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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105K 069
Occurrence Name
Paradox
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Unknown


General Information

Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 62.405280 N, -133.891390 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105K05
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Paradox cl 1-32 (99594) in Feb/66 by Noradco Mines Ltd, adjoining the Vangorda Sydicates Mary group. Vestor Exploration Ltd staked the Ufy cl 1-36 (Y79828) in Jul/74 on the north side.

Capsule Geology

The GSC reported quartz veins containing pyrite and chalcopyrite on 'Rose Mountain Ridge' but no mineralization was found. The claims cover the contact between Cambrian to Ordovician Vangorda formation calc-silicates and calcareous phyllite and the mid-Cretaceous Anvil Batholith.

References

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 200, p. 18.

PIGAGE, L.C., 1999. Geological map of Rose Mountain (105K05 NW), central Yukon (1:25 000 scale). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open File 1999-11.

Location Map

Regional Geology - Terrane

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


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Anvil
Formation:
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Cretaceous
Age Max: 112 MA
Period Min: Cretaceous
Age Min: 104 MA
Rock Major: granite, granodiorite
Rock Minor:
Reference: Pigage (2004) - YGS GM 2004-2
Geological Unit (1M): mKA
Geological Unit (250K): mKqA

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
092062 1966 Geological Map of Faro area Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC017055 Map Sheet 105K/5 showing geology boundaries, geochemical samples location and values - with hand written notes Geochemical Map
ARMC017054 Map Sheet 105K/5 showing geology, geochemical samples location and values - with hand written notes Geochemical Map
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