The LSD occurrence is located south of Klawdetelle Creek about 2.7 kilometres south-southwest of Klawdetelle Lake, approximately 89 kilometres north of the community of Fort St. James.
The area is underlain by two Early Jurassic phases of the Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous Hogem Intrusive Complex; coarse-grained hornblende monzonite and the later medium-grained equigranular quartz syenite (Chuchi syenite). Minor pegmatite and aplite phases occur.
Locally, fractures in the intrusive rocks contain small occurrences of chalcopyrite and pyrite. Previous reports document minor galena, magnetite and molybdenite along weakly altered fractures.
Work History
During 1970 through 1973, Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. completed programs of soil sampling and an 11.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the LSD claims. Four diamond drill holes are also reported to have been completed on the area. Three of the holes were abandoned in overburden and one hole is reported to have intersected an altered and weakly mineralized volcanic rock and syenite intrusion yielding up to 0.31 per cent copper over 0.15 metre (Assessment Report 19719). The exact location of this drillhole is not known.
In 1988, Westmin Mines Ltd. staked the Klawli property, adjoining the north and west side of BP’s Phil and Chuchi claim (MINFILE 093N 159) blocks. The claims were then optioned by Rio Algom Exploration Inc. who then added additional claims. Work completed by Rio in 1989 included soil sampling for a geochemical analysis, 190 line-kilometres of airborne magnetic and very low frequency electromagnetic surveys, which identified large copper and gold anomalies. In 1990, further soil geochemical sampling was performed along with 25.25 line-kilometres of induced polarization surveying and five diamond drill holes, totalling 691.7 metres. In 1991, Rio continued with nine diamond drill holes, totalling 1052.5 metres, to further test previously identified induced polarization anomalies. In 1990, a sample (486026) from a zone of potassium feldspar pegmatite with coarse-grained biotite, taken downslope to the west of the plotted LSD occurrence location, yielded 0.160 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 20612).
In 2005, High Ridge Resources Inc. staked the area as part of the Chuchi property.
In 2011, Newton Gold Corp. (now Chlormet Technologies Inc.) conducted a soil geochemistry program consisting of 802 soil samples covering an area measuring 2.2 by 3.8 kilometres.
During 2014 through 2019, the area was explored by Kiska Metal Corp. and later AuRico Metals Inc. in conjunction with the nearby Chuchi Lake (MINFILE 093N 159) occurrence and a completed exploration history can be found there.
