General Information
Capsule
Exploration History
Galena float was reportedly discover in the area about 1949, but the area was not staked until Oct/62 as Bob cl 1-108 (82441) by the Titan Project Joint Venture (Noranda Mines Ltd, Canex Aerial Exploration Ltd, Homestake Explorations Ltd, and Kerr Addison Gold Mines Ltd), which prospected and mapped in 1963.
Partly restaked by United Keno Hill Mines Ltd in Jun/65 as the G cl 1-10 (84222) and N cl 1-8 (84274) following release of regional geochemical data collected during 1964 by the Geological Survey of Canada's Operation Keno. These claims were prospected and soil sampled later in the year.
Restaked within Erin cl 1-184 (Y32291) in Mar/69 by United Keno Hill Mines Ltd, which conducted mapping and geochemical sampling in 1969 and 1970. Amax of Canada Ltd restaked the showing as the Hit cl 1-96 (YA39657) in Apr/79 and performed mapping and geochem surveys later in the year.
Restaked by Amax as Tag 1-24 (YB14366) in Aug/91. HRC Development Corporation performed a geological and geochemical survey on the Tag claims in 1992, added the Tag 25-40 cl (YB22327) in Jul/93, and prospected and sampled in Aug/93. In Jul/94 HRC carried out further prospecting and rock and soil sampling on the claims. In 1995, HRC trenched and sampled over the soil sample anomalies identified in 1994. In Mar/97 HRC staked Bre cl 1-16 (YB65985) east and south of the Tag claims.
The area was restaked in 2003 and a sampling program was conducted later that year. In 2011 conducted a regional geochemical and mapping program, and in 2018 further trenching uncovered an east-west trending mineralized shear zone.
Victoria Gold Corp completed trenching in 2018 and large drill programs on the site in 2020, 2021 and 2022. In the fall of 2022 Victoria Gold announced a maiden inferred resource containing 1M oz of gold.
Capsule Geology
The Raven occurrence is located within the south eastern portion of the Nugget Stock. The Nugget stock consists of a 2.2 kilometer by 1.2-kilometer, Cretaceous age, medium to coarse grained granodiorite stock and occurs on the eastern side of the Lynx Creek valley. The area is underlain by the Devonian to Mississippian age Earn Group and the Early Carboniferous age Keno Hill Quartzite which have been deformed by greenschist facies metamorphism, folding, and thrusting (Gordey and Makepeace, 2003). The Raven occurrence is hosted in a shear zone corridor within the Nugget Stock, in close association with the intrusion-metasediment contact.
The Raven occurrence is highlighted by coincident gold + arsenic + bismuth soil anomalies. Trenching in the fall of 2018 uncovered scorodite, bismuth and siderite related sulphide veins buried under a metre of overburden. Trench assays from 2018 returned from trace to 124.0 metres of 3.50 g/t Au including 58.0 metres of 4.68 g/t Au.
In September, 2022, the company announce a maiden mineral resource in the inferred category of 19,956,934 tonnes grading 1.67 g/t gold for a total of 1,070,239 oz of gold.
