Hanson Lake

Canada· SaskatchewanUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
0.51%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1953

Overview

Massive, disseminations, 0.00899 km thickness. Lens in shear zone. Beneath Hanson Lake. Not same as McIlvenna Bay (Hanson Lake) deposit. Age based on quartz porphyry stocks. Primitive arc tholeiites to evolved calc-alkaline island arc.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1969

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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