General Information
Deposit Type(s): Vein Au-Quartz
Location(s): 63.904170 N, -138.773060 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115O15
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Matt, etc cl (15508) in Aug/30 by D. Michie, who performed annual trenching until 1938 and added Francis, etc cl (39140) in Jul/39. This work was apparently done in conjunction with nearby placer mining.
Capsule Geology
The claims were staked on a quartz vein that was reportedly gold-bearing and up to 4.3 m wide. The vein was reported to have been followed for a length of 300 m parallel to a greenstone dyke. The area is mainly underlain by carbonaceous quartz-muscovite schist of the Nasina Assemblage (unit DMqsc), which has been overthrust by a slice of serpentinized harzburgite (unit Pzu). The 'greenstone dyke' could be either a narrow imbricate thrust slice of greenstone associated with the serpentinite (unit Pzg) or a conformable band of chlorite schist and amphibolite within the Nasina Assemblage metasedimentary rocks (unit DMasc).
References
DAWSON NEWS, 20 Aug/31.
MORTENSEN, J.K., Geological Compilation Maps of the Northern Stewart River map area Klondike and Sixtymile Districts (115N/15,16; 115O/13,14 and parts of 115O/15,16). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open file 1996-1 (G).
Staked as Matt, etc cl (15508) in Aug/30 by D. Michie, who performed annual trenching until 1938 and added Francis, etc cl (39140) in Jul/39. This work was apparently done in conjunction with nearby placer mining.
Capsule Geology
The claims were staked on a quartz vein that was reportedly gold-bearing and up to 4.3 m wide. The vein was reported to have been followed for a length of 300 m parallel to a greenstone dyke. The area is mainly underlain by carbonaceous quartz-muscovite schist of the Nasina Assemblage (unit DMqsc), which has been overthrust by a slice of serpentinized harzburgite (unit Pzu). The 'greenstone dyke' could be either a narrow imbricate thrust slice of greenstone associated with the serpentinite (unit Pzg) or a conformable band of chlorite schist and amphibolite within the Nasina Assemblage metasedimentary rocks (unit DMasc).
References
DAWSON NEWS, 20 Aug/31.
MORTENSEN, J.K., Geological Compilation Maps of the Northern Stewart River map area Klondike and Sixtymile Districts (115N/15,16; 115O/13,14 and parts of 115O/15,16). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open file 1996-1 (G).
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Trenching |
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: Ediacaran
Age Max: 635 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 375 MA
Rock Major: quartz-mica schist
Rock Minor:
Reference: Gordey & Ryan (2005) - GSC OF 4970
Geological Unit (1M): PDS
Geological Unit (250K): PDS1
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 095308 | 2009 | Report on the 2009 Geochemical and Geological Work on the Leota Goldfields Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data, Backhoe - Trenching | ||
| 095166 | 2008 | Report on the Geochemical and Geological Work on the Leota Goldfields Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data, Backhoe - Trenching |
