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): |
Elizabeth Lake; Nemeiben Lake |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Saskatchewan |
NTS map data: |
073P06 (Nemeiben Lake) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; diss and veins in lenticular zones in metased gneiss |
Geologic province: |
Churchill |
Commodities: |
Cu; Zn; Au; Pb |
Geological ages: |
Paleoaphebian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) metamorphic; paragneissExternal host rock forms: | band | Individual lithologies: | paragneiss |
(2) metamorphic; gneissIndividual lithologies: | gneiss (biotite) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) diss & veins in lenticular zones in metased gneiss; deposit type questionable; numerous low-grade zones & 3 small medium-grade zones |
References: |
Forsythe, L. H., 1976 |
The Geology of the Nemeiben Lake Area (West Half) and the La Ronge Area (West Half) |
Report, Saskatchewan Department of Mineral Resources, Publication code 152, 18 p. |
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