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File Created: 15-Jun-2018 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  08-Apr-2019 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name ZINGER 15 Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082F050
Status Showing NTS Map 082F08E
Latitude 049º 26' 01'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 116º 10' 20'' Northing 5475989
Easting 560018
Commodities Gold Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

The Zing 15 occurrence is located on a ridge separating Hellroaring and Perry creeks, approximately 2 kilometres north-northeast of Gold Run Lake.

The area is underlain by grey to purple-coloured quartzites and siltstones with minor interbedded argillite that are part of the mid-Proterozoic Creston Formation (Purcell Supergroup). These metasedimentary rocks (biotite facies of regional greenschist metamorphism) have a strike from 020 to 025 degrees and dip steeply west.

Locally, a north east-trending, quartz-limonite zone in siltstone, silty argillite and quartzites hosts quartz veins, up to 4 centimetres wide, with pyrite. In 2002, a rock sample (Zing-110) assayed 6.86 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 26216).

Similar mineralization is exposed in at least three zones: a trench, located up slope along the ridge to the north, yielded 3.98 grams per tonne gold in sample Zing-109; nine samples (Zing-87 through 95), taken down slope to the south east, yielded 0.11 to 1.15 grams per tonne gold and grab samples from a former shaft, located on the ridge to the south west, yielded up to 0.43 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 26216).

During 1915 through 1921, the area was extensively prospected, with the development of several trenches and a shaft. In 1985, Trans-Artic Explorations completed a program of prospecting and rock sampling on the area as the Hawk 1 claim. The following year, Unique Resources completed a program of soil sampling and ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys. In 1987, Chapleau Resources completed a program of soil, silt and rock sampling, trenching and geological mapping on the area as the Racki claims, Morgan property. During 1997 through 1999, programs of soil and rock sampling, geological mapping and ground electromagnetic surveying were completed on the area as the Zinger claims. During 2000 through 2002, National Gold Corporation completed programs of geological mapping and silt, soil and rock sampling on the area as the HS and Zinger claims. In 2003, Chapleau Resources conducted an extensive exploration program of surface prospecting, rock and soil sampling and geological mapping on the area as the Zinger property. In 2009, Ruby Red Resources prospected and sampled the area. During 2010 through 2013, SG Spirit Gold and PJX Resources completed programs of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and airborne and ground geophysical surveying on the area.

Bibliography
GSC MAP 603A
GSC MEM 228
GSC OF 820; 929; 2721

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