General Information
Secondary Commodities: uranium
Deposit Type(s): Uranium
Location(s): 64.4075 N, -138.719440 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116B07
Location Comments: 1 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Teta cl (YA5259) in Aug/76 by Urangesellschaft L, which explored with mapping in 1977 and hand trenching in 1978.
Capsule Geology
The claims cover a pseudoleucite tinguaite phase at the southern margin of the Cretaceous Tombstone syenite stock. The tinguaite is strongly sheared and partially recrystallized. Linear zones up to 9 m thick containing uraninite, pyrrhotite and minor purple fluorite and molybdenite parallel foliation in the tinguaite. Yellow uranium secondary minerals coat near-surface fractures.
A 9 by 12 m outcrop of sheared tinguaite on the claims assayed 630 ppm U, while specimens assayed up to 5% U3O8. Olade and Goodfellow reported a background range of 1 to 282 ppm Th and 3 to 86 ppm U in the syenite and 55 to 125 ppm Th and 3 to 206 ppm U in the tinguaite.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Bulletin 180.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 77-1B, p. 37-45.
MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1976, p. 140-141; 1977, p. 53; 1978, p. 29.
NORTHERN MINER, 24 Nov/77.
OLADE, M.A., AND GOODFELLOW, W.D., Jun/78. Development of lithochemical and hydrochemical methods of exploration for porphyry uranium, molybdenum and tungsten mineralization, Tombstone Batholith. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Exploration Geochemistry, Denver.
URANGESELLSCHAFT CANADA LTD, Oct/77. Assessment Report *#090261 by J.A. Brophy.
URANGESELLSCHAFT CANADA LTD, 1978. Assessment Report *#061932 by anonymous.
URANGESELLSCHAFT CANADA LTD, 1978. Assessment Report *#062003 by anonymous.
URANGESELLSCHAFT CANADA LTD, Oct/79. Assessment Report *#090503 by J.B. Williams.
Staked as Teta cl (YA5259) in Aug/76 by Urangesellschaft L, which explored with mapping in 1977 and hand trenching in 1978.
Capsule Geology
The claims cover a pseudoleucite tinguaite phase at the southern margin of the Cretaceous Tombstone syenite stock. The tinguaite is strongly sheared and partially recrystallized. Linear zones up to 9 m thick containing uraninite, pyrrhotite and minor purple fluorite and molybdenite parallel foliation in the tinguaite. Yellow uranium secondary minerals coat near-surface fractures.
A 9 by 12 m outcrop of sheared tinguaite on the claims assayed 630 ppm U, while specimens assayed up to 5% U3O8. Olade and Goodfellow reported a background range of 1 to 282 ppm Th and 3 to 86 ppm U in the syenite and 55 to 125 ppm Th and 3 to 206 ppm U in the tinguaite.
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Bulletin 180.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 77-1B, p. 37-45.
MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1976, p. 140-141; 1977, p. 53; 1978, p. 29.
NORTHERN MINER, 24 Nov/77.
OLADE, M.A., AND GOODFELLOW, W.D., Jun/78. Development of lithochemical and hydrochemical methods of exploration for porphyry uranium, molybdenum and tungsten mineralization, Tombstone Batholith. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Exploration Geochemistry, Denver.
URANGESELLSCHAFT CANADA LTD, Oct/77. Assessment Report *#090261 by J.A. Brophy.
URANGESELLSCHAFT CANADA LTD, 1978. Assessment Report *#061932 by anonymous.
URANGESELLSCHAFT CANADA LTD, 1978. Assessment Report *#062003 by anonymous.
URANGESELLSCHAFT CANADA LTD, Oct/79. Assessment Report *#090503 by J.B. Williams.
Location Map
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011
Work History
Year | Work Type | Comment |
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1978 | Trenching: Hand | |
1977 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Tombstone
Formation:
Member:
Terrane:
Period Max: Cretaceous
Age Max: 94 MA
Period Min: Cretaceous
Age Min: 90 MA
Rock Major: syenite
Rock Minor: monzogranite
Reference: Thompson et al. (1994) - GSC OF 2849
Geological Unit (1M): mKT
Geological Unit (250K): mKyT
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
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092674 | 1988 | Prospecting and Hand Trenching at the TOMBSTONE Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other, Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data, Hand - Trenching | ||
090503 | 1979 | Geological, Geochemical, Geophysical Report on the TETA Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Detailed Surficial Mapping - Geology, Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data | ||
061932 | 1978 | Reconnaissance Yukon [on the] TETA, BETA, JUG and ABBA Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Bulk Sample - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Handblast - Trenching | ||
090510 | 1978 | Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical Report [on the] Beta 1-38 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Detailed Surficial Mapping - Geology, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics | ||
090261 | 1977 | Geological, Radiometric and Geophysical Surveys Conducted on the TETA Group | Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Detailed Surficial Mapping - Geology, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other | ||
062003 | 1977 | [1977 Reconnaissance Work on the TETA and BETA Claims] | Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Cursory Property Visit - Other | ||
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 | ||
019458 | 1962 | [1962 Work on SNOW Claim and Galena Farm and Melville Crown Grants] | Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data |
Related References
Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
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ARMC006890 | Fig. U-TS1 - Radiometrics map - Tombstone area - Ukon joint venture | Geophysical Map | |
ARMC006891 | Fig. U-TS2 - Geochemistry map - Tombstone area - Ukon joint venture | Geochemical Map |
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