The Gossan showing is one of a number of zinc-lead showings located in the upper Richards Creek valley.

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

The mineralization, trace sphalerite within a limonite gossan, occurs along the main creek in the Stone Formation thrust panel, near the thrust contact with the underlying Dunedin Formation. No assays are reported.

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.