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A GEOLOGieAL AND GXOCi3ENICAL REPORT COVERIivG THl3 ANETI.IY%T VALLEY
AND KIDVIEW MINING CLAIMS, TOODOGGOHE DLSTRICT BdC.
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AkiETHYST VALLEY
KIDVIEW
5707 ( 8 )
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GEOLOGICAL ER&WCH
ASSESSMENT REPO@T
EXPLLHATION GEOLGGIST
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WORK S$JFAfARY
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LIST OF CLAIMS WON W3ICB Y O W WAS DOLZ
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RESULTS OF 198b EXPLORATION PROGM
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KIDVIEW CLAIM
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STATSKENT OF EXPEiCSES
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STATI~KEIIT' O F AURJORS QUALIFICATIONS
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The Ametayst Valley and Kldview claims were staked by the author
d u r i n g August of 1983. A program of' geelogical mapping and geocherrlical
soil sampling was carried o u t by the personnel of Newmont E x p l o r t i t i o n
of Canada L t d . d u r i n g July of 1'384 with t h e help of myself, E x ~ l o s a t i ~ n
work was conducted by h e l i c o p t e r put outs from the Nemont Golden L i o n
Base Camp which is bout 8 miles to the w e s t at C l a w Wountain.
The claim group is underlain by both Toodoggone and W z e l t o n
volcanic rooks which a r e favorable h o s t s for gold and s l l v e r m i n e r a l i z a t i o n at other nearby locations In the Toodoggone D i s t r i c t .
The property lies immediately n o r t h of the junction of McClair
and Belle Cyeeks and covers most o f Oxlmde Peak as well as t h e valley
of ;:Oxide Creek and t h e adjacent uplands. Access is via helicopter
from Dupontvs Sturdee Rfver a l r s t r i p which lies about 15 miles to
b h e southand which w a s built to service the now dormant Baker Hine,
The S t u r d e e strip I s about 200 miles by air n o r t h of Smithers B.C.
The t e r r a i n at t h e claim group extends from broad open , grassy
v a l l e y s up through heavily timbered lower to m i d mountain s l o p e s and
t h e n finally to areas above timberlihe. E l e ~ ~ t l o nasr e from about 4000
to 6000 feet.
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Fresh water in t h e form of streams and ponds is wdll distributed
a c r o s s the property with t h e exception o f the upper n a l f of Oxide Peak
which only h a s water w h i l e melting snow p e r s i s t s due to the porous,
hfghly f r a c t u r e d r o c k s w h i c h underlfe t h e area,
The climate I s variable, cold northern continental in type, and I s
surprisingly m o i s t f o r such a t n t e r i o r location. The summers in p a r t i c u l a r a r e often quite w e t wfth numerous showers of both rain and snow
occurrinq on most days. Temper2tures may reach 75 desrees farenheit
in suamer but frost nay occur at any time particul~rljin t h e h i g h e r
rnountatn areas. Winter t e ~ ~ e r a t u r epsr o b ~ b l yreach in e x c e s s of -50
degrees 2arenheit on occasion Snow f a l l s Segln to nccumulate on t h e
B i ~ h e rs l o p e s around t h e f i r s t of September wfth s e v e r a l f e e t accwnuLating T'uring t h e course of the w i n t e r . T h l s accumulation bee:lns t o
melt quite s w i f t l y with t h e o n s e t of the long s p r i n g days in Kay. and
dlsrppears q u l t e soon ~ f t , e r c l t ~ r din
s most yezrs Secause of i t s d r y powdery
n a t c r e w i t h low n!olsture content.
W i l d geme a p p e a r s t a 3 e s c s r c e mil at a low e b b . A f t : ~ :coose and
~ rowre
9 ~seen at a d i s t z ~ ! c e~ n ad few ? = a l l h e r d s of c a r i b o ~ . d b w e
t irnherl5_ne small Tane such as TE r::io ts , ,rrountJ, s p : l i r r e l s , ;;tar.;i:gan,
a fe*~rs o n s b i r d , . ; and. occasionally a bxwk or ?olden e s , < l e a f e many t 3 ~ .
most cormon s i . q 9 t l n ? s .
