General Information
Secondary Commodities: copper, manganese, molybdenum, nickel
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 60°57'59" N - -127°32'47" W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 95D13
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available: No
Last Reviewed:
Capsule
Work History
Discovered by G. Abbott of the Yukon Geological Survey in the summer of 2009 during a regional mapping program.
Capsule Geology
G. Abbott of the Yukon Geological Survey reported a small outcrop of shattered cherty olive green argillite on the banks of the Upper Coal River. The argillite is tentatively assigned to the Upper Silurian Steel Formation and contains breccia zones cemented by fine-grained pyrite and manganese strained fractures. An assay of pyrite breccia returned anomalous values for molybdenum (8.57 ppm), copper (110.6 ppm), nickel (198.4 ppm), manganese (> 10 000 ppm) and iron (24.35%).
References
PIGAGE, L., ABBOTT, J.G. AND ROOTS, C.F., 2010. Bedrock geology of Coal River map area (NTS 95D), Yukon (1:250 000 scale). Yukon Geological Survey, Open File – (in press).
Discovered by G. Abbott of the Yukon Geological Survey in the summer of 2009 during a regional mapping program.
Capsule Geology
G. Abbott of the Yukon Geological Survey reported a small outcrop of shattered cherty olive green argillite on the banks of the Upper Coal River. The argillite is tentatively assigned to the Upper Silurian Steel Formation and contains breccia zones cemented by fine-grained pyrite and manganese strained fractures. An assay of pyrite breccia returned anomalous values for molybdenum (8.57 ppm), copper (110.6 ppm), nickel (198.4 ppm), manganese (> 10 000 ppm) and iron (24.35%).
References
PIGAGE, L., ABBOTT, J.G. AND ROOTS, C.F., 2010. Bedrock geology of Coal River map area (NTS 95D), Yukon (1:250 000 scale). Yukon Geological Survey, Open File – (in press).
Work History
| Date | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2009 | Geochemistry | Carried out by YGS. |
| 12/31/2009 | Geology | Regional Mapping carried out by YGS. |
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Reference Type | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMC018987 | Field map of 95D/13 with notations | Property File Collection | Geoscience Map (General) |