Secondary Exploration Asset
Red Spring Project
The Red Spring Project is a promising copper, silver, and zinc exploration asset within Doubleview Gold Corp's portfolio, located 120 km north of Smithers, British Columbia.
120 km North of Smithers, BC
Hazelton Group / Bowser Basin
Deposit Overview
Red Spring Copper-Silver-Gold Property
Discovered in 1972, the Red Spring property exhibits copper mineralization within interbedded volcanic, volcaniclastic, and sedimentary rocks of the Jurassic age Hazelton Group close to the eastern edge of the Bowser sedimentary basin.
Previous exploration targeted a dolomitic limestone formation carrying finely disseminated silver-rich chalcopyrite, tested by historical diamond drilling in the 1970s by Canadian Superior Exploration Ltd.
Regional Location Map: Hat Deposit & Red Spring Deposit in BC
Technical Data
Geology, Deposit Types & Mineralization
Regional Geology Setting
Underlain by rocks of the Lower and Lower Middle Jurassic Hazelton Group north of the Squingula River, consisting of subaerial and marine mafic volcanic rocks, epiclastic rocks, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, shale, and limestone with steep dips to the south.
Deposit Target Types
Doubleview identifies potential for two main target types: sediment-hosted Cu-Ag disseminations in dolomitic limestone (Kupferschiefer-style) and subaqueous hot spring Au-Ag / Eskay Creek-type polymetallic VMS mineralization.
Mineralization Character
Copper-silver mineralization occurs in a fine-grained limestone over 200m x 300m, intersected to an average depth of 39m in historic drilling. Chalcopyrite, pyrite, and bornite occur with malachite oxidation on surface.
Historical Geochemical Soil Survey Maps
Historical soil geochemistry contours for Zinc, Silver, and Copper across the Red Spring property.
Red-Spring-Soil-Survey
Silver Contour Survey
Copper Contour Survey