Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number:
115A 035
Occurrence Name:
Elgin
Occurrence Type:
Hard-rock
Status:
Prospect
Date printed:
6/25/2025 8:08:56 AM

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General Information
Capsule
Work History

General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper
Aliases: Ex, Hj, Kam
Deposit Type(s): Volcanogenic Sulphide - type not determined
Location(s): 60°47'52" N - -137°35'54" W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115A13
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available: No
Last Reviewed:

Capsule

Work History

Staked as EX cl (Yl1145) in Nov/66 by J.B. O'Neill and optioned to Monster ML. Restaked as KAM cl (Y21604) in Dec/67 by G. Harris and R. Granger and optioned briefly to Allison Pass Mg L, which transferred the option to Elgin Pet L. Elgin conducted ground mag and EM surveys and drilled one hole (88.4 m) in the fall of 1968.
Restaked by Harris in May/73 as HJ cl (Y75443); and by Granger as KAM cl (Y79740) in Jul/74. Restaked as C.J. cl (YA97358) in May/87 by R. Stack, who performed trenching in 1988. B. O'Neill restaked the occurrence as the Paradox 1-4 cl (YB46516) in Oct/93.

Capsule Geology

Minor lenses of chalcopyrite occur with epidote in metasedimentary rocks of the Nisling Terrane on the fringe of a 250 gamma aeromagnetic anomaly in a mainly overburden covered area. The drill hole encountered chlorite schist, which is propylitically altered below 61.6 m and cut by minor intrusive zones below 63.1 m. Traces of pyrite, pyrrhotite, magnetite and chalcopyrite are associated with weakly developed quartz veining from 61.6 m to the end of the hole.

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Work History

Date Work Type Comment
12/31/1988 Trenching
12/31/1968 Drilling One hole, 88.4 m.
12/31/1968 Ground Geophysics Also EM survey.