The exact location of the Hooey occurrence is not known with certainty. It is based on a 1971 report that documents chalcopyrite in epidotized monzonite to quartz monzonite (Geology, Exploration and Mining in British Columbia 1971, page 203). The Hooey showing is plotted just south of a small lake at the headwaters of Groundhog Creek in the central part of the Hooey claims or Groundhog property. Assessment reports for the area (3268, 3858) document no outcrop on the Groundhog property but briefly describe medium-grained, equigranular, leucocratic syenodiorite on ridge tops in the vicinity.

Recent geological mapping (Open File 1993-4) suggests that the Hooey showing occurs very near the contact between an Early Jurassic predominantly monzonite phase, and Early Cretaceous more felsic, orthoclase megacrystic granitic and syenitic phases of the Late Triassic-Early Cretaceous Hogem Intrusive Complex. The area is located approximately 2 kilometres west of the Hogem-Takla Group contact and 5 kilometres south of the Takla-Rainbow occurrence (093N 082).

Work History

In 1971, Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. completed a program of soil sampling on the area as the Hooey claims of the Groundhog property.

In 1990 and 1991, Golden Rule Resources Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt, and soil) sampling and a 1500 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey on the area as the Takla property. Also in 1991, Pacific Rim Mining Corp. completed a program of silt and soil sampling on the area as the Kwan 5-8 claims.

During 2005 through 2010, Redton Resources and Geoinformatics Exploration Canada Inc. undertook work on the regionally extensive Redton property, which covered the Falcon (MINFILE 093N 068) occurrence to the south (just north of Nation Lake) and north to the Tak (MINFILE 093N 067) occurrence, approximately 6 kilometres south of the Omineca River. In 2005, a 5764.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey was completed on the area as the Takla-Redton property. In 2006, a program of geological mapping and geochemical (rock, silt, and soil) sampling was completed on the property along with 12 diamond drill holes, totalling 4032.5 metres, on the Takla-Rainbow (MINFILE 093N 082) and Tak occurrences. In 2007 and 2008, programs of geochemical sampling (rock, silt, and soil) sampling, ground geophysical surveys, and 10 diamond drill holes totalling 3784.0 metres were completed on the property. This work centred primarily on the Takla-Rainbow occurrence to the north and Falcon occurrence to the south. In 2010, a subsequent AeroTEM survey by Redton Resources identified 65 electromagnetic anomalies on the property.

In 2011, Kiska Metals Corp. (previously Rimfire Minerals Corporation) completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt, and soil) sampling and a 64.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the Redton property. The induced polarization survey was undertaken on a till-covered area near the Falcon (MINFILE 093N 068) occurrence.