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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
116C 093
Occurrence Name
Jephson
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Unknown


General Information

Secondary Commodities: coal
Deposit Type(s): Coal
Location(s): 64.553610 N, -140.489440 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116C09
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Incomplete records from the government files indicate that T.C. Healy surveyed a coal lease at this location in June, 1899. The staking records and work history have been lost.

Capsule Geology

The claims are underlain by lignite-bearing conglomerate and sandstone of Eocene age.
 

Location Map

Last Updated: Apr 5, 2017

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
1899 Other

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Ross
Formation:
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Paleogene
Age Max: 58 MA
Period Min: Paleogene
Age Min: 48 MA
Rock Major: porphyry/rhyolite
Rock Minor:
Reference: Green & Roddick (1972) - GSC Map 1284A
Geological Unit (1M): lTR
Geological Unit (250K): lTR2

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
YCI1994 Yukon Coal Inventory Report
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