Revenue, Porphyry copper prospect

Revenue

Porphyry copper prospect in Yukon Territory, Canada

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	9897
Alternate names	Golden Revenue
Tract name	Cordilleran Continental Arc (003pCu2004x)
Included sites	Addition, Bit, Homestake, Nuc, Revenue Copper, Subtract
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Canada
State or province	Yukon Territory
Geographic location	-137.269223371, 62.325303663 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-137.269223371, 62.325303663
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	post-Late Cretaceous
Age reference	geologic inference
Minerals	chalcopyrite, pyrite, scheelite
Associated rocks	quartz monzonite, altered granodiorite, porphyry dikes (cut UK volcanics)
Tectonic setting	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	post-Late Cretaceous

Commodity and development information

Development status	Prospect
Major commodities	Cu, Au, W
Minor commodities	Ag, Mo
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Cu-Au and Cu-Mo soil anomalies; mag lows correlate with gold anomalies. Grades: 0.12 percent Cu, 0.03 percent Mo.
Study area name	British Columbia and Yukon Territory
References	MINFILE YT (2009); Pilcher and McDougall (1976)
Site reference	Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013)

MINFILE YT, 2009, MINFILE Mineral inventoryYukon Province: Yukon Geological Survey, MINFILE database, accessed December 2009, at http://servlet.gov.yk.ca/ygsmin/index.do. [Web page no longer available. See http://www.geology.gov.yk.ca/databases_gis.html to download minfile.zip at link for ""Mineral Occurrences in the Yukon"".]

Pilcher, S.H., and McDougal, J.J., 1976, Characteristics of some Canadian Cordilleran porphyry prospects: in Sutherland Brown, A., ed., Porphyry deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, the Charles S. Ney Volume, p. 7982.