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): |
Blende |
Longitude / Latitude: |
-134.67250 / 64.41083 |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Yukon Territory; Nearest community: Keno (60 km NE) |
NTS map data: |
106D07 (Williams Creek) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Irish-type |
Deposit status: |
deposit |
Geologic province: |
Canadian Cordillera |
Geologic subprovince: |
Mackenzie platform |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb |
Mineralization styles: |
veins; fracture fill; breccia cement |
Geological ages: |
Paleoproterozoic (host rocks) Early Mesoproterozoic (mineralization) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental platform |
Regional tectonic structure: |
fault (trends approximately 110 and appears to coincide with the trends of mineralized zones) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow marineInternal host rock structures: | stromatolites | Individual lithologies: | siliceous dolostone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Upper Gillespie Lake group |
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Mineralogy: |
galena, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, freibergite (alteration / quartz vein rims): brucite |
Links to other databases: |
Yukon MINFILE; Key value: 106D 064 |
References: |
Anonymous, 2013 |
Yukon MINFILE |
YGSIDS - Occurrence Details, Internet |
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 |
Price, B. J., 2011 |
2011 technical report, Blende Project, Beaver Creek area, Nash Creek map area, Yukon Territory |
NI 43-101 Technical Report, B. J. Price Geological Consultants Inc., Blind Creek Resources Ltd., Publication code 2011-05-12, 110 p. |
Robinson, M.; Godwin, C. I., 1995 |
Genesis of the Blende Carbonate-Hosted Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, North-Central Yukon Territory: Geologic, Fluid Inclusion and Isotopic Constraints |
Economic Geology, Volume 90, p. 369 - 384 |
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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: 1991; Component: West and East zone open pits; 19.6 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: historical resourceGrade-commodity information: | Zn: 3.04 percent Pb: 2.81 percent Ag: 56 grams/metric ton | Reference: Price, B. J., 2011: 2011 technical report, Blende Project, Beaver Creek area, Nash Creek map area, Yukon Territory; NI 43-101 Technical Report, B. J. Price Geological Consultants Inc., Blind Creek Resources Ltd., Publication code 2011-05-12, 110 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1991; Component: east zone underground; 4,318,896 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Zn: 3.05 percent Pb: 1.31 percent Ag: 0.44 troy ounces/short ton | Reference: Price, B. J., 2011: 2011 technical report, Blende Project, Beaver Creek area, Nash Creek map area, Yukon Territory; NI 43-101 Technical Report, B. J. Price Geological Consultants Inc., Blind Creek Resources Ltd., Publication code 2011-05-12, 110 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |