Mount Weir property, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mount Weir property | Property |
| Atlin Mining Division | Division |
| British Columbia | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
59° 39' 42'' North , 132° 59' 24'' West
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The Cy 4 and Mount Weir occurrences are located on Mount Weir, about 41 kilometres east of Atlin, British Columbia.
The following quote is from B.C. Government site “Minfile”- Minfile No. 104N 087, current to 2013:
“Mount Weir lies within the Surprise Lake batholith (Surprise Lake Plutonic Suite), a Late Cretaceous lobe of the Coast Plutonic Complex. The batholith consists of several phases of alaskite, quartz monzonite and granite.
In Zone A, fractures filled with smoky quartz veins and hosting galena, sphalerite, magnetite and hematite occur in coarse-grained alaskite. A grab sample from a 20 centimetre wide, 40 centimetre long quartz vein assayed 0.15 per cent uranium, 0.11 per cent lead and 4.0 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 6898). In 1977, the original discovery zone, Anomaly or Zone A, was found on the summit of Mount Weir, as a result of ground follow up of helicopter-borne radiometrics.
In Zone C, about 300 metres to the south, a yellow-orange coloured zone of supergene alteration, exposed over an area 10 by 40 metres, contains kasolite, wulfenite and vandendriesscheite. The mineralization likely leached from the highly fractured alaskite.”
Comment by Giles Peatfield regarding the locality:
These occurrences are within a larger claim area. This has been restricted for the purposes of this report.
Comments by Giles Peatfield regarding some of the minerals listed:
Danalite: Identified in the laboratory of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, presumably by X-ray analysis.
Kasolite: Identified in the laboratory of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, presumably by X-ray analysis.
vandendriesscheite: Identified in the laboratory of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, presumably by X-ray analysis.
Wulfenite: Identified in the laboratory of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, presumably by X-ray analysis.
The following quote is from B.C. Government site “Minfile”- Minfile No. 104N 087, current to 2013:
“Mount Weir lies within the Surprise Lake batholith (Surprise Lake Plutonic Suite), a Late Cretaceous lobe of the Coast Plutonic Complex. The batholith consists of several phases of alaskite, quartz monzonite and granite.
In Zone A, fractures filled with smoky quartz veins and hosting galena, sphalerite, magnetite and hematite occur in coarse-grained alaskite. A grab sample from a 20 centimetre wide, 40 centimetre long quartz vein assayed 0.15 per cent uranium, 0.11 per cent lead and 4.0 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 6898). In 1977, the original discovery zone, Anomaly or Zone A, was found on the summit of Mount Weir, as a result of ground follow up of helicopter-borne radiometrics.
In Zone C, about 300 metres to the south, a yellow-orange coloured zone of supergene alteration, exposed over an area 10 by 40 metres, contains kasolite, wulfenite and vandendriesscheite. The mineralization likely leached from the highly fractured alaskite.”
Comment by Giles Peatfield regarding the locality:
These occurrences are within a larger claim area. This has been restricted for the purposes of this report.
Comments by Giles Peatfield regarding some of the minerals listed:
Danalite: Identified in the laboratory of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, presumably by X-ray analysis.
Kasolite: Identified in the laboratory of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, presumably by X-ray analysis.
vandendriesscheite: Identified in the laboratory of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, presumably by X-ray analysis.
Wulfenite: Identified in the laboratory of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, presumably by X-ray analysis.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
10 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Danalite Formula: Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S References: |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 References: |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Kasolite Formula: Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Vandendriesscheite Formula: PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Smoky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Vandendriesscheite | 4.GB.40 | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Kasolite | 9.AK.15 | Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O |
| ⓘ | Danalite | 9.FB.10 | Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Kasolite | Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Vandendriesscheite | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| Be | Beryllium | |
| Be | ⓘ Danalite | Be3Fe42+(SiO4)3S |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Danalite | Be3Fe42+(SiO4)3S |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Kasolite | Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Vandendriesscheite | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Danalite | Be3Fe42+(SiO4)3S |
| Si | ⓘ Kasolite | Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Danalite | Be3Fe42+(SiO4)3S |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Danalite | Be3Fe42+(SiO4)3S |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Kasolite | Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O |
| Pb | ⓘ Vandendriesscheite | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Kasolite | Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O |
| U | ⓘ Vandendriesscheite | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
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| Link to British Columbia Minfile: | 104N 087 |
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Mount Weir property, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada