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Risby

Occurrence in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024785
MRDS ID ISM0537
Record type Site
Current site name Risby
Alternate or previous names Fox, Cab

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.38831, 61.8554 (WGS84)
Relative position OREBODY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.38831, 61.8554
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Mid-Cretaceous Granite Pluton

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SCLT + GRNT + DPSD + CLRT + PYTT + PYRT + CLCP + MLBD; SCHEELITE-BEARING SKARN ZONES OCCUR AS TWO LATERALLY EXTENSIVE, PARALLEL ZO NES AT OR NEAR THE CONTACT WITH GRANITE; MINERALIZED ZONES ARE UP TO 8 TO 10 ME TRES THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Mining district

District name Whitehorse

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Exploration
  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial Metals Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( H,X;METAL PRICES;). ASSESSMENT(UNDEVELOPED DEPOSIT; DEVELOPMENT WILL DEPEND ON ECONOMIC FACTORS, MAINLY TU NGSTEN PRICE.);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL METALS REPORTS TUNGSTEN VALUES IN YUKON, THE NORTHERN MINER, VOL. 68, NO. 18, JULY 8, 1982, P. 20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).
Deposit Discovery Year: 1978, (SHOWINGS KNOWN IN 1968)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada

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