Half Mile Lake

Canada· New BrunswickUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1955

Overview

Dissemination. Crops out and gossans. Ensialic island arc rift basin. Reserves 8.16 million t @ 0.19% Cu, 8.92% Zn, 2.91% Pb, 40 g/t Ag (Half Mile Lake); 0.907 million t @ 0.44% Cu, 6.01% Zn, 0.79% Pb, 1.71 g/t Ag (Sweet Grass); 0.789 million t @ 0.39% Cu, 4.95% Zn, 0.87% Pb, 8 g/t Ag, 0.2 g/t Au (Half Mile North); 3.5 million t @9% Pb+Zn (Little Bald Mountain); unknown down-dip tonnage at Bay Copper Mines.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS