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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105F 064
Occurrence Name
Askin
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Deposit Type(s): Sediment hosted Sedimentary Exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag (Sedex)
Location(s): 61.901390 N, -133.2575 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105F14
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Discovered by the GSC in 1974.

Capsule Geology

Bedded barite occurs in Devono-Mississippian shale and chert.

References

Location Map

Regional Geology - Terrane

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


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Askin
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Cassiar
Period Max: Silurian
Age Max: 423 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 375 MA
Rock Major: mudstone/quartzite/limestone/dolostone
Rock Minor:
Reference: Tempelman-Kluit (1977) - GSC OF 486
Geological Unit (1M): SDA
Geological Unit (250K): SDA2

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC010075 Geochemical grid map - 105-F-10 detail area - Askin group - Pelly project Geochemical Map
ARMC008119 Geochemical survey values map - Cu, Pb, Zn - 105F-14 - Fox Creek Geochemical Map
ARMC014446 Aeromagnetic series map 1401G - Fox Mountain with geochem notations Geochemical Map
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