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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105G 005
Occurrence Name
Slam
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper, zinc
Deposit Type(s): Vein Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Location(s): 61.19 N, -130.899720 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105G02
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Slam, Fran and Bang cl (72312) by Newmont in Mar/56.

Capsule Geology

Sphalerite reportedly occurs in a vein cutting steeply dipping and faulted Upper Cambrian to Ordovician carbonates and Silurian siltstone.

References

YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES, Feb/72. Mineral occurrences map.

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

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