General Information
Secondary Commodities: asbestos
Aliases: Dates, Dave, Polar
Deposit Type(s): Ultramafic-hosted asbestos
Location(s): 64.446390 N, -140.779720 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116C07
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Dave, etc cl (78467) in Aug/57 by M. Fuhr, etc and optioned by Canex, which performed mapping, a mag survey and bulldozer trenching later in the year. The adjoining Polar, Dates, etc cl (78294) were staked in Apr/57 by Cassiar Asbestos Corp L, which acquired the showing in 1958, surveyed the claims in 1963 and took them to lease in 1964.
The west side was fringe staked as Ton cl (87737) in Jul/66 by Sphere Dev Corp L, which flew an aeromag survey in 1967, and as Bill cl (Y57451) in Aug/70 by Cassiar. The south and west sides were restaked as Tartzhart cl (YA55628) in May/81 by Teslin JV (Brinco Mg, Cominco & Exploram), which performed mapping, soil sampling and excavator pitting later in the year.
Capsule Geology
A fibre zone was found by trenching an aeromagnetic anomaly in an area of thin, but extensive, overburden. Lengths up to 13 mm have been reported but the majority of veinlets are less than 6 mm and average grade is visually estimated at less than 2%.
The showings occur in dark green, massive but locally sheared, serpentinite within graphitic schist of the Nasina Series. A large aeromagnetic anomaly is situated west of the showing but no mineralization or serpentinite has been found there.
Staked as Dave, etc cl (78467) in Aug/57 by M. Fuhr, etc and optioned by Canex, which performed mapping, a mag survey and bulldozer trenching later in the year. The adjoining Polar, Dates, etc cl (78294) were staked in Apr/57 by Cassiar Asbestos Corp L, which acquired the showing in 1958, surveyed the claims in 1963 and took them to lease in 1964.
The west side was fringe staked as Ton cl (87737) in Jul/66 by Sphere Dev Corp L, which flew an aeromag survey in 1967, and as Bill cl (Y57451) in Aug/70 by Cassiar. The south and west sides were restaked as Tartzhart cl (YA55628) in May/81 by Teslin JV (Brinco Mg, Cominco & Exploram), which performed mapping, soil sampling and excavator pitting later in the year.
Capsule Geology
A fibre zone was found by trenching an aeromagnetic anomaly in an area of thin, but extensive, overburden. Lengths up to 13 mm have been reported but the majority of veinlets are less than 6 mm and average grade is visually estimated at less than 2%.
The showings occur in dark green, massive but locally sheared, serpentinite within graphitic schist of the Nasina Series. A large aeromagnetic anomaly is situated west of the showing but no mineralization or serpentinite has been found there.
Location Map
Last Updated: Aug 23, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1981 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1981 | Trenching: Mechanical | |
| 1963 | Other: Surveying | |
| 1957 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1957 | Ground Geophysics: Magnetics | |
| 1957 | Trenching: Mechanical |
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
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 091401 | 1981 | Report on Geological Mapping and Soil Testing Survey-TARTZHART 25 and 27-38 Claims | Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other, Mechanical - Trenching | ||
| 062231 | 1965 | An Evaluation of the CLINTON CREEK Project | Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data, Pre-feasibility - Studies, Resource Estimate - Studies |
