The Troy 6 area is underlain by andesitic rocks of the Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation,of the Hazelton Group. The strata is intruded by granodioritic rock Early Jurassic Texas Creek Plutonic Suite.

Prior to 1937 a zone consisting of seven parallel leads striking east-west was found on the Troy 6 claim. The No. 1 lead occurs along the contact of red feldspar porphyries and altered tuffaceous rocks and consists of a large quartz vein striking 110 degrees and dipping 65 degrees north into or under the porphyries. One cut reveals a small amount of pyrite and galena mineralization.

In 1993, Dave Javorsky reports "The Old Troy #6 pit was cleared out and enlarged by drilling and blasting. The exposure shows a quartz-sericite structure with banding in the quartz. Zones of massive pyrite lie between the quartz bands. A band of darkish quartz has a blackish look to it from disseminated dark sulphides, mainly galena and sphalerite. The gold and silver values appear to be directly related to the dark sulphide bearing quartz. The main gold values lie from the quartz-sericite contact into the quartz." A composite sample over 1 metre assayed 15.63 grams per tonne gold, 44.0 grams per tonne silver, 0.05 per cent copper, 0.24 per cent lead and 0.58 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 23220).

Refer to Harry (MINFILE 104B 434) and Troy (MINFILE 104B 035) for related details.

Work History

The Troy group of claims extends from Daisy Lake, a small lake near the southeast corner of Summit Lake, southeastward to about the 1890 metre elevation. The Daisy group of claims covers Daisy Lake and extends northwest to the shore of Summit Lake. The Troy group of 9 claims, including the Troy Nos. 2 and 3, Butte, Welcome, Deadwood, L.X., Reward, and Terry claims, was located in 1919 by Neil McDonald. Mr. C.H. Lake purchased a one third interest in the property in 1923. In the fall of 1924, E.O. Weston, of Victoria, bonded the property and Northland Mining Company Limited was formed in 1925 to develop the showings. A limited amount of work, mainly open cutting and surface exploration and about 213 metres of diamond drilling was done by the company before the option was dropped in 1926. The owners resumed work on the property and by additional staking increased their holdings to 23 claims. The showings have been prospected by a large number of open cuts and by two short adits, one on the Troy No. 3 claim was driven 15.2 metres, the other, on the Troy No. 2 claim, was driven 4.6 metres. Work in 1938 by a Mister McDonald and a Mister Lake was reported.

The Daisy group of 7 claims, including the Daisy Nos. 1 and 2, and the Summit 1-3 were located in about 1924 by H.F. and S.G. Benson of Victoria. Salmon River High Grades Company was formed in 1925 to promote the property. The only development work reported was a small amount of trenching. The company charter was surrendered in 1931. In 1965 the property consisted of one located claim held by H. Swan, of Stewart. The claim lapsed at some time prior to the 1989.

A new Troy claim was staked by D. Johnson in 1989 and obtained by David Javorsky 1991. This claim was 1 kilometre long (north-south) and 500 metres wide. It extended north from the northern corner of the Dickens reverted Crown-grant claim (Lot 4030) which is immediately east of the new Harry showing (MINFILE 104B 434). The 1993 report by Javorsky (Assessment Report 23220) contains a 6-page report by J.A Mitchell of the Premier Gold Mining Company dated 1937. The accompanying map (3-2055), also contained in the Javorsky report, shows the original group of claims from the 1910s and 1920s that existed in the area between the Dickens Crown-grant and Summit Lake, including the lapsed Troy 1-11, Butte, Welcome, Deadwood, L.X., Reward, and Terry claims.

Mr Javorsky reports that the 1989-1993 Troy claim covers the Big Missouri type massive sulphide zone called Lila by Tournigan Mines, mapped as one of the sixteen (16) Big Missouri type zones by Old Western Mines and referred to as Troy #6 in the 1937 report by Mitchell. The Troy 6 area is approximately 1 kilometre north of the Dickens Crown-grant. Javorsky prospected and sampled the Troy claim in 1993. A Beep Mat survey was able to detect the massive sulphides in the quartz vein under a meter of overburden and snow.

In 2020, Jayden Resources Inc. completed a program of talus fine and float sampling on the east side of the Salmon Glacier and below the old Granduc mining road.