Blaisdell Lake

Occurrence in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodity Beryllium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023241
MRDS ID I000034
Record type Site
Current site name Blaisdell Lake
Alternate or previous names Bill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58307, 62.81041 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Northwest Territories

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 33
USGS model code 13a
Deposit model name Be-Li pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Yellowknife Supergroup
    Rock description Yellowknife Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Yellowknife Supergroup
    Rock description Yellowknife Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58307, 62.81041

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE DIKES INTRUDE ARCHEAN METASEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Beauport Investors Ltd.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 1984, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1983: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULLETIN 198, P. 280

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADA DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PEGMATITE DIKES-- VAN DYKE AND BE DYKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-87 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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