Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
TertiaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Other materialsChalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockPhyllite · Grey Quartzite Lenses Of Phyllite And Related Schists
StructureTintina Trench, Nw Trending Faults, Mt. Mye Batholith
Tectonic settingSelwyn Basin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10096422
MRDS IDW018993
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates62.24986, -133.20222
References
TEMPLEMAN - KLUIT, D. J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE FARO, VANGORDA AND SWIM CONCORDANT ZINC - LEAD DEPOSITS, CENTRAL YUKON TERR.; 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.; GEOL. SURV. CAN. PAPER 68 - 1A P. 43 - 52GREEN, L. H., GODWIN, C. I., 1964, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF YUKON T. AND SOUTHWESTERN DIST. OF MACKENZIE NWT., 1963; GEOL. SURV. CAN. PAPER 64 - 36 P. 31 - 321974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 74 - 75 P. 338CAN. MINES HBK, 74 - 75, P. 338