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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105E 031
Occurrence Name
Hitchens
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: tungsten
Deposit Type(s): Skarn W
Location(s): 61.467220 N, -134.0075 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105E08
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as HIK cl (YA24428) in Jun/79 by Amax Potash L, which explored with mapping and geochem surveys in 1979 and 1980.

Capsule Geology

A scheelite-bearing skarn occurs in limestone bands within Late Proterozoic-Early Cambrian biotite schist near its contact with the Cretaceous Dycer stock and a small satellite plug.

References

Location Map

Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
1979 Geology: Bedrock Mapping
1979 Other

Regional Geology - Terrane

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


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Snowcap
Formation: Scurvy Creek
Member: upper
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Ediacaran
Age Max: 635 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 375 MA
Rock Major: quartzite/schist
Rock Minor:
Reference: Colpron (2006) - YGS OF 2006-1
Geological Unit (1M): PDS
Geological Unit (250K): PDS1

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
096140 2012 2011 Geochemical Sampling and Surficial Geology Mapping Program, Livingstone Property Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Regional Surficial Mapping - Geology

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