Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number:
116C 119
Occurrence Name:
Smitheringale
Occurrence Type:
Hard-rock
Status:
Prospect
Date printed:
4/29/2025 12:53:55 PM

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Work History
Assessment Reports

General Information

Secondary Commodities: asbestos
Aliases: Bet, Dodge, Dot, Mary
Deposit Type(s): Ultramafic-hosted asbestos
Location(s): 64°27'9" N - -140°42'31" W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116C07
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available: No
Last Reviewed:

Capsule

Work History

The southeast target, on Wolverine Hill, was staked as Dot, Bet, etc cl (78231) in Apr/59 by Cassiar Asbestos Corp, which bulldozer trenched later in the year, drilled 4 holes (389.2 m) and surveyed the claims in 1963 and took the claims to lease in 1964.
The other target, on Trace Hill, was first staked as Mary cl (78288) in Apr/57 by M. Fuhr et al., who bulldozer trenched in 1958. It was restaked by Cassiar in Jun/63 as Dodge, etc cl (79237), explored with trenching and drilling in 1963 and 1965, surveyed and taken to lease in 1963 and 1964.

Capsule Geology

The Wolverine Creek deposit consists of about 45 000 tonnes grading about 4 to 5% asbestos classified as Group 5, cement grade. Drilling showed it to be a thin erosional remnant. It occurs in light green, massive to highly sheared serpentinite enclosed by schist of the Nasina Series and quartz-carbonate alteration.
Similar mineralization occurring on Trace Hill may have originally been part of the one larger body which was later dissected by erosion. Drilling indicated that average grade on Trace Hill is only about 1%.

Work History

Date Work Type Comment
12/31/1965 Drilling
12/31/1965 Trenching
12/31/1964 Other Wolverine and Trace Hill targets.
12/31/1963 Drilling 4 holes, 389.2 m
12/31/1963 Trenching
12/31/1959 Trenching
12/31/1958 Trenching

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
091460 1982 Report on Geological Mapping and Soil Testing Survey-TATER 29-68 and 71-86 Claims All Weather Road - Development, Surface, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Line Cutting - Other, Mechanical - Trenching
062231 1965 An Evaluation of the CLINTON CREEK Project Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data, Pre-feasibility - Studies, Resource Estimate - Studies