General Information
Secondary Commodities: copper
Aliases: Black, Valley, Willow, X
Deposit Type(s): Skarn Cu
Location(s): 61.232220 N, -136.966670 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115H02
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
The earliest claims staked may have been Willow cl (63292) by S. Martinchuk and X cl (63288) by J. Sirman in Jul/52 and Black cl (63333) in Aug/52 by M. Grenier. Some hand trenching was done on all three groups. The Valley cl (68017) were staked in Jan/54 by H. Perrin, D. Carnegie and P.W. Forrest, who did some hand trenching later in the year.
Restaked as Vera cl (Y21028) in Sep/67 by A.E. Thom, which were optioned in Oct/67 by R. Anderson and in May/68 by R. Granger, who did some bulldozer trenching. Thom continued hand trenching 1969-72.
Fringe claims on which no work was reported include Moly cl (Y24859) in May/68 by G. Harris; Dike cl (Y49308) in Jan/70 by A. Nichiporuk and W. Hyde; Taboo cl (Y50859) in Feb/70 by P. White for Inland Copper L; and Sun cl (Y61545) in Jul/71 by G. Holland and D. Wytinck.
A. Thom and R. Anderson filed minor hand trenching on the Vera group in 1976-79, restaked as Vera cl (YA59003) in Oct/80, and transferred the claims to E.G. Lattin in 1983, who restaked the showing as Vera cl (YA95974) in Aug/86. Lattin performed blast trenching in 1992. J. Dodge tied on Crane cl (YB21971) to the west in Oct/88.
Capsule Geology
A mineralized skarn is found in limy metamorphic rocks in an area of numerous dykes and stocks of complex and variable composition. The mineralized zone, consisting of pyrrhotite with minor chalcopyrite, has a maximum width of 4.6 m and has been traced for a little over 30 m. Grab samples of the best mineralized material are reported to assay up to 3.0% Cu.
References
MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1973, p. 69-70.
YUKON GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION 1979-80, p. 99, 103.
The earliest claims staked may have been Willow cl (63292) by S. Martinchuk and X cl (63288) by J. Sirman in Jul/52 and Black cl (63333) in Aug/52 by M. Grenier. Some hand trenching was done on all three groups. The Valley cl (68017) were staked in Jan/54 by H. Perrin, D. Carnegie and P.W. Forrest, who did some hand trenching later in the year.
Restaked as Vera cl (Y21028) in Sep/67 by A.E. Thom, which were optioned in Oct/67 by R. Anderson and in May/68 by R. Granger, who did some bulldozer trenching. Thom continued hand trenching 1969-72.
Fringe claims on which no work was reported include Moly cl (Y24859) in May/68 by G. Harris; Dike cl (Y49308) in Jan/70 by A. Nichiporuk and W. Hyde; Taboo cl (Y50859) in Feb/70 by P. White for Inland Copper L; and Sun cl (Y61545) in Jul/71 by G. Holland and D. Wytinck.
A. Thom and R. Anderson filed minor hand trenching on the Vera group in 1976-79, restaked as Vera cl (YA59003) in Oct/80, and transferred the claims to E.G. Lattin in 1983, who restaked the showing as Vera cl (YA95974) in Aug/86. Lattin performed blast trenching in 1992. J. Dodge tied on Crane cl (YB21971) to the west in Oct/88.
Capsule Geology
A mineralized skarn is found in limy metamorphic rocks in an area of numerous dykes and stocks of complex and variable composition. The mineralized zone, consisting of pyrrhotite with minor chalcopyrite, has a maximum width of 4.6 m and has been traced for a little over 30 m. Grab samples of the best mineralized material are reported to assay up to 3.0% Cu.
References
MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1973, p. 69-70.
YUKON GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION 1979-80, p. 99, 103.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1976 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1969 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1968 | Trenching: Mechanical | |
| 1954 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1953 | Trenching: Hand |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Snowcap
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Tonian
Age Max: 900 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 375 MA
Rock Major: bi-ms-qt-fp-schist/gt-quartzite/cl-bi-orthogneiss
Rock Minor: bt-ms-gneiss/amphibolite
Reference: Tempelman-Kluit (1974) - GSC Map 17-1973
Geological Unit (1M): PDS
Geological Unit (250K): PDS1
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