Bradford, William B.

Hanchar, John M.

Lancaster, Penny

Piercey, Stephen J.

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Chemical and isotopic composition of zircon from the Wolverine district massive sulfide deposit Yukon, Canada

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2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)
Paper No. 114-3
Presentation Time: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND HF ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF ZIRCON
FROM THE WOLVERINE POLYMETALLIC VOLCANIC HOSTED MASS
SULFIDE DEPOSIT, YUKON, CANADA
BRADFORD, William B., Earth Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada,
w.b.bradford@mun.ca, PIERCEY, Stephen J., Dept of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF
A1B 3X5, Canada, HANCHAR, John M., Dept of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NF A1B
3X5, Canada, and LANCASTER, Penelope J., University of Portsmouth, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Burnaby
Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, United Kingdom
The Wolverine polymetallic volcanic hosted mass sulfide deposit (VHMS), located in the Finlayson Lake District, Yukon,
Canada, contains 6,237,000 tonnes of precious metals that includes 12.66% Zn, 1.33% Cu, 1.55% Pb, 370.9 g/t Ag, and 1.76
g/t Au. The deposit is preferentially associated with ~352 Ma quartz-feldspar porphyry (QFP) and ~347 Ma feldspar porphyry
(FP) intrusions, that underlie the massive sulfide lens. Whole rock geochemical data, and in particular REE and HFSE
illustrate the FP suite contains higher HFSE and REE and higher Nb/Ta ratios relative to the QFP suite. These have been
interpreted to represent varying crustal and mantle contributions within an evolving Mississippian continental back-arc basin.
New in situ LA-Q-ICPMS U–Pb and LA-MC-ICPMS Lu–Hf isotopic data from zircon from the two porphyries suggests the
presence of a deep crustal source. Inherited zircon cores identified in both the QFP and FP suite have ages ranging between
1.0 Ga to 2.0 Ga. The Lu–Hf analyses, that were done directly on top of the U–Pb analyses in the zircon grains, in the QFP
averaged an εHf value of -12.4, compared to the FP which have an average εHf value of -6.7. These inherited zircon cores
were either derived locally from recycled basement sources that have Neoproterozoic crust, and/or regionally with material
from the Wopmay Orogen to Paleoproterozoic ages from the North American cratonic basement; which could make up the
underlying basement rock of the Finlayson Lake District. The zircon Hf data for both porphyries have negative εHf values
indicating a crustal source, but with the FP containing a higher εHf value suggesting a greater interaction with the mantle
when comparing it to the QFP. This supports the evolving back-arc basin model for the Finlayson Lake District, with the
regional extensional tectonics generating mafic magma at the base of the crust. This mantle driven heat would have melted
the overlying crust, generating first the QFP, which were derived predominantly from crustal sources and had more negative
εHf. With continued basin opening, mantle upwelling, and crust-mantle mixing, there was a decrease in the amount of crustal
material and an increased mantle component leading to a higher εHf in the FP suite. These results are consistent with mantle
heat and basaltic upwelling being important in the generation of VMS.
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