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): |
Flack Lake Area |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Ontario; Subprovince or locality: Flaock Lake Fault - north of |
NTS map data: |
041J10 (Rawhide Lake) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in basal beds of the gordon lake formation |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Paleoaphebian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartzite-sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone siltstone quartz arenite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Gordon Lake Formation, Cobalt Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in basal beds of the Gordon Lake formation; sparse sabkha-related Cu lies at boundary between Lorrain & Gordon Lake fms |
References: |
Chandler, F. W., 1986 |
Sedimentology and Paleoclimatology of the Huronian, Lorrain and Gordon Lake Formations and their Bearing on Models for Sedimentary Cu Mineralization |
in Current Research, Edited by Geological Survey of Canada, Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, 86-1A, 386 p, p. 121 - 132 |
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