The Joy occurrence is located on the north side of Cedar Creek at an elevation of approximately 820 metres and 1.2 kilometres east of the creek mouth on Quesnel Lake.
The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Nicola Group basaltic breccia within the central Quesnel Belt. The showing is located near the eastern contact of Nicola Group rocks and the underlying phyllitic metasedimentary rocks. Interbedded with the basaltic breccia are volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks and andesite. The volcanic rocks and associated sedimentary rocks form part of a belt extending from Quesnel Lake in the south to north of Sundberg Lake. North of Sundberg Lake the basaltic rocks are truncated by the north- striking Chiaz Creek fault.
Locally, basaltic rocks are cut by a zone of fracturing and shearing marked by quartz-carbonate alteration. Away from the shear zone the basalts have been propylitically altered to a chlorite-epidote-calcite assemblage. Within the shear zone, sulphide mineralization consisting of pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, galena and chalcopyrite occurs. Red stained areas on the canyon walls indicated three zones in all, the largest is 1.2 to 2.4 metres in width and 90 metres in length.
A 1972 grab sample from the creek bed on the Manx claims assayed 0.42 per cent copper and 1.7826 grams per tonne gold (Property File - Cedar City Mines Ltd. Prospectus May 26, 1972).
In 1984, chip samples (6116 through 6119) from the adit assayed up to 0.15 per cent zinc, 3.2 grams per tonne silver and 0.225 gram per tonne gold over 2.0 metres (Assessment Report 12778).
In 1986, rock grab samples from the Paddy Creagh adit are reported to have yielded up to 17.1 grams per tonne gold, 55.4 grams per tonne silver, 0.16 per cent copper, 6.2 per cent zinc and 6.8 per cent lead (Besserer, D.J. (2006-12-18): Technical Report for the Cedar Creek Property).
In 2003, near and above what appears to be remnants of old workings, samples were collected over sheared andesite outcrop mineralized with galena and chalcopyrite. Assays yielded up to 13.1 grams per tonne gold, 16.9 grams per tonne silver, 0.156 per cent copper, 1.28 per cent lead and 1.91 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 27245).
In 2006, rock samples (06KRP312) from the adit area assayed up to 12.56 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 30272).
Other discrete locations have been found with elevated metal values. They are related to shear zones or intensely faulted areas within pyroclastics, but are restricted in extent (a few centimetres). Sample SM-03-25, located within 100 metres north of the adit within a rusty, highly sheared zone above the cliffs, assayed 1.25 grams per tonne gold and 0.05 per cent copper (Assessment Report 27245).
Another zone of mineralization, referred to as the KRP314 zone, is located approximately 150 metres to the north west of the adit and comprises a 15-centimetre wide brecciated and laminated shear/vein zone hosted within green basalt. The shear/vein is pervasively limonite and goethite altered. In 2006, a sample from the KRP314 zone assayed 4.710 grams per tonne gold (Besserer, D.J. (2006-12-18): Technical Report for the Cedar Creek Property).
Work History
In 1923, John Creagh staked claims and drove an adit in the north canyon wall. During 1969 to 1973, claims covering the present property area were explored by Leemac Mines Ltd. and Rhamco Resource Exploration and Consultants, who conducted prospecting, rock sampling, soil geochemical and magnetometer surveys.
In 1984, Mt. Calvery Resources completed a program of geological mapping, prospecting, trenching and geochemical sampling on the area as the Cedar Creek 4 claim.
During 1985 to 1990, Cedarmine Resources Inc. cut a grid and conducted extensive soil geochemical, magnetometer, and induced polarization surveys. A number of reverse-circulation drill holes were drilled as well.
During 2003 through 2006, geological mapping, prospecting and an induced polarization survey, totalling 19.5 line-kilometres, were conducted on behalf of AN-Kobra Resources Inc.
In 2007 and 2008, Cedar Mountain Exploration completed programs of geological mapping and geochemical sampling on the area.
