The MO occurrence is located on the northwest side of St. Vincent Bay and approximately 3 kilometres east-northeast of Brooks Lake.

Regionally, the area is underlain by quartz dioritic intrusive rocks of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Coast Plutonic Complex. Northwest-trending dike swarms have intruded the area.

Locally, a biotite quartz monzonite and biotite quartz diorite hosts quartz veins, up to 20 centimetres wide, and stringers with minor pyrite, molybdenite and chalcopyrite. The veins lie parallel to prominent north-south joints. Weak mineralization has been traced for approximately 730 metres along a northward trend and over a width of approximately 240 metres.

Work History

In 1964, the area was prospected and silt sampled as the Mo claim group. In 1966, the area was staked as the G.R. claims by Bleiler and Jakeway and prospecting program was conducted.

In 1967, Hogan Mines Ltd. conducted a program of geological mapping, geochemical surveying, approximately 915 metres of trenching and approximately 520 metres of diamond drilling in four holes. Drilling only yielded intercepts containing trace molybdenum upon visual inspection. Rock chip samples yielded from 0.019 per cent molybdenum over 6.1 metres to 0.031 per cent molybdenum over 2.1 metres (Property File – Fox, P. E. (1967-05-01): Report - St. Vincent Bay MoS2 Prospect).

In 1979, Canadian Nickel Company conducted a minor program of prospecting and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area. Rock samples yielded values of up to 0.016 per cent molybdenite (Property File - Canadian Nickel Company (1979-05-23): Geochemical Lab Report and Sample Location Map - No. 29-317 - St. Vincent).