Mel property, southeastern Yukon
Description
The Mel deposit consists of a concordant, folded lens of barite and coarse recrystallized galena and sphalerite at the contact between Cambro-Ordovician limestone and shaly limestone. Based on diamond drilling since 1972, the deposit contains geological reserves of 6,200,000 tons grading 6.77% Zn, 1.92% Pb and 49.6% barite to a depth of 457 m. The mineralization is open to depth and the higher grade part of the deposit lies below 305 m.
Resources
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Link |
| Yukon Geological Survey publication metadata |
HTML |
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https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/42619 |
| Original metadata (https://open.yukon.ca) |
HTML |
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https://open.yukon.ca/information/0f53e2ec-2746-4468-b14c-0444a410c4ac |
| Report |
PDF |
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https://ygsftp.gov.yk.ca/publications/yeg/yeg90.pdf |