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Figure 34.9 Summary of the metallic mineral deposits and occurences in the Phanerozoic and underlying Precambrian basement rocks of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

NOTE: Phan. denotes the host rock is Phaerozoic. PreC. denotes the host rock is Precambrian.

*At Pine Point district, at least 100 Pb-Zn deposits have been discovered, and 48 of these have been mined.

**For British Columbia, the untramafic-carbonatite complex at Ice River (B36) is tabulated under "Iron-Manganese) rather than under "Other" because it includes a titaniferous magnetite deposit in a mafic phase of the intrusive.

Province, Territory

       

Major

Commodity

Types

 

Host lithology totals

 

Province, territory total

 

Precious Metals

 

Base Metals

 

Ferrous Metals

 

Other

 

 

 

 

  Phan. PreC. Phan.* PreC. Phan.** PreC. Phan.** PreC. Phan. PreC.  
Alberta

3

0

7

2

3

0

1

0

14

2

16

British Columbia

2

0

25

8

2

0

7

0

36

8

44

Manitoba

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

1

5

6

Northwest Territories

1

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

7

0

7

Sask.

4

0

2

4

2

3

3

0

16

7

23

Yukon

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Subtotals

10

0

41

18

8

4

11

0

75

22

97

Grand total of occurrences in Phanerozoic and Precambrian rocks = 97

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