General Information
Secondary Commodities: gold
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60.753060 N, -130.358610 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105B16
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Sayyea Creek marks the location in 1874, where coarse placer gold was discovered for the first time in the Yukon. Numerous subsistence miners have worked the creeks in the intervening period.
In 1976 Sayyea Creek Mining Company Ltd carried out a reconnaissance scale sampling program aimed at testing the placer potential of the region. Although the company reported minor amounts of visible gold in bedrock no quartz claims were ever staked by the company.
In 1983 Karat Mines Ltd carried out test mining of the placer gravels on Sayyea Creek, 4 kms west of the occurrence.
Staked as a single Fox claim (YB45921) in Jul/93 by F. Hasselberg. Hasselberg likely staked the claim in conjunction with placer claims he owned on Sayyea Creek.
Capsule Geology
The area lies in an overburden-covered area within the Tintina Trench and is likely underlain by sedimentary rocks assigned to the Cassiar Terrane. The area was originally mapped by Poole (1951-1955) and Roddick and Green (1959) of the Geological Survey of Canada. No recent geological mapping has been carried out in the immediate area.
D. Murphy mapped topographic map sheets 105B 10 and 11 (located to the southwest) at 1:50 000 scale in 1987. Gordey and Makepeace of the Geological Survey of Canada released a geological compilation of the Yukon in 2003. Extrapolation of data from these geological maps suggest the occurrence is underlain by Upper Proterozoic quartzite, phyllite and limestone assigned to the Tsaydiz Formation of the Ingenik Assemblage.
Sayyea Creek Mining Company collected an unknown number of hand dug 500 kg samples of placer material along the length of Sayyea Creek. No gold values were reported. Karat Mines Ltd tested mined several areas along Sayyea Creek and reported the presence of both coarse and fine gold.
References
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).
MURPHY, D.C. 1988-1. Geology of Gravel Creek (105B/10) and Irvine Lake (105B/11) map-areas, Southeastern Yukon. Exploration and Geological Services Division, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Yukon Region. Open File Report 1988-1 with two 1:50 000 scale maps.
POOLE, W.H. ET AL., 1960. Geology of Wolf Lake, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Map 10-1960. Scale 1:250 000.
SAYYEA CREEK MINING COMPANY LTD, Dec/76. Assessment Report #120132 (Placer) by Paul Plicka.
YUKON PLACER MINING INDUSTRY 1983 - 1984 p.46.
Sayyea Creek marks the location in 1874, where coarse placer gold was discovered for the first time in the Yukon. Numerous subsistence miners have worked the creeks in the intervening period.
In 1976 Sayyea Creek Mining Company Ltd carried out a reconnaissance scale sampling program aimed at testing the placer potential of the region. Although the company reported minor amounts of visible gold in bedrock no quartz claims were ever staked by the company.
In 1983 Karat Mines Ltd carried out test mining of the placer gravels on Sayyea Creek, 4 kms west of the occurrence.
Staked as a single Fox claim (YB45921) in Jul/93 by F. Hasselberg. Hasselberg likely staked the claim in conjunction with placer claims he owned on Sayyea Creek.
Capsule Geology
The area lies in an overburden-covered area within the Tintina Trench and is likely underlain by sedimentary rocks assigned to the Cassiar Terrane. The area was originally mapped by Poole (1951-1955) and Roddick and Green (1959) of the Geological Survey of Canada. No recent geological mapping has been carried out in the immediate area.
D. Murphy mapped topographic map sheets 105B 10 and 11 (located to the southwest) at 1:50 000 scale in 1987. Gordey and Makepeace of the Geological Survey of Canada released a geological compilation of the Yukon in 2003. Extrapolation of data from these geological maps suggest the occurrence is underlain by Upper Proterozoic quartzite, phyllite and limestone assigned to the Tsaydiz Formation of the Ingenik Assemblage.
Sayyea Creek Mining Company collected an unknown number of hand dug 500 kg samples of placer material along the length of Sayyea Creek. No gold values were reported. Karat Mines Ltd tested mined several areas along Sayyea Creek and reported the presence of both coarse and fine gold.
References
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).
MURPHY, D.C. 1988-1. Geology of Gravel Creek (105B/10) and Irvine Lake (105B/11) map-areas, Southeastern Yukon. Exploration and Geological Services Division, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Yukon Region. Open File Report 1988-1 with two 1:50 000 scale maps.
POOLE, W.H. ET AL., 1960. Geology of Wolf Lake, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Map 10-1960. Scale 1:250 000.
SAYYEA CREEK MINING COMPANY LTD, Dec/76. Assessment Report #120132 (Placer) by Paul Plicka.
YUKON PLACER MINING INDUSTRY 1983 - 1984 p.46.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Placer Processing: Sluicing | Company test mined gravels, no quartz claims staked. |
| 1976 | Other | Company tested placer gravels in area, no quartz claims staked. |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Cassiar
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup: Windermere
Group/Suite: Ingenika
Formation: Espee
Member:
Terrane: Cassiar
Period Max: Ediacaran
Age Max: 635 MA
Period Min: Ediacaran
Age Min: 542 MA
Rock Major: marble
Rock Minor: dolostone/calc-phyllite
Reference: Poole et al. (1960) - GSC Map 10-1960
Geological Unit (1M): PCI
Geological Unit (250K): PCI2
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120132 | 1976 | Report on Liard River Gold Placer Property | Panning - Placer Processing, Sluicing - Placer Processing, Stripping - Placer Processing, Hand - Trenching, Handblast - Trenching | ||
| 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 |
