General Information
Aliases: Phil
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60.389440 N, -134.043890 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105D08
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: Yes
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Work History
Staked as Phil cl 1-12 (YA96636) in Jan/87 by the Dunvegan Syndicate, which prospected and sampled later in the year. The Phil claims were transferred to Dunvegan Explorations Ltd in May/89; restaked by A. MacDonald as Phil cl 1-12 (YB36191) in Jul/91; transferred back to Dunvegan in Jan/92 and allowed to lapse in Aug/92.
L. Lebedoff staked the NLC cl 1-52 (YB24538) 6 km to the south in Nov/88 and carried out magnetic surveying in 1989. B. Kreft staked the Lynn cl 1-4(YB27704) 1 k m to the east in Jul/90. R. Hamel staked Ore cl 1-36 (YB37691) immediately east of the former Phil claim block in Dec/92 and performed a ground magnetic survey in the winter of 1992-93. In Jul/94, Hamel staked Bon cl 1-14 (YB46944) 5 km northwest of the occurrence.
In April and May/94 M. Sherman staked the Mex cl 1-10 (YB46669) and Ico cl 1-10 (YB46750) 3 km to the south. In Apr/95 Mex cl 1-7 (YB46669) and Ico cl 1-10 (YB46750) were transferred to Wilson Creek Placer Ltd. Sherman carried out VLF-EM and magnetic geophysical surveing on the Mex and Ico claims between March and May/95. In May/95 Sherman restaked Mex cl 8-10 (YB57515). In Jun/95 Mex cl 1-7 (YB46669) and Ico cl 1-10 (YB46750) were transferred back to Sherman. In May/96 and Aug/99 Sherman carried out additional VLF-EM and magnetic geophysical surveying on the Mex and Ico claims.
Restaked as Mart cl 1-44 (YB97705) in Jun/97 by High Valley Explorations Ltd, which immediately constructed an access road to the claims and carried out VLF-EM and magnetic surveying, geological mapping, prospecting, rock geochemical sampling and bulldozer trenching later in the year.
In 2001 Sherman carried out geochemical soil sampling on the Mex claims, collecting 96 samples on the grid previously established during geophysical surveying of the claims.
Capsule Geology
Glaciofluvial sediments cover most of the area. Bedrock consists of Permian to Triassic Cache Creek Terrane volcanic rocks, serpentinite and sedimentary rocks, mainly dolomite with minor chert.
The Phil claims covered a magnetic high and scattered gold soil geochemical anomalies. Near the south end of the property, serpentinite containing minor magnetite and chromite outcrop along the banks of a small stream. In 1987 soil sampling returned several anomalous values up to 510 ppb Au, but re-sampling failed to confirm these anomalies. In 1998 mapping and geophysics identified an area of interest near the fault contact between ultramafic rocks to the north and dolomite and chert to the south. Trenching exposed a 40 m by 15 m area containing chert hosting seams of black graphitic clay and quartz-carbonate breccia veins with graphite-mariposite-ankerite alteration halos. Chip sampling in the area produced erractic, weakly anomalous gold values.
The Ore claims cover a 1 000 gamma aeromagnetic anomaly and an area of elevated gold values in soil in an area of outcropping volcanic rocks. A ground magnetic survey in the winter of 1992-93 indicated a magnetic structure trending north-northwest which coincides with a structural lineament along the creek.
Sherman's geophysical program on the Mex and Ico claims, outlined 9 geophysical anomalies of varying strength. Anomaly G was located near a bedrock anomaly identified in a government airborne EM and magnetic survey. Three additional conductors were identified but their exact location could not be determined because two VLF stations required to accurately locate the position of the conductors, were off the air for an indefinite period of time. The 1996 geophysical survey covered areas missed in the 1995 survey, while the 1999 survey covered the central section of the claim group.
Results of soil sampling carried out by Sherman on the Mex claims defined a weakly anomalous, north-trending gold-copper-nickel anomaly in the vicinity of the common line between Mex cl 3 and 5. The trend contains weakly anomalous values up to 67 ppb Au and 30 ppm Cu and is roughly coincident with previously defined geophysical anomalies and conductors in that area. A few scattered and weakly anomalous values were also detected further to the northeast, but further work is required to determine what if they form any discernable pattern.
