Lyon Lake

Canada· OntarioUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
1.15%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1971

Overview

Massive, stringer. 5 orebodies: Lyon Lake, Creek, Sub Creek, 4th Zone, New Deep Zone. Lake Zone has thin en-echelon sheets of sulfides with poorly developed stringer zone. Creek Zone has short, thick, crescent-shaped pods of sulfides with well developed stringer zone. Stratigraphy given for Lake Zone.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1972

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS