General Information
Secondary Commodities: copper
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60.859440 N, -138.054720 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115B16
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Copper float was reported at this location in a 1904 report on grazing lands. There is no record of staking or investigation.
Capsule Geology
Native copper nuggets found by placer miners in Kimberley Creek were probably derived from minor showings in Late Triassic Nikolai Greenstone.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Open File 381.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Summary Report 1904, p. 17A.
Copper float was reported at this location in a 1904 report on grazing lands. There is no record of staking or investigation.
Capsule Geology
Native copper nuggets found by placer miners in Kimberley Creek were probably derived from minor showings in Late Triassic Nikolai Greenstone.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Open File 381.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Summary Report 1904, p. 17A.
Location Map
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Insular
Affinity: E Pacific
Name: Taku (?)
Realm: Pacific
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Bear Creek?
Formation:
Member: melange
Terrane: Taku (?)
Period Max: Triassic
Age Max: 237 MA
Period Min: Triassic
Age Min: 201 MA
Rock Major: melange, conglomerate, wacke, volcaniclastic
Rock Minor: tuff
Reference: Israel et al. (2014) - YGS OF 2014-18
Geological Unit (1M): uTrB?
Geological Unit (250K): uTrB2?
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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