The Gladys occurrence is located on a north facing slope at an elevation of approximately 120 meters and approximately 2.3 kilometres west- south west of Spencer creekâs mouth on the Alberni Inlet.
The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Vancouver Group rocks consisting of basalts of the Karmutsen Formation, which are overlain by, or interbedded with, limestone of the Quatsino Formation. A large body of granodiorite of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite (formerly the Island Intrusions) has intruded the strata.
Skarn ore, exposed between about 60 and 120 metres elevations, strikes north in limestone on the south side of the Alberni canal. The ore is reported to consist of garnetite, pyrite and little chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite; it is also reported to be similar to that of the Edith occurrence (092C 048). Two shafts have been sunk on the zone at 106 meters and 120 meters elevations. On the south side of the uppermost shaft the streak of ore, about 15 centimeters wide, has been cut off by a diabase dyke that strikes northwest.
An assay of selected samples graded 16.43 per cent copper, 79.54 grams per tonne silver and 6.86 grams per tonne gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1906, page 194).
Work History
In 2014, a prospecting of the H&D property, consisting of the San Mateo (Minfile 092C 001), Gladys (Minfile 092C 047), and Edith (Minfile 092C 048) showings was carried out. In 2016, prospecting work was continued and a small rock sampling was carried out on the H&D property consisting of 4 rock samples in the Edith area
