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TARGETING NEW HORIZONS2011
YES EXPLORATION SYNDICATE
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“Since the initial White Gold discovery, over 20 junior mining companies have acquired land in the region which has been dubbed “The White Gold District”. However, companies focusing their attention solely on the White Gold District may be missing opportunities farther afield when considering the geological similarities to the broader mineralizing event that created the Dawson Range Mineral Belt”
- Bennett, Colpron, Burke - Yukon Geological Survey - July 2010
YUKON AREA PLAYYUKON AREA PLAY
YUKON TERRITORYYUKON TERRITORY
THE YUKON IS STILL VERY UNDER-EXPLOREDTHE YUKON IS STILL VERY UNDER-EXPLORED
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WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT DISCOVERIES…WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT DISCOVERIES…
ATAC - OSIRIS (CARLIN GOLD) TARGET
UNDERWORLD - WHITE GOLD DEPOSIT
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… … & ORE DEPOSIT DEVELOPMENTS& ORE DEPOSIT DEVELOPMENTSWHITE GOLD
MINTO
CASINO
CASH
MT FREEGOLDWILLIAMS CK
MT NANSEN
WELLGREEN
FARO
RED MT
WHITEHORSE COPPER
KETZA RIVER
CLEAR LAKE
……THERE’S VAST UNTAPPED POTENTIALTHERE’S VAST UNTAPPED POTENTIALWHITE GOLD
MINTO
CASINO
CASH
MT FREEGOLD
MT NANSEN
WELLGREEN
FARO
RED MT
WHITEHORSE COPPER
KETZA RIVER
CLEAR LAKE
WILLIAMS CK
……WE’RE FOCUSED ON THE CARMACKS AREAWE’RE FOCUSED ON THE CARMACKS AREA
CARMACKSTARGET
AREAYUKONYUKON
HIGHEST DENSITY OF PORPHYRY AND EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS FOUND IN YUKON
MATURE – BUT ONLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE MATURE – BUT ONLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
…HOW MANY DEPOSITS WERE FORMED BY A MASSIVE HYDROTHERMAL EVENT THAT
AFFECTED THE CARMACKS DISTRICT IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD?
& POTENTIALLY FULL OF SURPRISES…& POTENTIALLY FULL OF SURPRISES…
CARMACKS AREA RESEARCH HAS SHOWN…CARMACKS AREA RESEARCH HAS SHOWN…
HUGE MAGMATIC EVENT OCCURRED AT CARMACKS HUGE MAGMATIC EVENT OCCURRED AT CARMACKS
The hydrothermal event was similar in nature and size to that occurring today in
Yellowstone Park……
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HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY FORMED GOLD DEPOSITS… HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY FORMED GOLD DEPOSITS…
“The results of this study provide evidence for a regional metallogenic event related to late cretaceous shoshonitic volcanism, which resulted in the development of epithermal gold and base metal-rich veins transitional between low and high sulphidation types. The intense alteration and paleo-magnetic resetting of pre-existing country rocks provide evidence for a large scale hydrothermal system through the southern Dawson Range driven by the Carmacks Magmatic Event” - Katherine Smuk 1999
“The similarity in structural geometry from NW to SE through the Dawson Range Mineral Belt indicate the presence of a much larger system than previously recognized, however the sources of the gold bearing fluids remain enigmatic” - Bennett, Colpron, Burke Yukon Geological Survey July 2010
GOLD SOURCE UNEXPLAINED… GOLD SOURCE UNEXPLAINED…
“To date our understanding of the overprinting Late Cretaceous magmatic event is limited.....” - Bennett, Colpron, Burke - Yukon Geological Survey - July 2010
(HEAT) SOURCE WAS A MANTLE PLUME (HEAT) SOURCE WAS A MANTLE PLUME
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CARMACKS MANTLE PLUME - RELATED GOLD MODELCARMACKS MANTLE PLUME - RELATED GOLD MODEL
“In Yukon, gold mineralization is related to the Carmacks volcanic units and coeval hydrothermal alteration. A genetic model linking gold mineralization to hot spot related hydrothermal activity is suggested. New exploration models, based on this linkage, may assist in the identification of additional gold mineralization in Yukon”. - S.T. Johnston et al - Yellowstone in Yukon - 1996
“a zone of anomalously slow (hot?) mantle detected teleseismically by Frederiksen & Bostock, 1996”
CARMACKS MANTLE PLUME - GEOPHYSICAL DATACARMACKS MANTLE PLUME - GEOPHYSICAL DATA
Target Area
Volcanoes
YUKONA
LA
SK
A
BRITISH COLUMBIA
“The zone of hot mantle appears to extend to depths of 600 km. Does it represent a fossil mantle plume track associated with
Late Cretaceous Carmacks volcanics?”
