Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number:
115J 063
Occurrence Name:
Flush
Occurrence Type:
Hard-rock
Status:
Unknown
Date printed:
4/28/2025 5:31:25 PM

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Work History
Assessment Reports
References

General Information

Aliases: Royale, Coffee
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 62°46'27" N - -139°1'41" W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115J14
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available: No
Last Reviewed:

Capsule

WORK HISTORY

Staked as Royale cl 1-66 (Y38090) in Oct/69 by Atlas Explrations Ltd which earlier signed a joint participation agreement in Jan/69 with Dynasty Explorations Ltd. The companies carried out reconnaissance soil sampling and geological mapping programs in 1970.

Restaked within Coffee cl 2125-2346 (YD89255) in Aug/2010 by Kaminak Gold Corp. The claims are located approximately 21 km south-southeast of the company’s main Coffee occurrence (Minfile Occurrence #115J 110). In 2011 the company plans to carry out ridge and spur soil sampling in the vicinity of this occurrence.

GEOLOGY

The area was reconnaissance mapped by D. Templeman-Kluit in 1974. Since that time various geologists have mapped near this area but no one has directly mapped the occurrence area in detail. Gordey and Makepeace (2003) released a geological compilation that covered this area. M. Colpron of the Yukon Geological Survey released a Tectonic Assemblage map which included this portion of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane in 2006. Colpron's stratigraphic units and age dates differ slightly from those used by Gordey and Makepeace because he is trying to work out terrane wide relationships.

At present, the Coffee property covers in excess of 15 000 acres (3 000+ claims) and stretches across topographic map sheet 115J 14 and portions of map sheets 115J 13 and 15. It is located on the south side of the Yukon River and stretches roughly from Britannia Creek on the east to Independence Creek on the west. The main Coffee property is underlain by a sequence of shallowly to moderately south to southwest-dipping Paleozoic metamorphic rocks that are assigned to The Yukon-Tanana terrane and are intruded by the Cretaceous Coffee Creek granite along a west to northwest-trending contact. Both the metamorphic and intrusive rocks are cut by intermediate to felsic dykes of unknown age.

Kaminak Gold geologists have not yet mappped the area around this occurrence. Based on assessment reports filed by Atlas Explorations, the original Royale claims were staked to cover a large east-west trending magnetic anomaly outlined by an airborne geophysical survey completed by the Geological Survey of Canada between Oct/65 and Apr/66. The occurrence location marks the approximate center point of the this magnetic anomaly.

Reconnaissance scale geological mapping completed by Atlas Exploration and work by Colpron indicates that the occurrence is underlain by granodiorite assigned to the mid-Cretaceous Dawson Range batholith. The batholith is in intrusive contact with Devonian to Mississippian metamorphic rocks to the south which Colpron labeled “Snowcap Assemblage” . The term “Snowcap Assemblage” is more of a general terrane wide description. Other geologists have used various names such as Wolverine Metamorphic suite (Johnston, 1995) or Nasina Assemblage (Gordey and Makepeace, 2003). Despite the diffent names, geologists in general, agree that these metamorphic rocks are Devonian to Mississippian in age.

Geological mapping completed by Atlas Explorations noted a lense of granite within the granodiorite underlying the centre of the Royale claims. This lense is likely a slightly younger phase of the batholith. The company also noted numerous small dacite dykes cutting the batholith and at the metasediment – batholith contact. Minor amounts of copper, molybdenum, lead and zinc mineralization are associated with the dykes. Reconnaissance soil sampling carried out by Atlas explorations did not return any significant response.

REFERENCES

ATLAS EXPLORATIONS LTD, Sep/70. Assessment Report #060239 by K.M. Dawson.

ATLAS EXPLORATIONS LTD, Sep/70. Assessment Report #060240 by D. Brabec.

CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1972-73. p.118.

DYNASTY EXPLORATIONS LTD, Jul/70. Assessment Report #061126 by J.S. Brock.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 1967. Geophysics Paper 4305 – Coffee Creek, Yukon Territory. Scale 1:250 000.

MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1969-70, p. 41.

KAMINAK GOLD CORPORATION, Sep/2009. Web Site: www.kaminak.com

TEMPLEMAN-Kluit, D.J., 1974. Reconnaissance geology of Aishihik Lake, Snag and part of Stewart River map-areas, west-central Yukon; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 73-41, 97 p. (including preliminary maps 16-1973 (115JK), 17-1973 (115H) and 18-1973 (115N)).

