General Information
Secondary Commodities: copper
Deposit Type(s): Volcanogenic Sulphide - type not determined
Location(s): 64.676390 N, -140.998330 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116C10
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Discovered by the GSC in 1967 and first staked in Oct-Dec/73 as Paula cl (Y82378) by P.S. White.
Capsule Geology
Chalcopyrite occurs in Nasina Series schist immediately upstream from the Alaska boundary and was discovered during a damsite investigation.
Discovered by the GSC in 1967 and first staked in Oct-Dec/73 as Paula cl (Y82378) by P.S. White.
Capsule Geology
Chalcopyrite occurs in Nasina Series schist immediately upstream from the Alaska boundary and was discovered during a damsite investigation.
Location Map
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Slide Mountain
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Slide Mountain
Period Max: Carboniferous
Age Max: 359 MA
Period Min: Permian
Age Min: 260 MA
Rock Major: basalt/diorite/gabbro/greenstone
Rock Minor: argillite/siltstone/sandstone/tuff/limestone/metachert
Reference: Mortensen - unpublished compilation
Geological Unit (1M): CPSM
Geological Unit (250K): CPSM2
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
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| Citations |
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| Bamber, E.W. and Barss, M.S., 1968. Stratigraphy and Palynology of a Permian section, Tatonduk River, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 68-1B, p. 8. |
