General Information
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 61.655560 N, -128.317780 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105H09
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Tiny cl 1-2 (YA55810) etc in Aug/80 by D. Roxborough. No assessment work was ever filed.
A. McMillan staked Eden cl 1-10 (YB92826) in Sep/2000, 8.5 km to the west. In 2001 McMillan prospected and collected rock and soil samples on and around the claims.
Capsule Geology
The area is located in the Little Hyland River valley approximately 16 km north of the Hyland Airfield. The area is underlain by Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian carbonate and clastic metasedimentary rocks assigned to the Hyland Group. Numerous small, mid-Cretaceous and younger granitic dykes and stocks are known to intrude the metasediments.
The occurrence lies on the east side of the Nahanni Range Road and is likely underlain by shale, quartzite and sandstone of the Hyland Group. The original staking probably targeted anomalous gold in quartz veins cutting the metasediments or small pockets of skarn mineralization formed around the numerous mid-Cretaceous dykes and stocks which are known to occur in the region. Several large mid-Cretaceous granitic intrusions intrude the Hyland Group approximately 20 km to the west.
Prospecting by McMillan outlined an area measuring approximately 15.2 m wide by 152 m long consisting of quartz veins cutting green shale and schist. The contact between the quartz veins and metasediments hosts 1-3% disseminated pyrite and arsenopyrite. Weathered portions of the contact consist of a gouge comprised of quartz, biotite and clay. Grab samples collected from the area returned values as high as 1 160 ppm copper, 548 ppm cobalt and 1 682 ppm manganese. Soil samples returned values as high as 89 ppm copper and 5 176 ppm manganese.
References
GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D).
MCMILLAN, A., Dec/2001. Assessment Report #094317 by L. McMillan.
YUKON GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION 1979-80, p. 188.
Staked as Tiny cl 1-2 (YA55810) etc in Aug/80 by D. Roxborough. No assessment work was ever filed.
A. McMillan staked Eden cl 1-10 (YB92826) in Sep/2000, 8.5 km to the west. In 2001 McMillan prospected and collected rock and soil samples on and around the claims.
Capsule Geology
The area is located in the Little Hyland River valley approximately 16 km north of the Hyland Airfield. The area is underlain by Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian carbonate and clastic metasedimentary rocks assigned to the Hyland Group. Numerous small, mid-Cretaceous and younger granitic dykes and stocks are known to intrude the metasediments.
The occurrence lies on the east side of the Nahanni Range Road and is likely underlain by shale, quartzite and sandstone of the Hyland Group. The original staking probably targeted anomalous gold in quartz veins cutting the metasediments or small pockets of skarn mineralization formed around the numerous mid-Cretaceous dykes and stocks which are known to occur in the region. Several large mid-Cretaceous granitic intrusions intrude the Hyland Group approximately 20 km to the west.
Prospecting by McMillan outlined an area measuring approximately 15.2 m wide by 152 m long consisting of quartz veins cutting green shale and schist. The contact between the quartz veins and metasediments hosts 1-3% disseminated pyrite and arsenopyrite. Weathered portions of the contact consist of a gouge comprised of quartz, biotite and clay. Grab samples collected from the area returned values as high as 1 160 ppm copper, 548 ppm cobalt and 1 682 ppm manganese. Soil samples returned values as high as 89 ppm copper and 5 176 ppm manganese.
References
GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D).
MCMILLAN, A., Dec/2001. Assessment Report #094317 by L. McMillan.
YUKON GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION 1979-80, p. 188.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 2001 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 2001 | Other |
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: upper, undifferentiated
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): PCH6
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 095790 | 2011 | 2011 Exploration Activity on the 3Ace Property: Drilling, Geochemical, and Geophysical Surveys, Little Hydland River | Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other | 4 | 8458 |
