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Terrane in British Columbia, Canada

Quesnellia, or the Quesnel terrane, is a terrane in British Columbia, Canada; constituent of the Canadian Cordillera. It formed volcanic arc during the Mesozoic era, in the Triassic and Jurassic periods.

The Quesnel terrane forms part of the Intermontane superterrane along with the Stikinia and Cache Creek terranes.

Quesnellia contains numerous deposits of alkalic Copper‐Gold porphyry.

See also

Volcanology of Canada – Volcanic activity in CanadaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Volcanology of Western Canada

References

FAA‐ Site # 1: Quesnel Trough‐BC‐Canada (PDF), PDAC, retrieved 7 Aug 2020
Hammer, Philip T. C.; Clowes, Ron M. (2004), "Accreted terranes of northwestern British Columbia, Canada: Lithospheric velocity structure and tectonics", Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 109 (B6), Bibcode:2004JGRB..109.6305H, doi:10.1029/2003JB002749, retrieved 7 Aug 2020
Tucker Barrie, C. (July 1993), "Petrochemistry of shoshonitic rocks associated with porphyry copper-gold deposits of central Quesnellia, British Columbia, Canada", Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 48 (2): 225–258, Bibcode:1993JCExp..48..225T, doi:10.1016/0375-6742(93)90006-8, retrieved 7 Aug 2020

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