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): |
Wall Lake - Akamina Creek |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: British Columbia; Nearest community: Wall Lake |
NTS map data: |
082G01 (Sage Creek) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; disseminated in calcareous siltstones |
Geologic province: |
Cordilleran Orogen |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Middle Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | siltstone (calcareous) argillite dolomite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Middle Gateway Formation, Purcell Supergroup |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in calcareous siltstones; several occurrences in 5-7 ft thick siltst beds grade 0.32 to 0.54% Cu |
References: |
Morton, R., 1973 |
Sulfide Deposits Associated with Precambrian Belt-Purcell Strata in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada |
in Belt Symposium September 17-22, 1973 (Moscow, Idaho), Edited by University of Idaho Department of Geology; Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Volume, University of Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1, 322 p, p. 159 - 179 |
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