CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Monarch-Kicking Horse
Longitude / Latitude: -116.44583 / 51.42500
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: British Columbia; Nearest community: Field (3 km west)
NTS map data: 082N08 (Lake Louise)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Geologic province: Canadian Cordillera
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Ag
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement
Geological ages: Middle Cambrian (host rocks)
Late Cretaceous (mineralization)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Cathedral formation
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, dolomite
References:
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

Ney, C. S., 1951
Ore Deposits at Field, B. C.: Geology of the Monarch and Kicking Horse Mines
Western Miner, Volume 24, p. 5160

Ney, C. S., 1954
Monarch and Kicking Horse Mines, Field, British Columbia
in Alberta Association of Petroleum Geologists Field Conference, Banff-Golden-Radium, Edited by Anonymous, Alberta Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 119 - 136

Ney, C. S., 1957
Monarch and Kicking Horse Mines
Cordilleran Region, Section Part III - Rocky Mountain Belt , in Structural Geology of Canadian Ore Deposits: A Symposium (Congress Volume), Edited by C. I. M. M., Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol II, p. 143 - 152

Paradis, S.; Hannigan, P.; Dewing, K., 2007
Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc deposits
in Mineral Deposits of Canada: a synthesis of major deposit types, district metallogeny, the evolution of geological provinces, and exploration methods, Edited by Goodfellow, W. D., Special Publication, Mineral Deposits Division, Geological Association of Canada, No. 5, 1061 p, p. 185 - 203

Production data: Report period: from 1947 until 1952; 0.8425 million short tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 7 percent
Pb: 10 percent
Ag: 1.2 troy ounces/short ton
Reference: Ney, C. S., 1957: Monarch and Kicking Horse Mines; Cordilleran Region, Section Part III - Rocky Mountain Belt , in Structural Geology of Canadian Ore Deposits: A Symposium (Congress Volume), Edited by C. I. M. M., Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol II, p. 143 - 152
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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