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): Prairie Creek; Cadillac
Longitude / Latitude: -124.79000 / 61.56860
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories
NTS map data: 095F10
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit (sub) types: Irish-type
Deposit status: deposit
Geologic province: Canadian Cordillera
Geologic subprovince: Mackenzie platform - Prairie Creek embayment
Deposit object located: Zone 1
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Ag
Geological ages: Late Ordovician - Early Devonian (host rocks)
Silurian - Mississippian (mineralization)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal platform; Formal name: Mackenzie Platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate
Individual lithologies:dolostone

(2) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-sandstone-chert
Individual lithologies:dolostone
limestone
shale
chert
sandstone (dolomitic)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: location) This is zone 1 of a set of at least 12 plus mineralized zones following a northerly trend for about 26 km.
Links to other databases: NORMIN; Key value: 095FNE0012
NORMIN; Key value: 095FNE0013
References:
Fraser, S. C., 1996
Geology and Geochemistry of the Prairie Creek Zn, Pb, Ag Deposits, Southern Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T.
M. Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta

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

Morrow, D. W.; Cook, D. G., 1987
The Prairie Creek Embayment and Lower Paleozoic Strata of the Southern Mackenzie Mountains
Memoir, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 412, 195 p., 1 maps.

Northwest Territories Geocience Office, 2007
NORMIN.DB: the Mineral Showings Database for the Northwest Territories
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Internet

Shannon, J. M.; Nussipakynova, D.; Hancock, J. B.; MacLean, B., 2012
Prairie Creek Property - Northwest Territories, Canada - Technical Report for Canadian Zinc Corporation
NI 43-101 Technical Report, AMC Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd., Canadian Zinc Corp., Publication code 2012-06-15, 203 p.

Resource data:
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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: 2012; 11.67 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 12.78 percent
Pb: 10.92 percent
Cu: 0.45 percent
Ag: 197 grams/metric ton
Reference: Shannon, J. M.; Nussipakynova, D.; Hancock, J. B.; MacLean, B., 2012: Prairie Creek Property - Northwest Territories, Canada - Technical Report for Canadian Zinc Corporation; NI 43-101 Technical Report, AMC Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd., Canadian Zinc Corp., Publication code 2012-06-15, 203 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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