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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
116J 010
Occurrence Name
Bear Cave
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Anomaly


General Information

Secondary Commodities: zinc, lead
Deposit Type(s): Sediment hosted Mississippi Valley-Type Pb-Zn (MVT)
Location(s): 66.304720 N, -139.8175 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116J05
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Staked as All, Axe and Ral cl (Y65123) in Dec/71 by Arrow Inter-America CL following a regional program in conjunction with Inexco Mg C (Int Nuclear OCL) and Husky OL.
Restaked as Bad, Good, etc cl (Y81828) in Sep/73 by Brascan Res L, which conducted mapping and soil sampling in 1974.

Capsule Geology

The claims were staked over lead and zinc silt anomalies from Cambro-Ordovician and Devonian platform carbonates. No significant mineralization was found.

References

MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1974, p. 82-83.

Location Map

Last Updated: Mar 30, 2017

Work History

Year Work Type Comment
1974 Geochemistry: Soil
1974 Geology: Bedrock Mapping
1971 Geochemistry: Soil

Regional Geology - Terrane

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


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Ogilvie
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 407 MA
Period Min: Devonian
Age Min: 390 MA
Rock Major: shale/limestone
Rock Minor:
Reference: Dixon (1992) - GSC Bulletin 408
Geological Unit (1M): DG
Geological Unit (250K): DG2

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC016819 Geochemical map - 116J/5 Geochemical Map
MIR1974 Mineral Industry Report 1974 82-83 Annual Report
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