The Tim (Tim #1, #2 and #3 or Stallion) copper showings are located north of Timothy Mountain in the Westman Creek area, approximately 21 kilometres northeast of Lac La Hache, and are readily accessible from Highway 97 via the Timothy Lake Road and a network of logging roads. The Tim showings are part of the Spout Lake copper-gold district, a group of porphyry and skarn deposits associated with Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic alkaline intrusive rocks of the Spout Lake Intrusive Suite.
The Tim property is underlain by Late Triassic Nicola Group andesites, basalts, tuffs and argillites (Assessment Report 25670). Nicola Group rocks are intruded by the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic Spout Lake Intrusions, which vary in size from plutons and batholiths composed of granodiorite and quartz diorite to small alkali stocks ranging in composition from syenite to pyroxenite. Granodioritic rocks of the Triassic to Jurassic Takomkane Batholith intrude Nicola Group rocks east of the property. Portions of the area are obscured by alkaline basaltic plateau basalts of the Miocene to Pleistocene Chilcotin Formation.
Mineralization on the property consists of fracture-controlled and disseminated malachite, chalcopyrite and minor bornite and native copper associated with magnetite and pyrite in intensely altered Nicola Group andesite and in dykes and small intrusive bodies of monzonite, syenite and syenite breccia of the Spout Lake Intrusions (Assessment Reports 8831, 12192, 25670). Alteration and associated accessory minerals include quartz, epidote, K-feldspar and calcite. Three showings, Tim #1, #2 and #3, have been trenched over a northwest-trending zone on the property for a distance of approximately 500 metres.
The Tim No. 1 zone occurs at the contact of a northeast trending syenodiorite dike with sheared andesitic rocks and syenite breccia. The volcanics are altered to epidote, k-feldspar and amphibole along the steeply dipping northeast fracture zones. Mineralization consists of disseminations and blebs of pyrite and chalcopyrite within the k-feldspar rich intervals.
The Tim No. 2 zone is located approximately 500 metres south of the No. 1 zone and occurs on the west side of a north-northwesterly trending syenodiorite dike, the western contact of which is defined by a steep, 5- to 10-metre-deep gully formed along a shear zone. West of the gully is fresh looking andesite. Mineralization consists of pyrite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite in fracture filled veinlets, as fine disseminations and blebs in altered andesite and syenodiorite. The zone has been traced by at least two trenches located 230 metres apart exposing irregular mineralization across approximately 5 metres.
The Tim No. 3 zone is reported to be located approximately 250 metres northeast of the Tim No. 2 zone and consists of pyrite and chalcopyrite with epidote and K-feldspar as disseminations, fracture fillings and in vein stockworks in altered andesite along the contact zone of northeast striking pink syenite and syenodiorite dikes. The mineralized zone was reportedly traced over a strike length of 360 metres and a width of 60 metres.
Another zone of mineralization, referred to as the ‘Native Copper’ zone is located approximately 1.3 kilometres west of the Time No. 2 zone and comprises native copper as disseminations and on fracture faces along with malachite staining in fractured and altered andesitic tuffs along a road cut. Small shear zones mineralized with malachite, native copper, chalcopyrite and copper oxide were reported in outcroppings in pyroclastics varying from ash tuff to crystal tuff and various combinations. Drilling on the zone, in 1990 (holes D90-6 and -9), are reported to have intersected mineralized zones with native copper associated with hematite and calcite.
Work History
Anomalous results obtained in stream sediment geochemical surveys by Coranex Ltd. in the area south of Peach Lake in 1966 resulted in the staking of the Tim claims, which covered a large area south of Peach Lake, including the as yet un-discovered Tim showings.
A program of geological, soil geochemical, magnetometer, induced polarization and prospecting surveys were undertaken in 1967, mainly in the area northwest of the Tim showings; however, three induced polarization anomalies designated ‘M’, ‘N’ and ‘O’ were detected. The anomalies were tested by trenching and a "minor amount of disseminated chalcopyrite and bornite with pyrite was exposed" (Assessment Report 8831) over what are now termed the Tim #1, #2 and #3 showings.
