The timing and structural evolution of the Donlin Creek gold deposit, southwest Alaska ...
Lithologic and structural data from more than 220 structurally oriented diamond drill holes are used to delineate the subsurface geology, 3-D geometry and to constrain the structural evolution of the >30 million ounce Donlin Creek gold deposit. The geology of the Donlin Creek gold deposit is char...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0052896 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0052896 |
| Summary: | Lithologic and structural data from more than 220 structurally oriented diamond drill holes are used to delineate the subsurface geology, 3-D geometry and to constrain the structural evolution of the >30 million ounce Donlin Creek gold deposit. The geology of the Donlin Creek gold deposit is characterized by north-northeast – south-southwest shortening that produced structural fabrics similar to those formed in thin-skinned fold and thrust belts. This deformation consists of dominantly southwest dipping thrust faults, subordinate northeast dipping back thrusts, and associated thrust ramp anticlines in the Kuskokwim Group sedimentary rocks. The fold and thrust style deformation is locally overprinted by northeast trending, low amplitude open folds interpreted to be related to regional dextral strike-slip tectonics. Low displacement, north-northeast striking, steeply southeast dipping normal faults cut the thrust faults and both generations of folds. The normal faults, northeast trending folds, and older ... |
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