The PLUG GLACIER TOE occurrence is located on the west side of Plug Glacier, 1.3 kilometres north of Ochre Mountain, in the northern region of the Salal molybdenum property. The site is approximately 37.3 kilometres west-southwest of Gold Bridge, B.C.
Locally, sericitic quartz stockworks and veins host fine- grained molybdenite and pyrite mineralization.
In 1965, two chip samples yielded 0.078 and 0.048 per cent molybdenum over 24.38 and 30.48 metres, respectively (Assessment Report 709).
In 2010, three grab samples assayed from 1.162 to 3.420 per cent molybdenum and up to 3.55 grams per tonne rhenium (Assessment Report 32913).
In 2011, three grab samples assayed 0.10, 0.21 and 0.28 per cent molybdenum (Assessment Report 33341).
From 1965 to 1966, Southwest Potash Corp. optioned the property and staked additional ground, following which they completed a program of surveying, geological mapping, reconnaissance geochemistry and diamond drilling. In 2007 and 2008, Paget Minerals conducted small exploration programs to confirm past accounts of mineralization on the Salal property. Work included mapping and rock sampling in the Mud Lake and Logan Ridge area in the northern region of the property, west of the Plug Glacier Toe showing.
In early 2010, Miocene Metals Ltd. conducted airborne geophysical surveys over the Salal property. In late 2010 and throughout 2012, Miocene Metals Ltd. completed extensive programs of sampling, prospecting, mapping and four diamond drill holes on the Salal property. During this period, several new discoveries of molybdenum mineralization were made in the Plug Glacier area, where glacial recession has occurred. In 2022, minor soil and silt sampling and drone photogrammetric surveys were conducted in areas of the Salal property for R. Billingsley.
For regional geology and a complete property history, see Salal Creek (MINFILE 092JW 005).