General Information
Capsule
Last Updated: May 9, 2019Work History
The Bella zone veins were likely discovered concurrent with exploration dating back to the early 1920s in the McKay Hill area. It is unknown which historic claim the Bella occurrence was on. It has been explored since 2008 as part of the McKay Hill (see MINFILE 106D 038) project.
The Bella occurrence was restaked as Snoose cl 1-20 (YC56719) in Jul/2007 by M. Bindig and subsequently entered an option agreement with Northex Ventures Inc. who completed reconnaissance prospecting, trench mapping/verification and geochemical rock sampling. In 2008 Northex Ventures completed additional prospecting, trench mapping and geochemical rock sampling, including locating historic mineral workings outside of the historic Central zone (MINFILE 106D 038) over the Bella, Red (MINFILE 106D 102), Falls (MINFILE 106D 103) zones, the Snowdrift Extension vein (MINFILE 106D 104) and White Hill (MINFILE 106D 037) showing.
In 2009, Northex Ventures Inc. was renamed Monster Mining Corp. whom staked the Snoose 21-90 (YD11201) claims in Aug/2009 to wholly expand the borders of the property. Monster Mining Corp. completed a YMIP-funded exploration program completed detailed mapping over the historic Central zone, collection and analysis of 140 soil samples, rock geochemical sampling, prospecting (including the Bella zone and White Hill showing) and petrographic work to verify host lithologies.
In Jul/2010, Monster Mining Corp. added the MK 1-54 (YD34936) claims to the northeast. No work program was recorded until 2011 whereby detailed structural mapping, rock sampling and helicopterborne SkyTEM time domain electromagnetic geophysical survey was completed by Monster Mining Corp. No work program was completed on the claims in 2016, at which time they changed their name to Metallic Minerals Corp.
In Oct/2017, Metallic Minerals Corp. expanded the McKay Hill property to the southeast adding the Snoose 91-116 (YF29091) claims. Metallic completed satellite imagery data collection over the property, mapping (1:250- to 1:30,000-scale), prospecting, geochemical rock sampling, hand-pitting over the No. 6 vein and soil sampling (including sampling over the Independence zone, MINFILE 106D 101).
In 2018, the MK 55-96 (YF29201) were added by Metallic Minerals to the west to cover tracked favourable Marmot Group stratigraphy. Metallic completed property-wide mapping and prospecting, cut 16 excavator and hand-trenches which were geochemically channel sampled, and widespread soil sampling (571 samples).
Capsule Geology
The occurrence area is situated on the northwest slope of McKay Hill near the headwaters of Red Gulch approximately 23.5 km northwest of McQuesten Lake. The area was regionally mapped by L. Green (1972) of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1961 as part of a helicopter-supported party known as Operation Ogilvie. The occurrence was interpreted to be underlain by deformed Upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian clastic rocks of the Hyland Group. However, industry mapping over 2009-2018 on the project resulted in the interpretation that the host-lithologies in the area are in fact siliciclastic and hypabyssal volcanic rocks interpreted to belong to the Cambrian to Silurian Marmot Group.
Known mineralization at the Bella occurrence is described as massive, vuggy quartz veins with local prismatic clear-quartz infill and interstitial galena, copper-oxide mineralization. The Bella zone is currently comprised of two veins (Metallic Minerals, Sep/2018 and Dec/2018 New Releases) and are hosted in iron-carbonate altered basalts.
The Bella (No. 1) vein was located in 2008 and a grab sample reported 0.445 g/t Au, 84 g/t Ag, 15.2% Pb, 1.0% Zn and 1.25% Cu. In 2018, Metallic Minerals located the Bella No. 2 vein in a historic open-cut and reported 24.9 g/t Ag, 0.389 g/t Au, 1.03% lead and 0.06% Cu (Metallic Minerals, Jan/2019 News Release). The Bella No. 2 vein is interpreted to extend into the West McKay zone (MINFILE 106D 105). No further results are available at this time. In addition, Metallic Minerals completed widespread soil sampling over the Bella occurrence in 2018.
