General Information
Secondary Commodities: arsenic, gold, silver
Deposit Type(s): Vein Au-Quartz
Location(s): 63°59'8" N - -139°13'26" W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115O14
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available: No
Last Reviewed:
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Work History
The Homestake, Fortune, etc claims (12125) were staked near the junction of Bear Creek and Lindow Creek in Jul/11 by J. Nicholas.
Dawson Eldorado Gold Explorations Ltd staked Klot cl 1-8 (YA65663) to the north in Feb/83.
Restaked as Bea cl 1-16 (YA80654) in Jun/84 by a joint venture between United Keno Hill Mines Ltd & Falconbridge Ltd. The Dawson Syndicate staked Moon cl 1-55 (YA79671), Fish cl 1-24 (YA84476), Alpha cl A-P (YA79850), Alpha cl Q-T (YA84286), and Penibe cl 1-31 (YA84962) in the surrounding area in 1983 and 1984, and tied on Zip cl 1-40 (YA84428) to the west in Aug/84. In Feb/86 the Dawson Syndicate staked Comet cl 1-42 (YA87834) to the east and later in the year conducted magnetometer, VLF-EM, geochemical and geological mapping surveys over their various claim holdings. United Keno explored the Bea claims with trenching and geochemical sampling.
Avanti Minerals Ltd restaked the Klot claims as Ski cl 1-8 (YB23395) in Dec/88.
The Ski claims were restaked as Pod cl 1-8 (YB30095) in Apr/90 by Arbor Resources Ltd. In May/93 Arbor (now operator for the Dawson Syndicate) optioned the surviving Comet, Moon, Fish, Alpha, Zip and Penibe claims to Kennecott Canada Inc.
In Jun/93 Kennecott performed geological mapping on the Penibe claims. In 1994 Kennecott intended to follow up magnetic anomalies identified from various geophysical surveys flown over the Pod and surrounding claims. The company cut a grid but cancelled the remaining work after obtaining poor results on other optioned claims located in the area. In Jan/95 Kennecott cancelled its option. In Jan/96 Arbor Resources Inc changed its name to Klondike Gold Corp.
In Jun/99 Barramundi Gold Ltd surrounded the area around the occurrence with a large number of Klondike claims. In Jul/99 Barramundi optioned all of their Klondike region claims to KSL Exploration (Yulon) Ltd, a private Australian company. The occurrence was restaked as Bear cl 1-27 (YC20011) in Jun/2000 by Barramundi Gold. In Oct/2000 Barramundi changed its name to PacRim Resources Ltd.
In the summer of 2001, Klondike Source carried out a large Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) geochemical soil survey over the Klondike, Bear and other optioned claims in the area. One line of soil samples was collected over portions of the Bear claims. Klondike Source enlarged the MMI geochemical soil survey in 2002 but no sampling occurred near this occurrence. The company also reviewed regional airborne geophysical data obtained collected by Arbor and Kennecott and from a 2001 joint program funded by the Geological Survey of Canada and Yukon Geology Program.
Capsule Geology
The area is underlain by quartz and feldspar augen-bearing quartz-muscovite-chlorite schist (unit Psa) and overlying and/or interlayered rusty weathering muscovite and muscovite-quartz schist (unit Psqm). Carbonaceous quartz-muscovite schist occurs locally along the contact between the two units. The metamorphic rocks are deformed into tight, north-trending, second-phase folds. Quartz veins are abundant and are mainly foliaform metamorphic sweats.
At least 20 claims were staked in the area in 1911 following the discovery of gold-bearing quartz on the Fortune claim. A newspaper account reported assays of 26.4 g/t Au and 6.9 g/t Ag from a rock in which no gold was visible. Cairnes examined the occurrence in 1911 and observed quartz veins with pyrite and visible gold, some of which was quite crystalline. Crystalline gold is relatively common in placer deposits in Bear Creek and may be derived in part from this occurrence.
The occurrence area has received a cursory examination over the years by various claim holders but very little work appears to have been carried out on the actual occurrence. Old pits and shafts have been reported in the area most of which, if not all have collapsed into themselves. KSL Exploration's Mobile Metal Ion survey identified two small arsenic anomalies with isolated gold values about 1.5 km southwest and southeast of the occurrence. The review of geophysical data did not identify any structures in the vicinity of this occurrence.
