Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number:
115F 087
Occurrence Name:
Mint
Occurrence Type:
Hard-rock
Status:
Showing
Date printed:
6/14/2025 5:42:59 PM

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General Information
Capsule
Work History
Assessment Reports
Drill Core

General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper, gold
Aliases: Canyon Mountain
Deposit Type(s): Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au
Location(s): 61°47'59" N - -140°53'45" W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115F15
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available: No
Last Reviewed:

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Can cl (YA75333) in Nov/82 by Homestake Ml Dev C, which performed mapping and geochem sampling in 1983.

Capsule Geology

Anomalous gold and base metal values are present in streams draining felsic to intermediate tuff of the Miocene to Pliocene Wrangell Volcanics. These are cut by diorite and feldspar porphyry and overlain by andesite and sedimentary rocks. 
Two fault sets striking north and northwest are believed to control an elliptical area of weakly propylitic to strongly sericitic alteration, silicification and pyritization measuring 2 100 by 750 m. Chalcopyrite, the only economic mineral seen, occurs in quartz veins, stockworks and altered intrusive rock. The highest gold value from a rock sample was 240 ppb.

References

DODDS, C.J., AND CAMPBELL, R.B., 1992. Overview, legend and mineral deposit tabulations for Geological Survey of Canada Open Files 2188, 2189, 2190 and 2191. 

HOMESTAKE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Dec/83. Assessment Report *#091499 by R.T. Boyd and M. Flanagan. 

YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1983, p. 246-247.

 

Work History

Date Work Type Comment
9/1/2018 Geochemistry
9/1/2018 Geochemistry
9/1/2012 Geochemistry
9/1/2012 Drilling 5 holes, 1767.83 m
9/1/2012 Other
9/1/2012 Geochemistry
9/1/2012 Lab Work/Physical Studies
9/1/2012 Geochemistry
9/1/2012 Geology
9/1/2011 Ground Geophysics
9/1/2010 Geochemistry
9/1/2010 Geochemistry
9/1/2010 Airborne Geophysics
9/1/2010 Airborne Geophysics
9/1/1983 Geochemistry
9/1/1983 Geochemistry
9/1/1983 Geochemistry
12/31/1983 Geology
12/31/1983 Other

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
096546 2012 Assessment Report Describing Geological Mapping, Prospecting, Geochemical Sampling, Diamond Drilling, and Petrographic Studies at the Mint Property Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Petrographic - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Line Cutting - Other 5 1767.83
095463 2011 Assessment Report Describing Induced Polarization Survey at the Mint Property IP - Ground Geophysics
095421 2010 Assessment Report Describing Geochemical Sampling and Airborne Geophysical Surveys at the Mint Property Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry
091499 1983 Geological and Geochemical Investigation on the Rabbit-Canyon Mountain Claim Group Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology

Drill core at YGS core library

Number Property Year Drilled Core Size Photos Data
M12-01A Mint 2012 NQ2 6 4
M12-01b Mint 2012 NQ2 2 2
M12-02 Mint 2012 NQ2 58 2
M12-03 Mint 2012 NQ2 40 2
M12-04 Mint 2012 NQ2 59 2
M12-05 Mint 2012 NQ2 66 2