General Information
Secondary Commodities: antimony
Aliases: Cupcowlode
Deposit Type(s): Vein & Disseminations Stibnite
Location(s): 64.253610 N, -139.776940 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116B05
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as claim #703 in June, 1895 by R. Matheson & W.F. Cornell. Restaked as Cuprow Lode cl (712) in May, 1896 by W.R. Lloyd. Restaked as Ruby, etc cl (15401) in Nov/27 by J. Lawrence.
Restaked as Fresno cl 1-8 (YB53062) by Nordac Resources Ltd in Apr/95. The company added Fresno cl 9-14 (YB54211) in Aug/95. In 1995 Nordac collected reconnaissance soil samples along an east-west ridge crest which bisected the claim group.
Capsule Geology
The area lies within the Klondike segment of the Yukon-Tanana tectonic terrane. According to Gordey (1999), the occurrence area is underlain to the west by a sequence of Late Devonian to Early Mississippian quartz-muscovite-chlorite-schist, chlorite schist, quartz-feldspar-amphibole-gneiss, metagabbro, micaceous quartzite and marble belonging to the Nasina Assemblage. On the east side, the occurrence is underlain by Carboniferous and Permian quartzite and quartz-muscovite-biotite schist and marble assigned to the Klondike Schist Assemblage. Compositional layering of bedrock on the property is subparallel to foliation that undulates in a manner which yields an overall flat-lying aspect to stratigraphy.
Lawrence is rumored to have found an antimony showing.
In 1979, Archer, Cathro and Associates discovered multi-element geochemical anomalies in the general vicinity of the occurrence during a regional exploration program for asbestos. Nordac¿s soil sampling program was designed to follow up those anomalies. No anomalous values were returned from samples taken along the ridge.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 1988. Open File 1927.
GORDEY, S.P., AND MAKEPEACE, A.J., 1999. Yukon Digital geology, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp.); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File D3826, and Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open File 1999-1 (D)
NORDAC RESOURCES LTD, Sep/96. Assessment Report #093533 by R.C. Carne.
Staked as claim #703 in June, 1895 by R. Matheson & W.F. Cornell. Restaked as Cuprow Lode cl (712) in May, 1896 by W.R. Lloyd. Restaked as Ruby, etc cl (15401) in Nov/27 by J. Lawrence.
Restaked as Fresno cl 1-8 (YB53062) by Nordac Resources Ltd in Apr/95. The company added Fresno cl 9-14 (YB54211) in Aug/95. In 1995 Nordac collected reconnaissance soil samples along an east-west ridge crest which bisected the claim group.
Capsule Geology
The area lies within the Klondike segment of the Yukon-Tanana tectonic terrane. According to Gordey (1999), the occurrence area is underlain to the west by a sequence of Late Devonian to Early Mississippian quartz-muscovite-chlorite-schist, chlorite schist, quartz-feldspar-amphibole-gneiss, metagabbro, micaceous quartzite and marble belonging to the Nasina Assemblage. On the east side, the occurrence is underlain by Carboniferous and Permian quartzite and quartz-muscovite-biotite schist and marble assigned to the Klondike Schist Assemblage. Compositional layering of bedrock on the property is subparallel to foliation that undulates in a manner which yields an overall flat-lying aspect to stratigraphy.
Lawrence is rumored to have found an antimony showing.
In 1979, Archer, Cathro and Associates discovered multi-element geochemical anomalies in the general vicinity of the occurrence during a regional exploration program for asbestos. Nordac¿s soil sampling program was designed to follow up those anomalies. No anomalous values were returned from samples taken along the ridge.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 1988. Open File 1927.
GORDEY, S.P., AND MAKEPEACE, A.J., 1999. Yukon Digital geology, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp.); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File D3826, and Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open File 1999-1 (D)
NORDAC RESOURCES LTD, Sep/96. Assessment Report #093533 by R.C. Carne.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Geochemistry: Soil | Nordac collected reconnaissance soil samples along an east-west ridge. |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Finlayson
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 365 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 345 MA
Rock Major: quartzite/gr-quartzite/qt-ms-cl-schist
Rock Minor: conglo/grit
Reference: Mortensen - unpublished compilation
Geological Unit (1M): DMF
Geological Unit (250K): DMF4
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 093533 | 1995 | Geochemical Survey Report on the Fresno Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 017945 | 1967 | Geological Report [on the ABW Claims] | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other |
