General Information
Secondary Commodities: silver, zinc
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 64.171110 N, -135.326110 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 106D03
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked by United Keno Hill Mines Ltd as Y cl 1-32 (84090) in Apr/65 following release of Geological Survey of Canada stream sediment data collected during Operation Keno (1964). United Keno performed mapping and grid soil sampling later in the year
Restaked as Brefalt cl 1-24 (YA43539) in Mar/81 by McCrory Holdings Ltd.
Capsule Geology
The area is located approximately 5 km northwest of McQuesten Lake, on the upper right branch of Pointer Creek. The area was regionally mapped by L. Green (1972) of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1961 as part of a helicopter-supported party known as Operation Ogilvie. Although the area has not yet been remapped by the Yukon Geological Survey, C. Roots (1997) of the Geological Survey of Canada under contract with the Exploration and Geological Services Division (now part of the Yukon Geological Survey) remapped topographic map sheet 105M located directly to the south in the mid-1990's. In 2003 Gordey and Makepeace released a geological compilation of the Yukon which covered this area.
Based on the work of various geologists, the occurrence area is thought to be underlain by a sequence of Middle to Late Devonian Earn Group and Early Carboniferous Keno Hill Quartzite rocks which have been thrust northwest by the Tombstone Thrust onto younger (Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian) Hyland Group clastic rocks.
The occurrence marks the center point of a weak zinc-silver anomaly detected during stream sediment sampling carried out during the Geological Survey of Canada's Operation Keno (1964). Field notes recorded by the sample collection team shows that the occurrence area is underlain by schist. Grid soil sampling and prospecting by United Keno Hill Mines failed to uncover any mineralization.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Map 45-1965.
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).
GREEN, L.H. 1972. Geology of Nash Creek, Larsen Creek and Dawson Map-Areas, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 364.
ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Bedrock geology of Mayo area, central Yukon (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Geoscience Map 1997-1, 1:50 000 scale.
ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Geology of the Mayo Map Area, Yukon Territory (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Bulletin 7, 82 p.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1981, p. 198.
Staked by United Keno Hill Mines Ltd as Y cl 1-32 (84090) in Apr/65 following release of Geological Survey of Canada stream sediment data collected during Operation Keno (1964). United Keno performed mapping and grid soil sampling later in the year
Restaked as Brefalt cl 1-24 (YA43539) in Mar/81 by McCrory Holdings Ltd.
Capsule Geology
The area is located approximately 5 km northwest of McQuesten Lake, on the upper right branch of Pointer Creek. The area was regionally mapped by L. Green (1972) of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1961 as part of a helicopter-supported party known as Operation Ogilvie. Although the area has not yet been remapped by the Yukon Geological Survey, C. Roots (1997) of the Geological Survey of Canada under contract with the Exploration and Geological Services Division (now part of the Yukon Geological Survey) remapped topographic map sheet 105M located directly to the south in the mid-1990's. In 2003 Gordey and Makepeace released a geological compilation of the Yukon which covered this area.
Based on the work of various geologists, the occurrence area is thought to be underlain by a sequence of Middle to Late Devonian Earn Group and Early Carboniferous Keno Hill Quartzite rocks which have been thrust northwest by the Tombstone Thrust onto younger (Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian) Hyland Group clastic rocks.
The occurrence marks the center point of a weak zinc-silver anomaly detected during stream sediment sampling carried out during the Geological Survey of Canada's Operation Keno (1964). Field notes recorded by the sample collection team shows that the occurrence area is underlain by schist. Grid soil sampling and prospecting by United Keno Hill Mines failed to uncover any mineralization.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Map 45-1965.
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).
GREEN, L.H. 1972. Geology of Nash Creek, Larsen Creek and Dawson Map-Areas, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 364.
ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Bedrock geology of Mayo area, central Yukon (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Geoscience Map 1997-1, 1:50 000 scale.
ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Geology of the Mayo Map Area, Yukon Territory (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Bulletin 7, 82 p.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1981, p. 198.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1965 | 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 096732 | 2014 | Assessment Report Describing Metallurgical Test Pits, Metallurgical Auger Drilling, Geotechnical Auger Drilling, Geotechnical Study, Environmental Baseline Studies, Heritage Evaluation, and Water Quality and Climate Monitoring Surveys | Auger - Drilling, Water - Geochemistry, Metallurgical Tests - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Environmental Assessment/Impact - Studies, Geotechnical - Studies, Heritage/Archeological - Studies | 9 | 96.77 |
| 093987 | 1998 | Digital Topography, Landsat, and Colour Air Photo Survey over the Clark Claims] | Orthophoto - Airphotography, Rock - Geochemistry, Landsat - Remote Sensing |
