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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105B 077
Occurrence Name
Pyke
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Anomaly


General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper, lead, silver, zinc
Aliases: Com
Deposit Type(s): Vein Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Location(s): 60.501390 N, -130.568060 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105B10
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Found but not staked by Hudson Bay Mg in 1974. Staked as Com 54-59 cl (YA35745) in Nov/78 by the Wolf Lake Project (Comaplex Res Int L and Dayton Creek Silver ML). In Oct/94 the anomaly was restaked as Hyd cl 1-6 (YB56531) by W. Fisher.

Capsule Geology

The claims are underlain by Late Proterozoic or Early Cambrian muscovite gneiss and quartzite. Silver-rich sphalerite- and galena-bearing float was found in a creek bed and quartz-chalcopyrite float was found west of the creek.

References

WOLF LAKE PROJECT, Nov/79. Assessment Report #090525 by K.G. Lintott.

Location Map

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: granodiorite/quartz diorite/quartz monzonite/granite
Rock Minor:
Reference: Murphy (1988) - YGS OF 1988-1
Geological Unit (1M): mKC
Geological Unit (250K): mKgC

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
090525 1979 Report of Investigations on the Hydra Creek Prospect Prospecting - Other
061296 1975 [Assessment Report on Bingy Claims] Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other
060884 1971 Preliminary Report on the Red Claim Group of Boswell River Mines Ltd. in Liard River Area, Yukon Territory Process/Interpret - Pre-existing Data

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