General Information
Secondary Commodities: coal
Deposit Type(s): Coal
Location(s): 67.034440 N, -140.093060 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116N01
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Reported by the GSC in 1985 but never staked.
Capsule Geology
Lower Cretaceous, thin-bedded carbonaceous sandstone hosts 2 to 10 cm pods of impure coal.
Reported by the GSC in 1985 but never staked.
Capsule Geology
Lower Cretaceous, thin-bedded carbonaceous sandstone hosts 2 to 10 cm pods of impure coal.
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: Pinguicula
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Tonian
Age Max: 1000 MA
Period Min: Tonian
Age Min: 850 MA
Rock Major: argillite/quartzite/dolostone
Rock Minor:
Reference: Norris (1981) - GSC Map 1522A
Geological Unit (1M): uPP
Geological Unit (250K): uPP3
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| YCI1994 | Yukon Coal Inventory | Report |
| Citations |
|---|
| Cameron, A.R., Norris, D.K. and Pratt, K.C., 1986. Rank and other compositional data on coals and carbonaceous shale of the Kayak Formation, northern Yukon Territory. In: Current Research, Part B., Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 86-1B, p. 665-670. |
| Ricketts, B.D., 1985. A coal index of Yukon and District of Mackenzie, NWT. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1115. |
