General Information
Secondary Commodities: silver, lead, zinc, copper, gold
Aliases: Horseshoe Hill
Deposit Type(s): Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu: High Sulphidation
Location(s): 64.348230 N, -135.353960 W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 106D06
Location Comments: Coordinate based upon the location of the Independence No 4 vein.
Hand Samples Available at YGS: No
Last Reviewed: May 9, 2019
Capsule
Last Updated: May 9, 2019Work History
Originally staked as the Independence 1-4 claim by A.N. Martin, E. Anderson, O. Dahl and C. Williamsen to cover Horseshoe Hill which lies east of McKay Hill across a small valley known as Red Gulch. The staking dates and grant numbers could not be tracked down.
In Jul/2007 M. Bindig restaked the historic Central zone of McKay Hill (MINFILE 106D 038) as part of the Snoose cl 1-20 (YC56719) and subsequently entered an option agreement with Northex Ventures Inc. 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 McKay Hill property and cover the known Independence mineral occurrences.
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 White Hill showing, MINFILE 106D 037) 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. During the 2017 program, Metallic Minerals Corp. completed localized mapping, soil and rock sampling over the Independence occurrence area.
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 over the Central zone, and widespread soil sampling (571 samples) over the Bella (MINFILE 106D 100), Red (MINFILE 106D 102), Falls (MINFILE 106D 103) zones, the Snowdrift Extension vein (MINFILE 106D 104).
Capsule Geology
The occurrence area is situated on saddle of Horseshoe Hill which lies east of McKay Hill across a small valley known as 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 Independence includes four veins and occurs as a series of decimetre to metre-scale brecciated quartz veins with galena ± copper oxides ± sulfosalts veins. The veins have cockade and boiling textures, are internally branded and have brecciation parallel to vein walls and are hosted within vesicular intensely iron-carbonate altered basalts. Metallic Minerals Corp. reported soil and rock geochemical sampling in the Independence area in 2017, however no results are open at the time of writing.
Originally staked as the Independence 1-4 claim by A.N. Martin, E. Anderson, O. Dahl and C. Williamsen to cover Horseshoe Hill which lies east of McKay Hill across a small valley known as Red Gulch. The staking dates and grant numbers could not be tracked down.
In Jul/2007 M. Bindig restaked the historic Central zone of McKay Hill (MINFILE 106D 038) as part of the Snoose cl 1-20 (YC56719) and subsequently entered an option agreement with Northex Ventures Inc. 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 McKay Hill property and cover the known Independence mineral occurrences.
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 White Hill showing, MINFILE 106D 037) 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. During the 2017 program, Metallic Minerals Corp. completed localized mapping, soil and rock sampling over the Independence occurrence area.
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 over the Central zone, and widespread soil sampling (571 samples) over the Bella (MINFILE 106D 100), Red (MINFILE 106D 102), Falls (MINFILE 106D 103) zones, the Snowdrift Extension vein (MINFILE 106D 104).
Capsule Geology
The occurrence area is situated on saddle of Horseshoe Hill which lies east of McKay Hill across a small valley known as 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 Independence includes four veins and occurs as a series of decimetre to metre-scale brecciated quartz veins with galena ± copper oxides ± sulfosalts veins. The veins have cockade and boiling textures, are internally branded and have brecciation parallel to vein walls and are hosted within vesicular intensely iron-carbonate altered basalts. Metallic Minerals Corp. reported soil and rock geochemical sampling in the Independence area in 2017, however no results are open at the time of writing.
Location Map
Last Updated: Nov 13, 2019
Work History
| Year | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Airphotography: Orthophoto | 50cm per-pixel orthophotography. |
| 2017 | Geochemistry: Rock | |
| 2017 | Geochemistry: Soil | |
| 2017 | Geology |
Regional Geology - Terrane
Group: Ancestral North America
Affinity: W Laurentia
Name: North America - basinal strata
Realm: Laurentia
Regional Geology - Bedrock
Supergroup: Windermere
Group/Suite: Hyland
Formation: Yusezyu
Member:
Terrane: Laurentia
Period Max: Ediacaran
Age Max: 635 MA
Period Min: Ediacaran
Age Min: 542 MA
Rock Major: phyllite/shale/sandstone/grit/conglomerate/limestone
Rock Minor: marble
Reference: Abbott (1997) - YGS GM 1997-2
Geological Unit (1M): PCH
Geological Unit (250K): PCH6
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 |
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).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. |
| Yukon Mineral Industry Report- 1941 to 1959, p. 53, 84, 93. |