 

 

Work History

Date Work Type Comment
12/31/2011 Geochemistry Ridge and spur sampling.
12/31/1970 Geology Reconnaissance scale.
12/31/1970 Geochemistry

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
095505 2011 Assessment Report Describing Geochemical, Geophysical and Survey Work on the Coffee Claims Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Orthophoto - Airphotography, Diamond - Drilling, Reverse Circulation - Drilling, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Hydraulic - Trenching 247 48001
095302 2010 Coffee Property-2010 Assessment Report Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Petrographic - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Backhoe - Trenching 76 16104
061127 1970 Geophysical Report on Aeromagnetic Survey Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics
060239 1970 Royale Mineral Claim Group-Report on Geological Mapping of Claims Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other
060240 1970 Geochemical Report on the Royale Claim Group Soil - Geochemistry, Line Cutting - Other
061126 1970 Victor Properties Proposed Budget-1970 Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Reference Type Document Type
2006-1 Tectonic assemblage map of Yukon-Tanana and related terranes in Yukon and northern British Columbia (1:1 000 000 scale) Yukon Geological Survey Open File (Geological - Bedrock)
2003-9(D) Yukon Digital Geology (version 2) Yukon Geological Survey Open File (Geological - Bedrock)
1995-2(G) Geological Compilation with Interpretation from Geophysical Surveys of the Northern Dawson Range, Central Yukon (115 J/9 & 10; 115 I/12) Indian & Northern Affairs Canada/Department of Indian & Northern Development: Exploration & Geological Services Division Open File (Geological - Bedrock)
YEG2010_15 Geology of new gold discoveries in the Coffee Creek area, White Gold District, west-central Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey Annual Report Paper
MIR1969_70 Mineral Industry Report 1969 - 70 Indian & Northern Affairs Canada/Department of Indian & Northern Development: Geology Annual Report
ARMC012571 GSC annual report - Royale group for Royale claims 1 to 66 Property File Collection Report
ARMC012569 Map showing geochem. - Cu, Pb, Zn, Mo in ppm - Royale group Property File Collection Geochemical Map
ARMC012568 Map showing geochem. - Royale group Property File Collection Geochemical Map
ARMC012241 Aeromagnetic and National Topographic Series maps (map 7840G) - 115J, K( E1/2) - Snag, Y.T. - showing mineral claims, sample sites, and mineral anomalies Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012228 National Topographic Series - 115G and F - Kluane Lake, Y.T. showing Casino winter road Property File Collection Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC012229 National Topographic Series - 115J and K - Snag, Y.T. showing Bid, Vina, Leo Lion, Vegas and Mim claims and copper, lead, zinc, and molybdenum showings Property File Collection Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
ARMC012226 National Topographic Series - 115J and K - Snag, Y.T. showing Casino claims Property File Collection Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC012540 Set of field notes with air photo overlays and sketch maps - Royale group and Vegas group Property File Collection Miscellaneous Company Documents
ARMC012227 National Topographic Series - 115J and K - Snag, Y.T. showing Casino winter road and access to Vina and Bid claims Property File Collection Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC012247 Geophysical map - 2-D fourier filter - Snag - Project No. 39155 Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012246 Geophysical map - 2-D fourier filter - Snag - Project No. 39155 - coloured Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012248 Geophysical map - 2-D fourier filter - Snag - Project No. 39155 - coloured Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012249 Geophysical map - 2-D fourier filter - Snag - Project No. 39155 - coloured Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012244 Geophysical map - Log E analysis regional - Special area no. 1 - Snag - Project No. 39155 Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012245 Geophysical map - Log E analysis residual - Special area no. 1 - Snag - Project No. 39155 - coloured Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012243 Geophysical map - Ring residual - Special area no. 1 - Snag - Project No. 39155 Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012242 Geophysical map - Second vertical derivative - Snag - Project No. 39155 Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012250 Geophysical map - Total magnetic intensity - Snag - Project No. 39155 Property File Collection Geophysical Map
ARMC012527 Field sheet - 115-J-14 - Coffee Creek with geochemical plot Property File Collection Geochemical Map
ARMC012526 Field sheet - 115-J-14 - Coffee Creek with geochemical sample sites Property File Collection Geochemical Map
ARMC012530 Field sheet - 115-J-14 - Coffee Creek with geology marked Property File Collection Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
ARMC012528 Field sheet - 115-J-14 - Coffee Creek with geophysical anomaly locations and geochem. locations plotted Property File Collection Geochemical Map
ARMC012529 Field sheet - 115-J-14 - Coffee Creek with home granite marked Property File Collection Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
ARMC012542 Field sheet - 115-J-15 - Excelsior Creek showing 1/2 mile geochem. Property File Collection Geochemical Map
ARMC012541 Field sheet - 115-J-15 - Excelsior Creek showing geochem. plotted Property File Collection Geochemical Map
ARMC012570 Claim map showing geochem. - Royale group Property File Collection Geoscience Map (General)
ARMC012531 Field sheet 115-J-14 - Coffee Creek with minerals marked Property File Collection Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)