The Cat occurrence is located on the western side of Spanish Mountain, at an elevation of approximately 1400 metres.
Regionally, the area is underlain by augite, augite-olivine basalt, tuff and flow breccia with minor greywacke, mudstone and conglomerate. This sequence is underlain by argillites, slates, quartzites and phyllites. All units are part of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group. A quartz feldspar porphyry has also been identified in the area by diamond drilling.
Locally, siliceous rhyolitic tuff, phyllite and quartzites host rusty and vuggy quartz veins, up to 153 centimetres wide. Mineralization consists of pyrite, galena, tetrahedrite(?), mariposite and native gold. The veins strike northeast-southwest with westerly to vertical dips.
In 1989, a sample (74468) assayed 1.15 grams per tonne and 29.2 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 18989). The following year, a rock sample (74801) assayed 2.29 grams per tonne gold and 0.112 per cent lead (Assessment Report 19299).
In 2006, rock samples taken from approximately 300 to 600 metres to the west and north west (ROG zone) are reported to have yielded greater than 10.01 grams per tonne gold, respectively (Singh, B. (2008-02-11): Technical Report on the Spanish Mountain Property).
In 2008, diamond drilling on the ROG zone yielded intercepts of 5.64 grams per tonne gold over 6.0 metres in hole ROG-014 and 4.75 grams per tonne gold over 9.5 metres in hole ROG-015 (Peatfield, G.R., Giroux, G.H. (2009-05-01): Updated Resource Estimation Report on the Spanish Mountain Gold Deposit). The ROG zone has been included in the resource estimate of the nearby Spanish Mountain (MINFILE 093A 043) developed prospect as apart of the south western limit of the proposed/designed open pit.
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.
In 1989 and 1990, International Corona Corporation completed programs of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and a 13.9 line-kilometre combined electromagnetic and magnetic survey on the area as the Likely property.
During 2005 through 2012, Skygold Ventures (Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd.) completed programs of diamond drilling, rock and soil sampling and geophysical surveys on the area as apart of the Spanish Mountain property.
