The Central Windy (V.G.) occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1040 metres on a gentle southeast-trending ridge, north of the Salmon River and approximately 7 kilometres north of the north end of Salmon Lake.

The area is underlain by calc-alkaline volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Witch Lake Formation (Takla Group), which have been intruded by Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic dioritic rocks.

Locally, a sheared and chloritized diorite with quartz±carbonate veins, up to 2 metres wide, hosts disseminated pyrite. Native gold has been panned from over burden in the area.

In 1987, chip samples from trench T87-4 yielded up to 1.43 grams per tonne gold over 10 metres (Assessment Report 16597).

In 1989, drillhole 89-01, located approximately 200 metres southeast of the trench T87-4, yielded 0.21 gram per tonne gold over 10.8 metres, whereas drillhole 89-02, located approximately 300 metres southwest of the trench, yielded 0.55 gram per tonne gold over 2.4 metres and 0.42 per cent copper over 0.5 metres (Assessment Report 19853).

Work History

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Windy (MINFILE 093J 024) occurrence and a complete exploration history can be found there.