The Dill 29 occurrence is located approximately 3.9 kilometres southeast of the south end of Dillard Lake and 7.6 kilometres northeast of the north end of Rampart Lake.
Regionally, the area is underlain by granitic intrusive rocks of the Middle Jurassic Osprey Lake Batholith and Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic granodioritic rocks. Basaltic volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group are exposed to the west.
Locally, silicified and weakly propylitized granite of the Middle Jurassic Osprey Lake Batholith is cut by quartz veinlets and mineralized with 1 to 3 per cent disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite. The occurrence is situated approximately 250 metres southeast of the contact with Upper Triassic Nicola Group volcanic rocks. Pyritic quartz boulders identified in the area indicate the veins may exceed 0.5 metre in width.
In 1989, a rock sample (9DB-26R) assayed 0.24 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 19593).
In 1991, a sample (D91-R3) of float and subcrop from three locations along 60 metres of a roadcut assayed 0.168 gram per tonne gold and 6.1 grams per tonne silver, whereas a sample (D91-R6) of float cobbles with limonitic quartz veins in a silicified and pyritized granite, located approximately 4 kilometres to the east of the previous sample, yielded 0.164 gram per tonne gold and 165.9 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 22220, page 25). The samples were not analyzed for copper.
Work History
In 1972, Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. completed a program of soil sampling and a 19.5 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the Lorry and SP claims.
During 1987 through 1991, Fairfield Minerals Ltd. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, trenching and ground geophysical surveys on the area as the Dill property.
On August 31, 2011, Fjordland Exploration Inc. signed an option agreement with private vendors to purchase 100 per cent interest in the 2200-hectare Dillard claims. Later that year, Fjordland completed a program of prospecting and rock sampling.
In 2012, Fjordland Exploration Inc. completed a 11.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and a 23.3 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the Dillard property.
In 2013, Fjordland Exploration completed a 293.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, a 45.3 line-kilometre ground magnetic and induced polarization survey and seven diamond drill holes, totalling 2636.1 metres, on the Dillard property.
In 2014, Fjordland Exploration Inc. completed a program of geological mapping, soil sampling, trenching and 14 diamond drill holes, totalling 5305.0 metres, on the Dillard property. The following year, a program of prospecting, geological mapping and rock sampling was completed on the property.
