General Information
Secondary Commodities: copper, gold, lead, silver, tungsten, zinc
Aliases: Silver
Deposit Type(s): Vein Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Location(s): 61.051390 N, -130.815830 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105G02
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
The earliest staking in this vicinity included Blueberry cl (60553) in Aug/51 by E. Hagen; and Liard Galena cl (70621) in Jul/55 by F. Hasselberg, both of whom explored with trenching. The showing was staked as INGS cl (72086) in Feb/56 by Conwest, which built an airstrip and drilled 3 holes (51.5 m) later in the year.
Restaked as Silver cl (77134) in Oct/61 by Asbestos Corp, which explored with mapping and sampling in 1962. The Ron cl (Y7055) were staked nearby in Apr/66 by D. Reinke and E. Miller.
Restaked as Gogo cl 1-20 (YB78287) by Columbia Gold Mines Ltd in Mar/96. The company surrounded the claims with Gol cl 21-108 (YB84563) in Jun/96. A. McMillan staked Ings cl 1-24 (YB83039) and cl 31-48 (YB83063) 3 km to the northwest in May/96.
Capsule Geology
Host rocks are Cambrian phyllite, quartzite and limestone, altered to hornfels with minor amounts of garnet-epidote skarn at the contact of a quartz monzonite stock. Vein mineralization occurs near the outer edge of the contact aureole. Galena is the most abundant mineral, occurring in a quartz-healed breccia zone 21.3 wide (Pole showing); with sphalerite in a 3 m wide vein traced for a length of 244 m (Camp showing); and in four other showings. Silver content is low; pure galena contained only 137.1 to 411.4 g/t Ag.
Pyrrhotite and pyrite are common in the hornfels zone and in quartz veins. Scheelite was found in a few samples of hornfels and skarn near the contact (one sample assayed 0.07% WO3). Minor amounts of malachite and chalcopyrite were seen in a large quartz vein up to 15.2 m wide and over 670.6 m long. An 5.5 m chip sample from the Camp showing assayed 16.0% Pb, 12.0% Zn, 106.3 g/t Ag and trace Au and Cu. A 1.2 m chip sample from the Pole showing assayed 74.0% Pb, 380.6 g/t Ag and trace Au.
References
ASBESTOS CORP. LTD, Oct/62. Assessment Report #017494 by W.G. Stevenson and R.G.D. Philp.
The earliest staking in this vicinity included Blueberry cl (60553) in Aug/51 by E. Hagen; and Liard Galena cl (70621) in Jul/55 by F. Hasselberg, both of whom explored with trenching. The showing was staked as INGS cl (72086) in Feb/56 by Conwest, which built an airstrip and drilled 3 holes (51.5 m) later in the year.
Restaked as Silver cl (77134) in Oct/61 by Asbestos Corp, which explored with mapping and sampling in 1962. The Ron cl (Y7055) were staked nearby in Apr/66 by D. Reinke and E. Miller.
Restaked as Gogo cl 1-20 (YB78287) by Columbia Gold Mines Ltd in Mar/96. The company surrounded the claims with Gol cl 21-108 (YB84563) in Jun/96. A. McMillan staked Ings cl 1-24 (YB83039) and cl 31-48 (YB83063) 3 km to the northwest in May/96.
Capsule Geology
Host rocks are Cambrian phyllite, quartzite and limestone, altered to hornfels with minor amounts of garnet-epidote skarn at the contact of a quartz monzonite stock. Vein mineralization occurs near the outer edge of the contact aureole. Galena is the most abundant mineral, occurring in a quartz-healed breccia zone 21.3 wide (Pole showing); with sphalerite in a 3 m wide vein traced for a length of 244 m (Camp showing); and in four other showings. Silver content is low; pure galena contained only 137.1 to 411.4 g/t Ag.
Pyrrhotite and pyrite are common in the hornfels zone and in quartz veins. Scheelite was found in a few samples of hornfels and skarn near the contact (one sample assayed 0.07% WO3). Minor amounts of malachite and chalcopyrite were seen in a large quartz vein up to 15.2 m wide and over 670.6 m long. An 5.5 m chip sample from the Camp showing assayed 16.0% Pb, 12.0% Zn, 106.3 g/t Ag and trace Au and Cu. A 1.2 m chip sample from the Pole showing assayed 74.0% Pb, 380.6 g/t Ag and trace Au.
References
ASBESTOS CORP. LTD, Oct/62. Assessment Report #017494 by W.G. Stevenson and R.G.D. Philp.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1962 | Other | |
| 1956 | Development, Surface: Air Strip | |
| 1956 | Drilling: Diamond | Number of holes drilled: 3 Amount of work done: 51.51 METRES |
| 1955 | Trenching | |
| 1951 | Trenching |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Cassiar
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Kechika
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Cassiar
Period Max: Cambrian
Age Max: 500 MA
Period Min: Ordovician
Age Min: 472 MA
Rock Major: slate/phyllite/limestone
Rock Minor: dolostone/basalt/tuff/flows/sills
Reference: Poole et al. (1960) - GSC Map 10-1960
Geological Unit (1M): COK
Geological Unit (250K): COK1
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMC007564 | Examination report on the Liard River claim groups | Report | |
| ARMC007565 | McKinnon staking map - Liard River | Geoscience Map (General) | |
| ARMC013928 | Claim map showing claims owned by Newmont Mining, Conwest Exploration, Prospector Airways, Newkirk Mining Corp., G. Dickson and W. McKinnon - Old Gold Creek area | Geoscience Map (General) |
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