General Information
Secondary Commodities: bismuth, cadmium, lead, silver
Deposit Type(s): Vein Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Location(s): 61.479720 N, -134.131940 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105E08
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
The Livingstone Creek area is a placer district which has seen intermittent mining operations since the 1898 discovery of gold in the area. The occurrence was discovered in the summer of 2005 by M. Colpron of the Yukon Geological Survey during a 1:50 000 scale geological mapping program. It appears that the occurrence has never been staked.
Capsule Geology
The occurrence is situated within the Livingstone Creek area, a significant placer mining area located approximately 80 km northeast of Whitehorse. Although known more for placer mining, the area has seen some bedrock exploration however despite numerous signs of past bedrock exploration activity very little documentation of this work exists.
Published bedrock geology maps of the Lake Laberge map sheet are limited to reconnaissance-scale studies of Bostock and Lees (1938; 1:253 440 scale) and Templeman-Kluit (1984; 1:250 000 scale). Subsequent studies have mainly focused on the structural and geochronological history of the area. Portions of map sheet 105E/8 were re-mapped by R.-L. Simard of Dalhousie University (2003) as part of a PhD thesis on the Semenof Hills. Detailed bedrock mapping of the Livingstone Creek area was undertaken by M. Colpron of the Yukon Geological Survey in 2004-2005 to establish the stratigraphic framework of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane in the area, and to place the Livingstone Creek area within the context of recent studies of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane in the Finlayson Lake and Glenlyon areas of the Yukon.
The Yukon-Tanana Terrane east and north of the South Big Salmon River comprises five successions of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks, from east to west: the Snowcap complex, and the Livingstone Creek, Mendocina, Last Peak and Dycer Creek successions. Metasedimentary rocks northeast of Mendocina Creek and those that occur in strands within and to the east of d¿Abbadie fault zone were previously assigned to Cassiar Terrane. Based on two seasons of fieldwork Colpron is now confident that they are part of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane.
The occurrence consists of galena mineralization in a quartz vein that cuts calcareous quartzite assigned to unit PLPq of the Upper Devonian and Older (?) Last Peak succession. The galena occurs as fine- to medium-grained pods less than 2 cm-wide randomly distributed in the quartz vein. This vein forms part of a system of north-northwest-trending, quartz veins that occurs approximately 1 km west of, and parallels, the western edge of d¿Abbadie fault zone along the northern part of the map sheet. These veins are typically 2-4 m wide, discontinuous and extend for some 7 km north into the Teraktu map area (NTS 105E/9). Assay results from three grab samples containing galena in quartz retuned up to 7.78% lead, 108.3 g/t silver, 48.9 ppm cadmium and 257.9 ppm bismuth.
References
BOSTOCK, H.S. AND LEES, E.J., 1938. Laberge map-area, Yukon. Geological Survey of Canada, Geological map (105E), 1:253 440 scale, and report, 33 p.
COLPRON, M., 2005. Preliminary investigation of the bedrock geology of the Livingstone Creek area (NTS 105E/8), south-central Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004. D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G.D. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 95-107.
COLPRON, M., 2005. Geological map of Livingstone Creek area (NTS 105E/08), Yukon (1:50 000 scale). Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2005-9.
COLPRON, M., 2006. Geology and Mineral potential of Yukon-Tanana Terrane in the Livingstone Creek area (NTS 105E/8), south-central Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2005, D.S. Emond, G.D. Bradshaw, L.L. Lewis and L.H. Weston (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 93-107.
MURPHY, D.C. ET AL., 2001. Preliminary bedrock geological map of northern Finlayson Lake area (NTS 105 G), Yukon Territory (1:100 000 scale). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open File 2001-33.
SIMARD, R.-L., 2003. Geological map of southern Semenof Hills (part of NTS 105E/1,7,8), south-central Yukon (1:50 000 scale). Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-12.
SIMAARD, R-L. AND DEVINE, F., 2003. Preliminary geology of the southern Semenof Hills, central Yukon (105E/1,7,8). In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2002, D.S. Emond, and L.L. Lewis (eds.), Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p.213-222.
TEMPLEMAN-KLUIT. D.J., 1984. Geology, Laberge (105E) and Carmacks (105I), Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1101, 1:250 000 scale.
The Livingstone Creek area is a placer district which has seen intermittent mining operations since the 1898 discovery of gold in the area. The occurrence was discovered in the summer of 2005 by M. Colpron of the Yukon Geological Survey during a 1:50 000 scale geological mapping program. It appears that the occurrence has never been staked.
