The North Hixon occurrence is described as being located between Hixon and Buckley creeks, approximately 1 kilometre north of the Quesnel Quartz (MINFILE 093G 015) past-producing mine.

The area is underlain by volcaniclastic rocks of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Witch Lake Formation (Takla Group) and mudstone, siltstone, shale and fine clastic rocks of the Middle to Upper Triassic Takla Group. These are locally overlain by conglomerate and coarse clastic rocks of an un-named Oligocene to Pliocene formation.

Locally, numerous narrow quartz veins are hosted in greenstone.

In 1987, trenching yielded values from 0.89 gram per tonne gold over 3 metres to 13.52 grams per tonne gold over 1.5 metres (Property File - Hixon Gold Resources Inc. [1988-11-18]: Prospectus - Hixon Gold Resources Inc.).

Work History

The area has been explored since the 1880s in conjunction with the nearby Quesnel Quartz (MINFILE 093G 015) past-producing mine. In 1971 Bethlehem Copper staked 84 claims over the Pedley Lake to Buckley Creek area and conducted grid mapping and soil sampling over the entire claim block.

During 1980 through 1984, Taiga Consultants carried out geological, geochemical, geophysical surveys and trenching on behalf of Golden Rule Resources. In 1987 and 1988, Noranda Explorations examined the area and completed programs of diamond drilling and trenching.

During 2004 through 2007, Cayenne Gold Mines Ltd. completed programs of prospecting, geochemical sampling and geological mapping on the area.

During 2012 through 2017, A. Justason and T. Hatton completed programs of prospecting, rock sampling and ground SP geophysical surveys on the area. Also, in 2017 and 2018, Standard Drilling and Engineering Ltd. completed an induced polarization survey and a LiDAR and ortho-imagery survey.