General Information
Secondary Commodities: gold
Aliases: Conglomerate
Deposit Type(s): Paleoplacer
Location(s): 63.648330 N, -139.1150 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115O11
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Eclipse, etc claims about 1900 by C. Fothergill, who explored with 2 shafts (9 and 15 m) and extensive hand trenching prior to 1912. Restaked as Hay cl (YA64807) in Nov/81 by Eldorado Nuclear L, which performed geochemical and radiometric surveys in 1982, and as IR cl (YB17466) in Aug/88 by Imperial Met Corp.
Restaked as Yuk's Rand 1-6 (YB48036) by T. Morgan in Dec/93. In 1994 Morgan performed 8 days of drifting on property. V. Matkovich staked Home cl 1-4 (YC03713) 5 km to the southeast in Feb/97 and Way cl 1-6 (YC05318) 1.5 km to the east in Oct/97.
Capsule Geology
This property is similar in all respects to the McKinnon showing (Minfile 115O 054), 5.6 km to the northwest. Sampling by MacLean showed that the Eocene conglomerate contains only trace amounts of gold.
References
ELDORADO NUCLEAR LTD, Jan/83. Assessment Report *#091406 by R.D. Cruickshank.
MACLEAN, T.A., 1914. Lode Mining in Yukon. Mines Branch Publication 222, p. 71-74.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1982, p. 210-211.
Staked as Eclipse, etc claims about 1900 by C. Fothergill, who explored with 2 shafts (9 and 15 m) and extensive hand trenching prior to 1912. Restaked as Hay cl (YA64807) in Nov/81 by Eldorado Nuclear L, which performed geochemical and radiometric surveys in 1982, and as IR cl (YB17466) in Aug/88 by Imperial Met Corp.
Restaked as Yuk's Rand 1-6 (YB48036) by T. Morgan in Dec/93. In 1994 Morgan performed 8 days of drifting on property. V. Matkovich staked Home cl 1-4 (YC03713) 5 km to the southeast in Feb/97 and Way cl 1-6 (YC05318) 1.5 km to the east in Oct/97.
Capsule Geology
This property is similar in all respects to the McKinnon showing (Minfile 115O 054), 5.6 km to the northwest. Sampling by MacLean showed that the Eocene conglomerate contains only trace amounts of gold.
References
ELDORADO NUCLEAR LTD, Jan/83. Assessment Report *#091406 by R.D. Cruickshank.
MACLEAN, T.A., 1914. Lode Mining in Yukon. Mines Branch Publication 222, p. 71-74.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1982, p. 210-211.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Development, Underground: Drifting/Raising | Morgan performed 8 days of drifting on property. |
| 1982 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 1982 | Geochemistry: Silt | |
| 1982 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1982 | Geochemistry: Water | |
| 1982 | Ground Geophysics: Scintillometer | |
| 1912 | Other | Drove 2 shafts 9.14 and 15.24 m in length. |
| 1912 | Trenching: Hand |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Indian River
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Cretaceous
Age Max: 112 MA
Period Min: Cretaceous
Age Min: 99.59999847 MA
Rock Major: pebble to cobble conglomerate
Rock Minor:
Reference: Gordey & Ryan (2005) - GSC OF 4970
Geological Unit (1M): lKIR
Geological Unit (250K): lKIR
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 095561 | 2009 | Geochemical Report on the McKinnon Project | Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry |
