Birch Lake (Main Shear Zone)

Canada· SaskatchewanUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
6.20%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1949

Overview

Massive tabular lenses in shear zone, disseminations, veinlets. 3 orebodies: Main Shear Zone, South Pyrite Zone 1,200 m from Main Shear Zone. North Zone is 1,500 m from Main Shear Zone. Juvenile volcanic arc.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1957

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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