CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit group number Country Location Names Commodities
15 Canada (Nunavut) 66.58.00 N -- 113.26.00 W Esker District Pb; Zn; Cu; Ag
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit group name(s): Esker District
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Nearest community: Kugluktuk (80 mi SE)
NTS map data: 086I14 (Inulik Lake)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Geologic province: Wopmay Orogen
Commodities: Pb; Zn; Cu; Ag
Geological ages: Early Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Host rock stratigraphy:Rocknest Formation
References:
Anonymous, 1996
Rhonda Confirms Find of Lead-Zinc-Silver in Territories
The Northern Miner, October 14 issue, p. 14

Gummer, P. K.; Plint, H. E.; Rainbird, R. H., 1996
The Esker Lake Prospect: Statabound Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag in Emergent Inner Shelf Carbonates, Rocknest Formation, Coronation Supergroup, NWT
3, in 1996 Exploration Overview , Edited by Department of Indian and Northern Development, Exploration Overview, Department of Indian and Northern Development Canada , p. 18 - 19

Rainbird, R. H., 1997
Report on the Stratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Setting of Stratabound Pb-Zn-Cu in the Rocknest Formation, Epworth Group, Asiak Fold-Thrust Belt, N. W. T.
Internal Report for Rhonda Mining Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, 18 p.

Wachowiak, N.; Gummer, P. K.; Pope, M.; Grotzinger, J. P., 1997
Stratabound Zn-Pb Mineralization of the Esker Horizon, Paleoproterozoic Rocknest Formation, Wopmay Orogen, Canada.
in NWT Geoscience Forum 25th Anniversary Yellowknife; Program and Abstracts of Talks and Posters, Edited by Doggett, M., Geoscience Forum, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, 115 p, p. 96 - 98

Associated deposit(s): Esker (10)

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