General Information
Secondary Commodities: copper, silver, gold
Deposit Type(s): Vein Cu+/-Ag Quartz
Location(s): 61.758610 N, -134.732780 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105E15
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Fox cl (Y54329) in Jul/70 by F. Smith and as Pet cl (Y61212) in Jun/71 by J. McGundy, who did only minor hand trenching and prospecting. The Axe cl (Y58247) were tied on to the northeast in Aug/70 by J. Shorty and restaked as Sem cl (Y66823) in Jun/72 by P. Sevensma. This area was explored in 1972 by United Keno Exploration (a joint venture between United Keno Hill ML, Falconbridge Nickel ML and Canadian Superior EL) by detailed soil sampling and mapping but no claims were staked.
Restaked by O. Davis as the Dave and SM cl (YA95192) in Jul/86 and optioned to Noranda ECL, which performed grid geochem, mapping and IP surveys and hand trenching in 1987.
Capsule Geology
A 50 m wide, 750 m long fracture zone cuts lapilli tuff of the Upper Triassic Lewes River Group, which also includes basalt flows and limestone. Rocks within the fracture zone are propylitically altered and contain small pods of fracture filling and disseminated bornite, malachite, azurite and specular hematite and visible gold. A chip sample across a well mineralized face assayed 1.2% Cu, 5.1 g/t Au and 27 g/t Ag over 1.5 m but unbiased sampling returned low values.
A small area of disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite was found in basaltic volcanics 1.6 km to the north by United Keno. Thirteen grab samples of the best mineralization returned 0.1 to 1.77% Cu and 3.4 to 22.6 g/t Ag.
References
NORANDA EXPLORATION COMPANY LTD, Dec/87. Assessment Report *#091968 by H. Copland.
YUKON EXPLORATION 1987, p. 146-147.
Staked as Fox cl (Y54329) in Jul/70 by F. Smith and as Pet cl (Y61212) in Jun/71 by J. McGundy, who did only minor hand trenching and prospecting. The Axe cl (Y58247) were tied on to the northeast in Aug/70 by J. Shorty and restaked as Sem cl (Y66823) in Jun/72 by P. Sevensma. This area was explored in 1972 by United Keno Exploration (a joint venture between United Keno Hill ML, Falconbridge Nickel ML and Canadian Superior EL) by detailed soil sampling and mapping but no claims were staked.
Restaked by O. Davis as the Dave and SM cl (YA95192) in Jul/86 and optioned to Noranda ECL, which performed grid geochem, mapping and IP surveys and hand trenching in 1987.
Capsule Geology
A 50 m wide, 750 m long fracture zone cuts lapilli tuff of the Upper Triassic Lewes River Group, which also includes basalt flows and limestone. Rocks within the fracture zone are propylitically altered and contain small pods of fracture filling and disseminated bornite, malachite, azurite and specular hematite and visible gold. A chip sample across a well mineralized face assayed 1.2% Cu, 5.1 g/t Au and 27 g/t Ag over 1.5 m but unbiased sampling returned low values.
A small area of disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite was found in basaltic volcanics 1.6 km to the north by United Keno. Thirteen grab samples of the best mineralization returned 0.1 to 1.77% Cu and 3.4 to 22.6 g/t Ag.
References
NORANDA EXPLORATION COMPANY LTD, Dec/87. Assessment Report *#091968 by H. Copland.
YUKON EXPLORATION 1987, p. 146-147.
Location Map
Last Updated: Jun 19, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1987 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1987 | Ground Geophysics: IP | |
| 1987 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1972 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1971 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 1971 | Trenching: Hand |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Quesnellia
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Semenof
Member:
Terrane: Quesnellia
Period Max: Triassic
Age Max: 217 MA
Period Min: Jurassic
Age Min: 197 MA
Rock Major: andesite/baslat/volcanic breccia/tuff/greenstone
Rock Minor: rhyolite breccia/argillite
Reference: Tempelman-Kluit (1977) - GSC OF 486
Geological Unit (1M): uTrJS
Geological Unit (250K): uTrJS1
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 096132 | 2011 | 2011 Geochemical Sampling Program on the Jop Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry | ||
| 091968 | 1987 | Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Report | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, EM - Ground Geophysics, IP - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics | ||
| 061632 | 1977 | Report on Ground Electromagnetic Surveys on Coal License NO.59 Land | Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics |
