https://open.yukon.ca)	HTML		https://open.yukon.ca/data/datasets/tectonic-assemblage-map-yukon-tanana-and-related-terranes-yukon-and-northern-british

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