General Information
Secondary Commodities: gold
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60.710280 N, -137.892780 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115A12
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Placer gold was discovered here about 1910 and lode claims were recorded in 1936 on a lode gold occurrence although the staking records have not been located.
Capsule Geology
The area is underlain by basalt, latite and minor rhyolite of the Miocene-Pliocene Wrangell Lavas overlying Siluro-Devonian crystalline limestone and Paleozoic metasandstone and metagrit.
References
DODDS, C.J., AND CAMPBELL, R.B., 1992. Overview, legend and mineral deposit tabulations for Geological Survey of Canada Open Files 2188, 2189, 2190 and 2191.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 193, p. 12.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 209, p. 11.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Open File 381.
Placer gold was discovered here about 1910 and lode claims were recorded in 1936 on a lode gold occurrence although the staking records have not been located.
Capsule Geology
The area is underlain by basalt, latite and minor rhyolite of the Miocene-Pliocene Wrangell Lavas overlying Siluro-Devonian crystalline limestone and Paleozoic metasandstone and metagrit.
References
DODDS, C.J., AND CAMPBELL, R.B., 1992. Overview, legend and mineral deposit tabulations for Geological Survey of Canada Open Files 2188, 2189, 2190 and 2191.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 193, p. 12.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 209, p. 11.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Open File 381.
Location Map
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Insular
Affinity: Baltica
Name: Alexander
Realm: Arctic
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Bullion Creek
Member:
Terrane: Alexander
Period Max: Silurian
Age Max: 443 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 398 MA
Rock Major: marble
Rock Minor:
Reference: Israel et al. (2014) - YGS OF 2014-18
Geological Unit (1M): SDB
Geological Unit (250K): SDB1
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) |
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