The Chic showing is located on the Goldfinger claim group approximately 3 kilometres north of the outlet of the Nation River on Chuchi Lake. The showing is an epithermal vein within a megacrystic potassium feldspar porphyry intrusion. The vein contains light green kaolinite and quartz with abundant blebs of disseminated pyrite and traces of chalcopyrite (Fieldwork 1990, page 107).

The feldspar porphyry is likely the intrusive equivalent of nearby potassium feldspar porphyritic andesites and purple amygdaloidal dacitic flows. The rocks are assigned to the Lower Jurassic Chuchi Lake Formation of the Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic Takla Group and is comprised of subaerial volcanic flows and lahars. It is progressively underlain by submarine augite plagioclase volcanic porphyritic flows of the Upper Triassic Witch Lake Formation (Takla Group) and volcanically derived epiclastic sediments of the Upper Triassic Inzana Lake Formation (Takla Group). The base of the sequence is the Upper Triassic Rainbow Formation (Takla Group) consisting of fine-grained slates and sediments derived, in part, from a continental source.

Work History

Royal Canadian Ventures Ltd. optioned the Wit property in 1966 and staked the Wag 29-44 claims the following year. During 1966 through 1969, the company completed programs of geological mapping, soil sampling and ground magnetic, gravity, electromagnetic and induced potential surveys.

In 1989, the area was prospected sampled (soil and rock) as the Goldfinger 1-4 claims. Also at this time, Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical (soil and rock) sampling on the area immediately north as the GR 1-3 claims.

In 1990, BP Resources Canada Ltd. completed a 250.0 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey and a 44.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic and induced polarization survey on the Goldfinger 1-4 claims. Also at this time, a 280.0 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey was completed on the GR 1-3 and Goldbrick 6-10 claims. The following year, a program of soil sampling, geological mapping, a 31.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and a single diamond drill hole, totalling 155.5 metres, were completed on the GR 1-4 claims. A gold-in-soil anomaly was identified near the southwest corner of the claims.

In 1995 and 1997, Nation River Resources Ltd. completed programs of soil and till sampling on the area as the Skook 13 Group. Three till samples were reported to contain visible grains of gold.

During 2013 through 2015, Vale Exploration Canada Inc. completed program of prospecting, geochemical (rock, soil, and silt) sampling and a 396.9 line-kilometre airborne magnetic survey on the surrounding area as the Q7a 1-10 claims.