Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number:
116C 091
Occurrence Name:
Chain
Occurrence Type:
Hard-rock
Status:
Showing
Date printed:
4/29/2025 3:03:10 AM

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General Information
Capsule
Work History
Assessment Reports
References

General Information

Secondary Commodities: coal
Deposit Type(s): Coal
Location(s): 64°29'0" N - -140°12'28" W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116C08
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available: No
Last Reviewed:

Capsule

Work History

Staked as Coal Lease 245 by C.H. Hamilton, C. Constantine and William Ogilvie, who surveyed it in Mar/1899. Ogilvie had discovered coal float at the mouth of the creek, 24 km downstream, in 1887.

Capsule Geology

The claim is underlain by lignite-bearing conglomerate and sandstone of Eocene age.

Work History

Date Work Type Comment
12/31/1899 Other

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
090843 1981 Report on the Airborne Geophysical Survey on the CASSIAR CREEK Property and Adjacent Area Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Reference Type Document Type
YCI1994 Yukon Coal Inventory Indian & Northern Affairs Canada/Department of Indian & Northern Development: Exploration & Geological Services Division Report