Description
Louis Beauvette
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryCadmium, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlJunction Of Faults, Junction Of Fault And Subsidiary Fracture, Below Schist Or Thin Bedded Quartzite Caprock
Materials
Ore mineralsFreibergite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueBeudantite, Bindheimite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Silver, Smithsonite, Wad
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
StructureMc Questen Anticline, Ne Striking Vein Faults (Mineralized), Nne To Nw Late Faults (Barren)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1920
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10073144
MRDS IDW018988
Alternate namesNo Cash, Shamrock, Elsa, Husky
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.89986, -135.43577
References
1975, MINING INTERNATIONAL YBK 1975 P. 5631974, CANADIAN MINING HANDBOOK, '74 - 75 P 334BOYLE, R. W., 1965, GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF THE PB - ZN - AG DEPOSITS OF THE KENO HILL - GALENA HILL AREA, YUKON T.; CAN. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 111, 302 P.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 75 - 76