References
ARBOR RESOURCES LTD, Sep/86. Assessment Report *#091856 by R.A. Gonzalez.
ARBOR RESOURCES LTD, STANDARD GOLD MINES LTD and GALLANT GOLD MINES LTD, Nov/87. Assessment Report *#091981 by Z. Dvorak.
CAIRNES, D.D., 1912. Quartz mining in the Klondike District. Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report for 1911, p. 17-40.
DAWSON DAILY NEWS, 27 Jul/11.
DAWSON SYNDICATE (1983) EXPLORATION LIMITED, 1986. Assessment Report #091807 by P. Grunenberg and A.G. Troup.
DAWSON SYNDICATE (1983) EXPLORATION LIMITED, 1987. Assessment Report #091757 by P. Grunenberg and R.A. Gonzalez
DAWSON ELDORADO GOLD EXP LTD., 1984. Assessment Report #091563 by J.K. Mortensen.
GALLANT GOLD MINES LTD., 1986. Assessment Report #062213 by R.A. Gonzalez
GALLANT GOLD MINES LTD., 1987. Assessment Report #091748 by P.E. Walcott
GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER, 30 Aug/94; 10 Nov/94; 23 Jan/96.
HUGHS LANG EXPLORATION LIMITED, 1990. Assessment Report #092849 by S. Tomlinson
KENNECOTT CANADA INC, Jul/95. Assessment Report #093321 by R. Cranswick, S. de Wit and A Vary.
KENNECOTT CANADA INC, Arbor Resources INC and Emperor Gold Corp., 1994. Assessment Report #093201 by R. Cranswick, A. Doyle.
KENNECOTT CANADA INC, Wealth Resources Limited and Arbor Resources INC, 1994. Assessment Report #093211 by R. Cranswick, A. Doyle.
KSL EXPLORATION (YUKON) LTD, Jun/2001. Assessment Report #094209 by R.G. Adamson and C.M. Thomas.
KSL EXPLORATION (YUKON) LTD, Jul/2002. Assessment Report #094316 by R.G. Adamson and C.M. Thomas.
KSL EXPLORATION (YUKON) LTD, Feb/2003. Assessment Report #094356 by R.G. Adamson, C.M. Thomas and P. Grunn.
MORTENSEN, J.K., Geological Compilation Maps of the Northern Stewart River map area Klondike and Sixtymile Districts (115N/15,16; 115O/13,14 and parts of 115O/15,16). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open file 1996-1 (G).
SHIVES, R.B. K., ET AL., 2001. Multisensor Airborne Geophysical Survey, Stewart River area (115O/14, 15). Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; GSC Open File 3992 and EGSD Open File 2001-8. Ten 1:50 000 scale maps.
SILVER SCEPTER RESOURCES LTD., 1987. Assessment Report #091750 by P.E. Walcott
UNITED KENO HILL MINES LTD, Jan/87. Assessment Report *#091900 by A. Coutts and D. Ouellette.
YUKON EXPLORATION 1985-86, p. 375.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1984, p. 203-206; 1995, p. 9, 11, 12; 1999, p. 29; 2000, p. 20, 25; 2001, p. 17, 24.
The Homestake, Fortune, etc claims (12125) were staked near the junction of Bear Creek and Lindow Creek in Jul/11 by J. Nicholas.
Dawson Eldorado Gold Explorations Ltd staked Klot cl 1-8 (YA65663) to the north in Feb/83.
Restaked as Bea cl 1-16 (YA80654) in Jun/84 by a joint venture between United Keno Hill Mines Ltd & Falconbridge Ltd. The Dawson Syndicate staked Moon cl 1-55 (YA79671), Fish cl 1-24 (YA84476), Alpha cl A-P (YA79850), Alpha cl Q-T (YA84286), and Penibe cl 1-31 (YA84962) in the surrounding area in 1983 and 1984, and tied on Zip cl 1-40 (YA84428) to the west in Aug/84. In Feb/86 the Dawson Syndicate staked Comet cl 1-42 (YA87834) to the east and later in the year conducted magnetometer, VLF-EM, geochemical and geological mapping surveys over their various claim holdings. United Keno explored the Bea claims with trenching and geochemical sampling.
