The Radio Gold occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1000 metres on a gentle north- north west facing slope, south of Babine Lake and approximately 4.7 kilometres north west of Taltapin Mountain.

The geology of the region consists of: 1) a Mississippian to Triassic Cache Creek Group oceanic volcanic and sedimentary assemblage 2) the Upper Triassic dominantly mafic volcanic Takla Group 3) the Lower to Middle Jurassic Hazelton Group mafic to felsic volcanic and sedimentary rocks 4) the Upper Cretaceous to Lower Tertiary Ootsa Lake Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks and 5) the 0ligocene and Miocene Endako Group. The region has been intruded by the Lower Jurassic quartz monzonite to granodiorite Topley Intrusive Suite, Upper Jurassic plutons of the Francois Lake Suite and plugs and stocks related to Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary volcanism.

The Radio Gold showing occurs in the vicinity of the contact between metamorphosed Cache Creek Group rocks and Francois Lake Intrusive Suite rocks. The Cache Creek Group consists of gneisses, schists and banded foliated sediments.

Locally, several types of mineralization are present. Irregular lenses of glassy quartz up to 9 metres thick and 30 to 60 metres long carry minor pyrite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite. Adjacent to these are areas, up to 15 metres in diameter, composed mainly of epidote and carrying disseminated pyrite, magnetite and glassy quartz, and a little intermixed chlorite, hornblende, pyrite, magnetite, specularite and chalcopyrite. A quartz vein in hornblende rich diorite carries minor amounts of pyrite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite. Assays gave insignificant amounts of gold and silver.

Work History

In 1966, D. Smellie completed a program of soil sampling and 8.8 line-kilometres of ground induced polarization and magnetic surveys on the area as the Don 1-6 claims.

In 1984, D. Poliquin completed a ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey on the area as the Silver claims. The following year, a ground electromagnetic survey and six diamond drill holes, totalling 1037.4 metres, were completed on the claims. The drill holes were completed on previously identified geophysical anomalies and returned no significant results.