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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105C 023
Occurrence Name
Sidney
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Anomaly


General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60.883890 N, -133.50 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105C14
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Reported by the GSC but apparently never staked.

Capsule Geology

Copper-stained float was found near the head of Sidney Creek, which drains Late Proterozoic to Early Cambrian metasedimentary rocks.

References

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 326, p. 77.

Location Map

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Finlayson
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 365 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 345 MA
Rock Major: cl-bi-schist/amphibolite/hb-gneiss/ac-pg-cl-bi-schist/pg-ac-cl-schist/phyllite/quartzite/ultramafics
Rock Minor:
Reference: Gordey & Stevens (1994) - GSC OF 2886
Geological Unit (1M): DMF
Geological Unit (250K): DMF1

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
096129 2012 2011 Geochemical Sampling Program, JJC Property Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry
094937 2007 Assessment Report, Helicopter Magnetic and Radiometric Survey for It's Your Nickel Exploration Ltd. on the Turn River Uranium Project Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics

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