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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105H 010
Occurrence Name
Steele
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper, lead, silver, zinc
Aliases: Hy, Ace, Ecl, Elsa, Inn, Mar, Schee, Wo
Deposit Type(s): Skarn Pb-Zn
Location(s): 61.263890 N, -128.632220 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105H07
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Elsa cl (Y22659) in Feb/68 by Fort Steel ML, which explored with minor hand trenching and sampling later in the year. The adjacent ground to the southeast was staked as Ace cl (Y41933) in Jan/70 by Welland Cons Mg L, and restaked as Ace cl (Y71617) in Mar/73 by Dual Res L; and as ELC cl (Y74877) in June-Jul/74 by Denu M AND Dev L and Tandem Res L. 
The Elsa group was restaked as Mar cl (Y64411) in Mar/72 by Dusty Mac ML, which performed mapping and sampling. In Sep/72, the property was optioned to Pan Ocean OL, which added the Wo cl (Y70244) to the south and carried out geochem sampling and mapping in 1973. Restaked as Schee cl (YA27483) in Oct/77 by Cantung and transferred to Turner-Hindmarsh Tungsten L later in the year. The company changed its name to Tungco Res Corp in 1978 and added Inn cl (YA35899) to the south in Feb/79 and transferred the group to Majestic Mg Corp L, which performed trenching later in the year. 
The Schee cl were transferred to J.C. Turner in Jul/81 while a 10% interest in the Inn cl was transferred by Majestic to Vancliffe Res Corp in Jun/81. Restaked in 1995 as the BS 1-10 (YB78431) cls by the Finlayson Joint Venture (FJV) who conducted prospecting and rock soil and silt geochemistry in 1996. The company also staked the DH cl 1-24 (YB78534) 3 km to the north in Mar/96.

Capsule Geology

Lead-zinc mineralization occurs as fracture fillings, patches and massive pods in skarn zones developed in Devono-Mississippian limestone. Grab samples assayed as follows: 
WEST SHOWING EAST SHOWING 
(A) (B) (A) (B) 
Ag (g/t) 154.3 20.6 30.9 161.1 
Pb (%) 16.7 2.0 3.2 23.6 
Zn (%) 12.0 1.3 1.6 16.6 
Cu (%) ---- ---- 0.02 ---- 

A narrow (1m) shear zone in limestone contained minor sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite. A selected grab sample assayed 2.3% Pb, 1.25% Zn and 41.3 ppm Ag.

References

DUAL RESOURCES LTD, 1974. Assessment Report *#061239 by D.L. Hings. 

FINLAYSON JOINT VENTURE, 1996. Assessment Report #093907 by C. Verley. 

FINLAYSON JOINT VENTURE, 1996. Assessment Report #093910 by C. Verley. 

FINLAYSON JOINT VENTURE, Sep/97. Assessment Report *#093707 by C.G. Verley. 

FINLAYSON JOINT VENTURE, Sep/97. Assessment Report *#093710 by C.G. Verley. 

FORT STEEL MINES LTD, Dec/68. Prospectus Report by W.G. Timmins. 

FORT STEEL MINES LTD, Jan/91. Assessment Report *#092909 by W.G. Timmins. 

MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1973, p. 81-82.

 

Location Map

Last Updated: Jun 8, 2022

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
2015 Geochemistry: Rock
2015 Geochemistry: Soil
2015 Ground Geophysics: Magnetics
2015 Other: Prospecting
2013 Airphotography: Orthophoto
2013 Geochemistry: Rock
2013 Geochemistry: Silt
2013 Geochemistry: Soil
2013 Geology: Detailed Bedrock Mapping
2013 Other: Prospecting
2007 Airborne Geophysics: Electromagnetic
2007 Airborne Geophysics: Magnetic
2007 Development, Surface: Access Road
2007 Geochemistry: Soil
2007 Other: Prospecting
1996 Geochemistry: Rock
1996 Geochemistry: Silt
1996 Geochemistry: Soil
1996 Other
1980 Drilling: Diamond
1979 Trenching
1973 Geology: Bedrock Mapping
1973 Other
1972 Geology: Bedrock Mapping
1972 Other
1968 Other
1968 Trenching: Hand Elsa claim.
1965 Geochemistry: Rock
1965 Geology: Bedrock Mapping
1965 Ground Geophysics: Magnetics

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup: Windermere
Group/Suite: Hyland
Formation: Yusezyu
Member: undivided
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Ediacaran
Age Max: 635 MA
Period Min: Cambrian
Age Min: 541 MA
Rock Major: sandstone, conglomerate, shale, siltstone, phyllite, limestone
Rock Minor:
Reference: Jilson et al. (1980) - Yukon EMR ARMC 011986
Geological Unit (1M): PCH
Geological Unit (250K): PCH

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
096789 2015 Geochemical Sampling, Prospecting, Geological Mapping and Ground Surveys at the Hy Property Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other
096571 2013 Geochemical Sampling, Prospecting and Geological Mapping at the Hy Property Orthophoto - Airphotography, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other
095014 2007 Assessment Report Describing Geophysical Surveys, Geochemical Sampling and Prospecting at the HY Property Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, All Weather Road - Development, Surface, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other
090702 1980 Summary Report on the Tin #1-16, Mar #8, Schee #1-23, Rieta #1-24, Lite #1-16 Mineral Claim Group Diamond - Drilling, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data 4 304.88
018910 1965 Geological and Geophysical Investigation of the ""Lake"" #9 to #16 and ""Glenna"" #1 to #8 Rock - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC006038 Correspondence Re: Report on the Hyland River tungsten prospect Miscellaneous Company Documents
ARMC006039 Regional geochemical survey map - Max Martin's Hyland River Pb-Zn-WO3-Cu property Geochemical Map
ARMC006040 Regional soil geochemical survey map - Max Martin's Hyland River Pb-Zn-WO3-Cu property Geochemical Map
ARMC006041 Regional geochemical map - Ag contour plan - Max Martin's Hyland River Pb-Zn-WO3-Cu property Geochemical Map
ARMC006042 Regional geochemical map - Zn, Cu - Hyland River property Geochemical Map
ARMC006043 Location map - Hyland River property Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC006044 Regional geology map - Hyland River tungsten prospect Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
ARMC006045 Sketch maps - Trenches B-D - Hyland River property Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC006046 Geologic and trench map - Hyland River project Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
ARMC006047 Claim map - Max Martin's Hyland River property Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC006048 Claim map - Max Martin's Hyland River property Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC020124 News release - Assay results of drilling on Marg property and location map of Mayo M.D. properties News Release
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