CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
731 Canada (Northwest Territories) 63.46.20 N -- 127.49.47 W Jay (Keele River); Keele River - Backbone Projects 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): Jay (Keele River); Keele River - Backbone Projects
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories
NTS map data: 095M13 (Vanishing Ram Creek)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; dissem and filling fenestrae in dolostone
Geologic province: Cordilleran Orogen
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; siltstone
Internal host rock structures:cryptalgal laminations
Individual lithologies:siltstone (cryptalagal laminites)
Host rock stratigraphy:Coppercap Formation, Mackenzie Mts Supergroup
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem & filling fenestrae in dolostone; Cu sulphides occur as diagenetic replacements of anhydrite nodules
References:
Eisbacher, G. H., 1977
Tectono-Stratigraphic Framework of the Redstone Copper Belt District of Mackenzie
in Report of Activities, Edited by Blackadar, R. G., Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, 77-1A, 527 p, p. 229 - 234

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.

Jefferson, C. W., 1978
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Upper Proterozoic Redstone Copper Belt: A Preliminary Report
Mineral Industry Report, North of 60, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Publication code EGS 1978-5

Lord, C., 1978
Mineral Industry Report 1976, Northwest Territories
Mineral Industry Report, North of 60, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Publication code 1978-11

Lord, C., 1978
Nahanni Region
Mineral Industry Report, North of 60, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Publication code EGS 1978-5

Ruelle, J. C. L., 1982
Depositional Environments and Genesis of Stratiform Copper Deposits of the Redstone Copper Belt, Mackenzie Mountains, N. W. T.
in Precambrian Sulphide Deposits, Robinson Volume, Edited by Hutchinson, R. W.; Spence, C. D.; Franklin, J. M., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 25, 791 p, p. 701 - 737

Resource data:
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1,200,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.7 percent
Reference: Ruelle, J. C. L., 1982: Depositional Environments and Genesis of Stratiform Copper Deposits of the Redstone Copper Belt, Mackenzie Mountains, N. W. T.; in Precambrian Sulphide Deposits, Robinson Volume, Edited by Hutchinson, R. W.; Spence, C. D.; Franklin, J. M., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 25, 791 p, p. 701 - 737
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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