The Bold 2 occurrence is located on the north bank of Boulder Creek, approximately 2 kilometres upstream from its mouth. This occurrence is similar to the Bold 1 occurrence (093N 137).
This occurrence consists of disseminated galena, sphalerite, molybdenite and pyrite occurring within arenites and carbonates of the Upper Proterozoic to Upper Permian Permian Boulder Creek Group. These sulphides are found below a fault-bounded body of mariposite-talc-ankerite schist (altered ultramafic). The sediments are highly deformed exhibiting both ductile and brittle deformation. These rocks are intruded by the Cretaceous Germansen batholith 2 kilometres to the west and are found within the right-lateral Manson fault zone of probable Cretaceous to Tertiary age.
Chip samples over 1.1 metres assayed 4.35 per cent lead, 1.3 per cent zinc, 0.286 per cent molybdenum and 127.5 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 10702).
WORK HISTORY
Previous exploration in the Boulder Creek area dates back to 1940 when the Berthold lode gold prospect (093N 028), located less than 1 kilometre south of Boulder Creek, was examined. The Berthold was not part of the Bold property (1970s to 1980s) or the Asp (1960s to 1970s) properties.
In 1968, the area that was later (in the 2000s) held by Skygold as the Manson Creek property was held as the Asp claim group by Omineca Base Metals Ltd. During the 1968 field season, geological mapping and geochemical surveying was done on the property (Viper 1-16). In 1968, W.G. Stevensen identified and sampled three previous showings: the Boulder Creek (Bold 2) (093N 197), Asp (093N 027) and Berthold (093N 028). Though Stevensen sampled the Bold 2 (Boulder Creek) showing in 1968, the working had previously been dozer trenched, possibly as part of the same program. Several quartz veins along Boulder Creek were trenched and sampled. Northern Tungsten Mines Ltd., incorporated in 1970, acquired some 60-claims in the Stroh, Reynolds, Don and other groups. During 1972, the company carried out a trenching proem and a geochemical soil survey (343 samples). This exploration work exposed mineralization within a large lead anomaly. Work during 1973 included geological mapping, an induced potential survey over 3.2 kilometres as well as an electromagnetic survey, a geochemical soil survey (62 samples), trenching, and 862 metres of diamond drilling in 8 holes on Stroh 7 and 8 and Don 1 (Assessment Report 4611).
In 1978 Esso Minerals Canada conducted an extensive evaluation program on their BOLD claims consisting of line-cutting totalling 27 line kilometres, geological mapping at a scale of 1:2500 covering 240 hectares, geophysical surveys including magnetometer and horizontal loop electromagnetic both surveys covering 25 line-kilometres, geochemical sampling consisted of collecting 958 soil samples and analysing these for lead zinc copper silver and molybdenum. The work was confined to the area northwest of Boulder Lake between Boulder and Little Slate Creeks
In 1982, ESSO Minerals Canada conducted work a follow-up and to further evaluate soil geochemical data obtained in 1978. Work completed by Esso Resources Canada Limited on the BOLD 2 and 4 mineral claims in 1982 consisted of trenching geological mapping and sampling of the Boulder Creek showing. Bulldozer trenching attempted to discover the source of high grade mineralization in the main showing area. The Asp (093N 197) appears on a Bold claim map but may be just south of the Bold claims (Assessment Report 10702). In any event it was not examined or mentioned in the 1982 report by Esso.
In 2006, the Manson Creek Project (“the Project”) was acquired by by Skygold Ventures Ltd. Additional claims staked later in 2006 and in 2007, as part of a massive regional land-staking program. The Manson Creek claim group consisted of 125 contiguous claims covering an area of 55,812.04 hectares at the start of the 2008 field season (Assessment Report 30701). The claims included the MC 1-34 and 50-84 and the DMC 4-5 and 14-50. The only work reported by Skygold for the Bold 2 area was in 2008 which entailed a large helicopter-borne magnetic gradiometer and VLF-EM survey over much of their Manson Creek property. The survey consisting of a 1580 line-kilometres was flown in September, 2008. This airborne survey covered the following MINFILE occurrences: Blackhawk (093N 022), Asp (093N 027), Berthold, (093N 028), Kathy (093N 0230), Kildare Gulch (093N 057) Lost Creek (093N 060), Manson River (093N 061), Boulder Creek (093N 088), AJM (093N 136), Bold 1(093N 137), Blackjack Mountain (093N 148), Bold 2 (093N 197), Of these Kildare Gulch, Manson River and Boulder Creek are placer deposits. Of these Lost Creek, Kildare Gulch, Manson River and Boulder Creek are placer deposits. See Assessment Report 30701 for a full report on the aeromagnetic survey.
Refer to Asp (093N 027) for further geological details. Also refer to Kathy (093N 030) for details of the Manson Creek project of which the Bold 2 was part of in the late 2000s.
