Thor Lake

Prospect in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodity Lithium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024765
MRDS ID ISM0517
Record type Site
Current site name Thor Lake
Alternate or previous names Echo, Thor-Echo, Highwood,

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16798, 62.4168 (WGS84)
Elevation 62
Relative position CENTROID

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
Lithium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Yellowknife Group;Aphebian
    Rock description Yellowknife Group;Aphebian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16798, 62.4168

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellowknife-District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASMANI,R.,1978:LITHIUM RESOURCES IN THE YELLOWKNIFE AREA,NW TERRITORIES,CANADA.--IN:PENNER,S.S.(EDITOR):LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES.PERGAMON PRESS,1978

  • Deposit

    EMR CANADA,1986:LITHIUM AN IMPORTED MINERAL COMMODITY.--ENERGY MINES & RESOURCES MINERAL BULL. MR 212

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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