General Information
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Work History
Staked as Moss cl 1-24 (Y38561) in Oct/69 by Steve Radvak and sold to Marguerite Lake Mines Ltd (formerly Tijana Mines Ltd). Optioned in Jun/70 to Nippon Mining of Canada Ltd, which conducted reconnaissance rock, silt and soil sampling and geological mapping in Aug/70.
Restaked within Coffee cl 1430-1714 (YD42501) in Feb/2010 by Kaminak Gold Corp. The claims are part of Kaminak Gold’s Coffee property which consists of 3 000+ claims and were staked to cover any potential mineralizing system that might be hosted within the property. In 2011 the company plans to prospect and reconnaissance soil sample this portion of the property.
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.
The 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 has not yet mapped the area around this occurrence. Reconnaissance mapping carried out by Nippon Mining indicates the occurrence is underlain by Cretaceous granodiorite that is intruded by a northerly-trending band of fine to medium-grained quartz diorite ((?) likely dacite) containing occasional specks of pyrite. West of Excelsior Creek the granodiorite intrudes Paleozoic metasediments. No anomalies or mineralization were identified on the Moss claims.
Kaminak Gold has not yet released any results pertaining to the occurrence area.
REFERENCES
KAMINAK GOLD CORPORATION, Mar/2011. Technical Report Coffee Gold project, Yukon Territory, Canada. Report prepared by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. Project Number 3CK008.00 by J-F Couture and J.P. Siddorn.
KAMINAK GOLD CORPORATION, Sep/2011. Web Site: www.kaminak.com
NIPPON MINING OF CANADA LTD, 1970. Assessment Report #060242 by D.M. Scott.
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 | Reconnaissance sampling. |
| 12/31/2011 | Other | Prospecting. |
| 12/31/1970 | Geology | Reconnaissance scale. |
| 12/31/1970 | Other | Reconnaissance scale. |
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 096326 | 2012 | Diamond Drilling, Reverse Circulation Drilling, Soil Sampling, and Prospecting Performed on the Kaminak Gold Corporations 100% Owned Coffee Property | Diamond - Drilling, Diamond - Drilling, Reverse Circulation - Drilling, Reverse Circulation - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Drill Cuttings - Geochemistry, Drill Cuttings - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Column Leach Test - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Column Leach Test - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Prospecting - Other, Prospecting - Other | 696 | 138207.18 |
| 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 |
| 095057 | 2008 | Summary Report of the 2008 Aster Image Program on the Canadian Creek Property | Infrared - Remote Sensing | ||
| 061127 | 1970 | Geophysical Report on Aeromagnetic Survey | Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics | ||
| 019767 | 1970 | Geophysical Report on Airborne Magnetic and Airborne Radiometric Surveys | Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics |
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) | |
| YEG2010_15 | Geology of new gold discoveries in the Coffee Creek area, White Gold District, west-central Yukon. | Yukon Geological Survey | Annual Report Paper | |
| ARMC016563 | Geochemical map - 115J/15 - Britannia Creek | Property File Collection | Geochemical Map | |
| ARMC016562 | Geology map - 115J/15 - Britannia Creek | Property File Collection | Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock) |