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File Created: 24-Jun-1996 by Keith J. Mountjoy (KJM)
Last Edit:  21-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name KET 27, ANNA 2, KET 5 GROUP, KET 4-5, KET 25-27, CJ 1-11 Mining Division Greenwood, Osoyoos
BCGS Map 082E005
Status Showing NTS Map 082E03E
Latitude 049º 01' 21'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 04' 36'' Northing 5432035
Easting 348180
Commodities Gold, Copper, Lead Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Ket 27 occurrence is located about 2.5 kilometres east- southeast of the Ket 28 (082ESW210) occurrence. Bridesville, British Columbia lies 6 kilometres to the west-northwest.

Diorite and granodiorite of the Middle Jurassic Nelson intrusions cutting greenstone and argillite of the Carboniferous to Permian Anarchist Group comprise lithologies hosting the Ket 27 occurrence. Conglomerate, limestone, marble, quartzite and minor siltstone comprise other Anarchist Group lithologies in the area. Several northwest trending augite porphyry dikes also crosscut the Anarchist metasedimentary-metavolcanic sequence.

Several old trenches were located near the Ket 27 occurrence, indicating previous mineral exploration. The Ket 5 group and Anna 2 claim was owned by Crown Resources Corp. from 1991 to 1993. The property is currently held by the Rock Creek Gold Trend Venture, with partners Phoenix Gold Resources Ltd., Orion International Minerals Inc. and Gold City Mining Corp.

Lithologies of the Ket 5 Group, surrounding the Ket 27 occurrence, consists of mainly metasediments and metavolcanics of the Anarchist Group. To the north, massive quartzite dominates. Locally, the quartzite is intensely fractured and silicified and contains lenses of serpentinite. To the south and at the Ket 27 occurrence, black silicified argillite with minor siltstone and greenstone occur. The major structures in the area are faults striking north, east or northwest, separating the Anarchist Group into discrete fault blocks. A strong foliation, bleaching and phyllitic to mylonitic fabrics are associated with north-striking faults. The Anarchist Group metasediment-metavolcanic sequence has been intruded by diorite and granodiorite of the Nelson intrusions. To the east, the sequence is overlain by conglomerate, sandstone and minor phonolite, trachyte and trachyandesite of the Eocene Penticton Group.

Trenching and rock geochemistry sampling during the 1991 exploration program has identified a mineralized shear zone striking 065 degrees and dipping 75 degrees west. Wallrocks have a strike of 025 degrees and dip 70 degrees north. Trenching has uncovered a chert pebble conglomerate along this shear hosting trace disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite with malachite staining. The possible eastern extension of the shear zone was located 350 metres to the east on the Anna 2 claim. The northeast-trending zone consists of vuggy quartz-calcite cemented argillite breccia with trace pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena.

Several samples taken from trenching during the 1991 exploration program yielded anomalous gold and copper values. Sample 91KT27:D89R, a 1.6-metre chip sample, yielded 4.0 grams per tonne gold and 0.39 per cent copper. Sample 91KT27:D90R, from a second poorly exposed trench, yielded 6.0 grams per tonne gold and 0.55 per cent copper (Assessment Report 22176). A 2-metre chip sample, 20ATR L2W 25S, taken from the shear zone on the Anna 2 claim in 1992 yielded 1.27 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 23072).

During 2008 through 2012, Grizzly Discoveries Inc. completed programs of geochemical (rock, stream sediment and soil) sampling, geological mapping and airborne and ground geophysical surveys on the Dayton-Sidley area of the Greenwood Property.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 14154, 19737, 21003, *21023, 21413, 21541, *22176
22548, *23072
EMPR PF (Gold City Mining Corporation, (1994): Annual Report;
Phoenix Gold Resources Ltd. (1995): Prospectus; Gold City Mining
Corp., Phoenix Gold Resources, Orion International Minerals Corp.
(1996): Geological/Mineral Deposit Field Trip Report)
GSC MAP 84A; 538A; 539A; 15-1961; 1505A; 1736A
GSC MEM 38, pp. 389-423
GSC OF 481; 637; 1505A; 1565; 1969
Dufresne, M. (2013-11-10): Technical Report for the Greenwood Gold Project
Dufresne, M. (2013-11-25): Technical Report for the Greenwood Gold Project

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