The Phoenix occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1030 metres and 1.9 kilometres south of Hepburn Lake.

Regionally, the area lies within the Quesnel Trough and is underlain by Upper Triassic metasedimentary rocks with some intercalated volcanics of the basal part of the Nicola Group. This sequence is overlain to the west by alkali basalt and alkali olivine basalt. The metasedimentary rocks consist of slaty to phyllitic, dark grey to black shale and siltstone and dark brown to black-weathering grey limestone and, increasing in amount up section, banded tuff, volcanic breccia and local pillow lavas.

Locally, the type of mineralization is not reported but is assumed to be similar to that of the nearby Spanish Mountain (MINFILE 093A 043) occurrence.

In 2006, a reverse-circulation drilling hole (06SPRC-343), located a short distance east, yielded intercepts of 0.230 and 0.308 gram per tonne gold over 13.72 and 27.44 metres, respectively (Singh, B. (2008-02-11): Technical Report on the Spanish Mountain Property).

In 2011, diamond drilling on the Phoenix zone is reported to have yielded intercepts of 0.58 gram per tonne gold over 92.46 metres in hole 11-CCR-030, 0.82 gram per tonne gold over 55.40 metres in hole 11-CCR-023, 0.50 gram per tonne gold over 56.71 metres in hole 11-CCR-021 and 0.48 gram per tonne gold over 15.75 metres in hole 11-CCR-003 (Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. news release December 7, 2011).

Work History

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Spanish Mountain (MINFILE 093A 043) occurrence and a full regional geology and work history summary can be found there.

During 2005 through 2012, Skygold Ventures (Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd.) completed programs of diamond and reverse circulation drilling, rock and soil sampling and geophysical surveys on the area as apart of the Spanish Mountain property.