Abstract: The NTS 106B/04 map area straddles the upper reaches of the Stewart River in east-central Yukon. The area north of the Stewart River is underlain by Ediacaran clastic and carbonate continental slope deposits of the uppermost Windermere Supergroup, and by Ediacaran-Cambrian rocks of the Hyland Group (Selwyn basin). The area south of the Stewart River is dominated by the Cambrian Gull Lake Formation and Cambrian (-Silurian?) volcanic rocks of the Old Cabin Formation. The main structures in 106B/04 define an arcuate pattern; they are oriented NW-SE in most of the area, but are approximately E-W in the westernmost part of the map area. These structures include upright, gently-plunging folds and steeply-dipping, axial-planar cleavage. Folding was locally accompanied by thrusting. Late structures include a steeply-dipping sinistral fault that transects the central part of the map area and a number of NW-WNW-striking normal (± dextral) faults. Stratigraphic relationships suggest correlation of the upper Yusezyu, Algae, and Narchilla formations of the Hyland Group (Selwyn basin) with the upper Blueflower, Risky, and Ingta formations of the Windermere Supergroup (Ogilvie and Mackenzie platforms). Gold mineralization has recently been discovered in the Algae Formation, which has also been explored for Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc-silver mineralization elsewhere in the area.

Authors: Moynihan, D.

Citation: Moynihan, D., 2014. Bedrock Geology of NTS 106B/04, Eastern Rackla Belt. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2013, K.E. MacFarlane, M.G. Nordling, and P.J. Sack (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 147-167.

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