The Snowflake 2 occurrence is located approximately 1.1 kilometres west of the south end of Tule Lake and 3.0 kilometres northeast of Aspen Grove.
Regionally, the area is underlain by the Upper Triassic Nicola Group, which regionally consists of alkalic and calc-alkalic volcanics and intrusions of island arc origin, and which is the principal component of the Quesnel terrane in southern British Columbia (Geological Survey of Canada Maps 41-1989, 1713A). The area lies in the Central Belt or facies of the Nicola Group (after Preto, Bulletin 69). This belt of rocks mainly consists of subaerial and submarine, red or purple to green augite plagioclase porphyritic andesitic and basaltic flows, volcanic breccia and tuff, and minor argillites and limestone. The volcanics are intruded by bodies of comagmatic Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic diorite to monzonite. The area is characterized by long-lived, primarily north-striking faults and related fracturing, which originally controlled intrusion emplacement. East-striking faults are subordinate, and commonly offset intrusive contacts.
Locally, three closely spaced shafts expose native copper, chalcocite, malachite and azurite in augite basalt porphyry of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Central Belt, Bulletin 69). In 1984, three rock samples assayed 1.2 to 5.7 grams per tonne silver and 0.005 to 0.010 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 13714, Drawing 2, samples R011, R012, R013).
An outcrop of basalt porphyry, located approximately 250 metres west-northwest of the shafts, is mineralized with malachite, chalcocite and galena. In 1984, a sample assayed 12.2 grams per tonne silver and 0.010 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 13714, sample R014A).
Work History
Three shafts, likely dating to the early 1900s, have been developed on the occurrence.
In 1975 and 1976, Robert York-Hardy completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the Snowflake claims. In 1979, Cominco Ltd. completed a 26.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic and induced polarization survey on the area as the Snowflake and Tule claim groups of the Grove property.
In 1984, Laramide Resources Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping, rock sampling and ground magnetic and induced polarization surveys on the area. In 1986, Lornex Mining Corp. Ltd. completed an induced polarization survey and six diamond drillholes, totalling 576.7 metres, on the Snowflake property.
In 1991, Albert Ablett completed a program of geological mapping and petrographic sampling on the area as the Shear claims. In 1992, Placer Dome Inc. completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the Shear claims. In 1993, Northair Mines Ltd. completed a further program of rock sampling on the property. In 1997, Christopher James Gold Corp. completed a program of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and a 13.8 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Big Kidd property.
In 2007, Etna Resources Inc. completed a 366 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey on the area immediately north of the occurrence as the Aspen Grove property. In 2008, Christopher James Gold Corp. completed a 1113.5 line-kilometre airborne magnetic-radiometric survey on the Big Kidd property. In 2009, a further program of geological mapping, soil sampling and 48.8 line-kilometres of ground magnetic and induced polarization surveys were completed on the Aspen Grove property.
In 2013, New Chris Minerals Ltd.completed a program of rock and soil sampling on the Aspen Grove property on behalf of Richard Billingsley. In 2017, Cazador Explorations Ltd. completed a 145.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic survey on the property.
