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): |
Flat River |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories |
NTS map data: |
095E06 |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; bornite in fine-grained quartzite |
Geologic province: |
Cordilleran Orogen |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Cambrian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) metamorphic; metasedimentary schistIndividual lithologies: | phyllite slate | Host rock stratigraphy: | Phyllite Unit |
(2) metamorphic; metasedimentary schistHost rock stratigraphy: | Phyllite Unit |
(3) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone siltsone argillite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Phyllite Unit |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) bornite in fine-grained quartzite |
References: |
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. |
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