General Information
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 64.161940 N, -135.418330 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 106D03
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as O cl 1-6 (84282) by United Keno Hill Mines Ltd in Apr/65 and explored by grid soil sampling and prospecting.
Capsule Geology
The area is located approximately 6 km northwest of McQuesten Lake, on the upper right branch of an unnamed creek. The area was regionally mapped by L. Green (1972) of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1961 as part of a helicopter-supported party known as Operation Ogilvie. Although the area has not yet been remapped by the Yukon Geological Survey, C. Roots (1997) of the Geological Survey of Canada under contract with the Exploration and Geological Services Division (now part of the Yukon Geological Survey) remapped topographic map sheet 105M located directly to the south in the mid-1990's. In 2003 Gordey and Makepeace released a geological compilation of the Yukon which covered this area.
Based on the work of various geologists, the occurrence area is thought to be underlain by deformed Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian clastic rocks of the Hyland Group. Notes written by the sample collection team shows that the occurrence area is underlain by schist. The occurrence marks the location of several coincidental heavy metal stream water and sediment anomalies located by the Geological Survey of Canada's Operation Keno (1964). Grid soil sampling and prospecting by United Keno Hill Mines failed to reproduce the anomaly or uncover any mineralization.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Map 45-1965.
GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D).
GREEN, L.H. 1972. Geology of Nash Creek, Larsen Creek and Dawson Map-Areas, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 364.
ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Bedrock geology of Mayo area, central Yukon (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Geoscience Map 1997-1, 1:50 000 scale.
ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Geology of the Mayo Map Area, Yukon Territory (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Bulletin 7, 82 p.
Staked as O cl 1-6 (84282) by United Keno Hill Mines Ltd in Apr/65 and explored by grid soil sampling and prospecting.
Capsule Geology
The area is located approximately 6 km northwest of McQuesten Lake, on the upper right branch of an unnamed creek. The area was regionally mapped by L. Green (1972) of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1961 as part of a helicopter-supported party known as Operation Ogilvie. Although the area has not yet been remapped by the Yukon Geological Survey, C. Roots (1997) of the Geological Survey of Canada under contract with the Exploration and Geological Services Division (now part of the Yukon Geological Survey) remapped topographic map sheet 105M located directly to the south in the mid-1990's. In 2003 Gordey and Makepeace released a geological compilation of the Yukon which covered this area.
Based on the work of various geologists, the occurrence area is thought to be underlain by deformed Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian clastic rocks of the Hyland Group. Notes written by the sample collection team shows that the occurrence area is underlain by schist. The occurrence marks the location of several coincidental heavy metal stream water and sediment anomalies located by the Geological Survey of Canada's Operation Keno (1964). Grid soil sampling and prospecting by United Keno Hill Mines failed to reproduce the anomaly or uncover any mineralization.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Map 45-1965.
GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D).
GREEN, L.H. 1972. Geology of Nash Creek, Larsen Creek and Dawson Map-Areas, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 364.
ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Bedrock geology of Mayo area, central Yukon (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Geoscience Map 1997-1, 1:50 000 scale.
ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Geology of the Mayo Map Area, Yukon Territory (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Bulletin 7, 82 p.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1965 | Other |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup: Windermere
Group/Suite: Hyland
Formation: Yusezyu
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Ediacaran
Age Max: 635 MA
Period Min: Ediacaran
Age Min: 542 MA
Rock Major: phyllite/shale/sandstone/grit/conglomerate/limestone
Rock Minor: marble
Reference: Green & Roddick (1972) - GSC Map 1283A
Geological Unit (1M): PCH
Geological Unit (250K): PCH6
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 093987 | 1998 | Digital Topography, Landsat, and Colour Air Photo Survey over the Clark Claims] | Orthophoto - Airphotography, Rock - Geochemistry, Landsat - Remote Sensing | ||
| 017476 | 1966 | [Geophysical Report on the A, B, C, Jab and MK groups] | EM - Ground Geophysics |
