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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8711

Indicator-mineral signatures of the Casino porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, Yukon 

M.B. McClenaghan, M.W. McCurdy, C.E. Beckett-Brown, and S.C. Casselman

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2020

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/322191

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McClenaghan, M.B., McCurdy, M.W., Beckett-Brown, C.E., and Casselman, S.C., 2020. 
      Indicator-mineral signatures of the Casino porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, Yukon; Geological 
      Survey of Canada, Open File 8711, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/322191

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Contents

This open file reports the results of an indicator mineral case study carried out around the Casino porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit in the unglaciated terrain of the west central Yukon. The research was part of the Geological Survey of Canada’s (GSC) Targeted Geoscience Initiative 5 (TGI-5) Program. The purpose of the study was to test the use of indicator minerals as a porphyry Cu exploration tool in unglaciated terrain. At 22 sites around the deposit, a bulk stream sediment sample was collected to document the indicator mineral signature of the deposit. This open file presents indicator mineral abundance data for the bulk stream sediment samples.

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of_8711_readme.rtf (this file)
of_8711.pdf (report)

of_8711_Appendices

Appendix A1   OF_8711-AppendixA1_metadata.docx
Appendix A2   OF_8711-AppendixA2_bedrock_sample_list.xlsx
Appendix A3   OF_8711-AppendixA3_sediment_sample_list.xlsx
Appendix A4   OF_8711-AppendixA4 bedrock photos 
Appendix B1   OF_8711-AppendixB1_bedrock_data_part1.xlsm
Appendix B2   OF_8711-AppendixB2_bedrock_data_part2.xlsx
Appendix B3   OF_8711-AppendixB3_bedrock_data_part3.xlsx
Appendix B4   OF_8711-AppendixB4_sediment_data.xlsx
Appendix C    OF_8711-AppendixC grain counts
Appendix D    OF_8711-AppendixD mineral maps

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Author contact information

M.B. McClenaghan (beth.mcclenaghan@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

M.W. McCurdy (martin.mccurdy@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

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