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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105F 044
Occurrence Name
Waterfall
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: gold
Deposit Type(s): Vein Au-Quartz
Location(s): 61.901940 N, -132.622220 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105F15
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Discovered by the GSC in 1944 and first staked in Jun/77 as part of a large block of Angie cl (YA20639) by The Woodside Project (Getty and Welcome North).

Capsule Geology

Narrow quartz veins cut Ordovician and Silurian shale of the Road River Formation, near a waterfall. Grab samples of six veins assayed only 0.34 g/t Au.

References

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 45-21, p. 25.

Location Map

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Cassiar
Realm: Laurentia


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: St. Cyr
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Cassiar
Period Max: Cambrian
Age Max: 500 MA
Period Min: Ordovician
Age Min: 444 MA
Rock Major: shale/siltstone/limestone
Rock Minor:
Reference: Tempelman-Kluit (1977) - GSC OF 486
Geological Unit (1M): CDS
Geological Unit (250K): CDS1

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
095828 2011 Assessment Report, 2011 Exploration Program Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Orthophoto - Airphotography, Diamond - Drilling, Rotary - Drilling, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Downhole Survey - Ground Geophysics, IP - Ground Geophysics, Resistivity - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other 70 19107
090278 1978 Geological and Geochemical Report on the Eel 1-19 and Angie 315-394, 419-426, 453-458, 487-496, 675, 678-682 Mineral Claims Rock - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other

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