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File Created: 08-Aug-1996 by Jay W. Page (JWP)
Last Edit:  13-Dec-1996 by Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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Name VERDE (L.1011S), UNITED VERDE, VIOLET FR. (L.588S), HENNEKIN (L.439S), PLATINUM BLONDE, SPRING 1-6, FRANKLIN CAMP Mining Division Greenwood
BCGS Map 082E059
Status Showing NTS Map 082E09W
Latitude 049º 34' 03'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 22' 50'' Northing 5491461
Easting 400176
Commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Overlap Assemblage, Harper Ranch
Capsule Geology

The VERDE showing is located on reverted Crown grant Lot 1011S, 72 kilometres north of Grand Forks in the historic Franklin mining camp. This showing includes showings on the VIOLET FR. (L.588s), 400 metres to the southwest and the HENNEKIN (L.439s), 500 metres to the west.

The VERDE and VIOLET FR. were Crown granted in 1910 to W.H. Otter and B.W. Garrison, respectively. These claims were possibly also known as the UNITED VERDE. The UNITED VERDE was sampled in 1914. One sample, taken from the bottom of a 4.6-metre shaft, assayed 6.86 grams per tonne silver with traces of gold, copper and lead. Another sample, taken 60-centimetres deeper in the same shaft, assayed $3.20 in gold with traces of copper and silver (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1914, page 352). The showings on the HENNEKIN are not described.

In 1968, Franklin Mines Ltd. carried out a general exploration program in the Franklin camp.

In 1979, Pearl Resources staked the area as the Spring 1-6 claims and conducting preliminary geological mapping in the area south of the Union mine (082ENE003).

In 1986, Longreach Resources Ltd. staked and optioned much of the Franklin camp area including the VIOLET FR. It is probable that Longreach prospected this area, although no reports were filed.

In 1987, Longreach's property, now known as the PLATINUM BLONDE property, was optioned to Placer Dome Inc. who proceeded to carry out a major exploration program. In the VIOLET FR. area, Placer sampled the trenches. No specific description of the mineralization in the trenches was given. Two samples assayed 1.10 and 1.80 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 17273, figure 10). No other information is available.

In 1993, Sway Resources Inc. optioned a large number of Crown grants and claims in this area, including the VERDE, VIOLET FR. and HENNEKIN Crown grants. They proceeded to carry out a program of prospecting, sampling, geological mapping and a 16-hole rotary and diamond-drill program, directed at quartz veins on the BANNER (082ENE002) Crown grant Lot 1199 to the south.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1910-248; *1914-352,353
EMPR ASS RPT 637, 8126, 8149, *17273
EMPR OF 1994-8
EMPR PF (In 082ENE051 - Sway Resources Inc., Statement of Material Facts, February 14, 1994)
EMPR RGS 29
GSC MAP 97A; *133A; 6-1957; 1701A; 1712A; 1713A; 1714A; 1736A
GSC MEM 56
GSC OF 409; 736; 1969
Placer Dome File

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