
Massive sulphide ore with bands of chalcopyrite and sphalerite
Virtual Museum ID: 19-DP05
Specimen Summary
Massive sulphide ore with bands of chalcopyrite and sphalerite.
Specimen Data
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Collection Details
Original Collection:
Dave Pighin (DP)Sub Collection:
-Collection ID:
DP_05Virtual Museum ID:
19-DP05Accessibility:
Date Added to VM:
2019-06-16Location Information
Sample Origin:
Nelson, BCSpecific Site:
Kootenay KingUTM Easting:
601819UTM Northing:
5509322Datum:
11 (NAD 83)Coordinate Accuracy:
Specimen Details
VM Category:
MineralPrimary Features:
Massive sulphide ore with bands of chalcopyrite and sphaleritePrimary Mineral Formula:
(Zn,Fe)S, CuFeS2Primary Category:
sulphideSecondary Features:
Advanced Geological Information
The following section provides geological data relating to the specimen or the site it was collected from, when available. Information has been obtained from various sources including private and government datasets but may not be up to date. Any geological time periods or ages listed often relate to the primary geology of the area, and may not be the actual date of an event such as mineral formation.
Geological Formation:
Lower Aldridge FormationGeological Period:
ProterozoicStratigraphic Age:
1000 to 1600 Million Years AgoGeological Belt:
ForelandGeological Terrane:
Ancestral North AmericaMinfile ID:
082GNW009Minfile Link:
Site Details:
The Kootenay King workings are located approximately 30 kilometres northeast of Kimberley on the east side of Lakit Mountain.
Regionally, the area is underlain by Proterozoic clastic Purcell metasediments intruded by syngenetic gabbro and diorite sills and dykes of the Moyie intrusions and later intrusions of felsic and lamprophyre suites.
The Kootenay King deposit is a stratiform lead-zinc deposit. Pyrite, galena and sphalerite occur as fine laminations at the top of a coarse sandstone unit (Kootenay King quartzite) within a buff weathering section of the Helikian Lower Aldridge Formation (Purcell Supergroup). The deposit lies within the eastern overturned flank of a major anticline. The Kootenay King quartzite has a hanging wall of black argillites and a footwall of brown siltstones. The anticlinal structure plunges gently to the north.
In 2012, Klondike Gold Corp. completed prospecting at the Kootenay King workings and the surrounding area. Highlights include rock sample SKKG-97, which assayed greater than 1 per cent lead and 66.8 grams per tonne silver, and rock sample MKKG-79, which assayed 0.57 per cent lead, 0.11 per cent zinc and 27.5 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 33471).
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