Avanti Minerals Ltd restaked the Klot claims as Ski cl 1-8 (YB23395) in Dec/88.
The Ski claims were restaked as Pod cl 1-8 (YB30095) in Apr/90 by Arbor Resources Ltd. In May/93 Arbor (now operator for the Dawson Syndicate) optioned the surviving Comet, Moon, Fish, Alpha, Zip and Penibe claims to Kennecott Canada Inc.
In Jun/93 Kennecott performed geological mapping on the Penibe claims. In 1994 Kennecott intended to follow up magnetic anomalies identified from various geophysical surveys flown over the Pod and surrounding claims. The company cut a grid but cancelled the remaining work after obtaining poor results on other optioned claims located in the area. In Jan/95 Kennecott cancelled its option. In Jan/96 Arbor Resources Inc changed its name to Klondike Gold Corp.
In Jun/99 Barramundi Gold Ltd surrounded the area around the occurrence with a large number of Klondike claims. In Jul/99 Barramundi optioned all of their Klondike region claims to KSL Exploration (Yulon) Ltd, a private Australian company. The occurrence was restaked as Bear cl 1-27 (YC20011) in Jun/2000 by Barramundi Gold. In Oct/2000 Barramundi changed its name to PacRim Resources Ltd.
In the summer of 2001, Klondike Source carried out a large Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) geochemical soil survey over the Klondike, Bear and other optioned claims in the area. One line of soil samples was collected over portions of the Bear claims. Klondike Source enlarged the MMI geochemical soil survey in 2002 but no sampling occurred near this occurrence. The company also reviewed regional airborne geophysical data obtained collected by Arbor and Kennecott and from a 2001 joint program funded by the Geological Survey of Canada and Yukon Geology Program.
Capsule Geology
The area is underlain by quartz and feldspar augen-bearing quartz-muscovite-chlorite schist (unit Psa) and overlying and/or interlayered rusty weathering muscovite and muscovite-quartz schist (unit Psqm). Carbonaceous quartz-muscovite schist occurs locally along the contact between the two units. The metamorphic rocks are deformed into tight, north-trending, second-phase folds. Quartz veins are abundant and are mainly foliaform metamorphic sweats.
At least 20 claims were staked in the area in 1911 following the discovery of gold-bearing quartz on the Fortune claim. A newspaper account reported assays of 26.4 g/t Au and 6.9 g/t Ag from a rock in which no gold was visible. Cairnes examined the occurrence in 1911 and observed quartz veins with pyrite and visible gold, some of which was quite crystalline. Crystalline gold is relatively common in placer deposits in Bear Creek and may be derived in part from this occurrence.
The occurrence area has received a cursory examination over the years by various claim holders but very little work appears to have been carried out on the actual occurrence. Old pits and shafts have been reported in the area most of which, if not all have collapsed into themselves. KSL Exploration's Mobile Metal Ion survey identified two small arsenic anomalies with isolated gold values about 1.5 km southwest and southeast of the occurrence. The review of geophysical data did not identify any structures in the vicinity of this occurrence.
References
ARBOR RESOURCES LTD, Sep/86. Assessment Report *#091856 by R.A. Gonzalez.
ARBOR RESOURCES LTD, STANDARD GOLD MINES LTD and GALLANT GOLD MINES LTD, Nov/87. Assessment Report *#091981 by Z. Dvorak.
CAIRNES, D.D., 1912. Quartz mining in the Klondike District. Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report for 1911, p. 17-40.
DAWSON DAILY NEWS, 27 Jul/11.
DAWSON SYNDICATE (1983) EXPLORATION LIMITED, 1986. Assessment Report #091807 by P. Grunenberg and A.G. Troup.
DAWSON SYNDICATE (1983) EXPLORATION LIMITED, 1987. Assessment Report #091757 by P. Grunenberg and R.A. Gonzalez
DAWSON ELDORADO GOLD EXP LTD., 1984. Assessment Report #091563 by J.K. Mortensen.
GALLANT GOLD MINES LTD., 1986. Assessment Report #062213 by R.A. Gonzalez
GALLANT GOLD MINES LTD., 1987. Assessment Report #091748 by P.E. Walcott
GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER, 30 Aug/94; 10 Nov/94; 23 Jan/96.
