The Ken occurrence is located on a gentle south-facing slope, northwest of Tatin Lake and approximately 8.5 kilometres northwest of Endako.
The geology of the region consists of: 1) a Mississippian to Triassic Cache Creek Group oceanic volcanic and sedimentary assemblage 2) the Upper Triassic dominantly mafic volcanic Takla Group 3) the Lower to Middle Jurassic Hazelton Group mafic to felsic volcanic and sedimentary rocks 4) the Upper Cretaceous to Lower Tertiary Ootsa Lake Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks and 5) the Oligocene and Miocene Endako Group. The region has been intruded by the Lower Jurassic quartz monzonite to granodiorite Topley Intrusive Suite, Upper Jurassic plutons of the Francois Lake Suite and plugs and stocks related to Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary volcanism.
The area of the Ken showing is underlain by 2 granitic phases of the Topley Intrusive Suite (the Casey granite and the Glenannan granite). These are intruded by aplite and quartz-plagioclase porphyry dikes. At the south end of the property the intrusive rocks are overlain by Tertiary volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Faults and shears, up to 91 centimetres wide, dip steeply and strike northeast and northwest.
The faults and shears in Casey granite host quartz vein stockworks, up to 1.5 metres wide, which are mineralized with molybdenite. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, and magnetite occur in trace amounts. Molybdenite occurs as flakes and fine bands. In areas containing the most mineralization, argillic and potassium-feldspar alteration is well-developed.
Work History
In 1965, Francois Lake Mines completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area immediately southwest of the occurrence as the DA, T, GR and Grade claims.
The Ken 1-18 claims were staked in 1968 by Amax Exploration and a program of prospecting, geological mapping and geochemical (water, silt, soil, and rock) sampling was completed. In 1969, Amax completed 74.3 line-kilometres of ground electromagnetic, induced polarization and magnetic surveys on the area.
In 2008, Optima Minerals Inc. completed a soil sampling program on the area immediately north and west of the occurrence as the Owl Lake property.