Location Map
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Drilling: Diamond | |
| 2022 | Geochemistry: Drill Core | |
| 2022 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 2022 | Trenching: Backhoe | |
| 2021 | Drilling: Diamond | 33 holes, 8063 m |
| 2021 | Geochemistry: Drill Core | |
| 2021 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 2021 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 2021 | Trenching: Backhoe | |
| 2020 | Development, Surface: Access Road | |
| 2020 | Drilling: Diamond | 31 holes, 7452.63 m |
| 2020 | Geochemistry: Drill Core | |
| 2020 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 2020 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 2020 | Trenching: Backhoe | |
| 2018 | Trenching: Backhoe | |
| 2011 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 2011 | Geology: Regional Bedrock Mapping | |
| 2003 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 1995 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1995 | Trenching: Mechanical | |
| 1994 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 1994 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1994 | Other | |
| 1993 | Other | |
| 1993 | Other | |
| 1993 | Other | |
| 1992 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1992 | Other | |
| 1979 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1979 | Other | |
| 1970 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1970 | Other | |
| 1969 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1969 | Other | |
| 1965 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 1965 | Other | |
| 1963 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 1963 | Other |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 097130 | 2017 | Assessment Report on the VBW Claims: Geological, Geochemical and Remote Sensing Exploration Program - 2017 | Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, LIDAR - Remote Sensing | ||
| 096246 | 2012 | 2011 Dublin Gulch Exploration, Drilling, Regional Surface Sampling, Engineering and Environmental Programs | Diamond - Drilling, Diamond - Drilling, Reverse Circulation - Drilling, Reverse Circulation - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Drill Cuttings - Geochemistry, Drill Cuttings - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Regional Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Bulk Sample - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Bulk Sample - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Environmental Assessment/Impact - Studies, Environmental Assessment/Impact - Studies, Geotechnical - Studies, Geotechnical - Studies, Backhoe - Trenching, Backhoe - Trenching | 268 | 35882.36 |
| 096209 | 2010 | 2010 Dublin Gulch Exploration Geology Program | All Weather Road - Development, Surface, Auger - Drilling, Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Tailings - Geochemistry, Water - Geochemistry, Bulk Sample - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Prospecting - Other, Environmental Assessment/Impact - Studies, Geotechnical - Studies | 84 | 11072.39 |
| 094788 | 2004 | 2004 [Dublin Gulch] Geophysical Survey | Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics | ||
| 094768 | 2003 | Geochemical and Prospecting Report on the Hla Hla 1-14, Neera 1-2 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other, Hand - Trenching, Handblast - Trenching | ||
| 093987 | 1998 | Digital Topography, Landsat, and Colour Air Photo Survey over the Clark Claims] | Orthophoto - Airphotography, Rock - Geochemistry, Landsat - Remote Sensing | ||
| 093383 | 1995 | Trenching Program on the Tag Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Backhoe - Trenching | ||
| 093237 | 1994 | Geological and Geochemical Assessment Work on the Tag Property | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 093133 | 1993 | Assessment Report on the Tag 1-40 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 093079 | 1992 | Report on the 1992 Prospecting and Geochemical Work on the Tag 1-24 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 090915 | 1981 | 1981 Exploration Program, Dublin Gulch | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other, Mechanical - Trenching | ||
| 090564 | 1979 | Geological, Geochemical, and Geophysical Report | Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, Seismic - Ground Geophysics, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data | ||
| 090560 | 1979 | Geological and Geochemical Assessment Report | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 060724 | 1969 | Geological and Geochemical Report on the Erin 1 to 28 and 31 to 189 Mineral Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 017463 | 1963 | Report on the Geology of the Bob Group, Mineral Claims | Interpretation - Airphotography, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Cursory Property Visit - Other |
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|
| Citations |
|---|
| GORDEY, S.P. AND MAKEPEACE, A.J. 2003: Yukon Digital Geology, version 2.0, S.P. Gordey and A.J. Makepeace (comp); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1749 and Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2003-9 (D). |
| MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT, 1969-70, p. 16-17. |
| ROOTS, C. 1990. Geology of 106D/8 and 106D/7 (east half) map area; Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada, Open File 1990-3. |
| ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Bedrock geology of Mayo area, central Yukon (105M0. Exploration and Geological Services Division, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Geoscience Map 1997-1, 1:50 000 scale. |
| ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Geology of the Mayo Map Area, Yukon Territory (105M). Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Bulletin 7, 82p. |
| Stratagold Corp., May/2018. Assessment Report #097130 by P. Gray, H. Kuikka, and S. Wozniak |
| Summary of work on the Skate Creek project: Mayo mining district, Yukon Territory., Dec/03. YMIP Report #2003-071a by J. Peter Ross. |
| YUKON EXPLORATION & GEOLOGY 1995, p. 17. |
| YUKON GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION 1979-80, p. 238. |