References
DIGHEM I POWER, 1994. Airborne EM and MAG Surveys, Jakes Corner Project. DIAND Open File 1994-10 (G).
DUNVEGAN EXPLORATIONS LTD, May/88. Assessment Report #092134 by G.S. Davidson.
DUNVEGAN EXPLORATIONS LTD, Sep/89. Prospectus Report #092869 by D. Copeland et al.
HIGH VALLEY EXPLORATIONS LTD, May/98. Assessment Report #093841 by M.A. Beauregard.
HUNT, J.A., et al., 1995. Interpretive Geology of the Jakes Corner Geophysical Survey (105 C 5, 105 D 8, and 105 D 9). DIAND Open File 1995-6 (G).
LEBEDOFF, L., May/90. Assessment Report *#092837 by G.S. Davidson.
SHERMAN, M., Oct/2001. Assessment Report #094232 by S. Casselman.
WILSON CREEK PLACERS, Jun/95. Assessment Report #093285 by G.C. Lee.
WILSON CREEK PLACERS, Jun/96. Assessment Report #093483 by G.C. Lee.
WILSON CREEK PLACERS, Aug/2000. Assessment Report #094177 by G.C. Lee.
YUKON EXPLORATION 1989, p. 35.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1997, p. 36.
Staked as Phil cl 1-12 (YA96636) in Jan/87 by the Dunvegan Syndicate, which prospected and sampled later in the year. The Phil claims were transferred to Dunvegan Explorations Ltd in May/89; restaked by A. MacDonald as Phil cl 1-12 (YB36191) in Jul/91; transferred back to Dunvegan in Jan/92 and allowed to lapse in Aug/92.
L. Lebedoff staked the NLC cl 1-52 (YB24538) 6 km to the south in Nov/88 and carried out magnetic surveying in 1989. B. Kreft staked the Lynn cl 1-4(YB27704) 1 k m to the east in Jul/90. R. Hamel staked Ore cl 1-36 (YB37691) immediately east of the former Phil claim block in Dec/92 and performed a ground magnetic survey in the winter of 1992-93. In Jul/94, Hamel staked Bon cl 1-14 (YB46944) 5 km northwest of the occurrence.
In April and May/94 M. Sherman staked the Mex cl 1-10 (YB46669) and Ico cl 1-10 (YB46750) 3 km to the south. In Apr/95 Mex cl 1-7 (YB46669) and Ico cl 1-10 (YB46750) were transferred to Wilson Creek Placer Ltd. Sherman carried out VLF-EM and magnetic geophysical surveing on the Mex and Ico claims between March and May/95. In May/95 Sherman restaked Mex cl 8-10 (YB57515). In Jun/95 Mex cl 1-7 (YB46669) and Ico cl 1-10 (YB46750) were transferred back to Sherman. In May/96 and Aug/99 Sherman carried out additional VLF-EM and magnetic geophysical surveying on the Mex and Ico claims.
Restaked as Mart cl 1-44 (YB97705) in Jun/97 by High Valley Explorations Ltd, which immediately constructed an access road to the claims and carried out VLF-EM and magnetic surveying, geological mapping, prospecting, rock geochemical sampling and bulldozer trenching later in the year.
In 2001 Sherman carried out geochemical soil sampling on the Mex claims, collecting 96 samples on the grid previously established during geophysical surveying of the claims.
Capsule Geology
Glaciofluvial sediments cover most of the area. Bedrock consists of Permian to Triassic Cache Creek Terrane volcanic rocks, serpentinite and sedimentary rocks, mainly dolomite with minor chert.
The Phil claims covered a magnetic high and scattered gold soil geochemical anomalies. Near the south end of the property, serpentinite containing minor magnetite and chromite outcrop along the banks of a small stream. In 1987 soil sampling returned several anomalous values up to 510 ppb Au, but re-sampling failed to confirm these anomalies. In 1998 mapping and geophysics identified an area of interest near the fault contact between ultramafic rocks to the north and dolomite and chert to the south. Trenching exposed a 40 m by 15 m area containing chert hosting seams of black graphitic clay and quartz-carbonate breccia veins with graphite-mariposite-ankerite alteration halos. Chip sampling in the area produced erractic, weakly anomalous gold values.
