The Dead Goat skarn is located on a northwest-facing slope, approximately 4.0 kilometres northwest of the Cassiar asbestos deposit (MINFILE 104P 005), 102 kilometres north of the community of Dease Lake.

Regionally, the area is underlain by a north to north-northwest–trending series of sedimentary rocks, dipping approximately 70 to 80 degrees to the northeast, and comprised of undivided sedimentary rocks of the Neoproterozoic Stelkuz Formation (Ingenika Group), quartz arenite sedimentary rocks of the Lower Cambrian Boya Formation (Atan Group); calcareous sedimentary rocks of the Lower Cambrian Rosella Formation (Atan Group); limestone, slate, siltstone and argillite of the Cambrian to Ordovician Kechika Group and Ordovician to Silurian Road River Group; quartz arenite sedimentary rocks of the Silurian to Lower Devonian Ramhorn Group and calcareous sedimentary rocks of the Devonian McDame Group. Granitic rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Cassiar Batholith are exposed to the west.

Locally, garnet-diopside-actinolite skarn is developed in steeply east-dipping marble of Neoproterozoic Stelkuz Formation (Ingenika Group) near its contact with quartz monzonite of the Lower Cretaceous Cassiar Batholith. The skarn has been traced discontinuously over a strike distance of 600 metres averaging 1.0 to 5.5 metres in thickness. Scheelite occurs erratically as coarse crystals up to 3 centimetres in size. Within the massive garnet skarn are lenses up to 2.0 metres wide of pyrrhotite-actinolite skarn which contain pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, scheelite and fluorite. Disseminated molybdenite is reported to occur in a sheared quartz vein.

Another zone of scheelite and molybdenite mineralized skarn is reported south of a small lake, approximately 1.1 kilometres south-southeast of the Dead Goat occurrence.

In 1978, two samples (WB7 and WB14) of mineralized skarn from the Dead Goat occurrence assayed 1.80 and 1.748 per cent tungsten tri-oxide, respectively (Assessment Report 7520).

In 1980, drilling yielded intercepts of up to 0.95 and 0.53 per cent tungsten tri-oxide over 2.5 and 5.7 metres in holes 80B-1 and 80B-2, respectively (Assessment Report 10512). At this time, drill-indicated reserves were reported at 100 900 tonnes grading 0.38 per cent tungsten tri-oxide (or 0.30 per cent tungsten) and an additional 27 600 tonnes grading 0.39 per cent tungsten tri-oxide and 0.16 per cent copper in a pod 20 metres below the main skarn zone; grade given for main reserve was 0.49 per cent tungsten tri-oxide; conversion to tungsten using the factor 1.2611 (Assessment Report 10512).

In 1982, a non–NI 43-101 compliant indicated resource of 100,900 tonnes grading 0.38 per cent tungsten with an additional 27,600 tonnes grading 0.30 per cent tungsten and 0.16 per cent copper, occurring in a mineralized pod, approximately 20 metres below the main skarn zone, was reported. (Assessment Report 10512).

In 2002, a sample (102-904) from the occurrence area assayed 0.73 per cent copper and 0.106 per cent tungsten (Assessment Report 27030).

In 2010, a chip sample (KU10AR-3) from the main Dead Goat skarn zone yielded 0.27 per cent copper and 0.283 per cent tungsten over 1.00 metre, whereas a chip sample (KU10AR-4) of mineralized skarn, taken from a ridge approximately 500 metres to the south of the main occurrence, assayed 80.7 grams per tonne silver and greater than 1.00 per cent for each of lead, zinc and antimony over 0.23 metre (Assessment Report 31833).

In 2013, two chip samples (KU13AR-810 and -811) from the main zone of mineralization yielded 0.105 and 0.153 per cent tungsten, respectively over 2.00 metres, each (Assessment Report 34025).

Work History

In 1978, the area was staked and explored by Bill Kuhn. The following year, the property was optioned to Shell Canada Resources, who explored for tungsten and molybdenum during 1979 through 1982 and conducted programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt and soil) surveys, ground geophysical surveys, trenching, and diamond drilling.

In 1991, the Contact 1-4 claims were staked on the occurrence area for Kokanee Explorations Ltd. and in 1992 and 1993, rock and soil samples were collected in addition to prospecting. In 1998, Eveready Resources Corp. completed a program of geological mapping and rock sampling on the area as the Rattler property.

In 2002, Fundamental Resources Corp. carried out geological mapping and geochemical sampling (17 soil) on the area as the Kuhn property. In 2004 and 2005, further programs of geological mapping and rock sampling were completed on the area. In 2010, Fundamental Resources Corp. conducted geochemical sampling (8 rock, 66 soil) and a ground magnetometer survey (1.7 kilometres). During 2013 through 2019, Fundamental Resources completed further minor programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and a 1.4 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the property.