Work History

Staked as Barber cl 1-17 (59497) in Sep/49 by E.H. Barker, who explored with bulldozer trenching and ground sluicing until 1962. The property was optioned by Conwest Exploration Company Ltd in 1952, by Stride Exploration & Development Company Ltd in 1956, by Prospectors Airways Company Ltd in 1960 and by Peso Silver Mines Ltd in 1962. The Eleven cl (55381) were staked 1.6 km north on Fisher Creek in Oct/45.
Restaked within Smoky cl 1-82 (YA17930) in Apr/78 by a joint venture between Canada Tungsten Mining Corporation and Queenstake Resources Ltd, which mapped in 1981. Some of the Smoky claims were transferred to G. Dickson in Feb/86 and the remainder to Queenstake in Aug/86. Queenstake optioned Dickson's claims in Apr/91 and trenched later in the year. In Oct/94 Queenstake transferred its interest in the Smoky and Mole claims to Ivanhoe Goldfields Ltd.
Can-Pro Development Ltd optioned the Smoky and adjoining Mole claims as part of a larger block in the Dublin Gulch area in 1989. Ivanhoe Goldfields Ltd optioned Can-Pro's claims in 1991 and subsequently optioned them to Amax Gold (B.C.) Ltd, which drilled 2 rotary holes (112.8 m) on the Smoky 5 and 27 claims in 1992.
In Aug/94 First Dynasty Mines Ltd acquired Ivanhoe Goldfields Ltd. In 1995, First Dynasty and in 1996 its wholly owned subsidiary, New Millennium Mining Ltd carried out a major drilling program to outline a core resource/reserve on the Eagle Zone (Minfile Occurrence #106D 025). The company also carried out diamond drilling on Potato Hills (Minfile Occurrence #106D 026) to test the proposed heap leach pad area.
M.J. Moreau tied on Rex cl 1-8 (YB02241) to the south and Mole cl 1-6 (YB02249) and cl 13-18 (YB02255) to the southwest in Apr/88, and restaked the Rex cl 1-8 (YB03271) and Mole 1-6 (YB03787) and cl 13-14 (YB03793) in August, 1990.

Capsule Geology

The area has not yet been remapped by the Yukon Geological Survey however C. Roots (1997) of the Geological Survey of Canada under contract with the Exploration and Geological Services Division (now part of the Yukon Geological Survey) remapped topographic map sheet 105M located directly to the south in the mid-1990's. In 2003 Gordey and Makepeace released a geological compilation of the Yukon which covered this area.
The occurrence consists of quartz veins containing pyrite and jamesonite that occur in breccia zones near the contact between a smal Late Cretaceous granitic stock and schist of the Late Proterozoic-Early Cambrian Hyland Group. A sulphide-rich grab sample assayed 25.6% lead, 18.2% antimony, 1.7% zinc, 44.6 g/t silver and 1.0 g/t gold (source uncertain). The veins were discovered during placer mining.
The 1992 drillholes failed to intersect significant mineralization.

References

AMAX GOLD (B.C.) LTD, Nov/92. Assessment Report #093049 by A.C. Hitchins.

AMAX GOLD (B.C.) LTD, Nov/92. Assessment Report *#093050 by A.C. Hitchins.

CAN-PRO DEVELOPMENT LTD, Feb/90. Assessment Report #092841 by D. Philpot.

FIRST DYNASTY MINES LTD, Mar/96. Assessment Report #093409 by M. Sieb.

FIRST DYNASTY MINES LTD, 1995. Annual Report.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, BULLETIN 111, p. 84.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, Paper 61-23, p. 33.

GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER, 30 Dec/92.

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).

ROOTS, C.F., 1997. Bedrock geology of Mayo area, central Yukon (105M). 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, 82 p.

WHITEHORSE STAR, 14 Jun/95; 21 Sep/95.

YUKON MINERAL INVENTORY, 1941-59, p. 108, 133.

YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 1992, p. 2, 4, 5.

YUKON EXPLORATION & GEOLOGY 1995, p.8, 33. 1996, 13-14, 30, 32. 1997, p. 12, 35.

YUKON GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION 1979-80, p. 238-240.

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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
095592	2006	2006 Dublin Gulch Exploration Program	Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Hand - Trenching	10	4281.51
094788	2004	2004 [Dublin Gulch] Geophysical Survey	Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics
093142	1993	1993 Dublin Gulch Geochemical Assessment Report	Soil - Geochemistry
093062	1992	1992 Dublin Gulch Geochemical Assessment Report	Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other
090915	1981	1981 Exploration Program, Dublin Gulch	Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other, Mechanical - Trenching
090790	1980	1980 Assessment Report on the Dublin Gulch Property	Diamond - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Backhoe - Trenching, Mechanical - Trenching	65	11315.09
090482	1978	1978 Project Report on the Secret Creek Property	Orthophoto - Airphotography, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other, Surveying - Other, Mechanical - Trenching
090471	1978	1978 Project Report on the Dublin Gulch Property	Orthophoto - Airphotography, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other
060841	1970	Summary Report on Potato Hills Tungsten	Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data
060185	1969	Tungsten Prospect Dublin Gulch and Haggart Creek Property Evaluation	Rock - Geochemistry, Detailed Surficial Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data, Preliminary Economic Assessment - Studies
062258	1965	[Summary of the Peso Silver Mines Ltd. Properties]	Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data, Resource Estimate - Studies
092069	1964	Prospectus on the Mayo Silver Mines Ltd.	Property Evaluation - Other, Preliminary Economic Assessment - Studies