The ELK 2 showing is located 500 metres south of Arlington Lakes and approximately 160 metres west of the railway tracks.
The Arlington Lakes area was extensively prospected in the early part of this century, especially during the period 1910-13 when the Kettle Valley Railway was built. In 1970, Durocop Mines Ltd. prospected the general area around the ELK 2 showing. In 1971, Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Ltd. carried out a magnetometer survey of the area. In 1973, K.F. Brunning funded a soil geochemical survey and geological mapping of the area.
The ELK 2 showing is hosted by granodiorite of an unnamed Middle Jurassic intrusion near a contact with hornblendite of the Carboniferous-Permian Anarchist Group. This intrusion was previously mapped as the Middle Jurassic Nelson Intrusions (Geological Survey of Canada Map 1736A).
The showing consists of several mineralized quartz veins, adits trenches and a short shaft, all north of a small pond and west of the railway. The eastern adit has been driven on a 1.2- to 1.8-metre-wide quartz vein. Another quartz vein, approximately 15 metres to the south, is noted to contain copper (chalcopyrite?). Approximately 20 metres to the northwest an adit has been driven on a 60-centimetre-wide quartz vein containing copper (chalcopyrite?) and zinc (sphalerite?). A shaft, 120 metres to the west, has been sunk near a quartz vein, which is 1.2 metres wide on the surface. None of the old workings were accessible to exploration parties in the 1970s but it was noted that quartz on the shaft dump contained molybdenite. The strongest mineralization was noted in quartz which contained stringers or inclusions of granitic material. The molybdenite ranges from small specks to rosettes up to one inch in diameter. Minor amounts of copper (chalcopyrite?) were noted in the quartz veins. The granodiorite host is foliated and disseminated pyrite is evident in places. Overburden is heavy and the extent of the showing is not evident. Also included in the ELK 2 showing is a quartz vein 750 metres west of the adit. It was noted to contain molybdenite.
A similar mineral occurrence nearby is the ELK 4 (082ENW006) showing, 220 metres south-southwest of the adit.
Work History
In 1996, Madman Mining Co. Ltd. completed a prospecting, soil sampling, and a VLF-EM geophysical survey on the property containing the occurrence.
In 2015, Explorex Resources Inc completed magnetic and VLF-EM geophysical surveys, a prospecting and sampling program on the property containing the occurrence. Highlighted results included a grab sample grading 2.34 grams per tonne gold at the Elk 2 occurrence (Kemp, R. (2017-07-13): National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on the Arlington Property).
In 2017, Coast Mountain Geological Ltd. completed an exploration program including soil sampling, rock sampling, and 26.4 line-kilometres of ground magnetic and VLF-EM surveys.
In 2018, Clarmin Exploration Inc. completed a prospecting and soil sampling program on the Arlington property (Assessment Report 36956). The property was returned to Explorex Resources Inc. in late 2018.
