General Information
Secondary Commodities: gold, lead, silver
Aliases: Tackle
Deposit Type(s): Manto Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn
Location(s): 60.169720 N, -130.3625 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105B01
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Head cl 1-42 (YA70822) in Jan/84 by Canamax Resources Inc, which carried out geological mapping, grid soil sampling and staked Head cl 43-56 (YA71013) in May/84. Canamax extend geochemical coverage in the area with addition grid soil sampling in Jul/86.
First Yukon Silver Resources Inc tied on to the south of the remaining 14 Head claims, staking Ed cl 1-14 (YB00526) in Jul/87. First Yukon carried out reconaissance soil sampling in 1988.
Restaked as Tackle cl 1-48 (YB75398) by Nordac Resources Ltd in Feb/96. Nordac carried out a work program consisting of geological mapping, prospecting, grid soil sampling and hand trenching, before adding Tackle cl 49-64 (YB87360) in Sep/96.
Nordac Resources Ltd was reorganized in Jun/01 and renamed Strategic Metals Ltd.
Capsule Geology
A circular magnetic anomaly is associated with a narrow, biotite-rich granite dike that cuts a gently east-dipping sequence of Lower Cambrian carbonate, phyllite and quartzite. Calc-silicate hornfels with traces of pyrite and pyrrhotite was found as float. Two northeast trending silver-lead-zinc anomalies with samples returning up to 6 ppm Ag, 3 840 ppm Pb and 700 ppm Zn were defined in an area where fracture-filling galena was found in massive limestone.
Resampling in 1996 returned 71.0 ppm Ag and >10 000 ppm Pb from a hand pit located near an anomalous 1986 soil sample site. A specimen of quartzite containing vuggy quartz veining with traces of limonite and pyrrhotite assayed 1.15% Pb, 304 g/t Ag and 30 ppb Au.
References
CANAMAX RESOURCES INC, Dec/87. Assessment Report #091588 by T. Hitchins.
CANAMAX RESOURCES INC, Feb/87. Assessment Report #091909 by D.B. Fleming.
FIRST YUKON SILVER RESOURCES INC, Dec/88. Assessment Report #092629 by D. Schellenberg.
NORDAC RESOURCES LTD, Feb/97. Assessment Report #093604 by G.J. Duso.
STRATEGIC METALS LTD, Dec/01. Web Site: www.strategicmetalsltd.com.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1984, p. 51.
YUKON EXPLORATION 1985-86, p. 130.
Staked as Head cl 1-42 (YA70822) in Jan/84 by Canamax Resources Inc, which carried out geological mapping, grid soil sampling and staked Head cl 43-56 (YA71013) in May/84. Canamax extend geochemical coverage in the area with addition grid soil sampling in Jul/86.
First Yukon Silver Resources Inc tied on to the south of the remaining 14 Head claims, staking Ed cl 1-14 (YB00526) in Jul/87. First Yukon carried out reconaissance soil sampling in 1988.
Restaked as Tackle cl 1-48 (YB75398) by Nordac Resources Ltd in Feb/96. Nordac carried out a work program consisting of geological mapping, prospecting, grid soil sampling and hand trenching, before adding Tackle cl 49-64 (YB87360) in Sep/96.
Nordac Resources Ltd was reorganized in Jun/01 and renamed Strategic Metals Ltd.
Capsule Geology
A circular magnetic anomaly is associated with a narrow, biotite-rich granite dike that cuts a gently east-dipping sequence of Lower Cambrian carbonate, phyllite and quartzite. Calc-silicate hornfels with traces of pyrite and pyrrhotite was found as float. Two northeast trending silver-lead-zinc anomalies with samples returning up to 6 ppm Ag, 3 840 ppm Pb and 700 ppm Zn were defined in an area where fracture-filling galena was found in massive limestone.
Resampling in 1996 returned 71.0 ppm Ag and >10 000 ppm Pb from a hand pit located near an anomalous 1986 soil sample site. A specimen of quartzite containing vuggy quartz veining with traces of limonite and pyrrhotite assayed 1.15% Pb, 304 g/t Ag and 30 ppb Au.
References
CANAMAX RESOURCES INC, Dec/87. Assessment Report #091588 by T. Hitchins.
CANAMAX RESOURCES INC, Feb/87. Assessment Report #091909 by D.B. Fleming.
FIRST YUKON SILVER RESOURCES INC, Dec/88. Assessment Report #092629 by D. Schellenberg.
NORDAC RESOURCES LTD, Feb/97. Assessment Report #093604 by G.J. Duso.
STRATEGIC METALS LTD, Dec/01. Web Site: www.strategicmetalsltd.com.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1984, p. 51.
YUKON EXPLORATION 1985-86, p. 130.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1996 | Other | |
| 1996 | Other | |
| 1996 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1988 | Other | |
| 1986 | Other | |
| 1984 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1984 | Other |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Cassiar
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Atan
Formation: Rosella
Member:
Terrane: Cassiar
Period Max: Cambrian
Age Max: 521 MA
Period Min: Cambrian
Age Min: 510 MA
Rock Major: limestone/dolostone/marble
Rock Minor: schist
Reference: Lowey & Lowey (1986) - YGS OF 1986-1
Geological Unit (1M): lCR
Geological Unit (250K): lCR
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 093604 | 1997 | Assessment Report Describing Geological Mapping, Prospecting, Hand Trenching and Geochemical Surveys on the Tackle Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other, Hand - Trenching | ||
| 092629 | 1988 | Total Heavy Metals Geochemical Survey | Heavy Mineral Concentrate - Lab Work/Physical Studies | ||
| 091588 | 1984 | Spencer Creek Geological and Geochemical Report | Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology | ||
| 092052 | 1984 | [Summary Report of 1948 Season] | Rock - Geochemistry, Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology |
