The War Eagle area is mainly underlain by Lower Jurassic Telkwa Formaiton (Hazelton Group andesitic to basaltic flows, tuffs, and breccia. Late Cretaceous to Eocene granodiorite, granite, quartz-feldspar porphyry, aplite and felsite in the form of dikes, sills and small stocks intrude the Hazelton rocks. Several small occurrences of copper-silver mineralization are related mainly to fracturing and brecciation in the epidotized volcanics. Mineralization consists of pyrite, chalcopyrite, hematite, bornite, and locally, sphalerite. There are also minor patches of disseminated chalcopyrite.
A large gossanous area located about 800 metres southeast of the vein showings is associated with a felsitic stock of the Late Cretaceous Bulkley Plutonic Suite. The gossan is a predominant shear striking 305 degrees and is marked by a 15 to 23 metre zone of iron oxide (limonite) and is mineralized with pyrite and minor chalcopyrite. Post-mineral coarse-grained calcite veins crosscut this zone.
WORK HISTORY
The Granville claim (Lot 1804 R5) was located in 1905 by Harry Howson for himself and W.D. Lukeas, of Chicago. Open cutting was reported at that time. Additional claims were staked in 1906, including the War Eagle (Lot 1809 R5), Strathcona (Lot 1810 R5), Walter (Lot 1811 R5), and the Anna-Eva and Iron Horse groups. Most of the work to 1907 was done on the Anna claims. Telkwa Mining, Milling and Development Company, with head office in Seattle, were registered in British Columbia in 1906. The company eventually acquired some 44 claims, including the above, which were Crown-granted (Lots 1803, 1804, 1807-1819 and 1831-1857) to the company in 1911. The company registration was surrendered in 1924.
Norcan Mines Ltd. in 1966 acquired the War Eagle property as part of a group of 255 claims covering Howson Basin. Work on the War Eagle in 1966 included geochemical and geo- physical surveys, and trenching. Bethex Explorations Ltd. optioned the Norcan Mines property in November 1966 and during 1967 and 1968 carried out geophysical and geochemical surveys and trenching; the option was subsequently given up.
Through an August 1970 agreement with Norcan Mines, Pathfinder Resources Ltd. acquired an undivided 50 per cent interest in the property. Work on the War Eagle in 1970 included geological and geochemical surveys. The company name (Norcan) was changed in 1972 to Accent Resources Ltd.
The 2008 El Toro program of Lions Gate Energy Inc involved mapping, prospecting, 87 rock and 15 soil geochemical samples, GPS surveying of previous diamond drill hole collars, and underground and surface workings, an evaluation of the property (Assessment Report 30731), followed by a 1495 line kilometre airborne magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical survey (Assessment Report 30982). The survey on the West block covered Princess (093L 061), War Eagle (093L 062), Evening (093L 064), Duchess (093L 066), Countess (093L 067), MSJ (093L 241), Ant 1 (093L 320). Two samples (14511 and 14510) of narrow, northerly trending, quartz-limonite veins assayed 5.01 and 1.00 per cent copper with 87.8 and 46.4 grams per tonne silver, respectively (Pautler, J. (2009-07-15): Technical Report on the El Toro Project).
See Duchess (093L 066) for details of the work history of the Howson Basin showings which include Princess (093L 061), War Eagle (093L 062), (Evening (093L 064), Silver Heels (093L 065), (Duchess (093L 066), Countess (093L 067), Tom ((093L 068) and Starr (093L 069).
Refer also to King (093L 041) for general information on the El Toro property, a large property that was worked by Lions Gate Energy Inc from 2007 to present (2015) and encompassed a very large area including the Tommy Houston Creek area.
