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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105B 072
Occurrence Name
Mercier
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Unknown


General Information

Aliases: Bob
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60.1475 N, -130.614170 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105B02
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Bob cl (Y73638) in Jul/73 by A. Mercier, who hand trenched in 1974. Restaked as Negro cl (YA25862) in Sep/77 by S. Wise. In Oct/85, McCrory Holdings staked Sheep cl (YA90450) about one km east and performed prospecting and hand trenching in 1986.

Capsule Geology

The claims are underlain by biotite quartz monzonite or granodiorite of the Early Cretaceous Cassiar Batholith.

References

Location Map

Last Updated: Aug 7, 2020

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
1974 Trenching: Hand

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Cassiar
Realm: Laurentia


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Cassiar
Formation:
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Cretaceous
Age Max: 117 MA
Period Min: Cretaceous
Age Min: 85 MA
Rock Major: granite/quartz monzonite/granodiorite
Rock Minor:
Reference: Amakun & Lowey (1987) - YGS OF 1987-1; Lowey & Lowey (1986) - YGS OF 1986-1
Geological Unit (1M): mKC
Geological Unit (250K): mKgC

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
092052 1984 [Summary Report of 1948 Season] Rock - Geochemistry, Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology

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