The Hag 4 area is underlain by Devonian to Permian marine sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Stikine Assemblage which are overlain by marine sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Stuhini Group. Lower Jurassic rock of the Hazelton groups overly the Stuhini rock. These are intruded by Late Triassic dioritic rock and Eocene rocks of the Coast Plutonic Complex.

The best results from the 1987 exploration program by Cove Energy on their East grid were from rock samples that assayed up 2.07 grams per tonne gold and 64.11 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 16894). These were collected from quartz and carbonate veins, within a mafic flow proximal to a diorite dike or sill, which contained poddy concentrations of pyrite, chalcopyrite and malachite.

Refer to Hag (MINFILE 104B 319) for related results from the 1987 exploration program of Cove Energy).

Work History

There is no record of any mineral exploration in the vicinity prior to 1980, at which time a brief reconnaissance program was carried out by DuPont of Canada Exploration Limited, mainly south of the HAG Claims (Assessment Report 9190).

In 1983, Energex Minerals Ltd. staked a large block of ground including that now covered by the HAG claims. A very limited exploration program managed to substantiate DuPont's efforts, but most of the work was in areas other than the HAG claims (Assessment Report 11342).

In 1987, Cove Energy Corporation completed an exploration program on the Hag 2, 4 and 8 claim including the collection of 1347 soil, 142 silt, 86 rock and 24 heavy mineral samples (Assessment Report 16894).