Yellowknife Area

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000731
MRDS ID ISM0519
Record type District
Current site name Yellowknife Area
Alternate or previous names Thor Lake, Hidden Lake, Vo, Jim, Big, Ann, Nite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66809, 62.50012 (WGS84)
Relative position REGION E OF YELLOWKNIFE & N OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66809, 62.50012

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1974

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner CANADIAN SUPERIOR EXPLORATION LTD.

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 AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULL. MR 212

  • Deposit

    MULLIGAN,R.,1965:GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN LITHIUM DEPOSITS.--GEOL.SURV.CANADA,ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT NO.21

Beyond USGS

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