Mine detail: Vangorda Creek Prospect

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Location: Yukon Territory*, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 62.24986, -133.20222
dep_id: 10096422
mrds_id: W018993
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
other_matl: Chalcopyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR LENS
model: 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.)
hrock_unit: Grey Quartzite Lenses Of Phyllite And Related Schists
hrock_type: Phyllite
Structure: Tintina Trench, Nw Trending Faults, Mt. Mye Batholith
tectonic: Selwyn Basin
disc_yr: 1953
discr: Alan Kulan
References:
  • Deposit:: 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.
  • Deposit:: 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 - 52
  • Deposit:: GREEN, 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 - 32
  • Deposit:: 1974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 74 - 75 P. 338
  • Reserve-Resource:: CAN. MINES HBK, 74 - 75, P. 338
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