General Information
Secondary Commodities: gold, copper
Aliases: Colton, Green, Js
Deposit Type(s): Vein Au-Quartz
Location(s): 60.776940 N, -137.751110 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115A13
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as JS cl (Yl0487) in Sep/66 by Golden Gate EL following an airborne magnetometer survey flown in August. Restaked as Green cl (YB8613) in Oct/87 by B. Lueck and as Colton cl (YB24624) in Dec/88 by Harjay EL, which did mapping and prospecting later in the year and tied on Vail cl (YB25501) to the north in Mar/89.
Noranda ECL prospected and mapped on the Vail cl in 1989 and both claim blocks were transferred to Noranda in Jan/90. Noranda conducted mapping, soil sampling and a magnetometer survey in 1990, and relinquished its option in 1991.
D. Makkonen staked Ruby cl 1-4 (YC08481) 2 km to the north in Dec/97.
Capsule Geology
Gold occurs with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in a quartz-carbonate stockwork cutting rusty siliceous argillite in the hanging wall of a serpentinized gabbro-peridotite sill. The sill is about 150 m thick and at least 4 km long. A specimen from the main showing assayed 19.7 g/t Au, and a quartz-sericite vein nearby contained 2.5% Cu and 1.5 g/t Au. The lower chilled margin of the sill contains visible sulphides and anomalous copper, chromium and nickel.
High grade copper was found in foliated greenstone boulders in the creek at the south end of the property. Specimens assayed up to 6.3% Cu.
Noranda's work in 1990 outlined a gold soil anomaly 1.5 km long and 20 wide, with values up to 1270 ppb Au. Within this area, 2 zones of >200 ppb Au coincided with a 100 m wide zone of anomalous copper. Rock samples assayed up to 3.1 g/t Au and 2.3% Cu.
References
GOLDEN GATE EXPLORATIONS LTD, Sep/66. Prospectus Report by J. Sullivan.
HARJAY EXPLORATION LTD, 1989. Assessment Report #092830 by G.S.Davidson.
NORANDA EXPLORATION CO. LTD, Nov/90. Assessment Report #092902 by D. Heon.
YUKON MINING AND EXPLORATION OVERVIEW 1989, p. 10.
Staked as JS cl (Yl0487) in Sep/66 by Golden Gate EL following an airborne magnetometer survey flown in August. Restaked as Green cl (YB8613) in Oct/87 by B. Lueck and as Colton cl (YB24624) in Dec/88 by Harjay EL, which did mapping and prospecting later in the year and tied on Vail cl (YB25501) to the north in Mar/89.
Noranda ECL prospected and mapped on the Vail cl in 1989 and both claim blocks were transferred to Noranda in Jan/90. Noranda conducted mapping, soil sampling and a magnetometer survey in 1990, and relinquished its option in 1991.
D. Makkonen staked Ruby cl 1-4 (YC08481) 2 km to the north in Dec/97.
Capsule Geology
Gold occurs with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in a quartz-carbonate stockwork cutting rusty siliceous argillite in the hanging wall of a serpentinized gabbro-peridotite sill. The sill is about 150 m thick and at least 4 km long. A specimen from the main showing assayed 19.7 g/t Au, and a quartz-sericite vein nearby contained 2.5% Cu and 1.5 g/t Au. The lower chilled margin of the sill contains visible sulphides and anomalous copper, chromium and nickel.
High grade copper was found in foliated greenstone boulders in the creek at the south end of the property. Specimens assayed up to 6.3% Cu.
Noranda's work in 1990 outlined a gold soil anomaly 1.5 km long and 20 wide, with values up to 1270 ppb Au. Within this area, 2 zones of >200 ppb Au coincided with a 100 m wide zone of anomalous copper. Rock samples assayed up to 3.1 g/t Au and 2.3% Cu.
References
GOLDEN GATE EXPLORATIONS LTD, Sep/66. Prospectus Report by J. Sullivan.
HARJAY EXPLORATION LTD, 1989. Assessment Report #092830 by G.S.Davidson.
NORANDA EXPLORATION CO. LTD, Nov/90. Assessment Report #092902 by D. Heon.
YUKON MINING AND EXPLORATION OVERVIEW 1989, p. 10.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 11, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1990 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1990 | Ground Geophysics: Magnetics | |
| 1989 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1989 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 1988 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1988 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 1966 | Airborne Geophysics: Magnetic |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Insular
Affinity: E Pacific
Name: Taku (?)
Realm: Pacific
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Bear Creek
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Taku (?)
Period Max: Triassic
Age Max: 237 MA
Period Min: Triassic
Age Min: 201 MA
Rock Major: greenstone
Rock Minor: carbonate
Reference: Israel et al. (2014) - YGS OF 2014-18
Geological Unit (1M): uTrB
Geological Unit (250K): uTrB1
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 097103 | 2017 | Prospecting, Geological and Geochemical Survey Report on the Pacer Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology | ||
| 096646 | 2013 | Geology, Ore Mineralisation and Economic Potential of the Pacer Cu-Au-Ni-PGE Prospect, Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology |
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-18 | Preliminary bedrock geology of the Mt. Decoeli area (parts of NTS 115A/12, 13 and 115B/9, 16) | Open File (Geological - Bedrock) | |
| ARMC013568 | Property submission: Wally Green prospect - Dezedeash area | Report |
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