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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
116G 046
Occurrence Name
Coot
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: lead
Deposit Type(s): Sediment hosted Mississippi Valley-Type Pb-Zn (MVT)
Location(s): 65.508610 N, -139.225280 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116G11
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Coot cl (Y82711) in Jun/74 by Dynasty EL.

Capsule Geology

The claims cover a breccia zone with disseminated galena that cuts Upper Cambrian platform carbonate rocks overlain by Ordovician to Lower Devonian Road River Group shale and Devonian reef carbonates.
 

Location Map

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - platformal strata
Realm: Laurentia


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Bouvette
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Cambrian
Age Max: 500 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 392 MA
Rock Major: dolostone
Rock Minor: shale/limestone/conglo
Reference: Norris (1982) - GSC Map 1526A
Geological Unit (1M): CDB
Geological Unit (250K): CDB1

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
061470 1974 Ogilvie Project 1974 Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC016801 Geochemical map - 116G/11 Geochemical Map
ARMC011310 Geochemistry map - Coot group - Reef project Geochemical Map
ARMC011306 Claim map - Coot group - Reef project Geoscience Map (General)
Citations
Norris, D.K. (ed), 1997. The geology, mineral and hydrocarbon potential of northern Yukon Territory and northwestern District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 422.
Norris, D.K., 1981. Geology, Ogilvie river, Yukon Territory, map, Sections and Notes. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 783.

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