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File Created: 22-Jul-2013 by Nicole Barlow (NB)
Last Edit:  26-Jul-2013 by Nicole Barlow (NB)

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NMI
Name BABY, BW, LUCKY DOG Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082F094
Status Showing NTS Map 082F14W
Latitude 049º 54' 54'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 22' 28'' Northing 5529240
Easting 473118
Commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Baby occurrence is located approximately 4 kilometres south of Silverton.

Regionally, the area is underlain by sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Mesozoic Slocan, Kaslo and Rossland Groups.

The property is underlain for the most part by feldspar porphyritic granite of the Cretaceous Nelson Batholith.

Mineralization occurs as fine-grained tetrahedrite, argentite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena and native silver associated with quartz veins hosted in altered mafic dike material within the feldspar porphyritic granite.

The Baby claims were originally Crown-granted in 1898, though gold values found on the property were not sufficient for further exploration and the claims were dropped.

In 1967, Sid Berisoff of Silverton completed trenching of the main quartz vein, though he found little mineralization and did not file an assessment report on the work done.

In 1981, Andrew M. Ross and Barry O. Buchanan staked the property and completed trenching and rock sampling.

In 1990, R.H. Murphy staked the Baby claims and completed trenching and prospecting on the property. Highlights include sample 11-1, which assayed 199.9 grams per tonne gold, 18 444 grams per tonne silver, 5.49 per cent lead and 21.67 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 20966).

In 1991, R.H. Murphy conducted resistivity and IP geophysical surveys, rock sampling and 194.1 metres of diamond drilling. The highest value returned from the diamond drill was 0.355 gram per tonne gold over 1 metre in drillhole B-91-1 (Assessment Report 22138).

In 1999, R.H. Murphy completed diamond drilling and an IP geophysical survey on the Baby claims.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 10096, *20966, *22138, 26179
EMPR PFD 822505

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