The Ken showing is located at the headwaters of Skuhost Creek, immediately southeast of the Lornex (MINFILE 092ISW045) mine.

The area lies within the central core of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Guichon Creek batholith and is underlain by Bethsaida phase quartz monzonite to granodiorite. This rock is slightly porphyritic, coarse-grained, and characteristically contains large books of biotite and subrounded quartz phenocrysts. The Bethsaida rocks are intruded by pink aplite dikes 5 to 10 centimetres wide, many of which trend north.

Locally, chalcopyrite, bornite and molybdenite is reported to occur as thin veneers on joint and fracture faces in Bethsaida phase quartz monzonites. Sericite and bleaching of biotite are reported to be associated with the mineralization.

Work History

In 1962, Kennco Explorations Ltd. completed a 4.4 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the Ken claims. Previous to this, trenching is reported to have been completed on the occurrence. In 1969, Bencrest Mines Ltd. completed a 0.6 line-kilometre seismic survey and a 90.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area immediately south of the occurrence as the Bo, Jae, LF and Trio claims.

In 1973, Lornex Mining Corp. Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping and a 23.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey on the area as the Moose property. In 1974, Highmont Mining Corp. Ltd. completed a 13.0 line-kilometre ground electromagnetic and magnetic survey on the Ken and New Ken claims. In 1976, Lornex completed a 22.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area.

In 1980, Lornex Mining Corp. Ltd. completed 20 percussion drill holes, totalling 2127.5 metres, and one diamond drill hole, totalling 148 metres, on the area as the Bear, Dawn and J.D.G. claims. The following year, 14 percussion drill holes, totalling 1624.6 metres, were completed on the Dawn, Lynn and Bear claims.