The Chris occurrence is located about 11 kilometres west of Kitsumkalum Lake approximately 40 kilometres north-northwest of Terrace.
Jurassic to Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group sediments, predominantly siltstone with interbeds of greywacke, are intruded by granodiorite bodies and diorite dikes of the Cretaceous to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex. The sediments strike 030 degrees and dip 35 degrees southeast. Rhyolite dikes have been reported in the Chris area.
A gold-bearing quartz vein, referred to as the Main vein, strikes 075 degrees and dips 75 degrees north within the siltstones. The vein is 300 metres long, 0.3 to 1.34 metres wide, averaging 0.6 metre and is up to 25 metres vertical depth. The vein consists of alternating layers of grey-white quartz, grey host siltstone layers, and massive mineralized layers of arsenopyrite, galena, pyrite and minor chalcopyrite and sphalerite. A second similar vein, located 40 metres to the south, is 35 metres long and varies from 0.16 to 0.52 metre wide.
Another vein, referred to as the Bobby vein, is located approximately 850 metres to the northeast. The vein is steeply dipping, strikes between 258 and 327 degrees and is likely an extensional vein.
In 1959, sampling of trenches is reported to have averaged 17.2 grams per tonne gold and 95.8 grams per tonne silver, with assays up to 169.6 grams per tonne gold and 5917 grams per tonne silver (Daignault, P.M., Sharp, R.J. (2007-12-27): 2007 Exploration and Geological Report for the Kalum Property).
In 1981, chip samples over the 300 metre length of the main vein averaged 11.25 grams per tonne gold, 80.57 grams per tonne silver and 1.4 per cent lead, while sampling of the second vein averaged 2.09 grams per tonne gold, 8.23 grams per tonne silver and 0.1 per cent lead (Assessment Report 10523).
In 2004, drilling is reported to have yielded one significant intersection of 16.3 grams per tonne gold over 0.3 metre (Exploration and Mining in British Columbia 2004, page 33).
In 2005(?), grab samples (CGKMV020 and 021) from 75 and 40 centimetre wide veins yielded 26.6 and 45.1 grams per tonne gold with 23.8 and 50.1 grams per tonne silver, respectively (Daignault, P.M., Sharp, R.J. (2007-12-27): 2007 Exploration and Geological Report for the Kalum Property).
Work History
The Chris vein showing was first staked in 1945 by S.R. Ling and W. Jorgenson. Minimal work was done by the original stakers. The first physical work, in the form of a number of trenches, was done in 1950 by Lake Expanse Gold Mines Ltd. No further work was done until 1959 when Conwest Exploration Co. Ltd. located a number of new trenches and put in a good walking trail to the property from the existing logging road system. Conwest dropped their option on the property, and nothing was done on it until 1962 when Kootenay Base Metals drove a 57.1-metre adit into the vein structure.
No other significant work was done on the property until Prism Resources Limited staked the Chris claims in September 1979. Prism's 1980 work consisted of clearing the portal, cleaning and mapping the adit.
In 1981, work by Prism Resources included 122.7 metres of IAX drilling in five holes, geological mapping, cleaning, blasting and sampling of 23 old and new trenches, installing a geochemical grid and collecting a total of 99 samples.
In 2003, Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. had acquired the 500-unit Kalum property to cover the Allard stock, a 4 by 11 kilometre intrusion that has been mapped west of Kitsumkalum Lake. The Kalum property encompasses several historically documented occurrences referred to in their 2003 work report (Assessment Report 27417): Kalum (103I 019), Burn (103I 211), Quartz Silver (103I 018), Allard (103I 151), Misty (103I 213), Chris (103I 174), Martin (103I 020) and Hat (103I 173). Several new discoveries were also described.
In 2004, Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. continued exploration for an intrusion-related gold deposit on its Kalum property. The program comprised a 1500 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey, on-the-ground evaluation of targets and the drilling of 19 holes, totalling 1958 metres. The geophysical survey recovered magnetic and time-domain electromagnetic data. Six holes tested the Chris gold-bearing quartz-arsenopyrite vein over a strike length of about 150 metres, east of previous drilling.
In 2005, Eagle Plains Resources completed a program of soil, silt and rock sampling and geological mapping on the area.
In 2007, Mountain Capital Inc. optioned the property and in 2008 undertook a program of soil and rock sampling, a 4.1 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and 11 diamond drill holes on the Burn (MINFILE 103I 211) occurrence area. The option was terminated in May of 2009.
In 2009, Windstorm Resources Inc. entered into a Letter of Intent with Eagle Plains to earn a 60 per cent interest in the property and completed a program of prospecting, geochemical sampling and an induced polarization survey on the area.
In 2010, a program of geological mapping and six diamond drill holes, totalling 419.11 metres, were completed on the Tuppie-Cirque (MINFILE 103I 228) occurrence.
In early 2012, Clemson Resources Corp. entered into an Option Agreement with Eagle Plains Resources to acquire a 60 per cent interest in the property.
In 2020, Rex Resources completed a 247 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric geophysical survey on the area as the Kalum property.
