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): |
Thundercloud Creek |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories; Nearest community: Creek Mouth (16 km N) |
NTS map data: |
095L10 (Coppercap Mountain) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in rocks of the redstone river formation |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | siltstone (slaty - pink) shale | Host rock stratigraphy: | Redstone River Formation |
(2) sedimentary; evaporiteIndividual lithologies: | gypsum | Host rock stratigraphy: | Redstone River Formation |
|
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in rocks of the Redstone River formation |
References: |
Gabrielse, H., 1973 |
Geology of Flat River, Glacier Lake, and Wrigley Lake Map-Areas, District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory |
Memoir, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 366, Part , 421 p. |
|