The Daisy occurrence is located approximately 2.3 kilometres southeast of the south end of Bluey Lake and 3.5 to 3.8 kilometres north of the north end of Missezula Lake.
This region north of Missezula Lake is underlain by the Eastern volcanic facies of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group, comprising mafic to intermediate augite and hornblende porphyritic pyroclastics and flows, and associated alkaline intrusions. The intrusions vary in composition from diorite to monzonite and are thought to be comagmatic with the Nicola Group, ranging in age from Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic. Much of the copper mineralization and associated alteration frequenting this portion of the Nicola Belt can be attributed to the emplacement of such intrusions.
A shear zone 20 to 30 metres wide, striking north-northwest and dipping steeply west, cuts massive green andesite and underlying coarse red volcanic breccia (lahar (?)) of the Nicola Group (Central Belt; Bulletin 69). The volcanics strike 140 degrees and dip 35 degrees northeast. An elongate body of diorite occurs along a splay of the north-striking Kentucky-Alleyne fault system to the southeast.
The shear zone is erratically mineralized with minor bornite, and chalcocite smeared along fractures over a strike length of 350 metres. Malachite and azurite occur frequently along fractures. Hematite and magnetite are also reported. This mineralization is best developed in the andesite. An overlying bed of volcanic sandstone is barren, and only minor amounts of mineralization are found in the breccia.
A second area of copper mineralization is reported approximately 600 metres south-southeast of the Daisy occurrence, where copper carbonates and sulphides are developed along fractures. Other areas of minor copper mineralization (malachite staining and minor native copper) are reported several hundred metres to the northwest and southwest of the main occurrence.
In 1915, a sample of sorted ore assayed trace gold, 61.7 grams per tonne silver and 7.8 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1915, page 224).
In 1928, a chip sample assayed trace gold, 3.4 grams per tonne silver and 0.8 per cent copper over 9.1 metres (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1928, page 222).
In 1984, two samples taken over 4 metres yielded up to 11 grams per tonne silver, 1.07 per cent copper and trace gold (Assessment Report 12351, page 6).
In 1997, a sample (111870) of andesite(?) with malachite staining from the second area yielded 0.138 per cent copper (Assessment Report 25255).
In 2013, a rock sample (RRIKN-13-011) of volcanic breccia with copper oxides from the second area yielded 2.072 per cent copper and 32.2 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 34569).
Work History
This occurrence was first explored in 1915, when several trenches and a 3-metre-long adit were excavated.
In 1972 and 1973, Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, ground and airborne geophysical surveys and limited diamond drilling on the area.
In 1979, Cominco conducted diamond drilling and trenching on the area.
In 1983 and 1984, J.M. Murphy completed programs of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the Josee 2 claim. In 1985, Vanco Explorations Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area as the Thor 9 claim.
In 1990, Rayrock Yellowknife Resources Inc. and MineQuest Exploration Associated Ltd. completed a 56.2 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area immediately west of the occurrence as the Zig 1-4 and Zul 1-3 claims.
In 1996 and 1997, Len Harris and David Heyman prospected and sampled the area as the Daisy 1-4 claims.
In 2011, Moag Copper Gold Resources Inc. completed a program of soil sampling on the area as part of the Ketchan property. In 2013, Riverside Resources Inc. completed a program of prospecting and rock sampling on the area as the Josee property.
In 2016, Victory Resources Ltd. completed a program of photogeological (lineament) analysis and 2.3 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the Toni property.
