scholarly journals Mineralogical investigation of a gold-silver ore from Kleanza Mountain, Terrace Area, British Columbia

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
A E Johnson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Mineralogical Investigation

Early Cretaceous gold–silver mineralization in the Sylvester allochthon, near Cassiar, north central British Columbia

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1455-1458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale A. Sketchley ◽  
A. J. Sinclair ◽  
C. I. Godwin
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Related Event ◽  
North Central ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Early Tertiary ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Silver Mineralization

K–Ar dates on sericite from several gold–silver bearing white quartz veins in the Cassiar area indicate that mineralization occurred in the Early Cretaceous at about 130 Ma. Thus, these veins predate the mid-Cretaceous Cassiar batholith and Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary plutons in the immediate area. The Early Cretaceous date probably represents either a thermal precursor to emplacement of the Cassiar batholith or a structurally related event associated with allochthonous emplacement of the Sylvester Group. Either of these events may have caused circulation of the meteoric fluids responsible for the veins.

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