The Niut Mountain copper occurrence is originally based on a map symbol 750 metres southeast of Niut Mountain, 7 kilometres west of the north end of Tatlayoko Lake. The area lies between the northwest-striking Niut and Tchaikazan faults on the northeastern margin of the Jurassic to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex, and contains several subordinate faults.
The Niut Mountain showing is plotted in a north-trending area of Middle to Upper Triassic Cadwallader Group rocks consisting largely of basaltic volcanic rocks. Local basalt breccia, conglomerate, andesite, felsic tuff, chert, sandstone, shale also form part of the group. A large mass of tonalite belonging to the Cadwallader plutonic suite extends about 40 kilometres to the north, envelopes the Cadwallader volcanics in the area of the showing.
This Niut showing is marked by a prominent gossan that is located near the contact between the pluton and volcanics. An approximately 50 metre diameter, quartz-feldspar porphyry plug lies immediately northeast of the showing. The gossan contains small amounts of chalcopyrite and malachite.
In 2015, the showing was re-visited and mapped as strongly phyllic-altered volcanics or intrusives (?). Three grab samples of rusty orange gouge/quartz vein material averaged 0.01 gram per tonne gold, 0.0313 per cent copper and 0.19 gram per tonne silver, with peak values of 0.02 gram per tonne gold, 0.0472 per cent copper and 0.24 gram per tonne silver, respectively (Assessment Report 35815).
A 10 by 10 centimetre specimen of quartz vein float collected from the southwestern part of the gossan assayed 0.22 per cent copper, 3.92 gram per tonne silver and 0.23 per cent zinc; a 10 centimetre chip sample collected across an orange weathering, smokey quartz vein graded 1 per cent copper, 10.45 gram per tonne silver and 1 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 35815). This vein trends 086 degrees/59 degrees north dip and lie 100 metres east-northeast of the gossan.
In 2006, ATAC Resources Ltd. staked the Buzz property (12 mineral tenures) to cover the historically anomalous areas, with 4 previously documented MINFILE occurrences: Fly (092N 056), Niut Mountain (092N 020), Clipboard (092N 065) and Rusty (092N 044). ATAC performed a brief exploration program comprising prospecting and stream sediment and contour soil geochemical sampling; 117 soil, 16 stream sediment and 25 rock samples were collected during the two-day field program (Assessment Report 29245). Some of the mineral tenures were allowed to expire before ATAC Resources sold the Buzz property to Strategic Metals in fall 2009.
In 2011, Geotech Ltd. of Aurora, Ontario conducted helicopter-borne magnetic and Z Axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) geophysical surveys over the Buzz property of behalf of Strategic Metals (Assessment Report 32233). A total of 772-line kilometres of EM and magnetic data were recorded. MINFILE occurrences within the area of the geophysical survey included: Nuit Mountain (092N 020), Rusty (092N 044), Anthony (092N 064), Clipboard (092N 065), Fly (092N 056), Fly Creek (092N 074) and Harvey Gold (092N 073). In 2012, Strategic Metals compiled data from Condor Consulting’s geophysical interpretation together with previously obtained geochemical and geological data collected by other operators (Assessment Report 33014).
In 2015, Strategic Metals Ltd collected a total of 28 rock samples on the Buzz property from the Fly, Downs and Niut Mountain showings (Assessment Report 35815). The other showings were not visited in 2015. MINFILE occurrence on the Buzz in 2015 included the: Nuit Mountain (092N 020), Rusty (092N 044), Anthony (092N 064), Clipboard (092N 065), Fly (092N 056), Fly Creek (092N 074) and Harvey Gold (092N 073).
In 2021, Goldplay Mining Inc. conducted prospecting and geochemical sampling on the Goldstorm South project.
Refer to Fly (092N 056) for further geological and work history details of the Buzz property formerly known as the Fly and Harvey property.
