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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105J 017
Occurrence Name
Costin
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: gold, zinc, silver, lead
Deposit Type(s): Vein Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Location(s): 62.891110 N, -130.143330 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105J16
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked in Aug/70 by Newmont as Goat cl, which were not recorded. Restaked as Wilson cl (YA50291) in Feb/80 by Silver Sceptre Res L, which performed mapping and magnetic surveys later in the year.

Capsule Geology

Galena and sphalerite occur in narrow veins within the mid-Cretaceous Itsi Stock and are associated with an aeromagnetic anomaly.

References

SILVER SCEPTRE RESOURCES LTD, Apr/80. Prospectus Report by J.H. Montgomery.

SILVER SCEPTRE MINES LTD, 1981. Assessment Report *#090779 by G.H. Giroux and J.H. Montgomery.

YUKON GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION 1979-80, p. 194.

Location Map

Last Updated: Sep 10, 2018

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
1980 Geology: Bedrock Mapping
1980 Ground Geophysics: Magnetics

Regional Geology - Terrane

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


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Road River
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Ordovician
Age Max: 488 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 398 MA
Rock Major: shale/chert/siltstone/limestone/conglomerate
Rock Minor:
Reference: Gordey (1996) - GSC Map 19-1987, sheet 1
Geological Unit (1M): ODR
Geological Unit (250K): ODR

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC016702 Geochemical results map - 105J/16 - Itsi Lakes Geochemical Map
ARMC016673 Geochemical results map - 105J/4 - Marjorie Lake Geochemical Map
ARMC016703 Geochemical sample stations map - 105J/16 - Itsi Lakes Geochemical Map
ARMC016674 Geochemical sample stations map - 105J/4 - Marjorie Lake Geochemical Map
ARMC016704 Geochem samples map - 105J/16 - Itsi Lakes - MacMillan project Geochemical Map
ARMC016675 Geology map - 105J/4 - Marjorie Lake Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
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