Database name: |
World Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Society of Economic Geologists & Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
J. M. Franklin, H. L. Gibson, I. R. Jonasson, and A. G. Galley |
Release date: |
2015-03-23 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Willecho (deposit name) |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Ontario |
NTS map data: |
042F04 (Manitouwadge) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Volcanogenic massive sulphide |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Bimodal mafic; 1 Iron formation-associated; Banded iron formation occurs in the sequence |
Geologic province: |
West Superior (Kenoran) |
Geologic subprovince: |
Manitouwadge |
Commodities: |
Cu; Pb; Zn; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Neoarchean (host rocks) |
Radiometric ages: |
Age - Ma: 2,740; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix |
References: |
Davis, D. W.; Schandl, E. S.; Wasteneys, H. A., 1994 |
U-Pb Dating of Minerals in Alteration Halos of Superior Province Massive Sulfide Deposits: Syngenesis versus Metamorphism |
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Volume 115, p. 427 - 437 |
Galley, A. G., 1990 |
Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Flin Flon and Thompson belts, Manitoba |
in Field Guidebook 10, Edited by Int. Association for the Genesis of Ore Deposits, IAGOD, Fieldtrip Guidebook, International Association for the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD), Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 10, 136 p, p. 136 |
Picklyk, D. D.; Rose, D. G.; Laramee, R. M., 1978 |
Canadian Mineral Occurrence Index (CANMINDEX) |
Paper, Geological Survey of Canada , Publication code 78-8, 27 p. |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
1.96184 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.5 percent Pb: 0.18 percent Zn: 4.43 percent Ag: 67.8857 grams/metric ton | Reference: Franklin, J. M.; Gibson, H. L.; Jonasson, I. R.; Galley, A. G., 2005: Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits; Appendices on CD-ROM, Section [Franklin] Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits, in Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Special Volume, Society of Economic Geology, 1146 p., 1 disks Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |