The Dry Creek (Snow) showing is on the east bank of Rampart (Dry) Creek, approximately 900 metres north-northeast of the creek's confluence with Summers Creek and 17 kilometres north-northeast of Princeton.

The area along Summers Creek is underlain by the Eastern volcanic facies of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group, comprising mafic, augite and hornblende porphyritic pyroclastics and flows, and associated alkaline intrusions. These rocks are intruded by granodiorite and quartz diorite of the Middle to Upper Cretaceous Summers Creek pluton.

Locally, a shear zone cuts andesitic agglomerate of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group, approximately 60 metres southwest of granodiorite and granite of the Middle to Upper Cretaceous Summers Creek pluton. The zone contains pyrite, galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite in a matrix of quartz and sheared and altered country rock. Secondary minerals include limonite, malachite, azurite and gypsum. Strong argillic alteration and silicification are also reported. Occasionally sparse, disseminated chalcopyrite and malachite/azurite staining occur in the vicinity of the showing.

In 1998, a rock chip sample (A-03) of altered and oxidized volcanics with weathered stibnite, taken from a roadcut located approximately 400 metres north of the historical adit, yielded 0.116 gram per tonne gold over 2 metres (Assessment Report 25761).

Work History

The Dry Creek occurrence was first explored by a single adit excavated in 1922. Quintana Minerals Corporation drilled three rotary holes totalling 468 metres, in the vicinity of the adit in 1968. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company and Iso Explorations Ltd. conducted geological, geophysical and soil geochemical surveys over the showing in 1971 and 1972. Iso Explorations also drilled three holes totalling 267 metres, in 1972.

In 1981 and 1982, Cominco Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and ground geophysical surveys on the area immediately west and north of the occurrence as the Axe, BSM, Snow and Star claims of the Axe property.

In 1991, Fairfield Minerals Ltd. completed soil sampling, with a total of 458 samples collected, on the area as the Swan 6-11 claims. This program identified three copper anomalies with local associated gold enrichment.

In 1994 and 1995, Fairfield Minerals Ltd. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and trenching on the area as the Swan claims.

In 1998, Causway Mining Corp. completed a program of rock sampling and an 8.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Axe and Adam claims of the Summers Creek property.

During 2003 through 2010, the occurrence area was held by Bearclaw Capital Corp. and Westar Resources Corp. as part of the Axe property.

In 2012, Xstrata Canada Corp. optioned the Axe property and completed a program of prospecting, soil sampling, a 35.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and a 954.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey.

In 2018, Evrim Exploration Canada Corp. completed a program of rock sampling, geological mapping, 41 rotary drill holes, totalling 695.3 metres, and 4 diamond drill holes, totalling 2113.6 metres, on the Axe property.