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J" THE CHINA MOUNTAIN SILVER PROSPECT

LIKELY, BRITISH COLUMBIA

1 HOMER EXPLORATIONS CO. LTD. ca*r.L.)

by

R.W. nPKMDLB, B.Sc.f P. Eng.

Vancouver, B.C. December 23rd. 1969,

M c L c o d

Monte Ukc<

SCALE: I" 30 MILES

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SaMI 0 F CONTENTS

S O t U R i CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDSIGNS I

SCOPE 2

LOC/tflON .\HD ACCESS 2

PROPERTY nND OWNER5HX1 2

HISTORY 2

GEOLOGY AND ̂ NKR^LI^tflON 4

DIAMOND DRILLING RESULTS 6

^JIL S.tf[PLING 8

COST Ei>TIH;>TE FOR WORK RECOMMENDED 3

CERTIFICATE 9

LIST OF ILLUSXR TICKS

Location Map - 1" » 30 miles fir,. I Frontispiece

Geological Map - Surface - 1" = 20» FIj*. 2 In envelope at back

Geological Hnp - 4800 Level - 1" • 20" Ft§» 3 '* " " "

Mine :>ectlon - 1" « 20» Fi g , 4 M " » "

f ^ l l .sampling J lan - 1" * 100* Fi g . 5 " " M "


s i K i & Y . CONCLUSIONS ffifi RKBIBBMBSB!

Tli© s i l v e r prospect of Homer Explorations Co. Ltd.

on China Mountain i s sixty-four miles northeast of 150 Mile House

i n the Cariboo d i s t r i c t of central B r i t i s h Columbia.

Gently dipping quarts veins i n a boat rock of

p h y l l i t e and a r g i l l i t e contain galena end associated s i l v e r mineral

i z a t i o n . The raoet prominent of the veins Is traceable on surface

f o r 600 feet; i t st r i k e s northwesterly and dips between I S 3 and 20°

to the north.

Underground exploration work (tunnelling) was car

rie d out In 1967-68 but was unsuccessful i n locating the doyndip

extension of the pr i n c i p a l vein. Follow-up diamond d r i l l i n g d i s

closed the presence of three silver-bearing veins| one intersection

approached cojsnaercial width and grade (5,0' of 5.35% i?b and 12.10 oas.

Ag). An exploration raise was p a r t i a l l y completed when work was sus

pended i n late 1968.

Other quarts veins have been found i n the area but

l i t t l e i s known of t h e i r potential.

The continuity of some of the veins on the property

Is encouraging and more exploratory work i s warranted. Geological

and geocheratic&l reconnaissance of the property should be undertaken.

>uch a program need not cost raore than $15,500 and future plans would

depend e n t i r e l y on the results of t h i s work.

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SSBBk The iniQtm&&Um contained in t h i s report was gathered

during several v i s i t s to the China Howttaia s i l v e r prospect btti m t t

June: sad August* I S i f i . teing these v i s i t s * the mittm did. sorae

surface and underground geological mapping, core logging and s o i l

aanpUng,

wsaa m j a m A well-equipped caap with cookhouse, bunkhouse, o f f i c e

and machineshop was established In 1963 near the aine portal area but

nothing i s known of it© present condition.

PROPERTY AMP OWNERSHIP

The mineral occurrences on China Houotaln are covered

by eighty-eight claims presently held by ffamr Explorations Co. Ltd.

(N.F.L.).

HISTORY

L i t t l e i s known of the early h i s t o r y of the showing*

but the 2.C. Uepartotent of Mines Annual Report f o r 1951 states that

a Mr. H.G. M i l l e r of Likely shipped 7 tons of hand-picked ore yi e l d i n g

1 oa. Au, 683 OK. >g, 6401 pounds of l'b and IS lbs. of Oft* This

obviously was extracted froa shallow diggings on the pr i n c i p a l (Ho. 2)

vein. The property was nppftr#»tly dormant bfttuMtn 1^31 and 19§7 when

s i l v e r prices made the prospect a t t r a c t i v e once again.

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McHartin Explorations Co, Ltd, held the ground i n

1967 and carried out exploratory work under the name of I lutus Mines

Ltd, Under the direction of president N. Pentecost and mining con

sultant V, BjorUaan, underground development was carried out during

the winter of 1967-68, A t o t a l of 825 feet of tunnel was completed

i n an attempt to explore the dovndip es;tensions of three lead-silver

bearing quartz veins exposed on surface. The work was done on the

mistaken assumption that the veins dip steeply (about 60°) and would

be intersected within two hundred feet of the p o r t a l , No surface

diamond d r i l l i n g had been carried out*

As the p r i n c i p a l , or Ho, 2, vein s t r i k e s s l i g h t l y north

of west, the portal was collared 1A0* south of the central part of the

vein and the adit driven f o r 430' on a bearing of N15°E (see F i g , 3).

