The Ling Lake occurrence is located on the north east side of a north trending ridge, approximately 13 kilometres north east of the community of Burns Lake.

The geology of the region consists of: 1) a Mississippian to Triassic Cache Creek Group oceanic volcanic and sedimentary assemblage 2) the Upper Triassic dominantly mafic volcanic Takla Group 3) the Lower to Middle Jurassic Hazelton Group mafic to felsic volcanic and sedimentary rocks 4) the Upper Cretaceous to Lower Tertiary Ootsa Lake Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks and 5) the Oligocene and Miocene Endako Group. The region has been intruded by the Lower Jurassic quartz monzonite to granodiorite Topley Intrusive Suite, Upper Jurassic plutons of the Francois Lake Suite and plugs and stocks related to Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary volcanism.

The area of the Ling Lake showing is underlain mainly by Francois Lake Intrusive Suite rocks. These comprise quartz diorite, quartz monzonite and diorite. Amphibolite, hornblende biotite schist and greenstone of the Cache Creek Group also outcrop in the area.

A pegmatite vein cuts intrusive rocks and carried flakes of molybdenite. This vein consists of an inner 20-centimetre-wide zone of quartz and a 5 centimetre wide outer orthoclase zone. A 46 square metre area of skarn contains some chalcopyrite mineralization.

Work History

In 1969 and 1970, Summit Oils Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (silt and soil) sampling and 17.0 line-kilometres of ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys on the area as the Green and Jim claim groups of the Ling Creek property.

In 1981, Placer Development Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the Division and Twin claims.