General Information
Secondary Commodities: gold
Deposit Type(s): Unknown
Location(s): 63.768890 N, -139.252220 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 115O14
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Early claims staked in this vicinity include Fourth of July and North Star (6.4 to 9.6 km downstream from Quartz Creek) which were trenched in 1905 by D. Torrance; Mastodon (7036) (8.9 km downstream) which was explored with two 5 m adits by S.J. Thurber in 1905-1906; Chrysolite (7348) and Florence May (4.8 km below) which were staked by J.M. Pickel in October, 1906 and trenched in 1907.
The Wet cl 1-32 (YB23741) were staked 1 km to the west in October, 1989 by 6176 Yukon Ltd and Smokey cl 1-3 (YB40906) were staked 1.5 km to the east by J. Rustenburg in June, 1992. P. Lebell staked Dsp cl 1-32 (YB88788) 3 km to the southwest in September, 1996.
Re-staked as Ford cl 1-34 and 37-60 (YC07568) in July, 1998 by 17363 Yukon Inc, which carried out geochemical rock sampling later that year.
Capsule Geology
The area is underlain by carbonaceous quartz-muscovite schist of the Late Devonian (?) to mid-Mississippian Nasina assemblage of the Yukon Tanana terrane that is overlain to the north along a moderately to steeply northeast-dipping thrust fault by gneissic biotite quartz monzonite of the mid-Permian aged Sulphur Creek orthogneiss.
The Ford claims were staked to cover several large quartz veins hosted by the Nasina assemblage rocks in the the area. Several samples of bull quartz collected by P. Risby from the area prior to the staking of the Ford claims are reported to have assayed >1,000 ppb Au. Extensive resampling and analysis of numerous quartz veins in the area returned values well below those reported previously by Risby, with most returning only background values for gold. The peak value obtained during the resampling was 677 ppb Au.
Early claims staked in this vicinity include Fourth of July and North Star (6.4 to 9.6 km downstream from Quartz Creek) which were trenched in 1905 by D. Torrance; Mastodon (7036) (8.9 km downstream) which was explored with two 5 m adits by S.J. Thurber in 1905-1906; Chrysolite (7348) and Florence May (4.8 km below) which were staked by J.M. Pickel in October, 1906 and trenched in 1907.
The Wet cl 1-32 (YB23741) were staked 1 km to the west in October, 1989 by 6176 Yukon Ltd and Smokey cl 1-3 (YB40906) were staked 1.5 km to the east by J. Rustenburg in June, 1992. P. Lebell staked Dsp cl 1-32 (YB88788) 3 km to the southwest in September, 1996.
Re-staked as Ford cl 1-34 and 37-60 (YC07568) in July, 1998 by 17363 Yukon Inc, which carried out geochemical rock sampling later that year.
Capsule Geology
The area is underlain by carbonaceous quartz-muscovite schist of the Late Devonian (?) to mid-Mississippian Nasina assemblage of the Yukon Tanana terrane that is overlain to the north along a moderately to steeply northeast-dipping thrust fault by gneissic biotite quartz monzonite of the mid-Permian aged Sulphur Creek orthogneiss.
The Ford claims were staked to cover several large quartz veins hosted by the Nasina assemblage rocks in the the area. Several samples of bull quartz collected by P. Risby from the area prior to the staking of the Ford claims are reported to have assayed >1,000 ppb Au. Extensive resampling and analysis of numerous quartz veins in the area returned values well below those reported previously by Risby, with most returning only background values for gold. The peak value obtained during the resampling was 677 ppb Au.
Location Map
Last Updated: Nov 1, 2019
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Geochemistry: Rock |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Finlayson
Formation: Nasina
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 365 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 345 MA
Rock Major: gr-quartzite/qt-mica-schist
Rock Minor:
Reference: Gordey & Ryan (2005) - GSC OF 4970
Geological Unit (1M): DMF
Geological Unit (250K): DMF3
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 094059 | 1999 | Exploration Report on the Ford 1-60 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 120354 | 1984 | Placer Gold Potential of Central Indian River, Klondike Placer Goldfields | Resource Estimate - Studies | ||
| 090105 | 1976 | Report on Airborne Magnetometer Survey on the McKinnon and Montana Creek Claims | Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics |
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-1(G) | Geological Compilation Maps of the Northern Stewart River Area, Klondike and Sixtymile Districts (115N/15, 16, 115O/13, 14 and Parts of 115O/15, 16) | Open File (Geological - Bedrock) | |
| 1999-1(D) | Yukon Digital Geology | Open File (Geological - Bedrock) |
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