Abstract: Stratigraphic and structural relationships within Stikinia, and overlap assemblages of the Whitehorse trough, are investigated in the Teslin Mountain area, southern Yukon. The Middle Triassic Joe Mountain Formation is dominated by a thick sequence of aphyric basalt produced by subaqueous volcanism. The Upper Triassic Lewes River Group displays complex lateral and vertical lithological and facies changes. It illustrates synvolcanic terrane exhumation, with erosion of the volcanic upland leading to deposition of thick volcaniclastic sequences, in parallel with ongoing clastic and carbonate sedimentation in marginal basins. Unravelling the Lewes River Group stratigraphy is critical in understanding the latest stages of Stikinia arc volcanism and the onset of Whitehorse trough marine sedimentation in the Early-Middle Jurassic. Further mapping and analytical work will focus at characterizing the Joe Mountain Formation and Lewes River Group, to determine how Stikinia evolved prior to final amalgamation of the Intermontane terranes with North America.

Authors: E. Bordet

NTS Mapsheet(s): 105E02

Citation: Bordet, E., 2016. Preliminary results on the Middle Triassic-Middle Jurassic stratigraphy and structure of the Teslin Mountain area, southern Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2015, K.E. MacFarlane and M.G. Nordling (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 43-61.

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