The Wind occurrence, located between the head waters of the Nabesche and West Nabesche rivers, 10 kilometres north of Mount Burden and 105 kilometres north of the town of Mackenzie, occurs in Paleozoic platformal carbonates of the Ancestral North America terrane.

Silurian Nonda Formation, Silurian and Devonian Muncho- McConnell Formation and Lower and Middle Devonian Stone Formation and Middle Devonian Dunedin Formation dolomites and limestones, overlain by Devonian and Carboniferous Besa River Formation shale, comprise the southeast limb and south plunging nose of the Bernard anticline.

Following the Robb Lake discovery (094B 005), exploration in 1972 and 1973 led to the discovery of sphalerite with minor galena disseminated in Middle Devonian limestone, dolomite and dolomite breccia of the Dunedin Formation (correlative with the Pine Point and Slave Point formations). No assessment work was filed and consequently an accurate description of the showing and its location is not possible. The Wind occurrence is probably similar to other zinc-lead replacement showings in the area including the Dev (MINFILE 094B 011).

Work History

In 1972 and 1973, Cominco Ltd. is reported to have conducted extensive programs of drilling and geochemical sampling on the Wind and Nabe (MINFILE 094B 009) claims.