MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082GSW112

File Created:	31-May-2023	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:	31-Jul-2023	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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		NMI
Name	BARKSHANTY, SILVER FOX	Mining Division	Fort Steele
		BCGS Map	082G032
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082G05W
Latitude	049º 18' 47''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	115º 47' 45''	Northing	5462945
		Easting	587530
Commodities	Copper	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

The Barkshanty showing is located about 3.5 kilometres northeast of the village of Moyie, just north of Barkshanty Creek.

The Barkshanty showing is underlain by rocks of the Helikian Creston Formation (Purcell Supergroup) consisting of quartzites, siltstones and argillites. The area is transected by several important base metal-bearing structures (St. Eugene (082GSW025), North Break, Old Yeller (082GSW111), etc.) but much of the area is masked by overburden.

Quartzite of the Middle Creston Formation contains multiple scattered chalcopyrite showings on fractures. The area is underlain by quartzites, siltstones and argillites of the Helikian Creston Formation (Purcell Supergroup). The area is transected by a number of important base metal-bearing structures (St. Eugene, North Break, Old Yeller etc.) but much of the area is masked by overburden.

In 2018, a program consisting of geological mapping/prospecting and pXRF soil sampling was completed along the basal member of the Middle Creston Formation for approximately 17 kilometres from Barkshanty Creek south to the headwaters of Tepee Creek (Assessment Report 38925). The Silver Fox claim group of Kootenay Silver Inc. covered the area from Moyie Lake southeast to the U.S. border, some 30 kilometres. The Barkshanty geological work area covered Society Girl (082GSW030) and Golden Burp (082GSW085) with St. Eugene (082GSW025) and North Zone (082GSW086) being a little further west though part of the Silver Fox property. New copper mineralization was documented in various localities of the “Barkshanty” map area, and two holes were drilled on the property just over 3 kilometres east-southeast of the village of Moyie. The first hole was abandoned at 135 meters due to a rig breakdown. A second shallower hole was drilled from the same location and ended at 500 meters depth. The purpose of the program was to test the basal member of the Middle Creston Formation for stratabound copper-silver mineralization.

Refer to Golden Burp (082GSW085) for related geological and work history details.


Bibliography	EMPR ASS RPT 56, 19932, 21181, 22503, 27805, 28450, 32629, 34631, 34695, 38925 EMPR GEOS MAP 1998-3 EMPR MAP 49 EMPR OF 1988-14 GSC EC GEOL 8 GSC MAP 1960-11 EMPR PFD 650032, 861258