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T h e r e a r e no p e r m q n c ~ t i n h a b i t a n t s (human) I n t h e a r c 2 o t 3 e r t h a n
csret3!.:~rs a t t h e Herem and Dupont p r o p e r t i e s , Tne n s t i v e v i l l a z e of
Metsantan at M e t s a n t ~ n&ake has n o t been o c c u p i e d s i n c c t h e nid-1960's
When the f e 2 e r a l g o v e r n m e n t removed t h e p e o p l e to Dense Lake because uf
the c o s t of s u b s i d i e s t o maintain t h e v i l l a g e . D l ~ ~ i nthe
z summcr ex,
ploration season t h e p o p ~ ~ l a t l ozna y s w e l l to 190 p e o p l e o r s o .
The area xecelvcd attenwon from-placer miners In t h e early,1900ms
as ~ v l d e n c e dby t h e o l d placer diggings on t h e Toodoggone Elver and
nearby NcClafr Creek, There 1s little record of any lode proapectiinp;
activities during t h i s p e r i o d .
nodarn mineral expmoratlon techniques ware not appfiad So t M s
r e g l ~ nu n t i l the l a t e 1 9 6 0 . " and
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early 1970's when companies such a s
Kennecott, Cominco, and others became interested in the porphyw.bopper
potential of t h e area and carried o u t extenslva@pPograms involving silt
and s o i l geochemical sampling, geological mappingqand prospecting.
Some h r g e areas were staked and Xemco I n pa2ticular acquired a very '
"large ground position in t h e region which was subJacSsd
detailed
exploration with very l i t t l e in the way of f a ~ o r a b l ereaults for capper
but on the o t h e ~hadd they discovered two Interesting praclous metals
d e p a a l t s w h i c h became known as the Lawyers and Baker properties.
During t h e late 1 9 ? 0 @ ~amd e a z - 1 ~1980's t h e r e was much renewea
activity in the reglon by companies such as Serem, Dupont, Cacana,
Kidd Creek, Newmont, and others,wha were interested E n the precious
metals potential of t h e district.
The l m e d i a t e area of t h e c l a i m s eurrounaing Oxide Peak received
m p o n t , and Semm, as well as Kid Creek
n i n e s whose b i n base camp lies a 100 metres from t h e southwest corner
of t h e Kidview C l a i m .
Dupont obtained some s t r o n g l y a n o m l o u s g o l d
values in the 500 to 1500 ppb AU range from M c C l a l r Creek at the so-hh
west ed-ge of the p r a p e r t y a l s o . Serem did a program of geological mapping
prospecting, and soil and r o c k geochemical sampling (Poo On Lou claims)
before relinquishing t h e p r o p e r t y where upon the a u t h o r then acquired
the ground,
During t h e summer of 1983 t h e a u t h o r approached Newmont f o r a s a l s t a n c e
in exalorinc t h e grolind in return for a r i ~ , h tof f i r s t r e f u s a l f o r a
lfmited perkond of t i a e , T?is work was then c a r r i e d out In t h e summer
of 6984 and is t h e sabject of t q l s r e p o r t .
some attention from S*C,
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sFiefdr! worlc r4sa,(;carrled o v t by t h p a u t h o r 3rd Q ere17 ~ 3 f f o u r
lPFeilrbllont personnel ( o n a ~ q ~ o l a . : i san(.?
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t h r e e :;:isplsrs4 f o r a totsl period
o f twenty msn 8-773 c?!iringt9c p ? ~ - l o r ?o f J u l y 'Oth, to ivt'l. 1334. T h e
C r e w w . 7 3 hssecl zt Ne!.r>ionts Claw Mui:ntal-n bzse camp '+:hici? is l o c 9 t e d s b o u t
3 i l f ? s t.:) tble ~ ~ e s t T9e
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crew r e c e i v e d r l a i l y ?utr>lxts and ;3icimps to ~ ( ; : I C :
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p r o p e r t l r avfl r e t ~ ~ r n .
