General Information
Secondary Commodities: arsenic, barite, zinc, lead, silver, copper
Deposit Type(s): Sediment hosted Stratiform Barite
Location(s): 62.739440 N, -134.34 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105L09
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as 128 Rabbit cl (YA59767) to the south in Apr/81 by Anaconda Can EL, following airborne mag and EM surveys, and 215 Jar cl (YA73863) to the northwest in Oct/81 by Getty Can ML. In 1982, both Anaconda and Getty performed mapping, geochem, Max-Min, VLF, mag and gravity surveys.
Capsule Geology
The claims are underlain by Devono-Mississippian Earn Group chert and shale intruded by a small Cretaceous pluton. On the Jar claims, a 20 m thick barite horizon was traced over a length of 5.5 km, with barite grade ranging from 10% to 41% Ba. A second grey chert horizon containing disseminated arsenopyrite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite was not assayed but a black shale bed produced specimens that returned up to 1100 ppm Pb and 25 ppm Ag.
Two kilometres to the south, near the top of the Earn Group, lead, zinc, silver, molybdenum and copper silt anomalies occur over a 2 km strike length in black chert and shale that host disseminated arsenopyrite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite. A sample from a 1.5 m wide black chert horizon containing nodular pyrite contained 1425 ppm Zn and 19.5 ppm Ag.
Work on the Rabbit claims outlined several electromagnetic conductors.
References
ANACONDA CANADA EXPLORATION LTD, May/82. Assessment Report *#091038 by A.R. Scott.
ANACONDA CANADA EXPLORATION LTD, Jul/83. Assessment Report *#091469 by R.D. Hall.
GETTY CANADIAN MINERALS LTD, Dec/82. Assessment Report #091405 by N. Hulstein.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1982, p. 149-150.
Staked as 128 Rabbit cl (YA59767) to the south in Apr/81 by Anaconda Can EL, following airborne mag and EM surveys, and 215 Jar cl (YA73863) to the northwest in Oct/81 by Getty Can ML. In 1982, both Anaconda and Getty performed mapping, geochem, Max-Min, VLF, mag and gravity surveys.
Capsule Geology
The claims are underlain by Devono-Mississippian Earn Group chert and shale intruded by a small Cretaceous pluton. On the Jar claims, a 20 m thick barite horizon was traced over a length of 5.5 km, with barite grade ranging from 10% to 41% Ba. A second grey chert horizon containing disseminated arsenopyrite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite was not assayed but a black shale bed produced specimens that returned up to 1100 ppm Pb and 25 ppm Ag.
Two kilometres to the south, near the top of the Earn Group, lead, zinc, silver, molybdenum and copper silt anomalies occur over a 2 km strike length in black chert and shale that host disseminated arsenopyrite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite. A sample from a 1.5 m wide black chert horizon containing nodular pyrite contained 1425 ppm Zn and 19.5 ppm Ag.
Work on the Rabbit claims outlined several electromagnetic conductors.
References
ANACONDA CANADA EXPLORATION LTD, May/82. Assessment Report *#091038 by A.R. Scott.
ANACONDA CANADA EXPLORATION LTD, Jul/83. Assessment Report *#091469 by R.D. Hall.
GETTY CANADIAN MINERALS LTD, Dec/82. Assessment Report #091405 by N. Hulstein.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1982, p. 149-150.
Location Map
Last Updated: Jul 17, 2018
Work History
Year | Work Type | Comment |
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1982 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
1982 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
1982 | Ground Geophysics: Gravity Survey | Also Maxmin, VLF and magnetic surveys. |
1981 | Airborne Geophysics: Magnetic | Also EM survey. |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite:
Formation: Mount Christie
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Carboniferous
Age Max: 328 MA
Period Min: Permian
Age Min: 260 MA
Rock Major: chert/siltstone/shale
Rock Minor: limestone, siltstone, barite
Reference: Cobbett (2015) - YGS OF 2015-2
Geological Unit (1M): CPMC
Geological Unit (250K): CPMC
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
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096377 | 2012 | Exploration, Geology, and Geochemistry of the La Liga Project | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other | ||
091405 | 1982 | Geology and Geochemistry of the Jar Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other |
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