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): |
Gillespie Lake |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Yukon Territory |
NTS map data: |
106C13 (Fairchild Lake) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; disseminated in dolosiltstone |
Geologic province: |
Cordilleran Orogen |
Commodities: |
Cu; Zn; Pb |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | dolosiltstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Gillespie Lake Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in dolosiltstone; numerous minor showings in Gillespie Lake area; Cu as coating on fracture surfaces intersecting laminated stromatolite |
References: |
Goodfellow, W. D., 1979 |
Geochemistry of Copper Lead and Zinc Mineralization in Proterozoic Rocks near Gillespie Lake, Yukon |
in Current Research 1979, Edited by Geological Survey of Canada, Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, 79-1A, 407 p, p. 333 - 348 |
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