The War Eagle occurrence is located on the War Eagle (Lot 1879) and Le Roi (Lot 1649) Crown grants. The occurrence is on the eastern slopes of Rice Creek, 3.5 kilometres northeast of the confluence of Rice Creek with McKinney Creek. Bridesville, British Columbia lies 5.5 kilometres to the southwest.
Development of these claims (circa 1912) is through three shafts; 18, 15, and 3.6 metres deep. All of the shafts are within 15 metres of each other. Numerous opencuts and stripping are also reported over these claims. The property is currently held by the Rock Creek Gold Trend Venture, with partners Phoenix Gold Resources Ltd., Orion International Minerals Inc. and Gold City Mining Corp.
The oldest rocks in the vicinity of the War Eagle occurrence belong to the Carboniferous to Permian Kobau and Anarchist groups. Amphibolite, greenstone, quartzite, chert, chlorite schist and minor marble comprise the Kobau Group and amphibolite, greenstone, quartz chlorite schist, quartz biotite schist and minor serpentinized peridotite comprise lithologies of the Anarchist Group. Eocene Penticton Group lithologies outcrop to the east while Middle Jurassic porphyritic granite, granodiorite and monzonite intrusions are found to the immediate north. Smaller plugs, dikes and sills of biotite granodiorite, quartz diorite and granite of Middle Jurassic to Cretaceous age intrude the Anarchist Group rocks. Greenschist regional metamorphism is common in Anarchist Group rocks. Contact metasomatism is also locally observed along the contact between Anarchist Group rocks and Middle Jurassic intrusions.
The War Eagle occurrence is situated in greenstone metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Anarchist Group. To the north are Middle Jurassic and Cretaceous granites and granodiorites. Middle Jurassic granites occur to the southwest. Penticton Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks overlie locally sheared amphibolite and serpentinite bodies of the Anarchist Group to the immediate east. The northeast trending Conkle Lake-Rock Creek fault structure lies to the north. Minor east trending faulting has also occurred. Tight folds occur in Anarchist Group rocks along major faults. Mylonitic fabrics and lesser breccia are observed adjacent to predominant faults.
The War Eagle occurrence occurs on a contact between the greenstone metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Anarchist Group and granitic and granodioritic rocks. Eocene Penticton Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks overlie locally sheared amphibolite and serpentinite bodies to the east and probably on the property (Open File 1989-5).
Surface mineralization is within a shear zone of highly siliceous tuff and includes oxidized pyrrhotite carrying native gold, pyrite and some malachite. The shear zone is likely a splay of the Rock Creek fault zone. The tuff is in contact with granitic and granodioritic rocks. With depth, a considerable amount of chalcopyrite, pyrite and minor pyrrhotite mixed with felsic dike material is reported. These minerals along with the dike are shattered and show evidence of movement. The dike is 61 to 92 centimetres wide. The ore zone is heavily oxidized over 18.5 square metres, strikes 110 degrees and dips 65 degrees east. Chloritic carbonate and intense clay alteration occurs within the area of the shear zone along with minor amounts of native gold. In 1996, a skarn zone was discovered along the contact between Anarchist Group metavolcanics and metasediments and Nelson granite.
In 1996, discovery diamond-drill hole 96-LW-1C intersected 16.76 metres of mineralized skarn, grading 0.93 per cent copper and 37.71 grams per tonne silver (Northern Miner - Feb.26,1996). The strike length of the skarn is projected to extend 500 metres west and 450 metres east of the discovery hole, based on known outcrop geology, previous geophysics and an on-going pulse electromagnetic survey. A 100-metre stepout drillhole to the east intersected another 7.62 metres of sulphide-bearing skarn.
Previous sampling has yielded the following results. A sample taken from the bottom of the 3.6-metre shaft in 1926 yielded 0.68 gram per tonne gold, 151 grams per tonne silver and 4 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1926, page 211). Later in 1984 several other samples yielded good grades. Sample GW-CR-09 yielded 0.052 gram per tonne gold, 63 grams per tonne silver and 2.1 per cent copper (Assessment Report 13563). Sample JD-CR-07 analysed 0.044 gram per tonne gold, 58 grams per tonne silver and 1.52 per copper.
During 2008 through 2012, Grizzly Discoveries Inc. completed programs of geochemical (rock, stream sediment and soil) sampling, geological mapping and airborne and ground geophysical surveys on the Dayton-Sidley area of the Greenwood Property. In 2010, samples from the War Eagle area yielded up to 4.08 grams per tonne gold, 38.0 grams per tonne silver and 1.06 per cent copper (Dufresne, M. (2013-11-25): Technical Report for the Greenwood Gold Project).
