CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
9 Canada (British Columbia) 56.56.00 N -- 123.43.00 W Robb Lake 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 name(s): Robb Lake
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: British Columbia
NTS map data: 094B13 (Mount Robb)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: deposit
Geologic province: Rocky Mountains
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement
Geological ages: Silurian - Devonian (host rocks)
Early Devonian - Middle Devonian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite, quartz, pyrobitumen
Radiometric ages: Object dated: ore; Age - Ma: 47; +10; -10; Dating method: Paleomagnetism; Concentrate: Whole ore; Source rock: Disseminated sulphide; Event dated: mineralization; Reference: Smethurst, M. T.; Symons, D. T. A.; Sangster, D. F.; Lewchuk, M. T., 1999: Paleomagnetic Age for Zn-Pb Mineralization at Robb Lake, Northeastern British Columbia, in press; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology
References:
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

Macqueen, R. W.; Thompson, R. I., 1978
Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Occurrences in Northeastern British Columbia with Emphasis on the Robb Lake Deposit
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 15, p. 1737 - 1762

Paradis, S.; Nelson, J. L.; Zantvoort, W., 1999
A new look at the Robb Lake carbonate-hosted lead-zinc deposit, Northeastern British Columbia
in Current Research , Edited by Geological Survey of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 1999-A, p. 61 - 70

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1982; 7.1 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: estimated
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 4.7 percent
Pb: 1.5 percent
Reference: Paradis, S.; Nelson, J. L.; Zantvoort, W., 1999: A new look at the Robb Lake carbonate-hosted lead-zinc deposit, Northeastern British Columbia; in Current Research , Edited by Geological Survey of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 1999-A, p. 61 - 70
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated group(s): Robb Lake District (14)

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