N STectonic Motion
CARMACKS MANTLE PLUME - GEOPHYSICAL SECTIONCARMACKS MANTLE PLUME - GEOPHYSICAL SECTION
A MANTLE PLUME AT CARMACKS?A MANTLE PLUME AT CARMACKS?WHAT GEOLOGICAL SURFACE EXPRESSION
COULD MANIFEST ABOVE A MANTLE PLUME?
A COLLAPSED CALDERASIMILAR TO YELLOWSTONE!
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LIHIR ISLAND COLLAPSED CALDERALIHIR ISLAND COLLAPSED CALDERA
Ladolam Gold Deposit65 MILLION OZ
“Many economically important ore deposits in the
western United States and in other parts of the
world, are found within collapsed calderas”
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IS THERE A COLLAPSED CALDERA IS THERE A COLLAPSED CALDERA AT CARMACKS?AT CARMACKS?
Hmmm...YES!
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CARMACKS COLLAPSED CALDERACARMACKS COLLAPSED CALDERA
CARMACKS CALDERALOCATED HERE
SOUTH YUKON >99SOUTH YUKON >99thth PERCENTILE GOLD ANOMALIES PERCENTILE GOLD ANOMALIES
X >100ppb AuX >200ppb AuX >300ppb Au
STRONGEST GROUP OF GOLD ANOMALIES IN
YUKON
AURORA GEOSCIENCES – RGS PCA ANALYSISAURORA GEOSCIENCES – RGS PCA ANALYSIS
CALDERA HAS STRONGEST PCA
ANOMALY IN YUKON
Au-U-Pb-Mo DOMINANT PRINCIPAL COMPONENT
ANALYSIS OF STREAM SEDIMENTS
AMPHITHEATRE STRUCTUREAMPHITHEATRE STRUCTURE
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INTERIOR STRUCTURES / VENTS / DOMESINTERIOR STRUCTURES / VENTS / DOMES
SOUTH WEST WALLSOUTH WEST WALL
SOUTH WEST
CALDERAWALL
ARCUATE RING FAULTS ARCUATE RING FAULTS
TRUNCATED BY FAULT / EROSIONAL FEATURE?
GENERAL OUTLINE OF CALDERA TODAYGENERAL OUTLINE OF CALDERA TODAY
KLONDIKE HIGHWAY
CORRIDOR
UN-GLACIATED TERRAIN BOUNDARY
Geochemical profile is affected by intense surface weathering
GLACIAL EROSION OF RIMGLACIAL EROSION OF RIM
22 Ka GLACIAL LIMIT
OUTER RIM EVIDENCEOUTER RIM EVIDENCE
AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS - RADIOMETRIC POTASSIUM
GRAVITY SIGNATUREGRAVITY SIGNATURE
MAGNETIC SIGNATUREMAGNETIC SIGNATURE
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURAL POTENTIALOUTSTANDING STRUCTURAL POTENTIAL
MAIN CALDERA STRUCTURAL TRENDS - NW/SE AND NE/SW. SIMILAR STRUCTURES HOST MOST GOLD DISCOVERIES
IN DAWSON RANGE.
CALDERA GEOLOGYCALDERA GEOLOGY
ULTRAMAFICS ASSOCIATED WITH MANTLE PLUMES
AND REE’S
ANOMALOUS GOLD IN STREAM SEDIMENTS ANOMALOUS GOLD IN STREAM SEDIMENTS
LEAD
COPPER
ARSENIC
MERCURY
COPPER
MERCURY
MERCURYMERCURY
ZINCLEAD
LEAD
LEAD
ZINCLEAD
ZINC
MERCURY
LATE CRETACEOUS AGE DATESLATE CRETACEOUS AGE DATES
191 ma
61.2 ma
352.3 ma
63 ma
78 ma
186.2 ma
175 ma
58 ma
187.7 ma
166.2 ma
164 ma
170 ma
68.6 ma
68.32 ma
67.8 ma
106.1 ma
YUKON MINFILE DATAYUKON MINFILE DATA
MT. NANSEN – RICHEST Au-Ag DEPOSIT IN
YUKON446,549 t @ ~17g/t AuEQ
FLORENCE CREEK PLACER PGE-GOLD
DEPOSIT
YUKON MINFILE DATAYUKON MINFILE DATA
TAHTE - Cu-Au PORPHYRY TARGET
MACKS COPPER -
Cu-Au SKARN
TARGET
NEW SHOSHONI COLLAPSED
CALDERA COMPLEX – EPITHERMAL GOLD TARGET
TARGETING NEW HORIZONS2011