At 265* from the portal t h i s working intersected a two foot wide quarts

vein containing a few specks of galena and sphalerite; i t i s probably

the No, 1 vein, .n attempt was made to d r i f t on t h i s vein to the

west but the quarts; disappeared within a few feet. The d r i f t was

driven 140* but no additional mineralisation was encountered.

The main crosscut was continued for 150" north of the

So. 1 vein and an exploratory d r i f t was put out to the east f o r 120'.

No s i g n i f i c a n t quart* veining or galena was encountered.

In early 1968„ because the underground development was

unsuccessful In locating the veins, i t was decided to carry out come

underground diamond d r i l l i n g . The firm of Cmadian Mine Services and

t h e i r subsidiary, Caraeron-McCutcheon D r i l l i n g Ltd., were employed to

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carry out the d r i l l i n g program and to supply geological services

( i . e . log core, spot d r i l l holes and carry out geological mapping).

The l a t t e r duties were performed by the writer who carried out detailed

geological mapping of the prin c i p a l veins on surface ( F i g , 2) and a l l

the underground workings (Fig, 3).

Between June and August of 1968 eleven EQ wireline

holes were completed, t o t a l l i n g 2217 feet. Overall recovery was about

75%, with no appreciable difference i n the quarts vein material. The

d r i l l i n g underground located the three quarts veins.

Subsequent to the diamond d r i l l i n g , a 50° raise was

driven from the adit f o r the purpose of opening up the three quarts

veins. I t i s reported that t h i s raise was terminated at 60», no

sig n i f i c a n t amounts of quarts or mineralisation having been encountered,

GEOLOGY ,-NP MIHERALIZjiTIOK

The area i n which the China Mountain s i l v e r prospect

i s situated i s underlain by interbedded black p h y l l i t e s and grey

a r g i l l i t e s of the Midas Formation, which i s part of the Cariboo group

of Lower Cambrian age. The rocks s t r i k e northwesterly and dip between

10 a and 35° to the northeast,

The a r g i l l i t e s are medium grained, l i g h t to medium

grey i n colour and are moderately competent, S i l i c i f i c a t i o n of the

a r g i l l i t e s has occurred l o c a l l y , creating generally favourable con

dit i o n s f o r the emplacement of quarts veins of considerable size.

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The p h y l l i t e s are f i s s i l e , crumpled and d i s t o r t e d ,

creating rather unfavourable conditions for possible continuity of

any quartz veins contained therein.

A perusal of the v e r t i c a l section ( F i g . 4) shows that

the formations dip northerly about 25^ whereas the quartz veins vary

i n d i p , about 5-10°, crossing through the d i f f e r e n t rock types. In

variably the quartz veins are stronger within the more competent

a r g i l l i t e s .

The silver-bearing quartz veins were found on surface

and the p r i n c i p a l one lias been traced f o r 600 feet along s t r i k e . Width

of t h i s gently-dipping vein varies between a few inches and 15 feet,

averaging about f i v e feet.

The galena- mineralisation i s mainly i n the hangingwnll

part of the vein, but galena lias also been observed close to the middle

of the vein, associated with vuggy openings p a r t i a l l y f i l l e d with well

formed quarts c r y s t a l s .

Two p a r a l l e l veins occur within a few tens of feet of

the p r i n c i p a l vein. The footwall vein has been designated the No. 1

v e i n , the p r i n c i p a l vein the No. 2 vein, and the liangingwall vein the

No. 3 vein. A l l three contain some silver-bearing galena.

A few miles southwest of the three veins, close to

Blackbear Creek, another galena-bearing quarts vein system has been

exposed. I t has been traced nloggj strtko for 130« and has been desig

nated the 'Tails*' showing,' Mineralization i s sporadic i n t h i s vein

which averages about two feet i n width.

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Other quarts; veins have been found on the Horaer Explora

tions Co. Ltd. claim group but l i t t l e i s known of t h e i r p o t e n t i a l .

I t i s reported that large exposures of quarts have been discovered

one rail* north of the carap and that quantities of galena-bearing

quartz has been uncovered a mile or so to the southeast*

M f l t a p DRILLING gsma On the following page Is a summary of the d r i l l i n g with

a l l s i g n i f i e a n t laineral intersections.

