CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
7 Canada (Northwest Territories) 64.58.00 N -- 130.41.00 W Gayna River Zn; Pb; Ga; Ba
 
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): Gayna River
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories
NTS map data: 106B15
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: deposit
Geologic province: Canadian Cordillera
Geologic subprovince: Mackenzie platform
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Ga; Ba
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement; massive replacement
Geological ages: Late 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:Little Dal group
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, calcite, dolomite, barite, quartz, sphalerite, galena, pyrite
References:
Hewton, R. S., 1982
Gayna River: A Proterozoic Mississippi Valley-Type Zinc-Lead Deposit
in Precambrian Sulphide Deposits, H. S. Robinson Memorial Volume, Edited by Hutchinson, R. W.; Spence, C. D.; Franklin, J. M., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 25, 791 p, p. 668 - 700

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

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1982; 50 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological
Grade-commodity information:Zn+Pb: 5 percent
Reference: Hewton, R. S., 1982: Gayna River: A Proterozoic Mississippi Valley-Type Zinc-Lead Deposit; in Precambrian Sulphide Deposits, H. S. Robinson Memorial Volume, Edited by Hutchinson, R. W.; Spence, C. D.; Franklin, J. M., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 25, 791 p, p. 668 - 700
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated group(s): Gayna River District (13)

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