CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
736 Canada (Nunavut) 62.53.30 N -- 126.36.20 W Extension (Kvale) Cu; Ag
 
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): Extension (Kvale)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut
NTS map data: 095L15 (Mount Kraft)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; stratiform dissem slphds in calcareous siltstone
Geologic province: Cordilleran Orogen
Commodities: Cu; Ag
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; siltstone
Individual lithologies:siltstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Redstone River Formation, Mackenzie Mts Supergroup
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) stratiform dissem slphds in calcareous siltstone; 3 cu-mineralized beds traced about 1 mile along strike
References:
Anonymous, 1962
Redstone Mines Ltd 1962 Map No. 95-L-15 Central Permit Area
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 95-L-15 - Centr

Eisbacher, G. H., 1977
Tectono-Stratigraphic Framework of the Redstone Copper Belt District of Mackenzie
in Report of Activities, Edited by Blackadar, R. G., Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, 77-1A, 527 p, p. 229 - 234

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.

Kirkham, R. V., 1974
A Synopsis of Canadian Stratiform Copper Deposits in Sedimentary Sequences
in Gisements Stratiformes et Provinces Cupriferes, Liege 1974, Edited by Bartholomé, P.; de Magnée, I.; Evrard, P.; Moreau, J., Centenaire de la Societe Geologique de Beligique, Societe Geologique de Belgique, 427 p., 2 maps, p. 367 - 382


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