The A1 Creek showing is located at an elevation of approximately 500 metres on a southwest-facing slope, northeast of Consort Creek and approximately 1.4 kilometres northwest of the north end of Stewart Lake.

The area is underlain by volcanic rocks of the Triassic Karmutsen Formation and Bonanza Group and the Paleozoic Sicker Group. These have been intruded by granodiorite of the Jurassic Island Intrusions.

Locally, ankerite, quartz and chlorite alteration are associated with steeply dipping faults in steep creek beds and local albite, epidote, chlorite and silica alteration occur with stratabound sulphides within the flow breccia and basalt flow units. Mineralization occurs as chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena associated with pyrite and other iron sulphides. Fine-grained disseminations of stibnite and arsenopyrite are often present.

Work History

In 1990, Arne O. Birkeland completed an exploration program of stream silt sampling, prospecting, rock channel and grab sampling and geological mapping. Highlights include rock channel sample AB-118, which assayed 33 grams per tonne gold, 96 grams per tonne silver and 0.14 per cent copper over 0.3 metre, and float grab sample AB-101, which assayed 101 grams per tonne gold, 423 grams per tonne silver and 2.6 per cent copper (Assessment Report 20917).

In 2008, Charles J. Greig completed soil, moss mat, and stream sediment sampling in the area. Two of the three moss mat samples that were collected returned values between 0.8 and 1.0 gram per tonne gold and the soil sampling returned copper values up to 0.235 per cent copper (Assessment Report 30322).

In 2012, M. Schuss staked the area and completed a program of prospecting and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling. Three float samples (179605 through 179607) of quartz with sulphides from A1 Creek yielded from 0.765 to 1.592 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 34332).

In 2018, Rich River Exploration Ltd. and Fiorentina Minerals Inc. completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling on the area as the Consortium property. Two float samples (34580 and 34581) assayed 79 and 29.3 grams per tonne gold, 248 and 112 grams per tonne silver with 0.897 and 0.523 per cent copper, respectively (Wasteneys, H. [2018-10-30]: NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Consortium Project).