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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105G 043
Occurrence Name
Bot
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: asbestos
Deposit Type(s): Ultramafic-hosted asbestos
Location(s): 61.636940 N, -130.886390 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105G10
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked in Aug/69 as Bot cl 46-69 (Y29350) by a joint venture between Atlas Exploration Ltd and Dynasty Exploration Ltd, which conducted hand trenching and a mag survey in 1970. The Atlas interest was transferred to Cima Resources Ltd in 1974 and Dynasty changed its name to Cyprus Anvil Mining Corporation in 1975. Restaked as Bot cl 1-10 (YA11096) in Sep/76 by Cyprus Anvil, which performed a small magnetic survey in 1977 and transferred its interest to Cima late in the year.
Restaked as Clarence cl 1-36 (YB61684) by Expatriate Resources Ltd in Sep/95. In Jan and Feb/96 Archer, Cathro and Associates (1981) Ltd surrounded the occurrence with a large block (900 +) of Zamboni claims.
In the spring of 1996, Aerodat Inc under contract to Expatriate Resources Ltd, flew a regional helicopter borne, electromagnetic and magnetic survey over the Clarence and Zamboni claims. The survey was focused on identifying the location of possible massive sulphide mineralization. Expatriate generally ignored the asbestos showing and concentrated their exploration efforts on the area¿s VMS potential.

Capsule Geology

The region is generally underlain by Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian metavolcanic rocks belonging to unit DF, Fire Lake metavolcanics. The occurrence is located within a structural window that exposes Upper Triassic phyllite, sandstone, and limestone of uncertain affinity (D. Murphy, pers. comm., 2002). A band of Upper Devonian and older (?) rocks (unit Dq) surrounds the structural window and Permian ultramafic rocks (unit Pum) intrude the Triassic rocks. Northwest trending thrusts have been mapped in the area (Murphy et al., 2001).
Low grade chrysotile fibre occurs in narrow veinlets within a dyke of serpentinized peridotite 60 to 150 m wide. Exposure is limited to five small outcrops along Big Campbell Creek. The dyke intrudes Mississippian chlorite-sericite phyllite and is bounded by a small 150 gamma aeromagnetic anomaly on the south side and a small 400 gamma anomaly to the north.
The 1996 airborne geophysical survey indentified a series of coincedent high amplitude magnetic and electromagnetic anomalies in the area surrounding the occurrence.

References

ATLAS EXPLORATION LTD, 1969. Annual Report, p. 4.

ATLAS EXPLORATION LTD, Apr/70. Assessment Report #060167 by K.M. Dawson.

ATLAS EXPLORATION LTD, Apr/70. Assessment Report #060168 by K.M. Dawson.

ATLAS EXPLORATION LTD, Jul/71. Assessment Report #060951 by T.J. Adamson.

ATLAS EXPLORATION LTD, 1971. Annual Report.

ATLAS EXPLORATION LTD, Sep/77. Assessment Report #090212 by P. Dean.

EXPATRIATE RESOURCES LTD, Feb/97. Assessment Report #093621 by W.D. Eaton.

EXPATRIATE RESOURCES LTD, Feb/97. Assessment Report #093655 by R.W. Woolham.

MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1977, p. 87.

MURPHY et al., 2001. Preliminary Bedrock Geology Map of Northern Findlayson Lake Area (NTS 105G) Yukon Territory (1:100 000 scale), Open File 2001-33.

MURPHY et al., 2001. Finlayson Lake Targeted Geoscience Initiative (southeastern Yukon), Part 1: Bedrock Geology. In Yukon Exploration and Geology, 2001, Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p. 189-207.

Location Map

Last Updated: Sep 7, 2018

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
1996 Airborne Geophysics: Electromagnetic Also magnetic survey. Survey flown over the Clarence and Zamboni claims.
1977 Ground Geophysics: Magnetics Magnetic survey.
1970 Ground Geophysics: Magnetics
1970 Trenching: Hand

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Jones Lake
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Triassic
Age Max: 251 MA
Period Min: Triassic
Age Min: 201 MA
Rock Major: phyllite, siltstone, sandstone
Rock Minor: limestone
Reference: Murphy et al. (2001) - YGS OF 2001-33
Geological Unit (1M): TrJ
Geological Unit (250K): TrJ1

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
093621 1996 Assessment Report Describing Geological Mapping, Prospecting, Soil Geochemistry and Geophysical Surveys on the Zamboni Property Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other
093655 1996 Report on a Combined Helicopter-Borne Electromagnetic and Magnetic Survey, Goal Net, Hat Trick, League, Offside, Power Play, Shutout and Slapshot Properties Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics
060951 1970 Bot Mineral Claim Group Report on Field Work - 1970 Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other
060168 1969 Bot Mineral Claim Group Report on Geological Mapping of Claims Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other
060167 1969 Bot Mineral Claim Group Report on Magnetic Geophysical Survey of Claims Magnetics - Ground Geophysics

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC014043 Report on geological mapping of claims - Bot mineral claim group Report
ARMC014042 Geochemical map - Magnetometer survey - Figure 2 - Bot claims 105G/10 - with accompanying hand written notes Geochemical Map
ARMC016587 Geochemical map - 105G/10 - Finlayson Lake Geochemical Map
ARMC014045 Test pit location (1970) - Bot claims Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC014047 Air photo overlay of A12326-227 (Finlayson Lake topo) showing Bot geology Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
ARMC014032 Air photo overlays - Finlayson region Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC014046 Geology worksheet - 105G/10 - Bot claims Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
ARMC017620 Geochemical map of Finlayson Lake - Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn, Mo.W Geochemical Map
ARMC018582 Field notes - Bot claim group Miscellaneous Company Documents
ARMC020495 Field notebook - Magnetic survey - MF-2 - Bot group Miscellaneous Company Documents
ARMC016581 Geology map - 105G/10 - Finlayson Lake Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
ARMC014044 Magnetometer survey - 1969 & 1970 coverage - Bot claims Geophysical Map
ARMC020320 1988 detailed work program for Yukon Concentrators Ltd. - February, 1988 Report
ARMC014048 Bot claim group - field notes and sketch map Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC018662 Field map of Pelly Mountain area - 105G/10, 105G/15 Geoscience Map (General)
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