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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105C 057
Occurrence Name
Big Salmon
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Unknown


General Information

Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60.8975 N, -133.253330 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105C14
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Salmon cl (YB21674) in Sep/88 by G. Clark.

Capsule Geology

The claims are underlain by metamorphic rocks of the Permian(?) Big Salmon Complex about two kilometres from the margin of a Cretaceous batholith.

References

Location Map

Regional Geology - Terrane

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


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Snowcap
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Ediacaran
Age Max: 635 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 375 MA
Rock Major: quartzite/qt-ms-schist
Rock Minor: conglo/grit
Reference: Gordey & Stevens (1994) - GSC OF 2886
Geological Unit (1M): PDS
Geological Unit (250K): PDS1

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC008695 Correspondence Re: Big Salmon coal project - Carmacks area - Gerry Noel's geological report Miscellaneous Company Documents
ARMC008696 Correspondence Re: Big Salmon coal licences, Big Salmon Miscellaneous Company Documents
ARMC008697 Correspondence Re: Big Salmon coal project Miscellaneous Company Documents
ARMC008698 Correspondence Re: Exploration report - Vidler and Channel options, Vernon, B.C. Miscellaneous Company Documents
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