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): |
La Loche |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Saskatchewan |
NTS map data: |
074C06 (Mclean Lake) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; dissem in ss locally interbedded with dolomite |
Geologic province: |
Interior Platform |
Commodities: |
Cu; Pb; Zn |
Geological ages: |
Cambrian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartziteIndividual lithologies: | quartzite (fine to very coearse - grey) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Basal Sandstone Formation, Elk Point Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem in ss locally interbedded with dolomite; basal ss present in 9 of 12 boreholes drilled between La Ronge & La Loche; host rock possibly as young as lower Devonian/max ss thickness 56.4 m |
References: |
Fuzesy, L. M., 1977 |
Sedimentary Geology and Mineral Evaluation of the area between La Ronge and La Loche |
in Summary of Investigations 1977, Edited by Christopher, J. E; Macdonald, R., Saskatchewan Geological Survey, 197 p, p. 175 - 180 |
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