The Hal occurrence is situated in the Kwanika Range near the headwaters of Halobia Creek, approximately 50 kilometres east of Takla Landing.
The area is underlain by mesozonal plutonic rocks assigned to the Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous Hogem Intrusive Complex which have intruded volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Middle Triassic-Lower Jurassic Takla Group east of the Pinchi fault zone. The plutonic rocks form an elongate batholith, extending from Chuchi Lake, and north to the Mesilinka River. The principle rock types underlying the headwater area of Halobia Creek are leucocratic coarse-grained granite and mafic-rich diorite.
Although initial reports state that no significant sulphide mineralization had been observed in outcrop, minor copper and molybdenum mineralization was apparently uncovered along a contact between diorite and quartz monzonite.
A 5-centimetre wide magnetite-epidote vein, trending 151 degrees, is reported on the ridge to the west-southwest of the Hal occurrence.
In 2011, soil sampling on the Redton property over the Halobia Creek grid defined three separate anomalies (Halobia, Halobia-GoldRidge, Halobia-West), as well as moderate to strong correlations for iron-vanadium-copper-zinc (Assessment Report 32504). The Hal showing is plotted within the Halobia anomaly area and the KW is plotted just northeast of the Halobia-West anomaly and just north of the Halobia-GoldRidge anomaly which is coincident with the Halobia-West anomaly near its western end. The Halobia anomaly consists of coincident, elevated, molybdenum, lead plus/minus copper-in-soil values that define the western extent of a historic soil anomaly first defined in the early 1970s. The molydenum-in-soil values of this anomaly are especially high.
In 2014, on the Redton property a total of 11.2 kilometres of induced polarization geophysics and ground magnetic survey were performed over the Halobia prospect to test for porphyry mineralization potential (Assessment Report 34932). Previous soil sampling over the Halobia prospect had defined, by a composite copper-molybdenum-gold in soil geochemical anomaly, approximately 3 by 2 kilometres in width. The survey was conducted on the east side of the upper reaches of Halobia Creek over the Halobia west geophysical anomaly and the Hal showing area and very close to the plotted area of the Lo showing near the southeast portion of the geophysical survey (093N 154) .The geophysical surveys did not show any geophysical anomalies in association with the composite copper-molybdenum-gold soil anomaly and suggested that the anomalous soil geochemistry over the Halobia prospect is not associated with a porphyry system and no further work was recommended for the Halobia prospect.
Work History
The Hal 1-28 claims were held by Noranda Exploration Company, Limited and work in 1971 and 1972 included geochemical soil and silt surveys comprising 669 samples, an induced potential survey over 12 line-kilometres miles, and a magnetometer survey over 16 line-kilometres. Diamond drilling was also reported (Geology, Exploration and Mining in British Columbia 1972, page 448).
In 1980, Dome Exploration Ltd. evaluated the claims for molybdenum and tungsten potential. A program of silt sampling, 10 test soil profiles, minor rock sampling and 52.5 line-kilometres of magnetic surveys were carried out. In Two samples (73801 and 73802) from zones of minor molybdenite mineralization in an alaskite (leucogranite?) yielded 0.007 and 0.006 per cent molybdenum, respectively, whereas a float boulder sample (80790) of biotite-quartz monzonite with disseminated molybdenite assayed 0.025 per cent molybdenum (Assessment Report 8988). These samples came from three separate locations on the hill to the southeast of the Hal occurrence.
In August 1990, the Hal claims were staked on behalf of the Takla joint venture to cover the former Noble group and an area to the southwest. In 1990, Hal 1 to 6 claims were acquired by Major General Resources.
In 1991, operator Swannell Minerals Corp. conducted prospecting, silt sampling (18), heavy mineral sampling (9), and rock sampling (5) on the Hal 1 to 6 group. No outcrop was located in the area of the previously defined soil anomaly. In 1992, follow-up work by Swannell included reconnaissance survey grids, geological mapping over 20 per cent of the property, and rock (five samples) and soil (110 samples) sampling. No porphyry-style mineralization was located but the following exploration targets have been identified: malachite-infilled shear zones (all five samples collected in 1992 yielded copper results ranging from 1905 to 9230 parts per million with associated gold and silver values), a coincident copper/molybdenum soil anomaly on the Hal 6 claim and a contact zone between Takla volcanics and Hogem batholith rock in the southeast property area (Assessment Report 22588).
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.
During 2011 through 2014, Kiska Metals Corp. (previously Rimfire Minerals Corporation) completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling and ground geophysical surveys on the Redton property. A combined 11.2 line-kilometre ground induced polarization and magnetic survey was completed on the Halobia Creek area. Soil sampling over the Halobia Creek grid defined three separate anomalies (Halobia, Halobia-GoldRidge, Halobia-West), as well as moderate to strong correlations for iron-vanadium-copper-zinc (Assessment Report 32504). The Hal showing is plotted within the Halobia anomaly area and the KW (MINFILE 093N 103) occurrence is plotted just northeast of the Halobia-West anomaly and just north of the Halobia-GoldRidge anomaly, which is coincident with the Halobia-West anomaly near its western end. The Halobia anomaly consists of coincident, elevated, molybdenum, lead ± copper-in-soil values that define the western extent of a historical soil anomaly first defined in the early 1970s. The molybdenum-in-soil values of this anomaly are especially high.
