Abstract: The Bear Paw breccia zone is located at the Clear Creek property in the Tintina gold belt, central Yukon Territory. Gold mineralization occurs in hydrothermal breccias with stockwork quartz + potassium-feldspar + sulphide veins that overprint earlier intrusive and tectonic breccias. Grades of up to 2.3 g/t gold over 31.8 m have been intersected in recent drilling. The Bear Paw breccia zone is 1.5 km from any significant-sized granitoid stock and thus is indicative of the high potential for gold mineralization outboard of Tombstone Plutonic Suite stocks.

Authors: Stephens, J.R. and Weeks, S.

Keywords: mineral potential

NTS Mapsheet(s): 115P

Citation: Stephens, J.R. and Weeks, S., 2001. Intrusive-breccia-hosted gold mineralization associated with ca. 92 Ma Tombstone Plutonic Suite magmatism: An example from the Bear Paw breccia zone, Clear Creek, Tintina gold belt, Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2000, Emond, D.S. and Weston, L.W. (eds.), Exploration and Geological Sciences Division, Yukon Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p. 347-353.

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