The Stat 2 occurrence is located in the northern headwaters of the eastern tributary of Youghpan Creek, referred to as Steves Creek, and approximately 3.7 kilometres north-northwest of Henriksen Point on Holberg Inlet.
The area is underlain by rhyolite, felsic volcanics and mafic volcanics of the Middle Jurassic Bonanza Group (Holberg volcanic unit) and sediments of the Lower Cretaceous Longarm Formation (Queen Charlotte Group). The volcanics have been intruded by quartz diorite to granodiorite of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite.
Locally, a dioritic intrusive with quartz veins, up to 0.25 metre wide, hosts sphalerite, chalcopyrite and pyrite mineralization. The veins strike northeast and dip vertically. The veined zone has been traced for at least 200 metres along the creek.
In 1990, a rock sample (HOL-09) assayed 0.860 per cent copper, 0.144 per cent lead, 0.452 per cent zinc, 518.1 grams per tonne silver and 3.16 grams per tonne gold over 0.20 metre, whereas another sample (HOL-08) yielded 0.465 per cent copper, 0.122 per cent lead and 2.64 per cent zinc over 0.25 metre (Assessment Report 20023). Later that year, rock samples collected approximately 400 metres to the southeast were reported to have yielded up to 0.86 per cent copper and 8.9 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 21053).
In 1992, a drillhole (W-92-8), located approximately 900 metres southwest, intersected chalcopyrite mineralization near the contact between silicified, chloritized and biotite-altered diorite and andesite, whereas drillhole W-92-14, located 150 metres southwest of the drillhole W-92-8, intersected a diorite hosting magnetite-pyrite-chalcopyrite veins.
Work History
During 1969 through 1973, BHP-Utah Mines completed programs of soil sampling, geological mapping and ground geophysical surveys on the area as the Expo claims. In 1976, the area was prospected as the H&W 1-2 claims. The following year, a 2.0 line-kilometre scintillometer survey was completed. In 1979, Inland Cement Ltd. completed a program of rock sampling and geological mapping on the area as the H&W 1-8 claims.
During 1982 through 1984, programs of rock and silt sampling and geological mapping were completed on the area as the Wanda claims. In 1985, Homestake Canada Inc. prospected and sampled the area immediately west as the Wan claim. In 1986, a program of rock and soil sampling was completed on the Wanda and Stat claims. In 1987, Rochester Minerals Inc. completed a program of prospecting and stream sediment sampling on the area. In 1988, Moraga Resources Ltd. and BHP-Utah Mines completed a program of geological mapping and rock sampling rock sampling on the area.
In 1990, Acheron Resources Ltd. soil and rock sampled the area as the Wann property. Later that year, Moraga Resources Ltd. optioned the property and completed 17 rotary drill holes, totalling 1749.6 metres, on the area. In 1992, a 10.5 line-kilometre combined ground induced polarization and magnetic survey was completed. In 1993, a program of 14 diamond drill holes, totalling 1786.3 metres, was completed on the area.
In 2005, Luminar Resources Corp. completed a program of rock, silt and soil sampling; geological mapping and a 2687.0 line-kilometre airborne electromagnetic survey on the area. In 2016 and 2017, North Island Mining Corp. completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping and sampling on the area as the Pemberton Hills group. In 2019, North Island Mining Corp. completed a 20.5 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Pemberton Hills property.
