I originally staked this ground for Cominco Ltd. in 1988 on the release of Regional Geochemical Survey (104F) that revealed a strong multi-element sediment anomaly.

Three other companies competed for the ground in a two day staking rush. In the end, Cominco held the anomaly. The ground remained in Cominco's property inventory until the assessment credits expired around 1997. I acquired the ground in Feb. 2007.

Steep terrain and difficult bush limited the program. However, 3 mineralized systems were identified.

The Minfile excerpt below provides an overview.

This property has been in my memory ever since I left exploration in 2000. On my return in 2006 and with the new staking system, I can now make this property available to the exploration industry.

It is a property that I feel strongly should be taken beyond prelimonary sampling as the geochemistry is some of the strongest I recall from an extensive history with Cominco projects from the 80s and 90s.

Best regards,

Steve B. Noakes,
GeoQwest Explorations Ltd.

Name: Zinc Gold (Formerly the Tri Claims)
Mining Division: Liard, NTS Map: 104F,
Latitude: 57° 36' 50" N Longitude: 132° 15' 07" W
UTM NAD 83 ZONE 08: Northing 6389050 Easting 664153
Commodities: Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Deposit Type: Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt: Coast Crystalline Terrane: Stikine

The Tri 6 area, as outlined by Souther (Geological Survey of Canada Map 7-1959), consists of a thick sequence of Middle (?) and Upper Triassic fine-grained sediments and minor intercalated volcanic rocks. The sediments consist of dark grey argillite, lighter grey silicious siltstone and fine-grained greywacke. Lenses of impure limestone and calcareous shale occur at several stratigraphic levels. The intercalated volcanics consist of green and greyish andesite, greenstone and pillow basalt. Granitic and dioritic rock of the Jurassic to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex intrude the older rocks away from the occurrence area.

Several quartz veins ranging from 0.05 to 3.5 metres in width and 80 metres in length occur within folded siltstones. The majority of the veins have a northwest strike and are steeply dipping. Sulphide mineralization consists of patchy areas of pyrite (2-5 per cent), galena (2-5 per cent), chalcopyrite (1-2 per cent), sphalerite (1-2 per cent) and arsenopyrite (up to 20 per cent). Brecciated fragments of siltstone and lesser dioritic fragments comprise 85 to 95 per cent of the rock. The matrix is 10 to 15 per cent quartz with 1 to 3 per cent pyrite. A 2.5-metre sample from one quartz vein assayed 1.0 gram per tonne gold, 63.3 grams per tonne silver and 0.5 per cent lead (Assessment Report 19143). Other vein samples had assay highs of 0.32 per cent copper and 0.82 per cent zinc. A hydrothermal breccia zone outcrops over a 30 by 30 metre area below the quartz veins and may be genetically related. Assays from this zone were not as significant; one sample over 1 metre yielded 12 grams per tonne silver with slightly elelevated gold.

A small quartz-carbonate alteration zone was located about 600 metres north of the quartz vein zone. Basaltic-andesite hosts the quartz-carbonate vein breccias and alteration zones. The weathered surface is gossanous. This zone is described as containing pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite and galena as fracture fillings in localized shears estimated at up to 30 centimetres wide and 40 metres long. The highest gold values came from grab samples and range from 4.6 and 9.1 grams per tonne. One sample yielded 4.6 grams per tonne gold, 179.4 grams per tonne silver, 0.34 per cent copper, 2.3 per cent lead and 6.9 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 21202).

Also in the vicinity, small patches (1-15 centimetrs) of semi-massive pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalopyrite are found irregularly distributed in pillowed basalts. The patches concentrate in the intersticies along pillow boundaries. These sulphide patches were observed only close to the contact with phyllite. The best sample yielded 0.08 per cent copper over 30 centimetres (Assessment Report 19143).

Bibliography EMPR ASS RPT *19143, *21202

GSC MAP 7-1959; 1418A

Link to Assessment Report 19143 (PDF)