Capsule Geology
The occurrence is situated within the Livingstone Creek area, a significant placer mining area located approximately 80 km northeast of Whitehorse. Although known more for placer mining, the area has seen some bedrock exploration however despite numerous signs of past bedrock exploration activity very little documentation of this work exists.
Published bedrock geology maps of the Lake Laberge map sheet are limited to reconnaissance-scale studies of Bostock and Lees (1938; 1:253 440 scale) and Templeman-Kluit (1984; 1:250 000 scale). Subsequent studies have mainly focused on the structural and geochronological history of the area. Portions of map sheet 105E/8 were re-mapped by R.-L. Simard of Dalhousie University (2003) as part of a PhD thesis on the Semenof Hills. Detailed bedrock mapping of the Livingstone Creek area was undertaken by M. Colpron of the Yukon Geological Survey in 2004-2005 to establish the stratigraphic framework of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane in the area, and to place the Livingstone Creek area within the context of recent studies of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane in the Finlayson Lake and Glenlyon areas of the Yukon.
The Yukon-Tanana Terrane east and north of the South Big Salmon River comprises five successions of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks, from east to west: the Snowcap complex, and the Livingstone Creek, Mendocina, Last Peak and Dycer Creek successions. Metasedimentary rocks northeast of Mendocina Creek and those that occur in strands within and to the east of d¿Abbadie fault zone were previously assigned to Cassiar Terrane. Based on two seasons of fieldwork Colpron is now confident that they are part of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane.
The occurrence consists of galena mineralization in a quartz vein that cuts calcareous quartzite assigned to unit PLPq of the Upper Devonian and Older (?) Last Peak succession. The galena occurs as fine- to medium-grained pods less than 2 cm-wide randomly distributed in the quartz vein. This vein forms part of a system of north-northwest-trending, quartz veins that occurs approximately 1 km west of, and parallels, the western edge of d¿Abbadie fault zone along the northern part of the map sheet. These veins are typically 2-4 m wide, discontinuous and extend for some 7 km north into the Teraktu map area (NTS 105E/9). Assay results from three grab samples containing galena in quartz retuned up to 7.78% lead, 108.3 g/t silver, 48.9 ppm cadmium and 257.9 ppm bismuth.
References
BOSTOCK, H.S. AND LEES, E.J., 1938. Laberge map-area, Yukon. Geological Survey of Canada, Geological map (105E), 1:253 440 scale, and report, 33 p.
COLPRON, M., 2005. Preliminary investigation of the bedrock geology of the Livingstone Creek area (NTS 105E/8), south-central Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004. D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G.D. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 95-107.
COLPRON, M., 2005. Geological map of Livingstone Creek area (NTS 105E/08), Yukon (1:50 000 scale). Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2005-9.
COLPRON, M., 2006. Geology and Mineral potential of Yukon-Tanana Terrane in the Livingstone Creek area (NTS 105E/8), south-central Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2005, D.S. Emond, G.D. Bradshaw, L.L. Lewis and L.H. Weston (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 93-107.
MURPHY, D.C. ET AL., 2001. Preliminary bedrock geological map of northern Finlayson Lake area (NTS 105 G), Yukon Territory (1:100 000 scale). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open File 2001-33.
SIMARD, R.-L., 2003. Geological map of southern Semenof Hills (part of NTS 105E/1,7,8), south-central Yukon (1:50 000 scale). Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-12.
SIMAARD, R-L. AND DEVINE, F., 2003. Preliminary geology of the southern Semenof Hills, central Yukon (105E/1,7,8). In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2002, D.S. Emond, and L.L. Lewis (eds.), Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p.213-222.
TEMPLEMAN-KLUIT. D.J., 1984. Geology, Laberge (105E) and Carmacks (105I), Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1101, 1:250 000 scale.
Location Map
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Finlayson
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 365 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 345 MA
Rock Major: quartzite
Rock Minor:
Reference: de Keijzer (2000) - PhD, University of New Brunswick
Geological Unit (1M): DMF
Geological Unit (250K): DMF4
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 096140 | 2012 | 2011 Geochemical Sampling and Surficial Geology Mapping Program, Livingstone Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Regional Surficial Mapping - Geology |
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-1 | Revised geological map of Livingstone Creek area (NTS 105E/8) | Open File (Geological - Bedrock) |
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