CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
883 Canada (Saskatchewan) 56.22 N -- 109.15 W La Loche Cu; Pb; Zn
 
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): La Loche
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Saskatchewan
NTS map data: 074C06 (Mclean Lake)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; dissem in ss locally interbedded with dolomite
Geologic province: Interior Platform
Commodities: Cu; Pb; Zn
Geological ages: Cambrian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite
Individual lithologies:quartzite (fine to very coearse - grey)
Host rock stratigraphy:Basal Sandstone Formation, Elk Point Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem in ss locally interbedded with dolomite; basal ss present in 9 of 12 boreholes drilled between La Ronge & La Loche; host rock possibly as young as lower Devonian/max ss thickness 56.4 m
References:
Fuzesy, L. M., 1977
Sedimentary Geology and Mineral Evaluation of the area between La Ronge and La Loche
in Summary of Investigations 1977, Edited by Christopher, J. E; Macdonald, R., Saskatchewan Geological Survey, 197 p, p. 175 - 180


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