General Information
Secondary Commodities: barium
Aliases: Wad
Deposit Type(s): Sediment hosted Stratiform Barite
Location(s): 62.736670 N, -133.996940 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105K12
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Wad cl (YA59751) in Apr/81 following an airborne mag and EM survey by Anaconda Can El, which performed line cutting in 1981 and Maxmin EM, mag and gravity surveys in 1982.
Capsule Geology
Bedded barite occurs in a sequence of Devono-Mississippian Earn Group chert and black shale intruded by both mid-Tertiary and Cretaceous plutons. The 1982 geophysical surveys located two EM conductors that coincide with weak magnetic and gravity highs.
References
ANACONDA CANADA EXPLORATION LTD, May/82. Assessment Report #091052 by A.R. Scott.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1982, p. 144-145.
Staked as Wad cl (YA59751) in Apr/81 following an airborne mag and EM survey by Anaconda Can El, which performed line cutting in 1981 and Maxmin EM, mag and gravity surveys in 1982.
Capsule Geology
Bedded barite occurs in a sequence of Devono-Mississippian Earn Group chert and black shale intruded by both mid-Tertiary and Cretaceous plutons. The 1982 geophysical surveys located two EM conductors that coincide with weak magnetic and gravity highs.
References
ANACONDA CANADA EXPLORATION LTD, May/82. Assessment Report #091052 by A.R. Scott.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1982, p. 144-145.
Location Map
Last Updated: Jul 13, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Ground Geophysics: Magnetics | Also EM and gravity surveys. |
| 1981 | Airborne Geophysics: Gravity | Also EM survey. |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Earn
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 410 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 359 MA
Rock Major: shale, chert
Rock Minor: siltstone
Reference: Cobbett (2016) - YGS OF 2016-3
Geological Unit (1M): DME
Geological Unit (250K): DME2
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 091052 | 1982 | Geophysical Investigation of the Wad Claims (Electromagnetic, Magnetometer and Gravity Surveys) | EM - Ground Geophysics, Gravity Survey - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics |
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