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Occurrence Details

Occurrence Number
115F 037
Occurrence Name
Koidern
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Unknown

General Information

Primary Commodities: copper, arsenic, gold
Aliases: Koi
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 61.770878 N, -140.214772 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115F16
Location Comments: 200 m
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Robert, etc cl (65555) in Apr/53 by W. Pulsifer, June cl (65727) in Sep/53 by E. Hammer, Don & Harry cl (68280) in Mar/54 by D. MacPhail & H. Enger and Connie, etc cl (68923) in Jun/54 by K. Ericson. 
Restaked as AL-CU cl(Y12396) in Mar/67 by G. Harris; as Enger cl(Y25723) in Jul/68 by J. Brown; and as Doll and Brooks cl (Y36445) in Aug/69 by T.W. Sturgeon. 
Restaked as Galena cl (YB20058) in Jun/88 by A.J. Papineau. Luck cl (YB21215) were tied on to the north in Aug/88 by H. Eckervogt. All cl (YB25615) were staked 2 km to the west in Apr/89 by R. Smarch. 
R. Stack staked the Wreck claims (YB27634) 3 km to the southeast in July, 1990. The Wreck claims were restaked as Lindsey 1-2 (YB36960) by M.J. Stack in Aug/92, who conducted trenching in Aug/93.

Capsule Geology

Claims cover Permo-Pennsylvanian metavolcanic and sedimentary rocks in contact with a Cretaceous intrusion of the Kluane Range Plutonic Suite.

References

 

Location Map

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Last Updated: Feb 21, 2022

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
2021 Geochemistry: Rock
2021 Geochemistry: Soil
2021 Geology: Bedrock Mapping
2021 Other: Prospecting

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Insular
Affinity: NE Panthalassa
Name: Wrangellia
Realm: Panthalassa

Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Skolai
Formation: Station Creek
Member:
Terrane: Wrangellia
Period Max: Carboniferous
Age Max: 359 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 299 MA
Rock Major: volcanic breccia
Rock Minor: basalt, andesite, crystal tuff
Reference: Israel et al. (2007) - YGS OF 2007-8
Geological Unit (1M): CPS
Geological Unit (250K): CPS5

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
092054 1953 Report on the Geophysical Surveys in the Shakwak Valley Area, Yukon Territory for Canalask Nickel Mines Limited. Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics

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