CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
830 Canada (Northwest Territories) 62.41.39 N -- 126.37.12 W Coates Lake; Redstone; Little Dal; Plateau Lake Cu; Ag
 
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): Coates Lake; Redstone; Little Dal; Plateau Lake
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories
NTS map data: 095L10 (Coppercap Mountain)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; stratiform dissem slphds in calcareous siltstone
Geologic province: Cordilleran Orogen
Commodities: Cu; Ag
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; siltstone; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bed
Internal host rock structures:cryptalgal laminations
Individual lithologies:siltstone (cryptalgal laminites)
Host rock stratigraphy:Coppercap Formation, Mackenzie Mtns Supergroup
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) stratiform dissem slphds in calcareous siltstone; Cu min traced continuously for 4 to 5 miles within 4 to 7 beds; Cu confined to transition zone between Coppercap fm & Redstone River fm
References:
Coates, J. A., 1964
The Redstone Bedded Copper Deposit and a Discussion of the Origin of Red Bed Copper Deposits
M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia

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

Jowett, E.C., 1989
Effects of Continental Rifting on the Location and Genesis of Stratiform Copper-silver Deposits
Section Introduction, General Principles and Geochemical Aspects, in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 53 - 66

Kirkham, R. V., 1974
A Synopsis of Canadian Stratiform Copper Deposits in Sedimentary Sequences
in Gisements Stratiformes et Provinces Cupriferes, Liege 1974, Edited by Bartholomé, P.; de Magnée, I.; Evrard, P.; Moreau, J., Centenaire de la Societe Geologique de Beligique, Societe Geologique de Belgique, 427 p., 2 maps, p. 367 - 382

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

Padgham, W. A., 1975
Mineral Industry Report 1971 and 1972
Mineral Industry Report, North of 60, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Publication code 1975-8(V3)

Watson, I. M.; Mustard, D. K., 1973
The Redstone Bedded Copper Deposit
in Sedimentary Geology and Mineral Deposits in the Canadian Cordillera: Geological Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Vancouver, February, 1973, Edited by Anonymous, Abstracts, Geological Association of Canada, 24 p, p. 20 - 22

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

33,565,836 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.9 percent
Ag: 11.31 grams/metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 1978: Work Continues at Coates Lake; Mining Journal, June 30 issue, p. 495
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


33,565,836 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.9 percent
Ag: 11.31 grams/metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 1979: $1 Million Windfall for Nufort; The Northern Miner, July 26 issue, p. 1
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


226,796,192 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: potential resource - Lower Bed
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.9 percent
Ag: 11.31 grams/metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 1979: Shareholders Await Redstone Developments; The Northern Miner, August 16 issue, p. A16
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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