The Fools Pass occurrence is located on a ridge east of Fools Pass and southwest of Sowaqua Creek.
The area is underlain by Permian to Jurassic Hozameen Complex rocks comprised mainly of interbedded chert, pelite and volcanic sandstones with distinct grey and black banding. The pelite is dark green and chloritized, with traces of calcareous and weakly hematitic bands. Minor quartz veinlets and secondary pyrite veinlets crosscut these metasediments.
The Hozameen Complex is intruded by sill-like bodies of quartz diorite that are weakly foliated. The Hozameen fault traverses south-southeast, separating the lower greenschist facies rocks of the Hozameen Complex from un-metamorphosed Mesozoic rocks to the east. Ultramafic rocks are cut by greenstones of the Hozameen Complex, which generally occur along this fault. There is extensive shearing along the contact and in places the ultramafics appear to be intrusive. The ultramafic rocks that occur along the Hozameen fault are part of the Coquihalla Serpentine Belt.
Mineralization occurs along the contact between the serpentinite and diorite intrusion over an area of approximately 1000 by 500 metres. Numerous quartz-carbonate veinlets crosscut the serpentinite.
In 2000, 13 grab samples (FPR-01 through FPR-05, FPR-07, and FPR-09 through FPR-15) assayed from 0.152 to 0.177 per cent nickel and up to 0.115 per cent chromium (Assessment Report 26066).
In 2010, rock samples (RVR-2, 3, 12 and 14) assayed from 0.189 to 0.241 per cent nickel (Assessment Report 31884).
Work History
In 1980 and 1983, Altar Gold and Resources completed programs of soil and rock sampling, geological mapping and a 15.6 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey. In 2000 and 2001, Hillsbar Gold completed a program of prospecting and geological mapping on the area as the Plat 3 and 4 claims.
During 2008 through 2014, Almo Capital completed programs of rock and soil sampling on the area as the Serp 5 and 6 claims. In 2012, New Caroline Gold completed 434.4 line-kilometres of combined electromagnetic, magnetic, and radiometric airborne geophysical surveys on the area.
In 2017, W.T. Kirton prospected the area for nephrite jade and noted 2 varieties of Tremolite (Assessment Report 37589).
