A new look at the stratigraphy of the Yellowknife Supergroup at Yellowknife, N.W.T. — implications for the age of gold-bearing shear zones and Archean basin evolution

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Helmstaedt, H., Padgham, W. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1986
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e86-049; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e86-049

Based on recent detailed mapping, a revised stratigraphic column is proposed for the rocks of the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup in the Yellowknife greenstone belt. The mafic volcanic rocks of the Kam Formation, previously thought to represent the oldest supracrustal rocks of the belt, overlap remna...