Structural Setting of the Sixtymile Gold District, Yukon, Canada: Insights into Regional Deformation and Mineralization from Field Mapping and 3D Magnetic Inversion

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Jeremy Rimando, Alexander L. Peace, Meixia Geng, Jacob Verbaas, Harley Slade
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Sixtymile gold district; structural controls; 3D magnetic susceptibility; Yukon; Canada; Glacier Creek; Sixtymile; Bedrock Creek; glacier*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030291

The Sixtymile gold district, Yukon, Canada has been mined for placer gold since the late 19th century. However, increasing demand for gold has prompted exploration of new lode deposits. Previous studies in the nearby Klondike gold district have shown correlation between placer deposits and bedrock o...