General Information
Secondary Commodities: gold, lead, molybdenum, silver, zinc
Deposit Type(s): Vein Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Location(s): 61.045830 N, -133.788610 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105F04
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
This area was extensively prospected and staked in the 1920's and an adit had been driven on this showing in 1934 when it was first visited by the GSC. The early claim records have not been found.
Staked by J. Mohagen in Aug/53 as Red cl (66549) and in Mar/65 as Gopher cl (92660), which were sold to Boswell River ML later in the year. Boswell performed mapping, geochem and geophysical surveys and limited hand trenching in 1966-68. Restaked as Bug cl (YA7996) in Aug/76 by Tintina Silver ML, and as Chess cl (YA48250) in Sep/79 by Golden Empire ML, which performed linecutting and trenched in 1980 and 1981 and mapping, geochem sampling and road construction in 1982.
Skagway Moly Inc added Moly cl (YA74202) to the west in Oct/81, changed its name to Shakwak ECL, and performed bulldozer trenching in 1982. Restaked as RG cl (YB24070) in Oct/88 by Dominion E Inc.
Restaked as Charm cl 1-16 (YB66577) by 13744 Yukon Inc in Feb/96.
Capsule Geology
Galena occurs in quartz lenses within a thin (1-2 m) dolomite horizon at the contact between a tuff unit to the south and quartz-sericite schist to the north that resembles the Klondike Schist of Palezoic age. The following assays have been reported:
Type
Width (cm)
Ag (g/t)
Pb (%)
Zn (%)
Au (g/t)
lens in dolomite
45.7
3 277.6
51.6
0.3
tr.
lens in dolomite
91.4
65.1
1.2
tr.
tr.
lens in dolomite
15.2
1 570.2
20.2
tr.
---
galena grab
---
5 406.7
81.5
tr.
0.34
quartz vein
61.0
195.4
6.8
0.1
tr.
quartz vein
61.0
75.4
1.5
---
---
quartz vein
40.6
325.7
4.3
---
---
The workings cover a strike length of about 180 m and EM surveys traced the structure for a further 305 m.
The Moly claims were staked to cover an occurrence of molybdenite in quartz feldspar porphyry dykes.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 66-31 p. 60-62.
BOSWELL RIVER MINES LIMITED, 1966. Prospectus Report by P.H. Sevensma.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 203. p. 23-24.
SHAKWAK EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED, 1983. Prospectus Report.
This area was extensively prospected and staked in the 1920's and an adit had been driven on this showing in 1934 when it was first visited by the GSC. The early claim records have not been found.
Staked by J. Mohagen in Aug/53 as Red cl (66549) and in Mar/65 as Gopher cl (92660), which were sold to Boswell River ML later in the year. Boswell performed mapping, geochem and geophysical surveys and limited hand trenching in 1966-68. Restaked as Bug cl (YA7996) in Aug/76 by Tintina Silver ML, and as Chess cl (YA48250) in Sep/79 by Golden Empire ML, which performed linecutting and trenched in 1980 and 1981 and mapping, geochem sampling and road construction in 1982.
Skagway Moly Inc added Moly cl (YA74202) to the west in Oct/81, changed its name to Shakwak ECL, and performed bulldozer trenching in 1982. Restaked as RG cl (YB24070) in Oct/88 by Dominion E Inc.
Restaked as Charm cl 1-16 (YB66577) by 13744 Yukon Inc in Feb/96.
Capsule Geology
Galena occurs in quartz lenses within a thin (1-2 m) dolomite horizon at the contact between a tuff unit to the south and quartz-sericite schist to the north that resembles the Klondike Schist of Palezoic age. The following assays have been reported:
Type
Width (cm)
Ag (g/t)
Pb (%)
Zn (%)
Au (g/t)
lens in dolomite
45.7
3 277.6
51.6
0.3
tr.
lens in dolomite
91.4
65.1
1.2
tr.
tr.
lens in dolomite
15.2
1 570.2
20.2
tr.
---
galena grab
---
5 406.7
81.5
tr.
0.34
quartz vein
61.0
195.4
6.8
0.1
tr.
quartz vein
61.0
75.4
1.5
---
---
quartz vein
40.6
325.7
4.3
---
---
The workings cover a strike length of about 180 m and EM surveys traced the structure for a further 305 m.
The Moly claims were staked to cover an occurrence of molybdenite in quartz feldspar porphyry dykes.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 66-31 p. 60-62.
BOSWELL RIVER MINES LIMITED, 1966. Prospectus Report by P.H. Sevensma.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 203. p. 23-24.
SHAKWAK EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED, 1983. Prospectus Report.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Development, Surface: All Weather Road | |
| 1982 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1982 | Other | |
| 1982 | Trenching: Mechanical | |
| 1981 | Trenching | |
| 1980 | Trenching | |
| 1968 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1968 | Other | |
| 1968 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1967 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1967 | Other | |
| 1967 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1966 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1966 | Other | |
| 1966 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1934 | Other | |
| 1934 | Other | Adit driven between 1920 and 1934. |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Finlayson
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 365 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 345 MA
Rock Major: quartzite/qt-ms-schist
Rock Minor: conglo/grit
Reference: Gordey & Stevens (1994) - GSC OF 2886
Geological Unit (1M): DMF
Geological Unit (250K): DMF3
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 093565 | 1996 | Evaluation Survey of the Star 1-16, Mar 1-22 and Charm 1-16 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry | ||
| 060003 | 1969 | Geochemical Survey, Assessment Work Report on theNW Claim group | Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry | ||
| 018619 | 1968 | Geochemical Report; Fox and Star Claim Group | Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry |
