CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit group number Country Location Names Commodities
21 Canada (Yukon Territory) 64.24.00 N -- 134.40.00 W Blende District Zn; Pb
 
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): Blende District
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
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Geological ages: Mesoproterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow marine
Host rock stratigraphy:Upper Gillespie Lake Group
References:
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

Associated deposit(s): Blende (80)

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