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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