HUGHS LANG EXPLORATION LIMITED, 1990. Assessment Report #092849 by S. Tomlinson
KENNECOTT CANADA INC, Jul/95. Assessment Report #093321 by R. Cranswick, S. de Wit and A Vary.
KENNECOTT CANADA INC, Arbor Resources INC and Emperor Gold Corp., 1994. Assessment Report #093201 by R. Cranswick, A. Doyle.
KENNECOTT CANADA INC, Wealth Resources Limited and Arbor Resources INC, 1994. Assessment Report #093211 by R. Cranswick, A. Doyle.
KSL EXPLORATION (YUKON) LTD, Jun/2001. Assessment Report #094209 by R.G. Adamson and C.M. Thomas.
KSL EXPLORATION (YUKON) LTD, Jul/2002. Assessment Report #094316 by R.G. Adamson and C.M. Thomas.
KSL EXPLORATION (YUKON) LTD, Feb/2003. Assessment Report #094356 by R.G. Adamson, C.M. Thomas and P. Grunn.
MORTENSEN, J.K., Geological Compilation Maps of the Northern Stewart River map area Klondike and Sixtymile Districts (115N/15,16; 115O/13,14 and parts of 115O/15,16). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Open file 1996-1 (G).
SHIVES, R.B. K., ET AL., 2001. Multisensor Airborne Geophysical Survey, Stewart River area (115O/14, 15). Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; GSC Open File 3992 and EGSD Open File 2001-8. Ten 1:50 000 scale maps.
SILVER SCEPTER RESOURCES LTD., 1987. Assessment Report #091750 by P.E. Walcott
UNITED KENO HILL MINES LTD, Jan/87. Assessment Report *#091900 by A. Coutts and D. Ouellette.
YUKON EXPLORATION 1985-86, p. 375.
YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1984, p. 203-206; 1995, p. 9, 11, 12; 1999, p. 29; 2000, p. 20, 25; 2001, p. 17, 24.
Work History
| Date | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2001 | Geochemistry | KSL Exploration carried out Mobile Metal Ion survey over region, one line was collected on Bear claims. |
| 12/31/1993 | Geology | Kennecott mapped adjoining Penibe claims. |
| 12/31/1986 | Geochemistry | |
| 12/31/1986 | Geochemistry | |
| 12/31/1986 | Trenching |
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 096562 | 2013 | 2013 Geochemical Assessment Report on the Bonanza Project | Rock - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 094924 | 2007 | Geological Mapping, Core Logging, Trenching and Rock Geochemistry on the Bonaza Project | Historical Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Backhoe - Trenching | ||
| 094564 | 2004 | Assessment Report for the Renewal of Wedge, Mice, Bobo, and Fur Claim Groups | Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology | ||
| 094316 | 2002 | Assessment Report for the Renewal of Klondike, Bear, Gap, IF, Act, Git, Nug, and Wedge Claims | Soil - Geochemistry, Process/Interpret - Pre-existing Data | ||
| 093321 | 1994 | 1994 Annual Report on the Klondike Gold Project | Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other, Backhoe - Trenching | ||
| 093075 | 1992 | Geological, Geochemical and Trenching Report on the Dawson Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other, Mechanical - Trenching | ||
| 092690 | 1988 | Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, and Trench Report for Work Performed by Mark Management Ltd. on the REEF Grid | All Weather Road - Development, Surface, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Line Cutting - Other, Mechanical - Trenching | ||
| 091981 | 1987 | Report on Combined Helicopter Borne Electromagnetic, Magnetic, and VLF-EM Survey | Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics | ||
| 091900 | 1986 | Report on the Geological Mapping, Geochemical Sampling and Trenching Program on the Bear Creek Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Mechanical - Trenching | ||
| 120071 | 1985 | Prelimanary Report on the Bear Creek Placer Project | Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data | ||
| 091807 | 1985 | Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Report for Work performed by Mark Management on the Dawson Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Heavy Mineral Concentrate - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Petrographic - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Mechanical - Trenching | ||
| 091546 | 1983 | Regional Geochemical and Geophysical Report on the Syndicate, Dawson, William, 83, 98, Wild, and Wild Card Claims | Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, Heavy Mineral Concentrate - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data | ||
| 060149 | 1972 | Geological and Geochemical Report Yukon Quartz Mineral Claims | Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry |