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REPORT ON THE WORK CARRIED OUT ON MISS CLAIMS OF M, M. MATHIEU MERRITT, B, C. , . . Vancouver, B. C., November 9, 1973. 1 I 1.I 0. 4444 ., , . , . .. . , . . . . .....,,, . . , . . .. ,,. I..'+*,!? . ... ........,........ .... .. ....... . W. G. Hainsworth, P. Eng., Consulting Geologist . .

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REPORT ON THE WORK CARRIED OUT ON

MISS CLAIMS

OF

M, M. MATHIEU

MERRITT, B, C.

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Vancouver, B. C., November 9 , 1973.

1 I 1.I 0. 4444 . , , . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , , . . , . . . . , , . I..'+*,!? . ... ........,........ .... .. ....... .

W. G. Hainsworth, P. Eng., C o n s u l t i n g Geologist

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INTRODUCTION....................................

LOCATI0N.AND ACCESS.............................

PROPERTY...o...ooo...o-o.ooo.oooo....o..oooo.~*o

HI STORY..^......................................

AREA GEOLOGY....................................

MINERALIZATION.. ................................ WORK DONE... .................................... MAGNETOMETER RESULTS....,.......................

GEOCHEMICAL RESULTS.............................

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*I P r o p e r t i e s Location Map

+J Base Plan

*3 M a g n e t o m e t e r Survey

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1. W. G. HAINSWORTXI

CONSULTING G EOLOGIST

I N T R O D U C T I O N

A t t h e r e q u e s t o f Mr. M . M. M a t h i e u o f S c o p e Ex- p l o r a t i o n s L t d . , o f M e r r i t t , t h e w r i t e r h a s b e e n commiss- i o n e d t o e x a m i n e a l l d a t a r e g a r d i n g t h e v a r i o u s s u r v e y s c a r r i e d o u t o v e r h i s Aspen Grove p r o p e r t y a n d t o comment on t h e r e su l t s .

The w r i t e r h a s a l s o b e e n a s k e d t o d r a f t t h e re- p o r t f o r p r e s e n t a t i o n a s a n a s s e s s m e n t r e p o r t . I h a v e n o t b e e n o n t h e p r o p e r t y .

L O C A T I O N A N D ACCESS

T h e Miss claim g r o u p of M . M . M a t h i e u i s l o c a t e d t w e n t y - t h r e e mi l e s d i r e c t l y n o r t h o f P r i n c e t o n i n s o u t h - c e n t r a l B r i t i s h Co lumbia . The c la ims t a k e i n t h e n o r t h e r n h a l f of Missezula L a k e .

The p r o p e r t y c a n b e m o s t e a s i l y r e a c h e d b y t u r n - i n g o f f a t a p o i n t e i g h t . m i l e s s o u t h o f Aspen Grove on h i g h w a y 5 o n t o a 6 m i l e g r a v e l r o a d w h i c h e n d s a t t h e n o r t h e n d of Missezula L a k e .

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C o - o r d i n a t g s o f t h e c la ims a r e l o n g i t u d e 120'32 West a n d l a t i t u d e 49 4 9 ' N o r t h . I t l i e s w i t h i n N.T.S. 92-H-15.

PROPERTY

The M a t h i e u c la im g r o u p c o n s i s t s o f 70 l o c a t e d c l a i m s i n one g r o u p i n g , w h i c h f o r m s a s q u a r e r o u g h l y c e n t r e d a r o u n d t h e n o r t h e r n h a l f of Missezu la L a k e . T h e c l a i m s a re l o c a t e d i n t h e N i c o l a M i n i n g D i v i s i o n o f B r i t - i s h C o l u m b i a .

The c l a i m g r o u p c o n s i s t s o f :

C l a i m Name R e c o r d No. A n n i v e r s a r y Date

Miss 1 - 70

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HISTORY

T h e M a t h i e u g r o u p o f c l a i m s l i e s w i t h i n t h e we l l -known P r i n c e t o n - A s p e n G r o v e C o p p e r Bel t . T h i s area i s b u t t h e s o u t h e r n s e g m e n t o f t h e l a r g e r c o p p e r b e l t w h i c h e x t e n d s n o r t h t h r o u g h t h e H i g h l a n d V a l l e y a r ea t o t h e G i b r a l t a r - M c L e e s e L a k e s e c t i o n .

The m i n i n g h i s t o r y o f t h e Aspen G r o v e - P r i n c e t o n a r e a was f i r s t r e c o r d e d by t h e g o l d a n d p l a t i n u m p l a c e r m i n e r s who, f r o m 1 8 6 0 t o 1888 i n t e r m i t t e n t l y w o r k e d t h e S i m i l k a m e e n a n d T u l a m e e n r i v e r s . I t i s b u t a n e a s y s t e p f rom p l a c e r t o l o d e m i n i n g b u t s p a t i a l l y t h e i n t e r v a l was l o n g i n t h i s c a se . D e s p i t e t h e d i s c o v e r y o f c o p p e r a t C o p p e r M o u n t a i n n e a r P r i n c e t o n i n 1884, i t was n o t u n t i l t h e t u r n o f t h e c e n t u r y t h a t p r o s p e c t o r s b e g a n t o s p r e a d o u t w i t h i n t h e d i s t r i c t i n t h e i r s e a r c h f o r t h e o r i g i n a l s o u r c e o f t h e p l a c e r meta lso G r a d u a l l y t h e s e a r c h ex- t e n d e d n o r t h w a r d . I n 1900, t h e f i r s t s h o w i n g o f c o p p e r was s t a k e d n e a r t h e p r e s e n t d a y v i l l a g e o f Aspen G r o v e . I n 1 9 0 1 was r e c o r d e d t h e f i r s t s t a k i n g o f c la ims on I r o n M o u n t a i n .

S p o r a d i c p r o s p e c t i n g h a s b e e n c a r r i e d o n i n t h e a r e a s i n c e 1 9 2 7 . W i t h e a c h s u r g e o f i n t e r e s t o r d i s c o v e r y i n a d j o i n i n g a r e a s s u c h a s t h e C r a i g m o n t j u s t o u t s i d e Mer- r i t t , t h e H i g h l a n d V a l l e y f u r t h e r t o t h e n o r t h a n d t h e B r e n d a a r ea somel 2 5 miles t o t h e e a s t , r e n e w e d i n t e r e s t h a s b e e n shown i n t h e Aspen G r o v e - P r i n c e t o n s e c t i o n . How- e v e r , n o t h i n g of ' c o m m e r c i a l v a l u e h a s e m e r g e d t o d a t e de- s p i t e t h e r e p e a t e d e f f o r t s o f major c o m p a n i e s o v e r t h e l a s t d e c a d e .

T h e g r o u n d o n w h i c h t h e Miss claims a re l o c a t e d h a s b e e n s t a k e d n u m e r o u s t imes. However , t h e r e i s n o e v i d - e n c e of e x p l o r a t i o n work b e i n g c a r r i e d o u t o n t h e g r o u n d .

A t t h e p r e s e n t time many l a r g e c la im b l o c k s a r e u n d e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n by s e n i o r m i n i n g c o m p a n i e s .

A R E A GEOLOGY

T h e M a t h i e u c la ims a r e c o n t a i n e d w i t h i n a. n o r t h - e r l y t r e n d i n g b a n d o f Nicola G r o u p r o c k s , o f U p p e r a g e .

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I n t r u s i v e i n t o t h e s e f o r m a t i o n s i s t h e Coas t Range i n t r u s i o n s of Lower Cretaceous a g e . T h i s i n t r u s - i v e i s i n c o n t a c t w i t h t h e N i c o l a v o l c a n i c s b o t h t o t h e e a s t a n d west o f t h e Miss c la ims .

An o c c u r r e n c e of T e r t i a r y b a s a l t l i e s immed- i a t e l y n o r t h o f t h e claim b l o c k .

MINERALIZATION

E x a m i n a t i o n of t h e p r o p e r t y by o t h e r g e o l o g i s t s h a s shown t h e e x i s t e n c e of c o p p e r m i n e r a l i z a t i o n . s u l p h i d e s a r e of t h e c h a l c o p y r i t e , p y r i t e a n d m i n o r b o r n - i t e i n v e i n l e t s a n d f i n e d i s s e m i n a t i o n s . r e p o r t e d a 44 f o o t s a m p l e r u n n i n g 0,25% c o p p e r .

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One g e o l o g i s t

WORK DONE

D u r i n g 1973, Mathi-eu d i d t h e f o l l o w i n g work i n t h e s t a t e d time p e r i o d s :

L i n e C u t t i n g a n d c h a i n a g e - J u n e 4 - 8 t h S 1973; O c t o b e r

G e o c h e m i c a l s u r v e y - O c t o b e r 1 5 t h - 2 0 t h , 1973 Off ice C o m p i l a t i o n - O c t o b e r 2 2 n d - 2 7 t h , 1973

3 r d - 6 t h , 1973 ' M a g n e t o m e t e r s q r v e y - O c t o b e r 8 t h - 1 3 t h , 1973

LINE CUTTING

A b a s e l i n e 6 , 2 0 0 f e e t i n l e n g t h was c u t a n d c h a i n e d a t 100 f o o t i n t e r v a l s . A l o n g t h i s b a s e l i n e , 22 p i c k e t l i n e s were t u r n e d o f f a t r i g h t a n g l e s e v e r y 400 f e e t . I n a r e a s o f p r i m e i n t e r e s t t h e i n t e r v a l b e t w e e n l i n e s was c u t t o 2 0 0 f e e t .

Two men were i n v o l v e d i n t h i s o p e r a t i o n w i t h a t o t a l o f f i f t e e n man d a y s b e i n g r e c o r d e d ,

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MAGNETOMETER SURVEY

The b a s e l i n e a n d all p i c k e t l i n e s were t r a - v e r s e d w i t h r e a d i n g s b e i n g t a k e n a t 100 f o o t i n t e r v a l s . T h e r e s u l t s were e n t e r e d on t o a c o n t o u r e d map w h i c h ac- c o m p a n i e s t h i s r e p o r t .

Two men r a n t h e s u r v e y f o r a t o t a l o f e l e v e n man d a y s .

A S h a r p e MF-2 F l u x g a t e i n s t r u m e n t was u s e d . 7 .48 mi les o f l i n e r e a d i n g s were r e c o r d e d .

G E O C H E M I C A L SURVEY

Some 2 7 8 s o i l s a m p l e s were c a l l e c t e d from t h e 'lB1l h o r i z o n a c r o s s t h e p r o p e r t y . e c t e d i n m a n i l a s o i l - s a m p l i n g e n v e l o p e s , a l l o w e d t o d p y , . t h e n s h i p p e d t o Kamloops R e s e a r c h A s s a y L a b o r a t o r y a t Kamloops. Here t h e y were s i e v e d , s u b j e c t e d t o a h o t a c i d e x t r a c t i o n and t h e n a n a l y s e d u s i n g t h e Atomic Ab- s o r p t i o n . ' m e t h o d f o r c o p p e r r e s u l t s . T h e r e s u l t s were p l o t t e d i n d i v i d u a l l y on a b a s e map, t h e n c o n t o u r e d . The c o m p l e t e d map a c c o m p a n i e s t h i s r e p o r t .

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w o r k .

Some s i x miles of g r i d were c o v e r e d i n t h i s s u r - vey .

OFFICE COMPILATION

The r e s u l t s of t h e t h r e e s u r v e y p r o s p e c t s - l i n e

T h e s e t h r e e maps p l u s c u t t i n g , m a g n e t o m e t e r and soil s a m p l i n g - were p l o t t e d on i n d i v i d u a l maps a n d t h e n c o n t o u r e d . a P r o p e r t i e s L o c a t i o n Map a r e i n c l u d e d w i t h t h i s r e p o r t .

C o m p i l a t i o n t ime was s i x d a y s ,

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A b r e a k d o w n of t h e t ime, e x p e n d i t u r e a n d p e o p l e i n v o l v e d i s i n c l u d e d i n t h i s r e p o r t .

O t h e r t h a n f o r t h i s r e p o r t t h e work was c a r r i e d o u t by , a n d u n d e r t h e s u r v e i l l a n c e o f , S c o p e E x p l o r a t i o n S e r v i c e s L t d . o f Merr i t t . T h i s company s u p p l i e d t h e b r e a k - down d a t a .

MAGNETOMETER RESULTS

T h e w r i t e r was s u p p l i e d w i t h o n l y a c o n t o u r e d map of t h i s s u r v e y . As a c o n s e q u e n c e a l l r e p o r t f i g u r e s m u s t b e r o u n d e d o f f a n d c a n n o t b e t o o p r e c i s e .

