CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
356 Canada (Yukon Territory) 64.38.05 N -- 136.49.30 W Hart River; Mark Cu; Pb; 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): Hart River (deposit name); Mark (claim name)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Yukon Territory
NTS map data: 116A10
Deposit clan (type): Volcanogenic massive sulphide
Deposit (sub) types: Bimodal mafic; 1: Related massive sulphide mineralization in overlying Pinguicula basalts and argillite may be eroded
Sedex; Replacement in Gillespie group host
Deposit status: deposit; Size category: small
Geologic province: North Cordilleran
Geologic subprovince: Hart River
Commodities: Cu; Pb; Zn; Au; Ag
Mineralization styles: banded; massive replacement; replacement (fractures and shears in andesite)
Geological ages: Paleoproterozoic (host rocks)
Late Mesoproterozoic (related magmatics)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate; Component: main mineralized zone
Individual lithologies:dolomite
argillite
Host rock stratigraphy:Gillespie Lake group

(2) volcanic; mafic volcanic rocks
Individual lithologies:basalt
argillite
Host rock stratigraphy:Pinguicula group
Mineralogy: ( / main mineralized zone): pyrite, pyrrhotite
sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite
Radiometric ages: Age - Ma: 1,200; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix
Links to other databases: Yukon MINFILE; Key value: 116A 009
References:
Anonymous, 2014
Yukon MINFILE
Yukon Geological Survey, Integrated Data System, Internet

MacIntyre, D. G., 1991
SEDEX - Sedimentary-exhalative deposits
in Ore Deposits, Tectonics and Metallogeny in the Canadian Cordillera, Edited by McMillan, W. J., Paper, British Columbia. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, 1991-4, 276 p, p. 25 - 70

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1969; 1.07 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.45 percent
Pb: 0.87 percent
Zn: 3.65 percent
Au: 1.40571 grams/metric ton
Ag: 49.7143 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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