Database name: |
World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits |
Compilers: |
Sunil S. Gandhi |
Release date: |
2015-03-04 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Sue-Dianne |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories; Nearest community: Yellowknife (180 km NW) |
NTS map data: |
085N15 (Ketcheson Lake) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Olympic Dam-type |
Deposit (sub) types: |
volcanic-hosted; hosted by an eutexitic rhyodacite ignimbrite sequence; well developed breccia zone with magnetite, and locally specularite, matrix; the best example of Olympic Dam-type deposit in Canada; ; Reference: Gandhi, S. S., 1989: Rhyodacite Ignimbrites and Breccias of the Sue-Dianne and Mar Cu-Fe-U Deposits, Southern Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Northwest Territories; in Current Research 1989, Canadian Shield, Edited by Geological Survey of Canada, Paper , Geological Survey of Canada, 1989-C, p. 263 - 273 |
Deposit status: |
feasibility study; Size category: 15 Mt; Status comments: Discovered in 1974 by regional, 5-km line spacing airborne spectrometric survey; drill indicated resources as of year 2000: 17.3 Mt averaging 0.72 % Cu and 2.7 g/t Ag, with minor U, Mo, Bi, Co and REE |
Geologic province: |
Wopmay Orogen |
Geologic subprovince: |
Great Bear magmatic zone |
Geologic district: |
Southern Great Bear magmatic zone |
Deposit object located: |
east mineralized zone |
Commodities: |
Cu; Au; Ag; U; Fe |
Geological ages: |
Late Paleoproterozoic (host rocks) Late Paleoproterozoic (related magmatics) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental arc; convergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) volcanic; felsic volcanic rocks; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: calc-alkaline; Depositional setting: subaerial; Metamorphic grade: unmetamorphosedExternal host rock forms: | ash flow tuffs flows | Individual lithologies: | rhyodacite | Host rock stratigraphy: | Faber Group |
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Mineralogy: |
hematite, magnetite, chalcopyrite, bornite, pitchblende |
Links to other databases: |
NORMIN; Key value: 085NNE0035 |
References: |
Cook, F. A.; van der Velden, A. J.; Hall, K. W.; Roberts, B. J., 1999 |
Frozen subduction in Canada's Northwest Territories; Lithoprobe deep lithospheric reflection profiling of the western Canadian Shield |
Tectonics, Volume 18, p. 1 - 24 |
Gandhi, S. S., 1989 |
Rhyodacite Ignimbrites and Breccias of the Sue-Dianne and Mar Cu-Fe-U Deposits, Southern Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Northwest Territories |
in Current Research 1989, Canadian Shield, Edited by Geological Survey of Canada, Paper , Geological Survey of Canada, 1989-C, p. 263 - 273 |
Gandhi, S. S., 1994 |
Geological Setting and Genetic Aspects of Mineral Occurrences in the Southern Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Northwest Territories |
in Studies of Rare-Metal Deposits in the Northwest Territories, Edited by Sinclair, W. D.; Richardson, D. G., Bulletin, Geological Survey of Canada, 475, 96 p, p. 63 - 96 |
Gandhi, S. S.; Mortensen, J. K.; Prasad, N.; van Breemen, O., 2001 |
Magmatic evolution of the southern Great Bear continental arc, northwestern Canadian Shield: geochronological constraints |
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 38, p. 767 - 785 |
Goad, R. E., 1998 |
The NICO and Sue-Dianne Proterozoic Iron Oxide-Hosted Polymetallic Deposits, Southern Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Northwest Territories - A Summary of Current Work and Deposit Model Development in Global Mineral Exploration |
in 26th Yellowknife Geoscience Forum, Program and Abstracts of Talks and Posters, Edited by Anonymous, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 121 p, p. 46 - 49 |
Goad, R. E.; Mumin, A. H. ; Duke, N. A.; Neale, K. L.; Mulligan, D. L.; Camier, W. J., 2000 |
The NICO and Sue-Dianne Proterozoic, Iron Oxide-hosted, Polymetallic Deposits, Northwest Territories: Application of the Olympic Dam Model in Exploration |
Exploration and Mining Geology, Volume 9, p. 123 - 140 |
Hennessey, B. T.; Puritch, E., 2008 |
A technical report on the mineral resource estimate for the Sue-Dianne deposit, Mazenod Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada |
NI 43-101 Technical Peport, Mincon International Ltd., Fortune Minerals Ltd, Publication code 2008-03, 125 p. |
Hetu, R. J.; Holman, P. B.; Charbonneau, B. W.; Prasad, N.; Gandhi, S. S., 1994 |
Multiparameter Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Mazenod Lake Area, Northwest Territories, 1993 (NTS 85N/10 and Parts of 85N/11, 14, 15): Scale 1:100000 |
Open File, Geological Survey of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 2806, 100 p., 12 maps. |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
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. |
Estimate date: 2008-03; 8,444,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: indicated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.8 percent Au: 0.07 grams/metric ton Ag: 3.2 grams/metric ton | Cutoff grade-commodity: | Cu: 0.4 percent | Reference: Hennessey, B. T.; Puritch, E., 2008: A technical report on the mineral resource estimate for the Sue-Dianne deposit, Mazenod Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada; NI 43-101 Technical Peport, Mincon International Ltd., Fortune Minerals Ltd, Publication code 2008-03, 125 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 2008-03; 1,620,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferred resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.79 percent Au: 0.07 grams/metric ton Ag: 2.4 grams/metric ton | Cutoff grade-commodity: | Cu: 0.4 percent | Reference: Hennessey, B. T.; Puritch, E., 2008: A technical report on the mineral resource estimate for the Sue-Dianne deposit, Mazenod Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada; NI 43-101 Technical Peport, Mincon International Ltd., Fortune Minerals Ltd, Publication code 2008-03, 125 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |