CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
147 Canada (Nova Scotia) 45.24.15 N -- 062.03 W Lochaber Lake 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): Lochaber Lake
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nova Scotia
NTS map data: 011E08 (Lochaber)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; diss and along bedding planes and fracs in siltstone
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Cu; Pb; Zn
Geological ages: Devonian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-siltstone
Individual lithologies:shale (maroon)
siltstone (green)
limestone
Host rock stratigraphy:Knoydart Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) diss & along bedding planes & fracs in siltstone; strata-controlled
References:
Anonymous
Assessment File (11 E 8d, 13 B 19), Lochaber Lake
Assessment File, Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Publication code 11 E 8d, 1

Anonymous, 1971
(?)
The Northern Miner, Nov 19, Nov 24 issue

Anonymous, 1972
Nova Scotia Expects Work to Continue on Several of Base Metal Prospects Investigated Last Year
The Northern Miner, March 2 issue, p. 15

Anonymous, 1972
(?)
The Northern Miner, March 2 issue

Barosh, P. J., 1992
Paleozoic Rifting in New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, USA and Canada
in Basement Tectonics 10: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Duluth, Minnesota, USA, August, 1992, Edited by Ojakangas, R. W.; Dickas, A. B.; Green, J. C., Proceedings, Tenth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 450 p, p. 73 - 106

Benson, D. G., 1974
Geology of the Antigonish Highlands
Memoir, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 376, 90 p.

Hooper, M. J., 1972
Tonnage and Grade Calculations on Great Horn Mining Syndicate's Lochaber Lake Property, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Company Report, Great Horn Mining Syndicate Incorporated, 5 p.

Mcmullin, J. M., 1972
An Exploration Report describing a Geochemical Survey Program carried out in the College Grant-Lochaber-Copper Lake-South River Lake Area
Exploration Report, International Mine Services Limited, Toronto, 17 p.

White, W. S.; Wright, J. C., 1966
Sulfide-Mineral Zoning in the Basal Nonesuch Shale, Northern Michigan
Economic Geology, Volume 61, p. 1171 - 1190

Resource data:
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.

Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1972; 3,120,715 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: inferred additional reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.33 percent
Reference: Hooper, M. J., 1972: Tonnage and Grade Calculations on Great Horn Mining Syndicate's Lochaber Lake Property, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia; Company Report, Great Horn Mining Syndicate, 5 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1972; 2,077,453 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.33 percent
Reference: Hooper, M. J., 1972: Tonnage and Grade Calculations on Great Horn Mining Syndicate's Lochaber Lake Property, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia; Company Report, Great Horn Mining Syndicate, 5 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

Generated 2015-01-27 17:15:06 with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19..3.22 -- 2008-12-16)
GlobalDB System, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada