General Information
Secondary Commodities: copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, silver
Deposit Type(s): Skarn Pb-Zn
Location(s): 60.059440 N, -131.451390 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105B03
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Valley and Camp cl (56283) in Aug/46 by A.L. Musselwhite for Anson-Cartwright Mining Ltd (Coniagas Mining Ltd).
Restaked as MW cl 1-28 and 31-48 (YA33049, etc) in June and July 78 by DC Syndicate (Dome Mines Ltd & Cominco Ltd), which carried out geological mapping and contour soil sampling in 1978 and geological mapping, trenching and geochemical and geophysical surveys in 1979.
Restaked in Dec/92 as Tin cl 1-16 (YB35238) by H. Hibbing.
Restaked as Punt cl 1-30 (YB75446) by Nordac Resources Ltd in Feb/96 which carried out a program of geological mapping, prospecting, hand trenching and grid soil sampling in 1996.
Nordac Resources Ltd was reorganized in Jun/01 and renamed Strategic Metals Ltd.
Capsule Geology
The claims are underlain by the Screw Creek Limestone and the Swift River Assemblage, a succession of late Paleozoic allochthonous rocks whose terrane affinity is in question. The contact with the nearby Cretaceous Seagull Batholith is found along the northern edge of the Punt claim group.
Two showings of barite-lead-zinc mineralization are found within the metasediments and occur mainly as veins and lenses containing barite, dolomite, quartz, pyrite, galena and sphalerite, and also as narrow bands, fracture fillings and dissemination within the wallrocks. Chip sampling on the No. 1 showing returned 1.5 % Pb, 2.4 % Zn and 19.5 ppm Ag over 3.7 m. Trenching of the second showing, 600 m to the northeast, exposed weakly mineralized metasediments. Float boulders downhill from the trench returned 1.1% Pb, 4.3 % Zn and 25.7 ppm Ag.
Minor tin bearing skarns with traces of copper and zinc also occur along the contact between the metasediments and the Seagull Batholith, 2 km northeast of the No. 1 showing.
References
COLPRON, M. AND YUKON TANANA WORKING GROUP, 2001. Ancient Pacific margin ¿ An update on stratigraphic comparison of potential volcanogenic massive sulfide-hosting successions of Yukon Tanana Terrane, northern British Columbia and Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2000, D.S. Emond and L.H. Weston (eds.), Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p. 97-110.
DC SYNDICATE, Feb/79 and Mar/81. Assessment Report #090458 by J.C. Stephen.
DC SYNDICATE, 1979. Assessment Report *#090593 by J.C. Stephen.
DC SYNDICATE, Apr/81. Assessment Report #090799 by J.C. Stephen.
MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1978, p. 53.
NORDAC RESOURCES LTD, Feb/97. Assessment Report #093605 by G.J. Duso.
ROOTS, C.F., de KEIJZER, M., NELSON, J.L. AND MIHALYNUK, M.G., 2000. Revision mapping of the Yukon-Tanana and equivalent terranes in northern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territorty between 131 and 132 W. In: Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research 2000-A4, 10p.
STRATEGIC METALS LTD, Dec/01. Web Site: www.strategicmetalsltd.com.
Staked as Valley and Camp cl (56283) in Aug/46 by A.L. Musselwhite for Anson-Cartwright Mining Ltd (Coniagas Mining Ltd).
Restaked as MW cl 1-28 and 31-48 (YA33049, etc) in June and July 78 by DC Syndicate (Dome Mines Ltd & Cominco Ltd), which carried out geological mapping and contour soil sampling in 1978 and geological mapping, trenching and geochemical and geophysical surveys in 1979.
Restaked in Dec/92 as Tin cl 1-16 (YB35238) by H. Hibbing.
Restaked as Punt cl 1-30 (YB75446) by Nordac Resources Ltd in Feb/96 which carried out a program of geological mapping, prospecting, hand trenching and grid soil sampling in 1996.
Nordac Resources Ltd was reorganized in Jun/01 and renamed Strategic Metals Ltd.
Capsule Geology
The claims are underlain by the Screw Creek Limestone and the Swift River Assemblage, a succession of late Paleozoic allochthonous rocks whose terrane affinity is in question. The contact with the nearby Cretaceous Seagull Batholith is found along the northern edge of the Punt claim group.
Two showings of barite-lead-zinc mineralization are found within the metasediments and occur mainly as veins and lenses containing barite, dolomite, quartz, pyrite, galena and sphalerite, and also as narrow bands, fracture fillings and dissemination within the wallrocks. Chip sampling on the No. 1 showing returned 1.5 % Pb, 2.4 % Zn and 19.5 ppm Ag over 3.7 m. Trenching of the second showing, 600 m to the northeast, exposed weakly mineralized metasediments. Float boulders downhill from the trench returned 1.1% Pb, 4.3 % Zn and 25.7 ppm Ag.
Minor tin bearing skarns with traces of copper and zinc also occur along the contact between the metasediments and the Seagull Batholith, 2 km northeast of the No. 1 showing.
References
COLPRON, M. AND YUKON TANANA WORKING GROUP, 2001. Ancient Pacific margin ¿ An update on stratigraphic comparison of potential volcanogenic massive sulfide-hosting successions of Yukon Tanana Terrane, northern British Columbia and Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2000, D.S. Emond and L.H. Weston (eds.), Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p. 97-110.
DC SYNDICATE, Feb/79 and Mar/81. Assessment Report #090458 by J.C. Stephen.
DC SYNDICATE, 1979. Assessment Report *#090593 by J.C. Stephen.
DC SYNDICATE, Apr/81. Assessment Report #090799 by J.C. Stephen.
MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1978, p. 53.
NORDAC RESOURCES LTD, Feb/97. Assessment Report #093605 by G.J. Duso.
ROOTS, C.F., de KEIJZER, M., NELSON, J.L. AND MIHALYNUK, M.G., 2000. Revision mapping of the Yukon-Tanana and equivalent terranes in northern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territorty between 131 and 132 W. In: Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research 2000-A4, 10p.
STRATEGIC METALS LTD, Dec/01. Web Site: www.strategicmetalsltd.com.
Location Map
Last Updated: Jul 18, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1996 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1996 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 1996 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1979 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1979 | Ground Geophysics: Magnetics | |
| 1979 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 1979 | Trenching | |
| 1978 | Geochemistry: Soil | Also rock and talus sampling. |
| 1978 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Klinkit
Formation: Screw Creek
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Carboniferous
Age Max: 340 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 300 MA
Rock Major: limestone/dolostone/chert/volcanic
Rock Minor:
Reference: Roots et al. (2004) - GSC OF 4632; YGS OF 2004-1
Geological Unit (1M): CK
Geological Unit (250K): CK2
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 096722 | 2014 | STAKING, SOIL SAMPLING, PROSPECTING AND AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS REPORT – SEAGULL TIN PROJECT | Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry | ||
| 093605 | 1997 | Assessment Report Describing Geological Mapping, Prospecting, Hand Trenching and Soil Geochemistry on the Punt Property | Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 090799 | 1981 | Sampling, Mapping and Magnetometer Report on the MW Mineral Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics | ||
| 090593 | 1980 | Sampling and Remapping Report on the MW Mineral Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology | ||
| 090458 | 1979 | Geological, Geochemical Report on the MW Mineral Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology |
