General Information
Secondary Commodities: gold, silver
Aliases: Bluebell, Dawson, Hun, Pred
Deposit Type(s): Vein Au-Quartz
Location(s): 64°0'3" N - -139°3'39" W
NTS Mapsheet(s): 116B03
Location Comments: .5 Kilometres
Hand Samples Available: No
Last Reviewed:
Capsule
Work History
Staked as Bluebell, etc cl (4455) in Jul/1900 by H. Heffring, who drove a 76 m adit and inclined shaft in 1901, put in shallow trenches and shafts until 1904 and took three claims to lease in 1984.
The area immediately southeast was staked as PRED cl (Y81737) in Aug/73 by Sullivan and Rogers and optioned by a joint venture between Anglo American and Exploram, which performed a magnetic survey and mapping in 1974. The area to the southwest was staked as Dawson cl (YA79385) in Nov/83 by Lockwood Pet L and Tiburon Pet L, which explored with mapping, sampling and an airborne EM survey in 1984.
The workings were restaked as Hun cl (YA83834) in Jun/84 by a joint venture between United Keno Hill ML and Falconbridge L, which explored with a fence of percussion holes (472.4 m) in 1984 and rehabilitated, mapped and sampled the adit in 1987. An additional 788 m of percussion drilling was done in 1989.
Capsule Geology
The area is underlain by strongly sheared and deformed carbonaceous phyllite and phyllitic quartzite (Devonian Nasina Series), and imbricate thrust slices of altered ultramafic rocks. On the northeast side of the property, the phyllites are intruded by a large body (or intense dyke swarm) of quartz-feldspar porphyry (Early Eocene age). Immediately southwest of Hunker Creek, phyllite and ultramafic rocks are cut by scattered mafic dykes. The ultramafic rocks show intense silica-carbonate alteration and now consist largely of quartz, ferroan carbonate and chrome-mica. The alteration predated the latest shearing in the area.
The Ben Levy occurrence consists of a vein at least 5 m thick, which cuts carbonatized serpentinite on the northeast side of Hunker Creek. The vein appears to dip moderately to the northeast and consists of 1-5 mm bands of comb-textured iron carbonate with rare interbands of clear fine-grained quartz. Vuggy cavities lined with quartz crystals occur locally, and angular fragments of carbonatized serpentinite and carbonaceous schist occur within the vein.
Newspaper accounts of 1901-02 report that the adit and inclined shaft cut a quartz vein 14 m thick at three different levels to a maximum depth of 50 m below the surface of the hill. Vein material was reported to assay from 29.8 to 270.2 g/t Au and up to 54.9 g/t Ag.
United Keno Hill found no sulphides in either the vein or the wall rocks, and detected only trace amounts of gold.
References
DAILY KLONDIKE NUGGET, 3 Mar/03.
DAWSON DAILY NEWS, 6 Nov/02.
MORTENSEN, J.K., and RUSHTON, R., 1992. Preliminary observations on the geology and geochemistry of quartz veins in the Klondike District, West-Central Yukon. In: Yukon Geology Vol. 3, Exploration and Geological Services Division, DIAND, p. 260-270.
UNITED KENO HILL MINES LTD, Nov/88. Assessment Report #092591 by J. McFaull.
UNITED KENO HILL MINES LTD, Jan/90. Assessment Report #092786 by J. McFaull.
YUKON SUN, 15 Oct/02.
YUKON MINING AND EXPLORATION OVERVIEW 1989, p. 8, 10.
YUKON WORLD, 6 May/05; 13 Jul/05; 15 Jul/05.
Staked as Bluebell, etc cl (4455) in Jul/1900 by H. Heffring, who drove a 76 m adit and inclined shaft in 1901, put in shallow trenches and shafts until 1904 and took three claims to lease in 1984.
The area immediately southeast was staked as PRED cl (Y81737) in Aug/73 by Sullivan and Rogers and optioned by a joint venture between Anglo American and Exploram, which performed a magnetic survey and mapping in 1974. The area to the southwest was staked as Dawson cl (YA79385) in Nov/83 by Lockwood Pet L and Tiburon Pet L, which explored with mapping, sampling and an airborne EM survey in 1984.
The workings were restaked as Hun cl (YA83834) in Jun/84 by a joint venture between United Keno Hill ML and Falconbridge L, which explored with a fence of percussion holes (472.4 m) in 1984 and rehabilitated, mapped and sampled the adit in 1987. An additional 788 m of percussion drilling was done in 1989.
Capsule Geology
The area is underlain by strongly sheared and deformed carbonaceous phyllite and phyllitic quartzite (Devonian Nasina Series), and imbricate thrust slices of altered ultramafic rocks. On the northeast side of the property, the phyllites are intruded by a large body (or intense dyke swarm) of quartz-feldspar porphyry (Early Eocene age). Immediately southwest of Hunker Creek, phyllite and ultramafic rocks are cut by scattered mafic dykes. The ultramafic rocks show intense silica-carbonate alteration and now consist largely of quartz, ferroan carbonate and chrome-mica. The alteration predated the latest shearing in the area.
The Ben Levy occurrence consists of a vein at least 5 m thick, which cuts carbonatized serpentinite on the northeast side of Hunker Creek. The vein appears to dip moderately to the northeast and consists of 1-5 mm bands of comb-textured iron carbonate with rare interbands of clear fine-grained quartz. Vuggy cavities lined with quartz crystals occur locally, and angular fragments of carbonatized serpentinite and carbonaceous schist occur within the vein.
Newspaper accounts of 1901-02 report that the adit and inclined shaft cut a quartz vein 14 m thick at three different levels to a maximum depth of 50 m below the surface of the hill. Vein material was reported to assay from 29.8 to 270.2 g/t Au and up to 54.9 g/t Ag.
United Keno Hill found no sulphides in either the vein or the wall rocks, and detected only trace amounts of gold.
References
DAILY KLONDIKE NUGGET, 3 Mar/03.
DAWSON DAILY NEWS, 6 Nov/02.
MORTENSEN, J.K., and RUSHTON, R., 1992. Preliminary observations on the geology and geochemistry of quartz veins in the Klondike District, West-Central Yukon. In: Yukon Geology Vol. 3, Exploration and Geological Services Division, DIAND, p. 260-270.
UNITED KENO HILL MINES LTD, Nov/88. Assessment Report #092591 by J. McFaull.
UNITED KENO HILL MINES LTD, Jan/90. Assessment Report #092786 by J. McFaull.
YUKON SUN, 15 Oct/02.
YUKON MINING AND EXPLORATION OVERVIEW 1989, p. 8, 10.
YUKON WORLD, 6 May/05; 13 Jul/05; 15 Jul/05.
Work History
| Date | Work Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 12/31/1988 | Drilling | Fourteen holes, 788 m. |
| 12/31/1987 | Geology | |
| 12/31/1987 | Geochemistry | Also rock sampling. |
| 12/31/1984 | Geochemistry | |
| 12/31/1984 | Geology | |
| 12/31/1984 | Airborne Geophysics | |
| 12/31/1974 | Geology | |
| 12/31/1974 | Ground Geophysics | |
| 12/31/1902 | Development, Underground | Shaft sinking. |
| 12/31/1902 | Trenching | |
| 12/31/1901 | Development, Underground | Shaft sinking, adit driving, approximately 76 m. |
| 12/13/1987 | Development, Underground | Adit cleaned up and rehabilitated. |
| 12/13/1984 | Drilling | Four holes, 465 m. |
Assessment Reports that overlap occurrence
| Report Number | Year | Title | Worktypes | Holes Drilled | Meters Drilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 096972 | 2015 | Assessment Renewal Report for Work Filed: September 2015. ""Hunker"" Group #HD03380 | |||
| 096009 | 2011 | "FucWasteIn" Claims, 2010-2011, Work Done on Claims: July to October 2011 | Rock - Geochemistry, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Prospecting - Other, Prospecting - Other, Backhoe - Trenching, Backhoe - Trenching | ||
| 095289 | 2005 | A Re-interpretation of the Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry of the Last Chance 1-20 Mineral Claims Area and A Proposed Geological Target Model for the Lode Gold Source of The Klondike Goldfields | Rock - Geochemistry, Process/Interpret - Pre-existing Data | ||
| 094483 | 2004 | Report on the Tin Claims | IP - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Line Cutting - Other, Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data | ||
| 092786 | 1989 | Rotary Percussion Drilling on 71 Below Discovery - Hunker Creek | Percussion - Drilling, Drill Cuttings - Geochemistry, EM - Ground Geophysics, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics | 14 | 787.91 |
| 092690 | 1988 | Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, and Trench Report for Work Performed by Mark Management Ltd. on the REEF Grid | All Weather Road - Development, Surface, Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Magnetics - Ground Geophysics, Line Cutting - Other, Mechanical - Trenching | ||
| 092591 | 1987 | Geological, Geochemical, Geophysical and Underground Exporation of the Ben Levy, Hun II, Hunker Extension, and Hattie Grids - Lower Hunker Creek | Rehabilitation - Development, Underground, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics | ||
| 091981 | 1987 | Report on Combined Helicopter Borne Electromagnetic, Magnetic, and VLF-EM Survey | Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics | ||
| 091634 | 1984 | Report on the 1984 Exploration Program in Klondike Gold Fields | Electromagnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Percussion - Drilling, Drill Cuttings - Geochemistry, EM - Ground Geophysics | 95 | 6900.67 |
| 120353 | 1983 | A Report on the Hester Hill Paradise Hill Property | Interpretation - Airphotography | ||
| 091546 | 1983 | Regional Geochemical and Geophysical Report on the Syndicate, Dawson, William, 83, 98, Wild, and Wild Card Claims | Magnetic - Airborne Geophysics, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, EM - Ground Geophysics, Heavy Mineral Concentrate - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Data Compilation - Pre-existing Data | ||
| 090556 | 1979 | Radiometric Geochemical and Radon Soil Gas Survey on the SURPRIZE 1-225 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Heavy Mineral Concentrate - Lab Work/Physical Studies, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 090448 | 1978 | Assessment Report Surprise Claims | Auger - Drilling, Drill Core - Geochemistry, Drill Cuttings - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Mechanical - Trenching | 9 | 415.40 |
| 090188 | 1976 | Report on Geochemistry, Geology and Radiometric Survey on the SURPRISE 1-16 Claims | Gamma-Ray Spectrometry - Airborne Geophysics, Rock - Geochemistry, Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Water - Geochemistry, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Prospecting - Other | ||
| 090274 | 1976 | Assessment Report on SURPRIZE 1-95 Claims | Rock - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry, Water - Geochemistry, Bedrock Mapping - Geology, Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Ground Geophysics, Line Cutting - Other, Prospecting - Other, Hand - Trenching, Mechanical - Trenching | ||
| 060149 | 1972 | Geological and Geochemical Report Yukon Quartz Mineral Claims | Silt - Geochemistry, Soil - Geochemistry |
Related References
| Number | Title | Page(s) | Reference Type | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMC004681 | Property report - Rivers property | Property File Collection | Report |