The Toc 9 or Ice Creek showing is located about 1800 metres southwest of the confluence of Fall and Todd creeks which, in turn, lies approximately 15 kilometres south of the confluence of Todd Creek with the Bowser River.
The area is underlain by Hazelton Group rocks of the Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation (Bulletin 63). Pervasively altered northwest(?) trending andesite flows and breccias are intruded by fine grained mafic dikes, 1 to 3 metres wide. An altered feldspar porphyry body (intrusion?) occurs near the showing (Assessment Report 15988). North to northwest trending, vertically dipping fractures, shears and faults are the most conspicuous structural elements in the area (Assessment Report 18800).
Mineralization consists of narrow chalcopyrite veins that occur in 1 to 2-metre-wide, discontinuous, north-northwest trending shear zones. The veins are hosted in the altered feldspar porphyry. Alteration consists of quartz, sericite and pyrite. Grab samples assayed up to 32.9 grams per tonne gold and 3.08 per cent copper (Assessment Report 15988).
In 1986, Noranda Exploration Limited staked the Toc 1-12 claims to cover showings in the Todd Creek area. The mineralization was discovered that year during reconnaissance prospecting near the Todd Creek (North Zone) (104A 106) deposit. From 1986 to 1989, Noranda completed geological mapping, silt and soil geochemical surveys, induced polarization and magnetometer surveys and diamond drilling. The work was done mainly on the Todd Creek North and F 1 zones (104A 107). In 1997, Island-Arc Resources Corp. optioned the property.
In 2017 stream sediment samples were collected by Millrock Resources Inc from streams that drained from the area of MINFILE occurrence Ice Creek (104A 108). The Ice Creek occurrence is located on the northwest flank of a northeast trending ridge. Stream sediment samples (W366405 to 407) were collected from streams draining north from the northwestern flank and nose area of the ridge and were significantly anomalous in gold but in general no other element. Sample W366404 had the highest gold value at 132 parts per billion and 0.226 part per million silver (Assessment Report 37268, Table 3 and Map 2a(1)). Several stream sediment samples from streams draining east from the east flank of the ridge were anomalous in silver but not in gold.
Refer to Todd Creek-South zone (104A 001) for a detailed work history of the Todd Creek property area showings.
