Location: | Yukon Territory*, Canada, North America |
Lat / long: | 62.35819, -133.3689 |
dep_id: | 10073143 |
mrds_id: | W018987 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc |
Minor mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Galena, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Barite, Bournonite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz |
other_matl: | Tetrahedrite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR LENS |
model: | 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
alteration: | Muscovite-Biotite Schist To Pyrite Muscovite-Quartz Schist (Weak To Intense) |
Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G., Bolm, Karen S. |
hrock_unit: | Granular Quartz Gangue In Quartz Mica-Schist |
hrock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Schist |
Structure: | Tintina Trench, Selwyn Basin, Anvil Batholith, Faro Fault |
Year first produced: | 1969 |
disc_yr: | 1965 |
discr: | Cyprus, Dynasty Exploration |
References: |
- Deposit:: GONDI, J., 1972, MAJOR PB - ZN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN CANADA; 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOL. CONG, FIELD EXCURSION A24 - C24 GUIDEBOOK P. 20 - 25
- Deposit:: TEMPLEMAN - KLUIT, O. J., 1968, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE FARO, VANGORDA AND SWIM BASE METAL DEPOSITS, YUKON T.; CAN GEOL SURV. PAPER 68 - 1A P. 43
- Deposit:: GREEN, L. H., 1966, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF YUKON T. AND SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT OF MACKENZIE, 1963; GEOL. SURV. CAN. PAPER 66 - 31 P. 50
- Deposit:: 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.
- Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.
- Production:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOKS, SKINNE* MINING INTL YBKS; CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.
- Reserve-Resource:: SKINNE* MINING INTL YBK.*5 P. 200
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