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DtLi ?H, tio f M B btott KMMI U l 1 Vein

1 +30° 300* 3.25 3.80 N

1 + 30° .3001 1,2* i.05 1.75 n 1 +30° 300' 2.5' 0.67 1.37 #2

2 +30° 300* M « 0,30 0,41 #2

2 +30° 300* 1.5* 0.30 0.35 #2

2 +30° 300" 0.8* 0.70 1.52 m 3 -30° 169* 4.6* 0.26 0.39 M

4 + 30° 131 • 1.2* 0.29

4 +30° 131* 1.3' 3.80 12.20

5 -54° 52' - m

6 0° 111* — * n

7 + 35* m » 1.4' 0. 80 1.03 *2

7 +35 ° 291' 0 , 8 * 1.85 4.10 #3

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9 •30* 302' 2.0* 3,50 10.90 #2

9 + 30° 302* 2.5* 1.60 3 , 6 6

9 + 30c 302' 4.0* — 1.11 a

1 +30° 302* 5,0* 5.35 L2.10 #3

io + 15° 340* 1.5' 0.45 0.90 #2

10 •15* 340• 1.5* 0,70 1.50 #2

10 •15° 340' 0.3* 4.15 9.20 #3

10 +13° 340' 6.4* 0.60 1.30 •*

11 0° 80* 0.2* Ho v i s i b l e mineralisation

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The best intersection was encountered i n D.H. #9 on

Ho. 3 vein. The core assayed 5.35% i i and 12.10 oa. |g across 5.01.

across the p r i n c i p a l veins (see Tig. 5). These appear to indicate

a background of 20 to 50 parts per m i l l i o n f o r lead and 0.5 parts

per m i l l i o n f o r s i l v e r and s i g n i f i c a n t l y anomalous results i n the

ir r a d i a t e v i c i n i t y of the veins. Thus, extensions of the veins beneath

drift-covered areas nsy be traceable by t h i s laethod of exploration.

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Eleven s o i l s a b l e s were taken at 100 foot i n t e r v a l s

COST ^ariiays FOR <mt R E C O ^ I ^ D

Geological mapping, s i l t and s o i l sampling on

83 claims, including professional services, labour,

food, lodging* transportation, sample analysis $14,000

10% contingencies um $15,400

Respectfully submitted,

BACON & OWWHURST L T D .

R.tf, Fhendler, B.Sc., P.Eng.

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I , Roy William Chandler, of the C i t y of Vancouver i n the Province of B r i t i s h Columbia, itereby c e r t i f y as follows:

1. That I am a registered i'rofessional i^ngineer i n the province of E r i t i s h Columbia, Ho. 4421,

2, That I am a graduate of ii c G U l University, ijontreal, Quebec, with a Bachelor of Science decree i n geology.

3. That I have practiced isry profession as geologist continuously for the past seventeen years i n Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and B r i t i s h Columbia i n Canada; In some of the western U.is.A,; liexlco; and reru and Colombia In iouth America,

4, That I have no interest d i r e c t l y or i n d i r e c t l y i n Homer Explorations Co. Ltd, (N.P.L.) nor do I expect to receive any.

5. That the information contained herein was compiled as a resul t of numerous v i s i t s to the China Mountain s i l v e r prospect during the summer of 1968 as follows: June 14-18, July 3-6, July 16-19, July 27-28, August 21-22.

SAMPLE 8 x 27 PPM. Pb, 1.0 PPM. Ag. 7 +00 N

SAMPLE 7 V84 PPM Pb, I.OPPM. Ag. 6 +00 N

A/o.3 vein (Upper)

SAMPLE 6 x 815 PPM. Pb, 5.5 PPM. Ag. -^5 +00 N

SAMPLE s\240PPMPb, 1.0 PPM. Ag. 4+00 N

275 PPM. Pb, 1.0 PPM. Ag.

SAMPLEV<870 PPM. Pb, 1.5 PPM Ag. 2 +00 N

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S|+MOO LN 2 > O N 734 PPM. Pb,5.0PPN4.Ag.

NOTE! VALUES SHOWN IN PARTS PER MILLION.

Background for LEAD (Pb.) - 20?50 ppm. Background for SILVER (Ag.)—0.5 ppm. l09PPM.Pb., 2.5PPM. Ag.

SAMPLE 9 \,250PPM.Pb,2.5 PPM. Ag. I + O O S

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SAMPLE ioV92 pPM.Pb, I.OPPM. Ag. 2 + O O S

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SAMPLE 3 + 00 S

'22PPM. Pb,Q5 PPM. Ag.

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