Izok Lake Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag

Prospect in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073130
MRDS ID W018971
Record type Site
Current site name Izok Lake Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.00158, 66.00023 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 360 KM N. OF YELLOWKNIFE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Northwest Territories

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.00158, 66.00023

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Texasgulf

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 11000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 13.7 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976
    Copper Cu 2.82 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
    Lead Pb 1.42 wt-pct Lead Major 1976
    Silver Ag 70 g/mt Silver Major 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1976, MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST 9-10-76 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST 9-12-76 P. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN ZONE 600 M LONG. NORTH ZONE 210 M. LONG, NW. ZONE 450 M. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.