Massive Sulphide Project Overview
SEDEX DEPOSIT EXPLAINED
Sedex stands for "sedimentary exhalative" which is a description of how this deposit type forms
Sedex ores are formed when hot, mineral-rich fluids associated with a large-scale hydrothermal
system are expelled from zones of structural weakness in the seafloor, where they come in contact
with seawater that causes the minerals to precipitate and slowly settle out onto the ocean floor
These hydrothermal systems persist for millions upon millions of years, eventually making a
sheet/lobe-like deposit (or deposits)
Over the next billion-plus years, this accumulation of metallic minerals is subsequently buried,
pressured, and preserved as a layer within a package of sedimentary rocks
In the Yukon, this package was eventually lightly cooked and lifted by tectonics onto what is now
known as the Yukon Territory.
Laterally continuous, predictable, and stratabound would all be suitable adjectives to describe
sedex deposits.
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