Work History

Staked as Zeta cl (YA79015) in Jun/83 by Noranda Exploration Company Ltd, which explored with trenching, mapping, mag, VLF EM and geochem surveys and drilling of 10 holes (883 m) in 1984. Noranda optioned the property in Apr/88 to Danra Resources Ltd, which drilled 4 holes (138 m) later that year.
Restaked as Hope cl (1-4) (YB48348) by R. Berdahl in April/94. Berdahl also staked Hope cl (11) (YB48358) 1 km to the west and Hope cl (5-7) (YB48352) 2 km to the southeast.
In Apr/97 International Kodiak Resources Inc staked Bald cl 1-16 (YC 04287) 6.5 km to the west. Between Jun and Nov/97 G. Nickolson staked Screamer cl 1-4 (YC03395), 19-24 (YC03537) and 62-70 (YC04398) 4 km to the southwest.

Capsule Geology

The claims were staked on argentiferous galena veins at the contact between shale, sandstone and conglomerate of the Devonian-Mississippian Earn Group and the Syenite Range Stock, a zoned mid-Cretaceous felsic intrusion. The core of the intrusion consists of tourmaline orbicular granite, and is surrounded by concentric zones of quartz monzonite and syenite. Sedimentary rocks are hornfelsed and pyritic up to 100 m away from the intrusive contact.
The main zone, which strikes 065° and dips steeply south, cuts across the intrusive hornfels contact. It consists of three parallel tourmaline-muscovite quartz greisen veins, up to 3 m wide, enclosed by 10 to 30 m wide alteration envelopes of kaolinite, hematite, limonite and talc. This zone has been traced 500 m into the pluton and is mineralized with varying amounts of pyrite, arsenopyrite, cassiterite, sphalerite, jamesonite, covellite, chalcocite and stannite.
The 1984 drilling tested the main zone for 150 m along strike and 100 m downdip. The best assays were 751.5 g/t Ag over 4.3 m and 528.3 g/t Ag over 3.2 m. Grades appear to improve beneath a 30 to 40 m thick zone of surface leaching. Geological reserves in this zone are estimated at 98,248 tonnes grading 557.8 g/t Ag (Yukon Exploration 1988). Noranda estimated an average tin content of 0.1% with local concentrations up to 0.6%.
A second zone nearby lies completely within the hornfels. It strikes 090° and has been traced for at least 400 m. Mineralization in this zone is much more erratic. Other veins have been located about 2 km to the west. Two outcrops of white interlaminated barite and chert were located on the north side of the property. The barite coincides with a strong linear Cu, Zn and Ag soil anomaly that is 500 m long.
Berdahl concentrated his efforts towards extending the strike length of the known mineralization. Prospecting outlined several areas of interest which require follow up work. Panning carried out on creeks draining the Syenite Range failed to return significant gold values.