The Star occurrence outcrops in the headwaters of Rampart Creek, 1.2 kilometres south-southeast of the south end of Dillard Lake and 6 kilometres east of Summers Creek.
The area east of Dillard Lake is primarily underlain by andesitic to basaltic flows and pyroclastics of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Eastern Belt, Bulletin 69). These volcanics are intruded by small bodies and dikes of diorite and syenite that may be comagmatic with the volcanics.
Locally, the area is underlain by dark-green, blocky Nicola Group volcanic rocks. These are andesitic to basaltic flows and fragmental units that are contemporaneous with zones of diorite to granodiorite composition, considered subvolcanic feeders. Local strong fracturing and shearing are accompanied in places by intense argillic, propylitic and carbonate alteration. Silicification, quartz and calcite veining and masses of epidote and garnet are developed locally.
The occurrence is composed of two small outcrops of well-fractured green andesite, 30 metres apart, of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Eastern Belt, Bulletin 69). The andesite is mineralized with limonite, pyrite, malachite and chalcopyrite along fractures.
In 1989, a rock sample (9DB-13R) assayed 0.130 per cent copper (Assessment Report 19593).
In 2011, a rock sample (2591120) from an outcrop of silicified volcanics with fracture-filling chalcopyrite, located approximately 300 metres north of the occurrence, assayed 1.64 per cent copper and 7.4 grams per tonne silver, whereas two samples (DRS-47 and -15) of andesite with malachite, chalcopyrite and tenorite associated with tremolite and actinolite, collected a short distance west of the occurrence, yielded 0.118 and 0.117 per cent copper, respectively (Assessment Report 32558). Also at this time, a sample (DRS39) from an oxidized outcrop, located approximately 1 kilometre east of the occurrence, yielded greater than 1.00 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 32558).
In 2014, diamond drilling on an area located approximately 600 metres northwest of the main zone yielded intercepts including 0.11, 0.10 and 0.14 per cent copper over 21.0, 15.0 and 9.0 metres in holes DI14-13, -14 and -15, respectively (Assessment Report 35301). Also at this time, trenching in the area of the drillholes yielded up to 0.16 per cent copper over 6 metres in trench T14-08 (Assessment Report 35301).
In 2015, a rock sample (R203955) of chalcopyrite(?)-bearing diorite, taken approximately 1 kilometre east of the occurrence, yielded 0.106 per cent copper (Assessment Report 35434).
In 2018, two samples (D11 and D19) of pyritic andesite with malachite and chalcopyrite blebs, located 500 and 800 metres northwest of the occurrence, yielded 0.785 and 0.143 per cent copper, respectively (Assessment Report 37988).
Work History
In 1973, Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the Star claims.
In 1980 and 1981, Cominco Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping, soil sampling and ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys on the area as the Toba claims.
During 1987 through 1991, Fairfield Minerals Ltd. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, trenching and ground geophysical surveys on the area as the Dill property. In all, five anomalous gold trends and two copper-gold zones were defined on the property (Assessment Report 21198).
In 2008, Almaden Minerals conducted a stream sediment and rock sampling program on the property. Results showed that the program was successful in identifying an area of elevated gold and copper in sediment in the western portion of the property and an area of elevated molybdenum in sediment in the east (Assessment Report 30318).
On August 31, 2011, Fjordland Exploration Inc. signed an option agreement with private vendors to purchase 100 per cent interest in the 2200-hectare Dillard claims. Later that year, Fjordland completed a program of prospecting and rock sampling.
Fjordland Exploration Inc.'s ground geophysical and geological surveys completed in 2012, along with work compiled from previous exploration, resulted in the identification of several anomalies on its 2600-hectare Dillard copper-gold property that were ready for drilling in 2013. The 2012 geophysical surveys led to the identification of coincident copper-gold soil and induced polarization anomalies in two areas measuring approximately 2000 by 800 metres and 1500 by 1000 metres (V STOCKWATCH, October 18, 2012).
In 2013, Fjordland Exploration Inc. completed a 293.0-line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, a 45.3 line-kilometre ground magnetic and induced polarization survey and seven diamond drill holes, totalling 2636.1 metres, on the Dillard property.
In 2014, Fjordland Exploration Inc. completed a program of geological mapping, soil sampling, trenching and 14 diamond drill holes, totalling 5305.0 metres, on the Dillard property. In 2015, a program of prospecting, geological mapping and rock sampling was completed on the property.
In 2018, Rene Bernard completed a minor program of rock sampling on the area as the Man-Prime property.
