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): |
Lewis Lake |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Ontario |
NTS map data: |
041I04 (Whitefish Falls) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; slfds in dolomite at paleozoic/precam unconformity |
Geologic province: |
Southern |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Ordovician (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonateIndividual lithologies: | dolomite |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) slfds in dolomite at paleozoic/precam unconformity; located on highway 68/ 0.8 km east of lewis lake; limited sulphides confined to small/sandy/ dolomite-filled depressions |
References: |
Pearson, W. N., 1978 |
Copper Metallogeny, Lake Huron Area, Ontario |
in Current Research, Edited by Geological Survey of Canada, Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, 78-1A, 558 p, p. 263 - 268 |
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