The Ore claims cover a 1 000 gamma aeromagnetic anomaly and an area of elevated gold values in soil in an area of outcropping volcanic rocks. A ground magnetic survey in the winter of 1992-93 indicated a magnetic structure trending north-northwest which coincides with a structural lineament along the creek.
Sherman's geophysical program on the Mex and Ico claims, outlined 9 geophysical anomalies of varying strength. Anomaly G was located near a bedrock anomaly identified in a government airborne EM and magnetic survey. Three additional conductors were identified but their exact location could not be determined because two VLF stations required to accurately locate the position of the conductors, were off the air for an indefinite period of time. The 1996 geophysical survey covered areas missed in the 1995 survey, while the 1999 survey covered the central section of the claim group.
Results of soil sampling carried out by Sherman on the Mex claims defined a weakly anomalous, north-trending gold-copper-nickel anomaly in the vicinity of the common line between Mex cl 3 and 5. The trend contains weakly anomalous values up to 67 ppb Au and 30 ppm Cu and is roughly coincident with previously defined geophysical anomalies and conductors in that area. A few scattered and weakly anomalous values were also detected further to the northeast, but further work is required to determine what if they form any discernable pattern.
References
DIGHEM I POWER, 1994. Airborne EM and MAG Surveys, Jakes Corner Project. DIAND Open File 1994-10 (G).
DUNVEGAN EXPLORATIONS LTD, May/88. Assessment Report #092134 by G.S. Davidson.
DUNVEGAN EXPLORATIONS LTD, Sep/89. Prospectus Report #092869 by D. Copeland et al.
HIGH VALLEY EXPLORATIONS LTD, May/98. Assessment Report #093841 by M.A. Beauregard.
HUNT, J.A., et al., 1995. Interpretive Geology of the Jakes Corner Geophysical Survey (105 C 5, 105 D 8, and 105 D 9). DIAND Open File 1995-6 (G).
LEBEDOFF, L., May/90. Assessment Report *#092837 by G.S. Davidson.
SHERMAN, M., Oct/2001. Assessment Report #094232 by S. Casselman.
WILSON CREEK PLACERS, Jun/95. Assessment Report #093285 by G.C. Lee.
WILSON CREEK PLACERS, Jun/96. Assessment Report #093483 by G.C. Lee.
WILSON CREEK PLACERS, Aug/2000. Assessment Report #094177 by G.C. Lee.
YUKON EXPLORATION 1989, p. 35.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1997, p. 36.
Location Map
Last Updated: Aug 14, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Geochemistry: Soil | Carried out on Mex claims. |
| 1997 | Development, Surface: Access Road | |
| 1997 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 1997 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1997 | Ground Geophysics: EM | Also VLF survey. |
| 1997 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 1997 | Trenching: Mechanical | |
| 1996 | Ground Geophysics: Magnetics | Also VLF survey. |
| 1995 | Ground Geophysics: EM | Also VLF survey. |
| 1992 | Ground Geophysics: Magnetics | Work carried out by Hamel on Ore claims. |
| 1988 | Ground Geophysics: Magnetics | Lebedoff carried out magnetic survey on NLC claims. |
| 1987 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1987 | Other: Prospecting |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Panthalassa
Name: Cache Creek
Realm: Tethyan
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Cache Creek
Formation: Nakina
Member:
Terrane: Cache Creek
Period Max: Carboniferous
Age Max: 359 MA
Period Min: Triassic
Age Min: 200 MA
Rock Major: basalt, andesite, volcaniclastic, greenstone
Rock Minor:
Reference: Bickerton (2014) - YGS OF 2014-11
Geological Unit (1M): CTrC
Geological Unit (250K): CTrC2
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 093841 | 1998 | 1997 Gold Exploration | Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Backhoe - Trenching | ||
| 092869 | 1989 | Geological Report on the Bug, Phil and Tog-Got-Pot Group of Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, EM - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Heavy Mineral Concentrate - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other, Surveying - Other, Backhoe - Trenching | ||
| 019593 | 1967 | Report Airborne Electromagnetic and Magnetometer Survey | Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics |
