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Occurrence Details


Occurrence Number
116B 060
Occurrence Name
Multiply
Occurrence Type
Hard-rock
Status
Showing


General Information

Secondary Commodities: copper, molybdenum
Deposit Type(s): Skarn Cu
Location(s): 64.455830 N, -138.456390 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116B08
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No

Capsule

Work History

Discovered by the GSC in 1965 and staked as MYN cl (YA84096) in Jul/84 by G. Freibergs.

Capsule Geology

Disseminated pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite occur in a 15 m wide zone that has developed in a sequence of Devono-Mississippian quartzite and argillite at the contact of a Cretaceous porphyritic quartz monzonite stock.

References

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 65-1A, p. 36.

Location Map

Regional Geology - Terrane

Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia


Regional Geology - Bedrock

Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Galena
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Triassic
Age Max: 240 MA
Period Min: Triassic
Age Min: 230 MA
Rock Major: diorite
Rock Minor: gabbro
Reference: Thompson et al. (1994) - GSC OF 2849
Geological Unit (1M): TrG
Geological Unit (250K): TrG

Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence

Report Number Year Title Worktypes Holes Drilled Meters Drilled
090183 1977 Geochemistry, Geology, and Radiometric Survey on the TING, NOTING, and PROSPECTING Claims Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Water - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Petrographic - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Prospecting - Other
090184 1976 Report on Geochemistry, Geology and Radiometric Survey on the NEBULOUS 1-33 Claims Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Water - Geochemistry, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Petrographic - Lab Work/Physical Studies

Related References

Number Title Page(s) Document Type
ARMC006891 Fig. U-TS2 - Geochemistry map - Tombstone area - Ukon joint venture Geochemical Map
ARMC006890 Fig. U-TS1 - Radiometrics map - Tombstone area - Ukon joint venture Geophysical Map
ARMC016777 Geology and geochemical map - 116B/8 Geoscience Map (Geological - Bedrock)
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