CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit group number Country Location Names Commodities
9 Canada (Nunavut) 73.03.40 N -- 084.30.30 W Nanisivik 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): Nanisivik District
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut
NTS map data: 048C01 (Silt Point)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Geologic province: Borden Basin
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Geological ages: Mesoproterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Host rock stratigraphy:Society Cliffs Formation
References:
Sutherland, R. A.; Dumka, D., 1995
Geology of Nanisivik Mine, N. W. T., Canada
in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc-Fluorite-Barite Deposits of North America, Society of Economic Geologists 75th Anniversary Guidebook, June 3-6, 1995, Edited by Misra, K. C., Guidebook Volume, Society of Economic Geologists, Cirizen Printing Co., Inc., 1309 Webster Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, 22, 254 p, p. 4 - 18

Associated deposit(s): Nanisivik (3)

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