General Information
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 64.030280 N, -134.253890 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 106D01
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Jab cl 1-72 (83805) in Feb/65 by Arivaca Explorations Ltd through a leak in geochemical information collected by the Geological Survey of Canada from a stream sediment survey (operation Keno) in 1964. Results were not officially released until Apr/65. Explored by airborne and ground EM and geochemistry in 1966 and hand pitting in 1967.
Restaked as Elixir cl 1-52 (YBO2767) in Sep/88 by NDU Resources Ltd which performed prospecting and soil sampling later that year and in 1989.
Capsule Geology
The area lies near the north-central boundary of the Selwyn Basin, a predominantly off-shelf metasedimentary and metavolcanic sequence deposited west of ancestral North America. G. Abbott, (1990-1) a geologist employed by Exploration and Geologcal Services Division, Yukon Region (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada), subsequently evolved into the Yukon Geological Survey remapped the area in the late 1980's. His work shows the occurrence is underlain by Devonian to Mississippian rocks of the Earn Group and Keno Hill Quartzite.
Geophysical work conducted by Arivica Resources Ltd outlined numerous EM conductors which follow-up work attributed to pyritic shales. No mineralization was found and the claims were dropped.
Prospecting by NDU Resources Ltd identified numerous gossanous springs and soil sampling outlined numerous moderate strength zinc anomallies which the company attributed to a pyritic black phyllite unit.
References
ABBOTT, J.G., 1990. Preliminary results of the stratigraphy and structure of the Mt Westman map area, central Yukon. In: Current Research Part E, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 90-1E, p. 15.
ABBOTT, J.G., 1990. Geological map of Mt Westman map area (106D/1). Exploration and Geological Services Division, DIAND, Open file 1990-1.
ARIVACA MINES LTD, Mar/67. Assessment Report #017476 by J.F. McIntyre.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Map 47-1965.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 67-40, p. 27.
GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D).
HUNT, J.A., 2002. Volcanic-associated massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization in the Yukon-Tanana Terrane and coeval strata of the North American miogeocline, in the Yukon and adjacent
NDU RESOURCES LTD, Dec/89. Assessment Report #092796 by M.L. MacLellan and R.C. Carne.
Staked as Jab cl 1-72 (83805) in Feb/65 by Arivaca Explorations Ltd through a leak in geochemical information collected by the Geological Survey of Canada from a stream sediment survey (operation Keno) in 1964. Results were not officially released until Apr/65. Explored by airborne and ground EM and geochemistry in 1966 and hand pitting in 1967.
Restaked as Elixir cl 1-52 (YBO2767) in Sep/88 by NDU Resources Ltd which performed prospecting and soil sampling later that year and in 1989.
Capsule Geology
The area lies near the north-central boundary of the Selwyn Basin, a predominantly off-shelf metasedimentary and metavolcanic sequence deposited west of ancestral North America. G. Abbott, (1990-1) a geologist employed by Exploration and Geologcal Services Division, Yukon Region (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada), subsequently evolved into the Yukon Geological Survey remapped the area in the late 1980's. His work shows the occurrence is underlain by Devonian to Mississippian rocks of the Earn Group and Keno Hill Quartzite.
Geophysical work conducted by Arivica Resources Ltd outlined numerous EM conductors which follow-up work attributed to pyritic shales. No mineralization was found and the claims were dropped.
Prospecting by NDU Resources Ltd identified numerous gossanous springs and soil sampling outlined numerous moderate strength zinc anomallies which the company attributed to a pyritic black phyllite unit.
References
ABBOTT, J.G., 1990. Preliminary results of the stratigraphy and structure of the Mt Westman map area, central Yukon. In: Current Research Part E, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 90-1E, p. 15.
ABBOTT, J.G., 1990. Geological map of Mt Westman map area (106D/1). Exploration and Geological Services Division, DIAND, Open file 1990-1.
ARIVACA MINES LTD, Mar/67. Assessment Report #017476 by J.F. McIntyre.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Map 47-1965.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 67-40, p. 27.
GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D).
HUNT, J.A., 2002. Volcanic-associated massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization in the Yukon-Tanana Terrane and coeval strata of the North American miogeocline, in the Yukon and adjacent
NDU RESOURCES LTD, Dec/89. Assessment Report #092796 by M.L. MacLellan and R.C. Carne.
Location Map
Last Updated: Aug 31, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1988 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 1967 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1966 | Airborne Geophysics: Electromagnetic | EM survey. |
| 1966 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 1966 | Ground Geophysics: EM |
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: Portrait Lake/Prevost
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 385 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 345 MA
Rock Major: siltstone/sandstone/conglo
Rock Minor: barite/limestone
Reference: Roots (1997) - YGS GM 1997-1
Geological Unit (1M): DME
Geological Unit (250K): DME1
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092796 | 1989 | Final Report 1989 Field Report | Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 017475 | 1966 | Engineering and Geochemical Report-A, B, MK and Jar Claim Groups | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Cursory Property Visit - Other, Hand - Trenching | ||
| 017476 | 1966 | [Geophysical Report on the A, B, C, Jab and MK groups] | EM - Ground Geophysics |
