The Welt West (West Cirque Gold) occurrence is located near the northwest shore of a small alpine lake, south of Abraham Creek and approximately 6.5 kilometres northwest of the southwest end of Tutizzi Lake.

Regionally, the area is underlain by calc-alkaline and fine clastic sedimentary rocks of the Upper Triassic Takla Group that have been intruded by ultramafic and gabbroic to dioritic rocks of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Aiken Lake Intrusive Complex. Quartz monzonitic to monzogranitic intrusive rocks of the Lower Jurassic Hogem Plutonic Suite and monzodioritic to gabbroic intrusive rocks of the Mesilinka pluton are exposed to the southwest and south.

Locally, a diorite hosts pyrite blebs and 2 per cent chalcopyrite. Several hundred metres to the west of the previous zone an area of angular pyroxenite xenoliths in a diorite matrix hosts malachite staining. Later work has identified high-sulphide (chalcopyrite-pyrite) quartz veins with significant gold-silver-copper values in the area.

In 1992, a select rock sample (12357) from the occurrence assayed 2.3 per cent copper, 47.5 grams per tonne silver and 14.00 grams per tonne gold, while a 0.3-metre chip sample from the western zone yielded 0.22 per cent copper (Assessment Report 22860).

In 1998, a rock sample (GR-01) from the occurrence assayed 4.47 per cent copper, 40.5 grams per tonne silver and 14.30 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 25856).

In 2005, a sample (65737) from a quartz vein with chalcopyrite, pyrite and malachite located near the southeast side of the small glacial lake and southeast of the previous samples yielded 3.48 per cent copper, 71.1 grams per tonne silver and 40.9 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 27972).

Work History

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Welt (MINFILE 094C 149) occurrence and a complete regional exploration history can be found there.

During 1991 through 1994, Swannell Minerals Corp. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling, a 13.1 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey, a 22.5 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and 10 diamond drillholes, totalling 897.9 metres, the area as the Abe 1-8 claims.

In 1998, Starfield Resources Inc. completed an extensive program of geological mapping, geochemical (rocks, silt and soil) sampling, a 35.8 line-kilometre ground magnetic and a 27.2 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the Abe 1-8 and Norm 1-4 claims.

In 2004 and 2005, Commander Resources Ltd. completed programs of prospecting and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the Abe property. In 2007, Geoinformatics Exploration Canada Ltd. conducted a program of geological mapping, minor geochemical (rock and silt) sampling and five diamond drill holes, totalling 1600.0 metres, on the area as part of the regionally extensive Mesilinka property, which included the Abe property.

In 2012, on behalf of Commander Resources Ltd., a field program comprising reconnaissance prospecting, mapping and geochemical sampling was carried out on the Abe property. A total of 328 soil samples, 22 rock samples and 8 silt samples were collected and submitted for analysis.

During 2018 through 2021, Commander Resources Ltd. completed further programs of geological mapping and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the Omineca (Abe) property.