T h e n o r t h e r n s e c t i o n of t h e s u r v e y e d a r e a s h o w s a b r o a d n e g a t i v e p l a t e a u i n t h e -1000 gamma t o z e r o r e a d - i n g s .

- L .

W i t h a s o u t h w a r d p r o g r e s s t h e m a g n e t i c g r a d i e n t

t h e m o u t h ' o f C o n g l i n Creek i s a p p r o a c h e d smal l i s l a n d s of h i g h m a g n e t i c s [+lo00 gammas t o b e t t e r t h a n +1500 gammas1 a r e o b s e r v e d . However , f o l l o w i n g b a c k u p t h e c r e e k s t r o n g m a g n e t i c l o w s o u t l i n e t h e creek v a l l e y .

i n c r e a s e s g r a d u a l l y t o t h e +500 t o +LOO0 c a t e g o r y . AS

P r o g r e s s i n g s o u t h w a r d f r o m t h e c r e e k a l o w pro- f i l e m a g n e t i c f i e l d i s o b s e r v e d . W i t h i n t h i s a r e a mag- n e t i c b u i l d u p s r i s e a n d f a l l o v e r n a r r o w w i d t h s b u t ma in - t a i n a s t r o n g c o n t i n u i t y i n a N N W s t r u c t u r a l t r e n d . T h e

s o u t h e r n p o r t i o n o f t h e s u r v e y a rea . ,

' c o n t i n u i t y of t h e s e h i g h s i s a s t r i k i n g f e a t u r e of t h e

I t w o u l d a p p e a r t h a t i n t h e a r ea e x a m i n e d t h e . m a g n e t i c s a r e r e l a t i v e l y s t a b l e w i t h l o n g i n c l i n e s or d e c l i n e s . A n a r r o w s c a r p o f m a g n e t i c h i g h s e n t e r t h e a r e a f r o m t h e s o u t h a n d c o u l d s e e m i n g l y p a s s i n t o t h e l a k e .

C o n g l i n C r e e k a p p e a r s t o b r e a k t h i s n o r t h - n o r t h - w e s t p r o g r e s s i o n o f h i g h r e a d i n g s w i t h i t s own n o r t h e a s t t r e n d o f low r e a d i n g s .

G E O C H E M I C A L RESULTS

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t h e n o r t h e n d o f t h e s u r v e y e d a r e a s h o w s low c o p p e r r e a d - i n g s . f u r t h e r s o u t h . S t r o n g , c o n t i n u o u s l e n s e s o f w e l l a b o v e b a c k g r o u n d v a l u e s become a p p a r e n t i n t h e c e n t r a l s e c t i o n o f t h e area. u a l l y c o n t a i n c o r e s o f s p o t h i g h s .

A b u i l d - u p i s n o t i c e d a s t h e s u r v e y p r o g r e s s e s

T h e s e n o r t h - s o u t h t r e n d i n g a n o m a l i e s u s -

T h e r e i s r o u g h a g r e e m e n t b e t w e e n t h e a n o m a l o u s s o i l a r eas a n d t h e known m i n e r a l i z e d o c c u r r e n c e s , b u t t h e r e a p p e a r s t o b e p o o r c o n f o r m i t y b e t w e e n t h e m a g n e t i c s a n d t h e s o i l s . S e v e r a l o f t h e known m i n e r a l i z e d s h o w i n g s l i e o n t h e p e r i m e t e r s o f t h e m a g n e t i c h i g h s .

T h e a r i t h m e t i c mean h a s b e e n c a l c u l a t e d f o r a l l a s s a y v a l u e s t o b e 55 .93 ppm u s i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g f o r m u l a :

w h e r e E ppm = sum o f v a l u e s ~ .. .

n = t o t a l number o f v a l u e s

T h e s t a n d a r d d e v i a t i o n h a s b e e n c a l c u l a t e d t o b e 56.54 ppm u s i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g f o r m u l a :

- T h e s t a t i s t i c s , mean a n d s t a n d a r d d e v i a t i o n , a r e u s e f u l i n t h e d e f i n i t i o n o f s t a t i s t i c a l a n o m a l i e s w h i c h may o r may n o t b e r e l e v a n t i n t h e s u r v e y a rea . E x p e r i e m t a n d f i e l d e x p e r i e n c e h a v e i n d i c a t e d t h a t , a s s u m i n g a l o g - n o r m a l d i s t r i b u t i o n of v a l u e s , a v a l u e g r e a t e r t h a n ; + Is i s s t a t i s t i c a l l y " p o s s i b l y a n o m a l o u s " a n d a v a l u e g r e a t e r t h a n ; + 2s i s " p r o b a b l y a n o m a l o u s " .

