The Ric (Upper Creek) showing is one of a number zinc-lead showings located in the upper Richard Creek valley.

Regionally, the Richards Creek valley is underlain by a conformable sequence of Lower to Middle Devonian Stone Formation dolomite, Middle Devonian Dunedin Formation micritic limestone and Devonian to Carboniferous Besa River Formation shale. This sequence is overthrust from the west by a panel of Stone Formation, which is in turn overthrust by package of Cambrian to Ordovician Kechika Group, Ordovician Skoki Formation and Silurian Nonda Formation strata.

The Mineralization, hosted within the thrust panel of the Stone Formation dolomite, consists of pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite and galena as irregular massive pods along fractures. Cavities filled with white sparry dolomite and quartz are associated with the mineralization.

In 1973, diamond drilling yielded intercepts with estimated grades including 3.3 per cent zinc and trace lead over 12 metres (6.0 to 18.0 metres down hole) of massive iron sulphide mineralization and 3.8 per cent zinc and trace lead over 3.9 metres (24.6 to 28.5 metres down hole) mineralized dolomite breccia in hole C-8, 5 per cent zinc and 1 per cent lead over 4.2 metres (68.0 to 72.2 metres down hole) of vuggy to brecciated dolomite in hole C-10 and 0.8 per cent zinc over 15.6 metres (38.0 to 53.6 metres down hole) of mineralized dolomite breccia in hole C-14 (Property File – K.M. Carter [1972-08-29]: Drill Hole Record - RIC Group).

Work History

In 1972 and 1973, Cominco Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical sampling and at least 16 diamond drill holes, totalling 952.2 metres, on the area as the Ric claims. In 2008, Douglas Herriott prospected and sampled the area as the Red Cat property. No assays were reported.