Yukon coffee gold project

黄金是育空地区的代名词，但大部分黄金是从表面的砾石中开采出来的。这种“砂石”金的来源在附近的基岩中，这种“硬岩”金继续是矿产勘探的重点。近年来，育空地区的黄金勘探投资超过7.5亿美元，但由于对黄金形态的地质控制尚不清楚，其中大部分资金都没有得到很好的利用。建立与金矿相关的地质特征，可以降低找矿过程中的风险，获得新的发现。咖啡矿床拥有超过400万盎司的黄金，但导致其形成的过程尚未确定。该研究项目将确定咖啡及周边地区的控矿特征，包括矿石流体的化学性质、地质和构造环境、地壳隆起和成矿时间。这些限制可以帮助预测在矿床和区域范围内可以发现更多的黄金资源。该项目将为了解育空地区和科迪勒拉其他地区对黄金的控制提供一个知识库。这些知识将为勘探者、政府地质调查、决策者和学者的利益而进行交流。该研究将为勘探公司提供实用的概念，从而使勘探决策更加自信和有效。这个过程中的所有步骤都具有经济效益，从最初的投资到获得财产，到勘探活动，并希望发现、矿山开发和矿物开采。咖啡金矿的经济预测表明，它将在12年内产生24亿美元的收入。加拿大最初将受益于产生新的地球科学信息，但最终将受益于应用这些知识可能产生的培训、就业、财富创造和税收优惠。

Gold is synonymous with the Yukon Territory, but much of the gold has been won from surface gravels. The source of this "placer" gold is in the nearby bedrock, and this "hardrock" gold continues to be the focus of mineral exploration. In recent years, more than $750M has been invested in Yukon gold exploration, but much of this money was poorly spent because the geological controls on where the gold forms were not well understood. Establishing the geological features relevant to gold formation can reduce the risk of the exploration process and result in new discoveries. The Coffee deposit hosts more than four million ounces of gold, but the processes leading to its formation are not established. This research project will identify ore-controlling features at Coffee and the surrounding region, including the chemistry of the ore fluids, the geologic and structural setting, uplift of the crust, and timing of mineralization. These constraints can lead to predictions about where additional gold resources can be found, both at the deposit and regional scale.The project will provide a knowledge base for understanding controls on gold in Yukon and other parts of the Cordillera. The knowledge will be communicated for the benefit of prospectors, government geological surveys, policy makers, and academics. This research will provide exploration companies with practical concepts on which to base more confident and efficient exploration decisions. All steps in this process have economic benefits, from initial investments to acquire the property, to exploration activities, and hopefully to discovery, mine development, and mineral extraction. Economic projections of the Coffee gold deposit indicate that it will generate $2.4B in revenues over a 12-year period. Canada will benefit initially from the generation of new geoscientific information, but ultimately through the training, jobs, wealth creation and tax benefits that can arise from the application of this knowledge.