CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
328 Canada (Quebec) 48.19.12 N -- 080.45.00 W Poirier Cu; Zn; Au; Ag
 
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
   
Deposit name(s): Poirier (deposit name)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Quebec
NTS map data: 042A07 (Watabeag River)
Deposit clan (type): Volcanogenic massive sulphide
Deposit (sub) types: Bimodal mafic; 1
Geologic province: Abitibi (Kenoran)
Geologic subprovince: Joutel
Commodities: Cu; Zn; Au; Ag
Geological ages: Neoarchean (host rocks)
Radiometric ages: Age - Ma: 2,730; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix
References:
Anonymous, 1996
(unknown title)
The Northern Miner

Energy, Mines, and Resources, Canada, 1989
Canadian Mineral Deposits Not Being Mined in 1989
Mineral Resources Bulletin , Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, Publication code MR2-223, 400 p.

Gibson, H. R.; Kerr, D. J., 1993
Giant Volcanic-associated Massive Sulphide Deposits, with Emphasis on Archean Examples
in Giant Ore Deposits, Edited by Whiting, B. H.; Mason, R.; Hodgson, C. J., Special Publication (Papers prepared for a workshop held on May 11-13, 1992 at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada), Society of Economic Geologists, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton, Colorado, 2, 404 p, p. 319 - 348

Resource data:
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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.

7.682 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.79 percent
Zn: 2.46 percent
Au: 1.6 grams/metric ton
Ag: 7.6 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%

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