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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
116B 055
Occurrence Name
Fireweed
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Anomaly


General Information

Deposit Type(s): Porphyry Mo (Low F-Type)
Location(s): 64.4775 N, -138.789440 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116B07
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Located by the GSC but apparently never staked. Staked as Zulu cl 1-47 (YB67828) by Mar-West Resources Ltd in Jan/96.

Capsule Geology

Coarse-grained molybdenite was found on joint-surfaces in float within and near the contact of a syenite stock with Devono-Mississippian sedimentary rocks.

References

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 65-1A, p. 36.

Location Map

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Tombstone
Formation:
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Cretaceous
Age Max: 94 MA
Period Min: Cretaceous
Age Min: 90 MA
Rock Major: syenite
Rock Minor: monzogranite
Reference: Thompson et al. (1994) - GSC OF 2849
Geological Unit (1M): mKT
Geological Unit (250K): mKyT

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
094280 2000 Geophysical and Geochemical Report on the PRUNE 1-12 Claims Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other
091432 1982 1982 Geology Report on the Marn 1-180 Claims Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other
090981 1981 Geology and Drilling 1981 on the Marn 1-180 Claims Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Line Cutting - Other, Surveying - Other, Handblast - Trenching 17 999.10
090638 1979 1979 Exploration on the Marn 1-62 Claims Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other
090522 1978 Preliminary Exploration Report on the Marn 1-8 Claims Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other
090183 1977 Geochemistry, Geology, and Radiometric Survey on the TING, NOTING, and PROSPECTING Claims Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Water - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Petrographic - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Prospecting - Other
090184 1976 Report on Geochemistry, Geology and Radiometric Survey on the NEBULOUS 1-33 Claims Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Water - Geochemistry, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Petrographic - Lab Work/Physical Studies

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC006891 Fig. U-TS2 - Geochemistry map - Tombstone area - Ukon joint venture Geochemical Map
ARMC006890 Fig. U-TS1 - Radiometrics map - Tombstone area - Ukon joint venture Geophysical Map
Citations

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