Devono-Mississippian Felsic Volcanism Along the Western Edge of the Cassiar Terrane, North-Central British Columbia

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  • Filippo Ferri
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The Late Devonian to Early Mississippian is an important metallogenic epoch within the Canadian cordillera resulting in the production of significant sediment exhalative massive sulphide (SEDEX) and volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineral occurrences within rocks of cratonic or pericratonic affinity. Major belts include the Late Devonian Earn-hosted SEDEX deposits of the Selwyn and Gataga districts (Tom, Jason, Driftpile Creek, Cirque) and the VMS occurrences within Eagle Bay rocks of the Barriere area (Homestake, Rea). The recent discoveries of the Kudz Ze Kayah, Wolverine, Fyre Lake and Wolf VMS deposits hosted by Devono-Mississippian pericratonic and cratonic rocks of the Yukon-Tanana and Cassiar terranes (Figure 1) again underlines the economic importance of this geologic time interval.

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تاریخ انتشار 1999