Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 1-10-2014 12:00 AM The Latte Gold Zone, Kaminak's Coffee Gold Project, Yukon, Canada: Geology, Geochemistry, and Metallogeny Eric Buitenhuis The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Norman A. Duke The University of Western Ontario Joint Supervisor Dr. Craig S. Finnigan The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Geology A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Master of Science © Eric Buitenhuis 2014 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Geochemistry Commons, Geology Commons, and the Tectonics and Structure Commons Recommended Citation Buitenhuis, Eric, "The Latte Gold Zone, Kaminak's Coffee Gold Project, Yukon, Canada: Geology, Geochemistry, and Metallogeny" (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 1858. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1858 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE LATTE GOLD ZONE, KAMINAK’S COFFEE GOLD PROJECT, YUKON, CANADA: GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND METALLOGENY (Thesis format: Monograph) by Eric Buitenhuis Graduate Program in Geology A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada © Eric Buitenhuis 2014 Abstract The Latte Gold Zone is hosted within complexly tectonically imbricated metamorphic rocks of the Yukon-Tanana terrane. Snowcap assemblage psammitic schist and amphibolite with exotic Slide Mountain ultramafics overthrusts unidentified arc metavolcanics which in turn overthrust the Late Permian Sulphur Creek orthogneiss.