The Kwanika East-Smoke occurrence is situated at the southern end of the Swannell Ranges (Omineca Mountains), approximately 43 kilometres east-northeast of Takla Landing. The showing is located about 7 kilometres north-northeast of the Kwanika Central zone deposit (093N 237).
The area is underlain by monzonite, granite, alaskite, and gabbroic phases of the Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous Hogem Intrusive Complex, which have been emplaced into volcanic rocks of the Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic Takla Group east of the Pinchi fault zone. The plutonic rocks form an elongate batholith, extending from Chuchi Lake, north to the Mesilinka River.
Chalcopyrite and molybdenite mineralization reportedly occur in outcrop in an east-flowing creek draining the north slopes of a prominent knoll, east-northeast of the Bralorne Takla mercury mine (093N 008) (Assessment Report 5373, page 3). Earlier reports depict chalcopyrite and pyrite mineralization hosted by monzonite exposed in the same creek, approximately 1.5 kilometres east of a small Z-shaped lake (Assessment Report 3997, Plate I).
Work History
The Lin group of some 90 claims was owned in 1972 by W.B. Bacon. The Luc Syndicate carried out a geochemical soil survey (approximately 700 samples). In 1974, Anglo-Bomarc Mines Ltd. acquired the Smoke 1-32 claims from Leslie Hart, of Vancouver. Work during 1974 included a magnetometer survey over 10 line-kilometres, and a geochemical soil survey (351 samples) over 18.5 10 line-kilometres.
In 1990 and 1991, Golden Rule Resources Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt, and soil) sampling and a 1500 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey on the area as the Takla property. Also in 1991, Pacific Rim Mining Corp. completed a program of silt and soil sampling on the area as the Kwan 5-8 claims.
During 2005 through 2010, Redton Resources and Geoinformatics Exploration Canada Inc. undertook work on the regionally extensive Redton property, which covered the Falcon (MINFILE 093N 068) occurrence to the south (just north of Nation Lake) and north to the Tak (MINFILE 093N 067) occurrence, approximately 6 kilometres south of the Omineca River. In 2005, a 5764.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey was completed on the area as the Takla-Redton property. In 2006, a program of geological mapping and geochemical (rock, silt, and soil) sampling was completed on the property along with 12 diamond drill holes, totalling 4032.5 metres, on the Takla-Rainbow (MINFILE 093N 082) and Tak occurrences. In 2007 and 2008, programs of geochemical sampling (rock, silt, and soil) sampling, ground geophysical surveys and 10 diamond drill holes, totalling 3784.0 metres, were completed on the property. This work centred primarily on the Takla-Rainbow occurrence to the north and Falcon occurrence to the south. In 2010, a subsequent AeroTEM survey by Redton Resources identified 65 electromagnetic anomalies on the property.
In 2011, Kiska Metals Corp ran a soil sample line over the Smoke Uranium showing (093N 175) located 1.2 kilometres west-southwest, the Smoke Copper showing (093N 152) and the Lin 18 showing (093N 168) located 1.3 kilometres south. A few sporadic anomalous gold in soils were obtained but no significant or consistent elevated copper, molybdenum, lead, or zinc values were obtained in the Smoke Uranium or Smoke Copper areas though one anomalous area was found southwest of the plotted Lin 18 showing (Figure 12, Assessment Report 32504).
During 2012 through 2014, Kiska Metals Corp. completed further programs of geochemical (rock, silt, and soil) sampling, geological mapping, and ground geophysical surveys on the Redton property.
In 2014, Serengeti Resources Inc. conducted grassroots exploration (geochemical rock sampling) at its Kwanika East-Smoke project located about 7 kilometres north-northeast of the Kwanika Central zone deposit (093N 237).
Also in 2014, Serengeti Resources Inc. completed a program of geochemical (soil, silt, and rock) sampling and a 7.8 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Kwanika East-Smoke property. A 328.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic survey was completed the following year.
In 2015, a low-level high-sensitivity aeromagnetic survey was flown (328 line-kilometres) over the properties. The survey identified strong magnetic anomalies on both properties. In 2016, Serengeti completed a 14 line-kilometre induced polarization survey over several aeromagnetic anomalies and identified two target areas for follow up. Geochemical sampling on the property was also carried out.
In 2016, Serengeti Resources Inc. completed a 12.0 line-kilometre ground induced polarization survey on the area. This work identified a zone of moderate to high chargeability response on the two-line survey over the strongest magnetic feature in the west, while elevated chargeability values were recorded at depth on the two most eastern traverses.
