On the Geology, Geochemistry and Genesis of the Tom Pb-Zn-Barite Deposit, Yukon Territory, Canada

摘要

The Tom Pb-Zn-barite prospect was discovered in 1951 by prospectors working for the Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Company. The prospect is located close to the border between the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Tom deposit is still under evaluation and no decision has been made to mine the ore. To date company work has consisted of surface geological mapping, diamond drilling and an underground exploratory drive. The recognition of the Tom as an example of sediment-hosted, submarine exhalative mineralization, and the recent discovery of further occurrences of similar mineralization at the same stratigraphic horizon within the Selwyn Basin, raises the possibility that the eastern Yukon could become a very important Pb-Zn-barite mining camp.