Findlay Project

The 11,287 ha Findlay Property is located approximately 30 km north of Kimberley in south-east B.C. The claims overlie the nearest northern exposure of the prospective Lower/Middle Aldridge Formation sedimentary-exhalative (“SEDEX”) stratigraphy which hosted the world-class Sullivan deposit in Kimberley, 70 km NNE.  The Sullivan contained 160m tons grading 12% Pb/Zn and 67 g/t Ag valued today at over $35B, and had a mine life of 92 years.
 

Geology

The Findlay Project overlies Aldridge Formation stratigraphy, considered prospective for SEDEX deposits. Structurally, it has been identified as an extension of the same corridor which hosts the world-class Sullivan deposit. The property displays Sullivan-style exhalative tourmaline (boron) horizons, massive fragmental sections, anomalous lead and zinc geochemistry, and base-metal occurrences. This “Sullivan-smoke” occurs throughout the Lower to Upper Aldridge formation and indicates the potential for Sullivan-style mineralization at multiple stratigraphic levels.

History

The Findlay Property has been explored by a number of companies sporadically since the 1930’s both for SEDEX-style base/precious-metals and skarn-related tungsten associated with Cretaceous intrusions.

Findlay Areas

The Findlay Property includes the following targets:

• North Findlay: 100 m thick multi-km scale mineralized and tourmaline-altered exhalative horizon related to hydrothermal venting within the Upper Aldridge stratigraphic interval.
• Greenland Creek: Diamond-drilling intersected numerous thin stratabound sulphide bands associated with albite/garnet/chlorite alteration, some of which display continuity over 60 m, and are open down-dip and along strike. Dating indicates Sullivan-age for lead mineralization in the Greenland Creek area.
• Mid-Fork: Evidence for deep-seated structures including arched gabbros and thickened, mineralized fragmental sequences at or near “Sullivan-time”.

Eagle Plains Exploration

Eagle Plains acquired the project in anticipation of a government-funded regional-scale geophysical survey carried out in 1995.   In 1996 Eagle Plains completed the first drill-testing for SEDEX potential which intersected near-surface non-economic sulphide mineralization over 25 metres.

Between 1997 and 2014, several diamond-drill programs, property-scale geological and structural mapping, geochemical sampling, airborne and ground-based geophysics and prospecting have been conducted by various option partners as well as Eagle Plains.  More recent exploration efforts have focussed on the Middle-Fork Creek and Phoenix Zone area to gain increased stratigraphic control on the Lower-Middle Aldridge Formation contact (LMC) which is known to outcrop on the property over a 22 km strike-length. The LMC is significant as it is the approximate stratigraphic position of the Sullivan Pb-Zn-Ag deposit.

Future Work

Future work on the property will continue to focus on SEDEX deposit exploration.

Eagle Plains - A Project Generator

Eagle Plains Resources is a project generator with mineral exploration properties of merit that meet qualifying transaction requirements.   We facilitate the listing process for capital pool companies and initial public offerings while providing technical expertise for exploration programs.  Companies interested in co-operatively exploring any of these projects please contact: Tim Termuende at tjt@eagleplains.com(link sends e-mail) or Mike Labach at mgl@eagleplains.com(link sends e-mail)  or call 1 866 Hunt Ore (486-8673).

The Findlay property is currently unavailable for option.

Updated October 27, 2023