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I t s h o u l d b e e m p h a s i z e d t h a t more d e t a i l e d s a m p l - i n g i s r e q u i r e d i n o r d e r t o b e m o r e e x a c t i n g r e g a r d i n g t h e a n o m a l o u s s o i l c o n d i t i o n s ,

ASSESSMENT DATA L .

. . . T h e f o l l o w i n g f i g u r e s h a v e b e e n s u p p l i e d by M.M, M a t h i e u of S c o p e E x p l o r a t i o n S e r v i c e L td . , Merr i t t , B. C ,

S u r v e y s on t h e MISS G r o u p o f M i n i n g C l a i m s : - - 111 7.48 mi les of l i n e were c u t , c h a i n e d a n d m a r k e d a t

100 f o o t i n t e r v a l s ,

Waqes: L o r n e M c C l e l l a n d

9 d a y s Q $ 4 2 / d a y $ 370 [ J u n e 4-8/73 a Oct.3-6/73]

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[2] M a g n e t o m e t e r S u r v e y o v e r 7.48 miles of l i n e .

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1 2 5 25

30 -

[ 3 ] G e o c h e m i c a l S u r v e y o v e r 6 m i l e s o f l i n e

Waaes: L o r n e M c C l e l l a n d 6 d a y s @ $42 /day

r O c t . 15-20/73] Sb 252

Maurice M a t h i e u 300 6 d a y s @ $50/day

[Oct. 15-20/73] s a m p l i n g , mapp ing a n d d a t a p r o c e s s i n g

Misc T r u c k r e n t a l - 0

6 d a y s 8 $ 2 5 / d a y Gas a n d o i l , e t c . G e o c h e m i c a l a s s a y i n g

150 30

2 78 - $ 1,010

[ 4 ] Mapping a n d c o m p i l i n g d a t a for r e p o r t i n c l u d i n g c o m p l e t e d maps, e t c .

O c t e 22-27/73 - 6 d a y s @ $50 /day $ 300 Two t r i p s t o K a n l o o p s re p r i n t i n g , e t c , - 30 Q $ l 5 / d a y c a r u s a g e

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[53 Assessment r e p o r t by W o G o H a i n s w o r t h , P. Eng.

2 d a y s

T y p i n g a n d r e p r o d u c i n g

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T o t a l of a b o v e 5 p r o c e s s e s

$ 300

25

$ 3,429

W. G . H a i n s w o r t h , P. Eng., C o n s u l t i n g G e o l o g i s t

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W. G . HAINSWORTH CONSULTING G EOLOQlSf

CERTIFICATE

I , WILLIAM G . HAINSWORTH, H E R E B Y CERTIFY:

11 T h a t I a m a g e o l o g i s t r e s i d i n g a t 3473 C a p i l a n o Road, N o r t h V a n c o u v e r , B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a .

2 1 T h a t I a m a g r a d u a t e o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f W e s t e r n O n t a r i o , London, O n t a r i o w i t h a B.Sc. d e g r e e a n d am a r e g i s t e r e d member o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f P r o - f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r s o f t h e P r o v i n c e of B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a .

L .

3 1 T h a t I h a v e p r a c t i c e d my p r o f e s s i o n for t w e n t y - t h r e e . y e a r s ,

4 1 T h a t I h a v e n o f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t , e i t h e r d i r e c t o r i n d i r e c t , i n t h e s u b j e c t p r o p e r t i e s , i n a n y d e a l i n g s of a n y n a t u r e w i t h M. M. M a t h i e u o f Merr i t t , n o r i n t h a t o f a n y of h i s a f f i l i a t e s a n d t h a t I d o n o t ex- p e c t t o o b t a i n s u c h i n t e r e s t .

5 1 T h a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s r e p o r t i s b a s e d on e v a l u a t i o n o f a l l d a t a f rom- v a r i o u s sou rces p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e p r o p e r t y .

V a n c o u v e r , B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , November 9 , 1973.

Wm. G . H a i n s w o r t h , P. Eng. C o n s u l t i n g G e o l o g i s t

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