The SKYFIRE occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1420 metres on a gentle northeast-facing slope, approximately 5.1 kilometres east-southeast of the junction of the Horsefly River and McKusky Creek, 43 kilometres east of the community of Horsefly.
Regionally, the area is underlain by mudstone, siltstone, shale and fine clastic sedimentary rocks of the Middle to Upper Triassic Nicola Group and Triassic Slocan Group. To the east, serpentinite ultramafic rocks of the Upper Paleozoic Crooked Amphibolite and metasedimentary rocks of the Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic Snowshoe Group are exposed. Till cover is thick across the Skyfire property, making for challenging exploration.
Locally, the area is underlain mainly by graphitic phyllites of the Slocan Group. These rocks form the upright northwest limb of the major northwest-trending Eureka syncline. Locally, the rocks form asymmetric drag folds, which contain metamorphically derived quartz (‘sweats’) in the hinges. For more detailed regional and local geology descriptions see the Frasergold (MINFILE 093A 150) occurrence.
Locally, a quartz-veined shale hosts tetrahedrite and chalcopyrite mineralization with malachite staining. In 1984, a sample of quartz vein float material, mineralized with pyrite and galena, from a logging road 2.3 kilometres south of the Skyfire showing assayed 5.62 grams per tonne silver.
In 2016, two samples of subcrop (CP-CUT-014 and SF16-002) of a mineralized quartz-veined shale assayed up to 0.81 gram per tonne gold, 262 grams per tonne silver, 0.210 per cent copper and greater than 0.200 per cent antimony (Assessment Report 36684).
In 2018, two samples (SF18-OF-001R and -002R) of quartz vein material from the Skyfire occurrence yielded 262 and 552 grams per tonne silver with 0.27 and 0.47 gram per tonne gold, respectively (MacIntyre, D.G. [2020-05-27]: Technical Report, Skyfire Mineral Property, Central British Columbia, Canada).
Work History
In 1983, Regional Resources Ltd. completed a program of rock, silt and soil sampling on the area as the CL 1-4 and JB 1 claims. In 1984, Newmont Exploration of Canada completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the Phyl claim. During 1984 through 1993, Grand National Resources Inc. completed programs of rock, silt and soil sampling, geological mapping and ground electromagnetic surveys on the area immediately southeast as the Jolly Jack and Topper claims. These programs identified anomalous gold-in-soil values and visible particles of gold from stream sediment samples.
During 2006 through 2011, Dajin Resources Corp. completed programs of rock, soil and silt sampling, geological mapping and a 684.1 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey on the area as the Addie 2 claim.
In 2016, Monsa Exploration Inc. completed a program of rock and soil sampling and a 155 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the Cutty 2-7 claims of the Skyfire property (Assessment Report 36684). In 2018, Ridgeline Exploration Services Inc., on the behalf of Mansa Exploration Inc., completed a program of rock sampling and trenching on the property (Assessment Report 38183).
In 2022 and 2024, tenure holders D. Maharaj-Rishi and C. R. Paul had programs of geological mapping and rock sampling conducted over the Skyfire property, in addition to a ground magnetometer survey extension to the northwest of the 2016 survey grid. The property currently hosts the Skyfire and Addie 2 showings as well as anomalous mineralized quartz vein float in the south region.