'dor'r 7.r3,7 (122!77.e3trrlt.3d in tbrc 'JTL'J 6 , t h e e a s t ~ r nside of t h e A ~ e t h j - s t ,',
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3 ~ o o l o:ioril. . : i : . i p p l : ~ jf o c o v e r L q u a r t ;.,
'3reccia zone, a ~ i l7 r;cco:!d gr??. ;:lU'111.: t L l ~~ : ~ + : t h w eboundary
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of t h e
B i d v l e r u C l s i n r e c e i v e d a s o l 1 ,r;:.eochc;~:ic?l sa-,-,lir:t; ,lrr>$;ram
( See
Map#l f o r t ' q p loc?Yion of t h e s e s u r v e y s . )
T3e l a t t e r area covers
grouh-117 to t h e e f q s t o t ,x~i!
u p h i l l f r ~ , b ; t t h e s t r o t ~ cs t r e a m s i l t sample
results f o r gold t h a t 3upont o b t a i x d p r e v l t y : ~ s l g i nMcCI%Sr Creek.
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T q e work -73s conducten' U ~ + P I * -o:)r? lq,re::tl?nY conditions without u n d u e
L3bs t o l ~ eana1,ys.d
d e l a v s 9nd t h e s o l 1 s n n p l ~ snere s h i p r ~ e dto
for ::olta nsd ssf lver bg tSe ntonir n 5 s r ~ r p t i ~nrtetho4.
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LIST OB CLAI6S UPON WUCH X i r R K dAS CUlVi3UC'rr;I)
OMINECA fii:NTIJS
DIVISION
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RECORD NUMBER
NAHE
RECORDING DATE
KIDVIEW
5706
23 units
August
1983
m ' I I Y S T VALLEY
570T
20 units
AUGUST
12883
RESULTS OF 1984 EXPMJUTION W O Z
Amethyst V q l l e y Clalm
Geological mapping w a s conducted by I a n Casidy and covered the
eastern edge of the claim
Rock t y p e s e n c i > u n t o x L l n c l u d e f e l d s p a r
p o r h y r i t < & cand-esite, green anciesite , lavender to green c r y s t a l tuEf,
and slso limestone. Some skarn a l t e r a t i o n to e p i d o t e , hematite e t c ,
was encountered along the l i n e s t o n e c o n t a c t .
klu.ch of t h e ltimestone is
a l t e r e d to cleqn cream colored c a l c i t e . T ~ e s er o c k s a r e t h o u g h t to be
of Ebzelton Group.
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Alteration bonsists of kaolinization , siliclficatlon and. p y r i t i zatlon. The alteretion is strongest a l o n q and to t h e west of s n o r t h e r l y
t r e n r l . i n f n u l t t h q t crosses t h e map area, Some l a r z e s i l i c i f i e d areas
a l o g g t h i s fault are from f:7 to 130 metres In widtll 3rd up t r > 230 metres i n 3
1 e n ~ t h . Eutensive areas ?long t h i s zone n r e obscured by soil art6 talus.
~ ~ r i , t i ~ % t 3i rodn k a o l i n i z a t i o n cover a l a r c e 8rea to the west o f t h e f a u l t
and form prominent Tessans si;nilar to t h e ones on Oxide Peak to t,he
immediate s o u t h . Some, m i n o r jelcr,;t t n d c h a l c o p ~ r l t ew a s s e e n in the
s i l i c i f i ~ dareas.
T h e work program r e s u l t c d i n t h e d i s c o v e r y of 5
l a r s e a l t e r r t d ayeL s i l i c i f l e d zone t t ~ a t justif l e s f z r t h e r sampling work.
HDVIEW CLAIM
d s r 4 1 s3:yple z r i d W ~ Se s t a b l i s h e r ? for 300 metres n o r t h o f and for
1 2 0 0 ::etres e n s t of t h e s o u t h r u e s t corner ot t h e Kidview claim, 2 b o u t 100
metres e a s t of t h e ~ i ~ o m a l n u?so l d s i l t sorr;p!-es talcen by Dupont. Samples
vrere t a k e n at 2 5 nctre s t 3 t I o n s slop; lines that ';rere spaced 50 inetres
i l ~ p ~ ~ . o x i r n a t 275
e l y samples were t?kel: 2 n d analyzed f o r gold
anrirt
snd silver by atomic absorption. The l o c , z l S a c k ~ r o u n dappears to be
s k o l ~ t5p7b g o l d q n d a b o u t .2 ppn f o r silver. At7 anori:alous ,qrea for gold
in soils sxtenss fro13 line 2 5 0 E t o l i n e 650 E. i n w l f c h t h e anomalous
s o f l s r u n f r o n $9 t o 539 ppb gold. A silver sol1 2nom2,1y e x t e n d s f r o n
l i n e s 9 5 P to 1150 E q n d are I n the 1 to 1.6 PPFi mane f o r s i l v e r . I
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Sone follow up s o i l p ~ o ifl e s were t a k e n at anox.alous ? o l d stations
and rettxrned only lo-+. r e s u m t s , Deep overSlrrdcr~i n t h e anor~alo:.sgo=
a r e a hanpcrs interpretstion of these results S u t there exists t ! ~ e
possibklfty th9t t h -!nomalous
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;old s o i l s q-lre t h e result of ,_:old traveling
-- %Inn: ner;neable soil horllzons from s:lbed.roc;i sollrce conc:gzled by cover t o
t h e n o r t h { I : T ~ :13)
Sillciplrc:. ; ? o r q h . r r i t i n 7nd ~ t s i t e.tnr? tuff
k-jo1inizr.C ?rTas n o t i r ~ Cl f i
tyi!c
rra s --l::o blr:r.c'?efl 3 ild
v i c i n i t y OC t h e s i l t r ~ r2,i;or,,3.1y h ; ~the
wllic:?
6 2 ~ 0 1 ~ ~ ~ .
R ~ s u l . t ; s o f t h e l3?!: pru3r:::n s f :;:sppinz ? s ~ .s:::ilpling i n r l i c , > t e t h 3 t
t,+ eastern p2-t of t h e Al?etbyok V a l 1 c . y cllain~c s - r r i e s a l:.r5i;e silicifl e t ? . s t r u c t l ~ ~in
c c o n jrvic'i.1 on with :3 i i o r t h e r l y t r e n C f n s f a u l t s y s t e n
t h 2 . t s h o u l d be the sla5Jcct 13f a EL: ! nn6. rgcX ~ e o c h e mszapling p r o p a m
next year.
T h e a r e ? ~ l o i the
i ~ so~lfihboundary o t t h e Kidvie~h; c l a i x shoulr!
be :eolov1r,- 1 . 1 ~!rLspp~d
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v h c r e p o s s i b l e in' tfzc areii s i ? r r o ~ l n d i nt h~e
~ ~ : o l..nd
+
silver m o m a l i c s m r l so. .e c l o s e r s~acet3. c o i 1 s a w p l ~ s :.thou t
19 'rpL;res ?-.par?; should S e ts'i~:?t,o S e t t e r d e l L r c a t 0 t h e p~escnte x t e n t
or the nno~aly.
STATEMENT OF EXPENSES
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C h a r l e s Korvall
geoloyist J u l y 20 to 29
Tom &nel
geologist July 29
Hark Bahes
10 days at-j
one day at $110
$1250
110
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e e & o g i o s ~ assistant July 23 to 25 3 day* at 80 2 ~ b b .
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I a n ~ e a s k helper July 23 to 25 3 days at 75
Buss Cranswick helper July 23 to 25
3 days at 65
225
195
MOBILIZBZ1ION AND DEHOBILIZATION
10 man days at 27.99/ man day
279e90
2.4
1200
hours Eughes 500D helicopter at 500
FOOD
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10 man days at 16.75/
man day
EXPEDITING
10 man days at b.13
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AIRCRAFT
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Smithcrs
10 man d ~ y sat 9.48 p e r u n day
CAMP COSTS
10 man.2drays at
11.73 /
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GEO C 'dEKI STRY
11,85/ sample times 308
REPOFIT PREPARATION
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STATEMENT OF AU1rilOBS QUALLFLCATIOAS
1
B.8. degree in geology from Colorado College In 1965 looated
in Colorado Springs, Colorado
2
Three years as proapector and f i e l d geologist for Highland B e l l
Mkneg L t d . (Karl Springer interests) under the direction of
Ed Wozniak who Its currently the c h l e f geologist f o r Amoco's
North American mineral exploration,
3
Worked for seven years as staff exploration geologist for
Silver Sandan3 Mines Ltd, under the direction of Mr.BP11 Dunn.
4
Three years as an Independent exploration geologist
5
Three years under the pro~lncialprospectors assistance program
under the guidance of Dr.Grove, N i c k Carter, and Torn Shroeder
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6 Total of 14 years prospecting and mineral exploration in
B ~ i t l s hColumbia, Yukon, Alaska, and the western United States
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