Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Gayna River |
Longitude / Latitude: |
-130.68333 / 64.96667 |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories |
NTS map data: |
106B15 |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit status: |
deposit |
Geologic province: |
Canadian Cordillera |
Geologic subprovince: |
Mackenzie platform |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb; Ga; Ba |
Mineralization styles: |
discordant collapse breccia cement; massive replacement |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental platform (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Little Dal group |
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Mineralogy: |
sphalerite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, calcite, dolomite, barite, quartz, sphalerite, galena, pyrite |
References: |
Hewton, R. S., 1982 |
Gayna River: A Proterozoic Mississippi Valley-Type Zinc-Lead Deposit |
in Precambrian Sulphide Deposits, H. S. Robinson Memorial Volume, Edited by Hutchinson, R. W.; Spence, C. D.; Franklin, J. M., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 25, 791 p, p. 668 - 700 |
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005 |
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective |
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p |
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005 |
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective |
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607 |
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Resource data: |
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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: 1982; 50 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geologicalGrade-commodity information: | Zn+Pb: 5 percent | Reference: Hewton, R. S., 1982: Gayna River: A Proterozoic Mississippi Valley-Type Zinc-Lead Deposit; in Precambrian Sulphide Deposits, H. S. Robinson Memorial Volume, Edited by Hutchinson, R. W.; Spence, C. D.; Franklin, J. M., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 25, 791 p, p. 668 - 700 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |