Work History

Staked as Key cl (Y32728) in May/69 by P. and A. Van Bibber and optioned to Vulcan Mining Ltd, which prospected in 1970.

Capsule Geology

The region is underlain by a metamorphosed and altered sequence of Early Proterozoic Wernecke Supergroup clastic and carbonate rocks (Fairchild Lake Group, Quartet Group and Gillespie Lake Group, from oldest to youngest) that are intruded by Early to Middle Proterozoic mafic sills and dykes, and cut by Middle Proterozoic Wernecke Breccia. According to Thorkelson (2000), Wernecke Breccia development is best modeled as a set of hydrothermal and/or phreatic breccias; brecciation being caused by explosive expanson of volatile-rich fluids. Hunt (2005) attributed Wernecke Breccia formation to periodic over-pressuring of dominantly basinal fluids, which lead to repeated brecciation of host strata and mineral precipitation.
Minor amounts of chalcopyrite occur in Quartet Group argillite near the margin of a diorite dyke of the Early Proterozoic Bonnet Plume River Intrusions and peripheral to a Wernecke Breccia body.

References

BONNET PLUME RIVER MINES LTD, Aug/68. Assessment Report by F.M. Smith, included as appendix in #019048.

HUNT, J., 2005. The geology and genesis of iron oxide-copper-gold mineralisation associated with Wernecke Breccia, Yukon Canada, PhD thesis, James Cook University, Australia, 2 volumes, 120 p.

THORKELSON, D.J. AND WALLACE, C.A., 2000. Geology and mineral occurrences of the Slats Creek, Fairchild Lake and "Dolores Creek" areas, Wernecke Mountains, Yukon (106D/16, 106C/13, 106C/14). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Bulletin 10, 73 p.

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Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number	Year	Title	Worktypes	Holes Drilled	Meters Drilled
095634	2007	YUP February Internal Technical Report, Season 2007 Describing Mapping, Prospecting and Diamond Drilling at the Lumina Property	Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Scintillometer - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other	15	4367.20
095646	2007	2007 Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Report on the Werneckes Project	Diamond - Drilling, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Scintillometer - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other, Backhoe - Trenching, Hand - Trenching, Handblast - Trenching	28	6537.96
094953	2006	Assessment Report Describing Airborne Geophysics, Mapping, Prospecting and Diamond Drilling	Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other	22	2602.89
094956	2006	2006 Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Report on the Werneckes Project	Reverse Circulation - Airborne Geophysics, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Scintillometer - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other
061207	1974	Report on Geological and Geochemical Field Work 1974 EG Claim Group	Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other