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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
116C 133
Occurrence Name
Baldy
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead
Deposit Type(s): Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) Besshi Cu-Zn
Location(s): 64.102220 N, -140.985830 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116C02
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Baldy cl (YA49765) in May/80 by Cominco, which performed mapping and geochem sampling later in the year.
YGC Res L restaked the property as Bal cl (YB30599) in Jun/90, and carried out limited prospecting and soil sampling in Aug/90 and Jun/91, and added more Bal claims (YB41400) to the northeast in Aug/92.
Kennecott Canada Inc. optioned the property in 1992 and carried out a small reconnaissance program. In early 1995 YGC optioned 5 properties including the Bal claims to Atna Resources Ltd. In Aug/95 Atna carried out a property examination and collected 3 lines of soil samples.

Capsule Geology

Disseminated sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and minor pyrite occur in metavolcanic rocks assigned to the mid-Permian Klondike Schist. Similar mineralization occurs on the Pub property (Minfile 116C 112) 4 km along strike to the northeast. The Klondike Schist forms a 2 km thick sequence which dips northwest at about 25°. Chlorite schist forms the lower part of the sequence, and the upper part consists of quartz-muscovite schist. The mineralization appears to be confined to a narrow siliceous interval at the approximate boundary between the chlorite schist and the quartz muscovite schist. In 1990 the GSC obtained an Upper Permian zircon age from a sample of quartz-muscovite augen schist collected 2 km north of the property. Lead isotope analysis of galena from the showing returned a Middle to Upper Permian model age, concordant with the age of the host rocks.
Extensive soil sampling by Cominco in 1980 outlined a 1300 by 100-500 m area of anomalous Pb, Zn and Cu around the showing, and subsequent prospecting uncovered disseminated sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena and minor pyrite in the slumped bank of Hall Creek. The sulphides occur along the foliation in the host schist. A specimen collected by YGC in 1991 contained 3.43% Pb, 8.09% Zn, 0.20% Cu, 41.0 g/t Ag and 195 ppb Au.
Atna collected 3 lines of soil samples from between lines previously sampled by YGC. The results outlined coincident geochemical Cu, Pb and Zn soil anomalies on the west side of the claims near the USA/Canada border.

Location Map

Last Updated: Apr 4, 2017

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
1995 Other small soil program
1992 Other small recce program
1990 Geochemistry: Soil
1990 Other
1980 Geochemistry: Soil
1980 Geology: Bedrock Mapping

Regional Geology - Terrane

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


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Klondike
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Permian
Age Max: 271 MA
Period Min: Permian
Age Min: 251 MA
Rock Major: quartzite/qt-ms-cl schist/gneiss/amphibolite
Rock Minor:
Reference: Mortensen - unpublished compilation
Geological Unit (1M): PK
Geological Unit (250K): PK2

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
097069 2016 Assessment Report on the HALL 1 to HALL 6 Quartz Claims: Geology and Lithogechemistry of the Hall Creek-Moose Creek Area Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology
095124 2008 Geochemical Report on the JAC 3-8 Claims Soil - Geochemistry
093098 1992 Summary Report on 1992 Exploration [on the] BAL and PUP Claims Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, EM - Ground Geophysics
093008 1991 Summary Report on 1991 Prospecting [on the] BAL Claims Rock - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other
092958 1990 Summary Report on 1990 Exploration [on the] BAL Claims Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other
090774 1980 Geochemical Report on the BALDY Claims Soil - Geochemistry, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other
090431 1978 Moose Creek Prospect Pub Claims Assessment Report Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
Citations
Mortensen, J.K., 1988. Geology, southwestern Dawson map area, Yukon. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1927.
Mortensen, J.K., 1990. Geology and U-Pub geochronology of the Klondike District, west central Yukon Territory. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 27, p. 903-914.

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