General Information
Aliases: Diver, Peak
Deposit Type(s): Volcanogenic Sulphide - type not determined
Location(s): 60.558890 N, -137.283060 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115A11
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Diver and Peak cl (93027) in Nov/65 by Jon T. Millhouse following discovery of rich copper float in washed beach gravels on the shore of Kathleen Lake. Millhouse prospected and soil sampled the hillside and drove a 9 m adit in overburden in 1966.
In Jul/94 J.P. Ross staked the Surgati cl 1-20 (YB47160) 18 km to the northeast.
Capsule Geology
Fragments of pyritic volcanic rock containing bornite and chalcopyrite were found in two separate areas, each over 30 m, about 0.8 km apart. The float was most abundant between the beach and the road and was recovered from the lake bottom as well. At both locations, the road is only a about a metre higher than the water line and is constantly wet from spray, which caused the sulphides to develop malachite stain very quickly.
Millhouse finally concluded that the mineralization spilled from trucks hauling ore from the Johobo Mine. A grab sample of bornite fragments assayed 38.0% Cu, 140.6 g/t Ag and trace Au.
References
Staked as Diver and Peak cl (93027) in Nov/65 by Jon T. Millhouse following discovery of rich copper float in washed beach gravels on the shore of Kathleen Lake. Millhouse prospected and soil sampled the hillside and drove a 9 m adit in overburden in 1966.
In Jul/94 J.P. Ross staked the Surgati cl 1-20 (YB47160) 18 km to the northeast.
Capsule Geology
Fragments of pyritic volcanic rock containing bornite and chalcopyrite were found in two separate areas, each over 30 m, about 0.8 km apart. The float was most abundant between the beach and the road and was recovered from the lake bottom as well. At both locations, the road is only a about a metre higher than the water line and is constantly wet from spray, which caused the sulphides to develop malachite stain very quickly.
Millhouse finally concluded that the mineralization spilled from trucks hauling ore from the Johobo Mine. A grab sample of bornite fragments assayed 38.0% Cu, 140.6 g/t Ag and trace Au.
References
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1966 | Other | |
| 1966 | Other | Amount of work done: 9.1 METRES Adit driven in overburden. |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Insular
Affinity: E Pacific
Name: Taku (?)
Realm: Pacific
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Dezadeash
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Jurassic
Age Max: 156 MA
Period Min: Cretaceous
Age Min: 134 MA
Rock Major: shale/argillite/phyllite/siltstone/sandstone/conglo/
Rock Minor: tuff
Reference: Dodds & Campbell (1992) - GSC OF 2190
Geological Unit (1M): JKD
Geological Unit (250K): JKD1
