The Quatsino King occurrence is located on north facing slopes, approximately 2 kilometres south of the mouth of Teeta Creek.

The area lies in in the Insular Belt of the Cordillera. The region is underlain mainly by volcanics and crystalline rocks and minor sediments.

Overlying an assemblage of Paleozoic Sicker Group sediments and Upper Triassic basalts and minor carbonate and clastic sediments of the Vancouver Group is the Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group of andesitic to rhyodacitic lava, tuff and breccia. Bonanza volcanism is coeval with, or genetically related to Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite granodiorite that has invaded all older rocks and, in this area, occurs as small, isolated stocks.

At the occurrence, Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group porphyritic andesite and tuff contain an extensive body of highly siliceous agglomerate made up of quartz and feldspar (?) that is strongly iron stained. Pyrite, chalcopyrite and some sphalerite occur with quartz and calcite veins from 5 to 60 centimetres wide over a 5 to 6 metre wide area near a quartz diorite body. Dikes of porphyritic andesite are present in the Bonanza rocks but not in the intrusives. The silicified agglomerate is believed to be replaced limestone (Dawson, Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1918).

A composite sample from the main workings (the #3 Adit), taken along several metre-long vertical channels, assayed 2.74 grams per tonne gold, 13.72 grams per tonne silver and 1.5 per cent copper (Property File - Report on Quatsino King group, page 7).

In 1980, a sample (10-15) from drill hole 80-3 assayed 0.182 per cent copper, 4.3 grams per tonne silver and 1.5 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 9451).

In 1984, a chip sample assayed 6 grams per tonne gold and 42.9 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 12773).

In 1993, chip sampling of a former trench assayed 4.46 grams per tonne silver, 10.02 grams per tonne gold and 0.38 per cent copper over 9 metres; while chip sampling of the adit yielded 2.4 grams per tonne silver, 6.45 grams per tonne gold and 0.64 per cent copper over 8 metres. Diamond drilling, performed during same year a short distance north of the adit, yielded up to 8.1 grams per tonne silver and 5.02 grams per tonne gold over 0.8 metres (Hole No. 93-3; Assessment Report 22910).

Work History

The area was originally explored in the early 1900’s with the development of three short adits and surface trenching. In 1910, Granby drilled 2 holes. No results are available. In 1980, Fury Explorations completed a program of soil sampling and 5 percussion drill holes, totalling 272.78 metres, on the area as the Golden King claim. In 1984, Teriton Resources completed a program of soil sampling, geological mapping and ground geophysical surveys on the area. In 1987, Esso Resources completed a program of rock, silt and soil sampling on the area as the Teeta 1 claim. In 1989 and 1991, J.R. Billingsley prospected the area as the JRB 1-3 claims. In 1993, Great Western Gold completed a program of geochemical sampling, ground geophysical surveys and 10 drill holes, totalling 1149.2 metres, on the area. In 2013, J.R. Billingsley completed a program of geological mapping and structural analysis on the area as the Quatsino King property. In 2019, Arcwest Exploration Inc. completed a program of geological mapping and rock sampling on the area as a part of the Teeta Creek property.