CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
10 Canada (Nunavut) 66.58.00 N -- 113.26.00 W Esker 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 name(s): Esker
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
Deposit status: deposit
Geologic province: Wopmay Orogen
Commodities: Pb; Zn; Cu; Ag
Mineralization styles: massive replacement
Geological ages: Early Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Rocknest formation
Alteration signatures: silicification: silicification; What was altered: dolostone
Mineralogy: galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, quartz
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

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

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

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1996; 100 million short tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: estimated
Grade-commodity information:Zn+Pb: 7.1 percent
Reference: 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
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated group(s): Esker District (15)

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