The Orn 1 occurrence is located in the headwaters of Solly Creek, southeast of Mount Hall.

Regionally, the area is underlain by gabbro sills (informally called the Mount Hall Gabbro) that are coeval with the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group). A west-trending horizon of sediments, approximately 125 metres thick, occurs along the northern flanks of Mount Hall and Coronation Mountain and is encompassed by the gabbro. These sediments, belonging to the Mississippian to Pennsylvanian Fourth Lake Formation (Buttle Lake Group), comprise siltstone, cherty siltstone and minor sandstone.

Locally, a 5-centimetre wide quartz vein is hosted in a 10-centimetre-wide shear zone that strikes 009 degrees and dips 80 degrees to the southeast. The quartz is limonitic, fractured and contains irregular lenses, up to 5 millimetres wide by 2-centimetres long, of chalcopyrite, specular hematite and malachite.

In 1987, a grab sample (20341) from the vein assayed 0.07 grams per tonne gold, 16.4 grams per tonne silver and 0.42 per cent copper (Assessment Report 17351, page 36).

Work History

In 1978, Union Miniere Exploration and Mining Corp. Ltd. conducted a soil sampling program on the area immediately south and west as the Sheep, Mouse, Bear, Dear, Elk and Pika claims.

In 1986 and 1987, E.W. Hayes completed a program of geological mapping and rock and silt sampling on the area as the Orn 1-4 claims. During 1987 through 1990, Avondale Resources completed programs of geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling, geological mapping, and ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys on the Orn claims.

During 2000 through 2002, the area was prospected and sampled by M. Schau as the Pie 1-4 claims.