The Mona showing is located along Tchesinkut Creek, approximately 1.5 kilometres west of Tchesinkut Lake.

The area is primarily underlain by Upper Cretaceous to Neogene Ootsa Lake Group rocks.

Locally, at least two quartz-calcite-barite veins and/or fracture zones, 1.5 to 1.8 metres wide, cut coarse-grained andesite flows and are mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. The two vein/fracture zones are located approximately 30 metres apart. The andesitic rocks also contain disseminated pyrite and some fluorite.

A selected sample of vein material returned trace gold, 27.4 grams per tonne of silver, 0.8 per cent copper, 23 per cent lead and 8 per cent zinc (Annual Report 1929 p.181).

Work History

In the mid to late 1920s, two adits, at least 27.3 and 12.3 metres long, and several opencuts were completed on the Mona occurrence.

In 1979, Hillside Energy Corp. completed a program of soil sampling, ground magnetic and induced polarization surveys and three diamond drill holes, totalling 112.2 metres, on the area as the Red Baron claim. One adit was reported to still be accessible at this time.

In 2007 and 2008, William Amey prospected the area as the Gold Chip property.

In 2015, Brian Sauer prospected, and rock sampled the area as the DLE claim.