CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
150 Canada (Nunavut) 67.35.05 N -- 115.33.00 W Escape Rapids (Esc 37/38) Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Escape Rapids (Esc 37/38)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut
NTS map data: 086O12
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; disseminated in thin beds of coarse sandstone
Geologic province: Bear
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Hadrynian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (glauconitic - grey)
shale (black)
Host rock stratigraphy:Rae Group, Coppermine River Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in thin beds of coarse sandstone; Rae Group overlies Coppermine River Group
References:
Baragar, W. R. A.; Donaldson, J. A., 1973
Coppermine and Dismal Lakes Map-Areas
Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 71-39, 20 p.

Kindle, E. D., 1972
Classification and Description of Copper Deposits, Coppermine River Area, District of Mackenzie
Bulletin, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 214, 109 p.

Kirkham, R. V., 1970
Some Copper Occurrences in Younger Sedimentary Rocks of the Coppermine River Area, Northwest Territories
in Report of Activities, Edited by Blackadar, R. G., Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, 70-1B, 99 p, p. 57 - 63


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