CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
815 Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) 54.15.30 N -- 061.34.18 W Whiskey Lake South Showing; Mount Pisa Cu
 
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): Whiskey Lake South Showing; Mount Pisa
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Newfoundland and Labrador
NTS map data: 013K05 (Wuchusk Lake)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; pods and seams in qtz stringers and in quartzite
Geologic province: Grenville
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Neohelikian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite
Individual lithologies:quartzite (green grey)
Host rock stratigraphy:Whiskey Lake Formation, Seal Lake Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) pods & seams in qtz stringers & in quartzite
References:
Brummer, J. J., 1960
A Reconnaissance Geochemical Survey in the Seal Lake Area, Labrador
Bulletin of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Volume 53, p. 260 - 267

Brummer, J. J., 1961
Geology of the Seal Lake Area, Labrador
Bulletin, Geological Society of America, Publication code 72-9

Douglas, C., 1976
Mineral Occurrence Tables
Open File-Lab, Labrador Mineral Development Division, Publication code 326

Greene, B. A., 1974
An Outline of the Geology of Labrador
Information Circular, Mineral Development Division, Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Publication code 15, 64 p.

Robinson, W. G., 1955
Report on the Seal Lake Concession, Labrador, during 1955
Unpublished Report, Frobisher Limited

Roy, J. L.; Fahrig, W. F., 1973
The Paleomagnetism of Seal and Croteau Rocks from the Grenville Front, Labrador: Polar Wandering and Tectonic Implications
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 10, p. 1279 - 1301


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