General Information
Secondary Commodities: coal
Deposit Type(s): Coal
Location(s): 60.316940 N, -135.0650 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105D06
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: Yes
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Work History
The showing was discovered in 1906 and exposed by hand trenching in the next few years. Restaked as coal leases #2933 by C. O'Connell and 2934 by J. Johns in Nov/42. Messrs. Foster and Kerry acquired leases adjoining one owned by C. McConnell in 1946.
Acquired as part of Coal Exploration Licence #20 by N.H. Ursel and Assoc L in Mar/71, explored with mapping, shallow drilling and hand trenching in 1975, and staked as BS mineral cl (YA4138) in Dec/75 by R. Schumacher, etc. The surrounding area was acquired as Coal Exploration Licence #33 by A.T. Savage in Nov/75.
Capsule Geology
The old showing consists of 0.45, 1.8 and 0.9 m thick seams exposed in hand trenches on the crest of a sharp ridge. The coal occurs in a small patch of badly faulted Tantalus Formation, 3.2 km long and less than 0.8 km wide. A gross calorific value of 15,600 G. BTU was reported by the GSC on a sample from the thickest seam. An analysis in 1975 at the Detroit Testing Lab showed 31.9% volatiles, 49.3% fixed carbon, 16.2% ash, 0.3% sulphur and a gross calorific value of 10,080 BTU/lb.
References
AURUM GEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS INC., 1994. Yukon Coal Inventory 1994. Energy and Mines Branch, Economic Development, Yukon Territorial Government, 169 p.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Summary. Report 1906, Part A, p. 28.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 31, p. 145-147.
N.H. URSEL ASSOCIATES LTD, 1972. Assessment Report *#019865 by O.E. Humeniuk and E.L. Speelman.
N.H. URSEL & ASSOCIATES, Jan/76. Assessment Report #061734 by A.T. Savage.
N.H. URSEL & ASSOCIATES, Jan/76. Assessment Report #061735 by A.T. Savage.
SAVAGE, A.T., 1975. Assessment Report *#061735 by J.E. Hughes and A.T. Savage.
WHITEHORSE STAR, 15 Nov/46.
The showing was discovered in 1906 and exposed by hand trenching in the next few years. Restaked as coal leases #2933 by C. O'Connell and 2934 by J. Johns in Nov/42. Messrs. Foster and Kerry acquired leases adjoining one owned by C. McConnell in 1946.
Acquired as part of Coal Exploration Licence #20 by N.H. Ursel and Assoc L in Mar/71, explored with mapping, shallow drilling and hand trenching in 1975, and staked as BS mineral cl (YA4138) in Dec/75 by R. Schumacher, etc. The surrounding area was acquired as Coal Exploration Licence #33 by A.T. Savage in Nov/75.
Capsule Geology
The old showing consists of 0.45, 1.8 and 0.9 m thick seams exposed in hand trenches on the crest of a sharp ridge. The coal occurs in a small patch of badly faulted Tantalus Formation, 3.2 km long and less than 0.8 km wide. A gross calorific value of 15,600 G. BTU was reported by the GSC on a sample from the thickest seam. An analysis in 1975 at the Detroit Testing Lab showed 31.9% volatiles, 49.3% fixed carbon, 16.2% ash, 0.3% sulphur and a gross calorific value of 10,080 BTU/lb.
References
AURUM GEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS INC., 1994. Yukon Coal Inventory 1994. Energy and Mines Branch, Economic Development, Yukon Territorial Government, 169 p.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Summary. Report 1906, Part A, p. 28.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 31, p. 145-147.
N.H. URSEL ASSOCIATES LTD, 1972. Assessment Report *#019865 by O.E. Humeniuk and E.L. Speelman.
N.H. URSEL & ASSOCIATES, Jan/76. Assessment Report #061734 by A.T. Savage.
N.H. URSEL & ASSOCIATES, Jan/76. Assessment Report #061735 by A.T. Savage.
SAVAGE, A.T., 1975. Assessment Report *#061735 by J.E. Hughes and A.T. Savage.
WHITEHORSE STAR, 15 Nov/46.
Location Map
Last Updated: Oct 9, 2019
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Drilling: Percussion | |
| 1975 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1975 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1906 | Other | |
| 1906 | Trenching: Hand |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Stikinia
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Tantalus
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Jurassic
Age Max: 171 MA
Period Min: Cretaceous
Age Min: 125 MA
Rock Major: shale/argillite/siltstone/sandstone/conglo/coal/dacite/andesite/flow
Rock Minor:
Reference: Hart & Radloff (1990) - YGS OF 1990-4
Geological Unit (1M): JKT
Geological Unit (250K): JKT
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092736 | 1989 | Interim Assessment Report, 1988/1989 Stage II Exploration Program on the Red Ridge Property | All Weather Road - Development, Surface, Diamond - Drilling, Rock - Geochemistry, Backhoe - Trenching, Mechanical - Trenching | 23 | 1517 |
| 061735 | 1975 | Watson Coal Prospects, Report 1 | Property Evaluation - Other, Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data | ||
| 061734 | 1975 | Prospecting and Examination Report | Diamond - Drilling, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 019865 | 1971 | Report on Bush Mountain Graphitic Anthracite Prospect 1971 Field Season | Orthophoto - Airphotography, Rock - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other, Hand - Trenching | ||
| 019940 | 1970 | Geological Report on the Idaho Hill Property | Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics |
