Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Copper Creek |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: Victoria Island |
NTS map data: |
078B07 |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; chalcopyrite associated with pyrite and bitumen |
Geologic province: |
Minto Inlier |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Neoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) chalcopyrite associated with pyrite and bitumen; carbonaceous, pyritic crosslaminated quartz arenite with interbeds of fine-grained sandstone and siltstone |
References: |
Rainbird, R. H.; Hodgson, D. A.; Jefferson, C. W., 1995 |
Bedrock and Surficial Geology, Muskox Lake, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories (NTS 78 B/2) |
Geological Survey of Canada, OF 3035, Scale 1:50000 |
Rainbird, R. H.; Jefferson, C. W.; Young, G. M., 1996 |
The Early Neoproterozoic Sedimentary Succession B of Northwestern Laurentia: Correlations and Paleographic Significance |
Geological Society of America Bulletin, Volume 108, p. 454 - 470 |
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