Mine detail: Con/Rycon Mine

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Location: Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 62.80012, -114.38477
dep_id: 10084882
mrds_id: W700109
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Antimony, Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Ankerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR LENSES
alteration: Chloritization, Carbonitization, Pyritization, Sericitization, Silicification
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_type: Greenstone
arock_unit: Kam Formation
arock_type: Diabase
disc_yr: 1937
References:
  • Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1985, GOLD DEPOSITS GUIDEBOOK: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES, 146 P.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.
  • Deposit:: BOYLE, R.W., 1979, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND ITS DEPOSITS (TOGETHER WITH A CHAPTER ON GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR THE ELEMENT): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 280, 584 P.
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