Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Gypsum, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Grey Quartzite Gangue In Creamy-White Phyllite
StructureTintina Trench, Selwyn Basin, Nw Trending Faults, Mt. Mye (Anvil) Batholith
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10073148
MRDS IDW018992
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates62.20819, -133.03554
References
TEMPLEMAN - KLUIT, D. J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE FARO, VANGORDA AND SWIM CONCORDANT ZINC - LEAD DEPOSITS, CENTRAL YUKON T.; CAN. GEOL. SURV BULL. 208, 73 P.TEMPLEMAN - KLUIT, D. J., 1968, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE FARO, VANGORDA AND SWIM BASE METAL DEPOSITS, YUKON T. (105 K); GEOL. SURV CAN. PAPER 68-1A P. 43 - 52GREEN, L.H., 1966, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF YUKON T. AND SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT OF MACKENZIE, 1965; GEOL. SURV. CAN PAP. 66 - 31 P. 501974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 75 P. 1791963 AEROMAG ANOMALY FOUNDROLET, J-P., 1976, DEMANDS AND LIMITATIONS GOVERNING MINERAL PROD IN W. CAN. TO 1990, P. 47