General Information
Primary Commodities: barium
Deposit Type(s): Sediment hosted Stratiform Barite
Location(s): 61.949440 N, -132.971670 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105F15
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Discovered by the GSC in 1974.
Capsule Geology
A zone of bedded barite up to 45.7 m thick occurs in shale and chert of upper Devonian and Mississippian age.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA PAPER 75-1A, p. 48.
Discovered by the GSC in 1974.
Capsule Geology
A zone of bedded barite up to 45.7 m thick occurs in shale and chert of upper Devonian and Mississippian age.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA PAPER 75-1A, p. 48.
Location Map
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Cassiar
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Earn
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Cassiar
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 385 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 345 MA
Rock Major: slate/sandstone/conglomerate
Rock Minor: volcanic
Reference: Tempelman-Kluit (1977) - GSC OF 486
Geological Unit (1M): DMEC
Geological Unit (250K): DMEC1
