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Swim Lake

CA / YT
62.25266, -133.18552View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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About this location

Swim Lake is a mineral prospect, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Gold. The site was discovered in 1963; workings are surface.

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Found Here

AzuriteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCopperGalenaGoldMalachiteMarcasitePyritePyrrhotiteSilverSphalerite

Mining history

Status
Prospect
Workings
Surface
Discovered
1963

Records and references

Cited references

BROCK, J.S., GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION LEADING TO THEDISCOVERY OF THE FARO DEPOSIT; CIM BULL., OCT.,1973,P.97-116. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,1979, P.87,88. CAMPBELL, FINLEY A AND VALERIE G. ETHIER, 1974, SULFURISOTOPES, IRON CONTENT OF SPHALERITES AND ORE TEXTURES INTHE ANVIL ORE BODY, CANADA, ECON. GEOL., V. 69 PP. 482-493. MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES,PAZOUR, D.A., JULY 1979, CYPRUS ANVIL: LARGEST MINE IN THEYUKON TERRITORY, WORLD MINING, PP. 40-45. TEMPLEMAN-KLUIT, D.J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE FARO,VANGORDA, AND SWIM CONCORDANT ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS,CENTRAL YUKON TERRITORY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADABULLETIN 208, DEPT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, CANADAANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWNMINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;ENERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978,P.55,CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLDAS OF JAN. 1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR 185, 1979,P.26.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10279055view the source record

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Coordinates: 62.25266, -133.18552

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