Mine detail: Swim Lake - Pelly River Prospect

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Location: Yukon Territory*, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 62.20819, -133.03554
dep_id: 10073148
mrds_id: W018992
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Gypsum, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: TABULAR LENS
model: 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Grey Quartzite Gangue In Creamy-White Phyllite
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Tintina Trench, Selwyn Basin, Nw Trending Faults, Mt. Mye (Anvil) Batholith
disc_yr: 1963
discr: Kerr Addison
References:
  • 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:: 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 - 52
  • Deposit:: GREEN, L.H., 1966, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF YUKON T. AND SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT OF MACKENZIE, 1965; GEOL. SURV. CAN PAP. 66 - 31 P. 50
  • Deposit:: 1974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 75 P. 179
  • Deposit:: 1963 AEROMAG ANOMALY FOUN
  • Reserve-Resource:: DROLET, J-P., 1976, DEMANDS AND LIMITATIONS GOVERNING MINERAL PROD IN W. CAN. TO 1990, P. 47
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