Stable Isotope Geochemistry and the Origin of the Great Bear Lake Silver Deposits, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Robinson, B. W., Badham, J. P. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Canada; Great Bear Lake; Bonanza; Echo Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e74-068; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e74-068

Within the Bear Province, the Echo Bay Group of sediments and volcanics (~1800 m.y.) are intruded by Hudsonian granites and later diabases. Northeasterly trending fracture zones contain vein type U–Ag–Bi–Co–Ni–As–Cu deposits. Samples from the Terra, Norex, Silver Bay, and El Bonanza mines give a gen...