The property was geologically mapped by Amax Exploration Inc. in 1972, and subsequently dropped (Assessment Report 4030). The area was re-staked by Stallion Resources Limited in 1979 and soil geochemical sampling, trenching and diamond drilling was undertaken, mainly in areas where the work by Coranex Ltd. had outlined induced polarization anomalies in 1969 (Assessment Report 8831). Sampling of the trenches on the Tim No. 2 zone is reported to have yielded up to 4.17 per cent copper, 0.91 per cent molybdenum and 0.7 gram per tonne gold over 1.07 metres from the southern trench (Church, C. (2008-06-20): Summary Report on the Tam and Mat Mineral Claims [Tam Property]).
In 1983, Stallion Resources Ltd. completed six short diamond drillholes, totaling 312 metres, on the Tim #1 showing (Assessment Report 12192). Diamond drillhole 83-1 intersected 42.7 metres grading 2.76 per cent copper, 25.4 grams per tonne silver and 0.6 grams per tonne gold from surface to 42.7 metres. None of the other holes showed near as much encouragement. The George Cross Newsletter (1983 #236) reported that Stallion Resources Ltd. stated that "drill indicated reserves" were 75 150 tonnes grading 2.14 per cent copper.
In 1988, Liberty Gold Corporation optioned the claims and between 1988 and 1990, completed VLF-EM, magnetometer, soil geochemical and induced polarization surveys as well as geological mapping, percussion drilling (736 metres in seven holes) and 1245 metres of diamond drilling in 12 holes (Assessment Report 17960 and 20095). Diamond drilling close to the volcanic-syenodiorite dike contact on the Tim1 zone yielded intercepts including 16.6 metres averaging 0.76 per cent copper and 15.0 metres averaging 0.40 per cent copper in holes P90-1 and P90-6, respectively, while drill hole D90-10, drilled to test the possible northwest extension of the zone, cut the syenodiorite dike at a low angle yielding 0.69 per cent copper over 11.3 metres and 0.24 per cent copper over 51.8 metres (Church, C. (2008-06-20): Summary Report on the Tam and Mat Mineral Claims [Tam Property]).
In 1998, the Tam and Mat claims were staked by Mr. Paul Reynolds, who completed a program of geological mapping (Assessment Report 25670).
In 2000, Mr. Paul Reynolds optioned the property to G.W.R. Resources Inc.
In 2001, G.W.R. Resources Inc. conducted geological mapping, rock and soil sampling and three exploratory diamond drillholes on the Tim 1 zone. Highlights include sample TAM01DR-02, which assayed 0.1773 per cent copper and 1.1 grams per tonne gold, and drillhole TAM01-1, which returned 17.4 metres grading 0.61 per cent copper, 0.18 grams per tonne gold and 6.3 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 26655). Also at this time, a sample of propylitic to potassic altered volcanic breccia containing pyrite, chalcopyrite mineralized sub-crop, located approximately 300 metres southwest of the Tim 1 zone, yielded 1.10 grams per tonne gold and 0.177 per cent copper, while grab samples from the Tim 2 shear zone yielded from 0.212 to 1.915 per cent copper, 0.007 to 0.222 gram per tonne gold and 5.9 to 64.5 grams per tonne silver over 1 to 2 metre widths along a strike distance of 44 metres (Church, C. (2008-06-20): Summary Report on the Tam and Mat Mineral Claims [Tam Property]). A sample from the ‘Native Copper’ zone yielded 0.132 per cent copper and 0.17 gram per tonne gold (Church, C. (2008-06-20): Summary Report on the Tam and Mat Mineral Claims [Tam Property]).
In 2004, Mr. Paul Reynolds optioned the property to Tatmar Ventures Inc.
In 2005, Tatmar Ventures Inc. completed an exploration program of grid establishment, line cutting, surveying and IP geophysical surveys.
In 2006, Tatmar Ventures Inc. conducted grid establishment, and magnetic geophysical, GPS and soil geochemistry surveys.
In 2008, Mr. Paul Reynolds optioned the property to Central Resources Corp. who then completed grid establishment and an IP geophysical survey.
Central Resources Corp. completed a Titan-24 DCIP and MT survey over a portion of the property in December 2012. The survey consisted of 13 line-kilometres over six lines. This survey detected a number of deep-seated zones exhibiting anomalous chargeability and coinciding with zones of moderate resistivity.
During 2018 through 2021, EnGold Mines Ltd. completed programs of prospecting, soil sampling, diamond drilling and a geophysical survey on the area as part of the Lac La Hache property.
