General Information
Secondary Commodities: lead, silver, molybdenum
Aliases: Mchagen-Kelly
Deposit Type(s): Vein Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Location(s): 61.023330 N, -133.665830 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 105F04
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Capsule
Work History
A few quartz claims were staked in this area in 1923 but no records have been found. A 36.6 m adit and several open cuts had been completed here by 1934 when the area was first visited by the GSC.
Restaked as Hazel cl (4572) in Jun/46 by J. Johns, as Sid cl (60741) in Jun/52 by J. Mohagen, and as the Mobs cl (66529) in Aug/53 by M. Baird. Restaked as Wopus cl (77913) in Aug/62 by Mohagen and sold in May/66 to Boswell River ML, which added the Star cl (Y8012) in May/66 and performed hand trenching, mapping, geochem sampling and EM surveys in 1966-68. J. Suits added Hill cl (Y20998) in Sep/67.
Restaked as AG cl (Y75836) in Jul/73 by El Paso Mg & Milling C, which performed mapping and soil sampling in 1973 and 1974, and as Ann cl (YA22802) in Jul/78 by a joint venture between Placer Dev L and Newmont, which performed a geochem survey later in the year.
Restaked as BOS & GE cl (YA48275) in Oct/79 by H. Rail, etc and transferred to a new company, Golden Empire ML, which performed linecutting and trenching in 1980 and 1981 and mapping, geochem sampling and road construction in 1982.
Restaked as Star cl 1-16 (YB66593) by 13744 Yukon Inc in Feb/96.
Capsule Geology
Galena occurs in quartz lenses within a thin (1-2 m) dolomite horizon at the contact between a tuff unit to the south and quartz-sericite schist to the north.
Galena and minor amounts of molybdenite also occur in quartz veins at the contact between a Cretaceous batholith and metasedimentary rocks of unknown age which resemble the Klondike Schist (Permian). The veins are up to 9.2 m wide, and the adit reportedly cut a 4.6 m vein. Three grab samples collected by the GSC assayed 740 to 1566.8 g/t Ag and trace Au.
Soil sampling outlined a number of coincident lead-silver anomalies near a 640 by 37 m area where quartz stockwork comprises about 10% of the rock. Assays of 62 rock samples collected by El Paso averaged 68.57 g/t Ag and 0.8% Pb.
References
13744 YUKON INC, Feb/97. Assessment Report *#093565 by S. Traynor.
BOSWELL RIVER MINES LTD, 1966. Prospectus Report by P.H. Sevensma.
EL PASO MINING AND MILLING COMPANY, 1974. Assessment Report *#060856 by B. Taylor.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 66-31, p. 60-62.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 203. p. 23-24.
MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1974, p. 149.
WHITEHORSE MINING RECORDER, 1923. Annual Report.
A few quartz claims were staked in this area in 1923 but no records have been found. A 36.6 m adit and several open cuts had been completed here by 1934 when the area was first visited by the GSC.
Restaked as Hazel cl (4572) in Jun/46 by J. Johns, as Sid cl (60741) in Jun/52 by J. Mohagen, and as the Mobs cl (66529) in Aug/53 by M. Baird. Restaked as Wopus cl (77913) in Aug/62 by Mohagen and sold in May/66 to Boswell River ML, which added the Star cl (Y8012) in May/66 and performed hand trenching, mapping, geochem sampling and EM surveys in 1966-68. J. Suits added Hill cl (Y20998) in Sep/67.
Restaked as AG cl (Y75836) in Jul/73 by El Paso Mg & Milling C, which performed mapping and soil sampling in 1973 and 1974, and as Ann cl (YA22802) in Jul/78 by a joint venture between Placer Dev L and Newmont, which performed a geochem survey later in the year.
Restaked as BOS & GE cl (YA48275) in Oct/79 by H. Rail, etc and transferred to a new company, Golden Empire ML, which performed linecutting and trenching in 1980 and 1981 and mapping, geochem sampling and road construction in 1982.
Restaked as Star cl 1-16 (YB66593) by 13744 Yukon Inc in Feb/96.
Capsule Geology
Galena occurs in quartz lenses within a thin (1-2 m) dolomite horizon at the contact between a tuff unit to the south and quartz-sericite schist to the north.
Galena and minor amounts of molybdenite also occur in quartz veins at the contact between a Cretaceous batholith and metasedimentary rocks of unknown age which resemble the Klondike Schist (Permian). The veins are up to 9.2 m wide, and the adit reportedly cut a 4.6 m vein. Three grab samples collected by the GSC assayed 740 to 1566.8 g/t Ag and trace Au.
Soil sampling outlined a number of coincident lead-silver anomalies near a 640 by 37 m area where quartz stockwork comprises about 10% of the rock. Assays of 62 rock samples collected by El Paso averaged 68.57 g/t Ag and 0.8% Pb.
References
13744 YUKON INC, Feb/97. Assessment Report *#093565 by S. Traynor.
BOSWELL RIVER MINES LTD, 1966. Prospectus Report by P.H. Sevensma.
EL PASO MINING AND MILLING COMPANY, 1974. Assessment Report *#060856 by B. Taylor.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Paper 66-31, p. 60-62.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Memoir 203. p. 23-24.
MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1974, p. 149.
WHITEHORSE MINING RECORDER, 1923. Annual Report.
Location Map
Last Updated: Jun 19, 2018
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Development, Surface: All Weather Road | |
| 1982 | Geochemistry: Soil | Also rock sampling. |
| 1982 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1981 | Trenching | |
| 1980 | Trenching | |
| 1978 | Geochemistry: Soil | Also rock sampling. |
| 1974 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1974 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1973 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1973 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1968 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1968 | Ground Geophysics: EM | |
| 1968 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1967 | Geochemistry: Soil | Also rock. |
| 1967 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1967 | Ground Geophysics: EM | |
| 1967 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1966 | Geochemistry: Rock | Also soil sampling. |
| 1966 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1966 | Ground Geophysics: EM | |
| 1966 | Trenching: Hand | |
| 1934 | Development, Underground: Drifting/Raising | A 36.6 m long adit dug. |
| 1934 | Trenching: Hand | Several trenches dug. |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Intermontane
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: Yukon-Tanana
Realm: peri-Laurentian
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup:
Group/Suite: Finlayson
Formation:
Member:
Terrane: Yukon-Tanana
Period Max: Devonian
Age Max: 365 MA
Period Min: Carboniferous
Age Min: 345 MA
Rock Major: quartzite/qt-ms-schist
Rock Minor: conglo/grit
Reference: Gordey & Stevens (1994) - GSC OF 2886
Geological Unit (1M): DMF
Geological Unit (250K): DMF3
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 094937 | 2007 | Assessment Report, Helicopter Magnetic and Radiometric Survey for It's Your Nickel Exploration Ltd. on the Turn River Uranium Project | Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics | ||
| 093565 | 1996 | Evaluation Survey of the Star 1-16, Mar 1-22 and Charm 1-16 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry | ||
| 060856 | 1974 | Report on the Geology and Geochemistry of the AG 1-6 Mineral Claims | Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology | ||
| 060003 | 1969 | Geochemical Survey, Assessment Work Report on theNW Claim group | Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry |
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMC014332 | Summary report on Mobs group - Boswell River area | Report |
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