The Daly-Sullivan adit is located near the headwaters of Lesley (Cooper) Creek, on a tributary creek about 325 metres east of Lesley Creek approximately 1.9 kilometres southeast of the south end of Long Lake, 16 kilometres north of Stewart.
The area is underlain by Hazelton Group rocks of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Mount Dilworth Formation and overlying Middle-Upper Jurassic Salmon River Formation (Open File 1987-22). These rocks lie on the crumpled west limb of the north-northwest trending Dilworth syncline. Near the showing, brick red to purple volcaniclastics predominate (Assessment Report 7640).
The nature of the mineralization is not clear. A southeast trending quartz vein, dipping 50 degrees southwest, has been reported to be near the adit (Assessment Report 7640). On the S. and D. Fraction (now the Vandal Fraction?, Lot 3785), a 2.4 to 6.0 metre wide vein has been traced for about 200 metres. The west trending vein comprises quartz fillings and silicified schist mineralized with pyrite and arsenopyrite. Assays are reported at up to $20 per ton in gold and silver. A second vein, striking northwest across the Daly claim (Lot 3685), is reported to have assayed high in silver (Corpfile - American Mining and Milling Company).
Work History
The Daly (Lot 3685), Sullivan (Lot 3684), S. and D. and Mahood Fraction claims were located in 1910. The Daly and Sullivan claims were Crown granted to McDonald and Winkler in 1917. The fractional claims (and one-half interest in the Daly and Sullivan claims) were acquired by Mahood Mines Limited in 1920(?). In 1922, the company name was changed to American Mining and Milling Company Limited. Open cutting and one adit were reported on the property.
The Daly and Sullivan claims (and the Vandal Fraction, formerly the S. and D. Fraction?) were included in the Slate group in 1979. That year, Ocean Home Exploration Ltd. conducted geological mapping on the claims. Esso Resources acquired the claims from Houston Oil and Minerals in 1982. In 1987, Claimer Resources Inc. entered into an option agreement with Esso.
In 1992, an exploration program was carried out on the Shure property on behalf of Homestake Canada Ltd. The Shure property covers the Daly-Sullivan (104A 073), Lakeshore (104A 092), Bush (104A 097) and Start (104A 138) showings. Work included drill testing the Rama Vein (104A 097) in addition to a ground resistivity, induced polarization and magnetometer survey over the Rama Vein and adjacent showings. Seven diamond-drill holes were completed totalling 674.5 metres; six holes were on the Rama Vein and one on the Gully Stockwork (104A 097). In total, 10.6 kilometres of induced polarization/resistivity survey and 13.3 kilometres of magnetic survey were completed.
In 2017, Richard Billingsley completed an airborne magnetic survey on the area. In 2019, AUX Resources Corp. completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping and rock sampling on the area as the Independence and Slippery Ian properties. Two samples from the Day-Sullivan vein assayed 15.1 and 5.68 grams per tonne gold with 231 and 488 grams per tonne silver (Bravewolf Consulting [2020-07-17]: 2020 Technical (NI 43-101) Report on the Independence and Slippery Ian Properties).
