The Valley Zinc occurrence is one of a number of carbonate-hosted zinc-lead showings located in the upper Richard Creek valley.

Regionally, the Richards Creek valley is underlain by Devonian Stone Formation dolomites conformably overlain by Middle Devonian Dunedin Formation micritic limestones. The Devonian to Carboniferous Besa River Formation shale overlies the Dunedin Formation. This sequence is overthrust from the west by a panel of Stone Formation rock, which is in turn overthrust by Cambrian to Ordovician Kechika Group carbonates, Ordovician Skoki Formation dolomite and Silurian Nonda Formation dolomite and quartzite.

The mineralization occurs in a window of Stone Formation strata exposed in the Richard Creek valley floor, at approximately the same stratigraphic level as the Bunker Creek occurrence (MINFILE 094G 026), which is 30 metres below the contact of the Stone and Dunedin formations. Mineralization consists of sphalerite and minor galena in massive pods of coarse pyrite along fractures within brecciated dolomite. White sparry dolomite and quartz-filled cavities are associated with the mineralization.

Work History

In 1972 and 1973, Cominco Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical sampling and at least 16 diamond drill holes, totalling 952.2 metres, on the area as the Ric claims. No assays were reported. In 2008, Douglas Herriott prospected and sampled the area as the Red Cat property. No assays were reported.