General Information
Secondary Commodities: zinc
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60.4875 N, -128.213890 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105A08
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: Yes
Capsule
Work History
Staked as the Mur cl (Y8301) in Jun/74 by A. Harman.
Capsule Geology
The occurrence is located in the south-central portion of the Selwyn Basin. The occurrence is underlain by silty limestone, calcareous phyllite and quartz-feldspar conglomerate assigned to the Late Cambrian to Middle Ordovician Rabbitkettle Formation. The Rabbitkettle Formation unconformably overlies coarse turbiditic clastic rocks assigned to the Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian Hyland Group.
There is no record of assessment or other exploration work ever being filed for this occurrence. During the mid 1970¿s through to the early 1980¿s several companies explored the area and reported anomalous levels of zinc in the streams surrounding the occurrence. Although a few narrow zones of zinc mineralization were reportedly identified in black shales, no mineralization of any potential size was ever identified.
References
GABRIELSE, H. 1966. Geology of Watson Lake, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Map 19-1966. Scale 1:250 000.
GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D).
Staked as the Mur cl (Y8301) in Jun/74 by A. Harman.
Capsule Geology
The occurrence is located in the south-central portion of the Selwyn Basin. The occurrence is underlain by silty limestone, calcareous phyllite and quartz-feldspar conglomerate assigned to the Late Cambrian to Middle Ordovician Rabbitkettle Formation. The Rabbitkettle Formation unconformably overlies coarse turbiditic clastic rocks assigned to the Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian Hyland Group.
There is no record of assessment or other exploration work ever being filed for this occurrence. During the mid 1970¿s through to the early 1980¿s several companies explored the area and reported anomalous levels of zinc in the streams surrounding the occurrence. Although a few narrow zones of zinc mineralization were reportedly identified in black shales, no mineralization of any potential size was ever identified.
References
GABRIELSE, H. 1966. Geology of Watson Lake, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Map 19-1966. Scale 1:250 000.
GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D).
Location Map
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Rabbitkettle
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Cambrian
Age Max: 500 MA
Period Min: Ordovician
Age Min: 472 MA
Rock Major: chert/siltstone/phyllite/limestone/conglo
Rock Minor: flow/breccia/tuff/slate
Reference: Gabrielse (1967) - GSC Map 19-1966
Geological Unit (1M): COR
Geological Unit (250K): COR1
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMC009254 | Geological map - Lower Hyland - MacMillan project - Anmac | Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock) | |
| ARMC007829 | Geochemical samples results map - Cu, Pb, Zn - Sunrise Creek - Anmac project | Geochemical Map | |
| ARMC007830 | Heavy mineral sampling map - Sunrise Creek - Anmac project | Geochemical Map | |
| ARMC018639 | Field map - 105A/8 - Sunrise Creek | Geoscience Map (General) |
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