Location Map
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 2020 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 2020 | Other: Prospecting | |
| 2018 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 2018 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 2018 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 2018 | Other: Prospecting | Location of Bella No. 2 vein in historic open-cut. |
| 2017 | Airphotography: Orthophoto | 50cm per-pixel orthophotography. |
| 2017 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 2017 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 2017 | Geology | |
| 2011 | Airborne Geophysics: Electromagnetic | SkyTEM time domain EM. |
| 2011 | Geology: Bedrock Mapping | |
| 2008 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 2008 | Other: Prospecting | Location of Bella No. 1 vein in historic open-cut. |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 097281 | 2018 | 2018 Assessment Report McKay Hill Project, Yukon | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Backhoe - Trenching, Hand - Trenching | ||
| 097282 | 2017 | 2017 Assessment Report McKay Hill Project ,Yukon | Orthophoto - Airphotography, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology | ||
| 095932 | 2011 | Assessment Report on the 2011 Keno-Lighting Geophysical, Trench Mapping, Soil Geochemistry and Diamond Drilling Program | Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Reclamation - Development, Surface, Diamond - Drilling, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Detailed Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Environmental Assessment/Impact - Studies | 25 | 1819.30 |
| 095933 | 2011 | Assessment Report on the 2011 Mckay Hill Geophysical, Mapping and Prospecting Program | Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 095823 | 2010 | Field Reconnaissance Program | Property Evaluation - Other | ||
| 095644 | 2007 | Geological, Geochemical Report and Evaluation of the 1926 Trenching and 1929 Diamond Drill Program on the McKay Hill Project | Rock - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other, Research/Summarize - Pre-existing Data |
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMC004976 | Notes - Galena at McKay Hill & Elsa | Miscellaneous Company Documents |
| Citations |
|---|
| Blackburn, L.R. and Haid, T., 2019. 2018 Assessment Report, McKay Hill Project, Yukon. Assessment Report #097281. |
| Blackburn, L.R., 2010. Geological and Geochemical Report on the 2009 YMIP-Funded Exploration Program Completed on the McKay Hill Property. YEIP 09-084. |
| Blackburn, L.R., 2010. High-sulphidation epithermal Au-Ag-Cu mineralization at the McKay Hill property — a revised deposit model. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2009, MacFarlane, K.E., Weston, L.H. and Blackburn, L.R. (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 85-101. |
| Blackburn, L.R., 2018. 2017 Assessment Report, McKay Hill Project, Yukon. Assessment Report #097282. |
| Canadian Mining Journal, May/49, p. 110. |
| Cockfield, W.E., 1924. Summary Report, 1924, Part A, Upper Beaver River Area, Mayo District, Yukon. Geological Survey of Canada, pp. 22-30. |
| Ettlinger, J.L., 2012. Assessment Report on the 2011 Mckay Hill Geophysical, Mapping and Prospecting Program. Assessment Report #095933. |
| Ettlinger, J.L., 2012. Prospecting and Airborne Geophysics on the McKay Hill Property. YEIP 11-065. |
| Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1923 Part A, p. 22-28; 1924 Part A, p. 13A - 18A; 1929 Part A, p. 12A. |
| 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). |
| Green, L.H. 1972. Geology of Nash Creek, Larsen Creek and Dawson Map-Areas, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 364, p. 133 - 134. |
| Lara, H.J., 2017 .Geochemistry of a silver-lead-zinc hydrothermal system: ore genesis for the McKay Hill and Horseshoe Hill silver claims in Yukon, Canada. Muncie, Indiana: Ball State University. |
| Metallic Minerals Corp., www.metallic-minerals.com, News Releases: Oct/2017, Sep/2018, Dec/2018, Jan/2019. |
| Yukon Mineral Industry Report- 1941 to 1959, p. 53, 84, 93. |
