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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
105O 040
Occurrence Name
Ursa
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Anomaly


General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 63.7375 N, -130.913610 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105O10
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Ursa cl (YA75857) in Aug/81 by Noranda, which performed mapping later in the year. Restaked Jul/91 as Alg cl (YB18525) by Kennecott Canada Inc. which performed a reconnaissance geological and geochemical survey in 1992.

Capsule Geology

Chalcopyrite occurs with idaite, witherite and norsethite in Cambrian Sekwi Formation carbonates.

References

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, Open File 1326.

Location Map

Last Updated: Oct 2, 2012

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
1992 Geology: Bedrock Mapping Reconnaisance scale.
1992 Other Reconnaisance scale.
1981 Geology: Bedrock Mapping

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: Steel
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Silurian
Age Max: 426 MA
Period Min: Silurian
Age Min: 416 MA
Rock Major: shale/chert/siltstone
Rock Minor: dolostone
Reference: Cecile & Abbott (1989) - GSC OF 2076
Geological Unit (1M): ODR
Geological Unit (250K): ODR2

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
096026 2011 Assessment Report, 2011 Surface Geochemical Exploration Program Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry
093827 1997 1997 Geological Assessment Report on Emerald Lake Claims Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
BROCK000086 Aeromagnetic series - Map 4349 G - Sheet 105O/10 - Elmer Creek showing geological markings Geoscience Map (General)
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