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Yukon Mineral Deposit Profiles
YGS Open File 2005-5: Yukon Mineral Deposits Profiles compiled by A. Fonseca and G. Bradshaw (
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| Deposit Type | Approximate synonyms | YGS/BCGS/USGS Profile # |
| Wernecke Breccia deposits | ||
| Wernecke Breccia | Iron oxide breccias & veins ±P±Cu±Au±Ag±U, Olympic Dam type | D07/D07/25i,29b |
| Mississippi Valley Type deposits | ||
| Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn | Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn, Appalachian Zn | E12/E12/32a,b |
| Sediment Associated deposits | ||
| Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag | Sedex, Sediment-hosted massive sulphide | E14/E14/31a |
| Volcanic Associated deposits | ||
| Besshi massive sulphideCu-Zn | Kieslager | G04/G04/24b |
| Noranda/Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn | G06/G06/28a | |
| Vein/Breccia Associated deposits | ||
| Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu;high sulphidation | Acid-sulphate, quartz-alunite Au, Nansatsu-type | H04/H04/25d |
| Epithermal Au-Ag; low sulphidation | Adularia-sericite epithermal | H05/H05/25c |
| Au-quartz veins | Mesothermal, Motherlode, saddle reefs | I01/I01/36c |
| Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn±Au | Felsic intrusion associated Ag-Pb-Zn veins | I05/I05/22c,25b |
| Cu±Ag quartz veins | Churchill-type vein Cu | I06/I06/? |
| Stibnite veins and disseminations | Simple and disseminated Sb deposits | I09/I09/27d,27e |
| Skarn/Replacement Associated deposits | ||
| Polymetallic mantos Ag-Pb-Zn | J01/J01/19a | |
| Cu skarns | K01/K01/18a,b | |
| Pb-Zn skarns | K02/K02/18c | |
| W skarns | K05/K05/14a | |
| Sn skarns | K06/K06/14b | |
| Porphyry/Sheeted Vein Associated deposits | ||
| Plutonic-related Au-quartz veins and veinlets | Fort Knox-type, intrusion-related Au, Tintina Au | L02/I18/-- |
| Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au | Diorite porphyry Cu | L03/L03/-- |
| Porphyry Cu±Mo±Au | Calc-alkaline porphyry | L04/L04/17,20,21a |
| Porphyry Mo (low F-type) | Calc-alkaline Mo stockwork | L05/L05/21b |
| Porphyry Sn | Subvolcanic Sn | L06/L06/20a |
| Porphyry W | Stockwork W-Mo | L07/L07/21c |
| Ultramafic/Mafic Associated deposits | ||
| Podiform chromite | M03/M03/8a,b | |
| Gemstone deposits | ||
| Schist-hosted emeralds | Exometamorphic emerald | Q07/Q07/-- |