The Bluenose (Upper) occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 760 metres on a west-facing slope, east of Shuswap Lake and approximately 7.2 kilometres northwest of the community of Sicamous.
The area is underlain by rocks of the Hadrynian? to Paleozoic Eagle Bay Assemblage. The rocks comprise quartzite, marble, hornblende-rich skarn and pink to grey paragneiss. In general, bedding or gneissosity dips at low angles to the east. The rocks are highly deformed and minor tight folds are very abundant.
The Upper zone is located on a relatively flat shelf above a series of high cliffs. The rock exposed along the cliffs is largely gently dipping paragneiss with sections of limy skarn and marble. The main showing is a shaft, partly collapsed and filled with water. Material on the dump is heavily mineralized with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite, mostly in a quartz breccia. An adit, 91 metres in length, is located approximately 61 metres vertically below the shaft and cuts paragneiss and marble dipping approximately 10 degrees east. Very minor pyrite and pyrrhotite are present in several patches. A second adit at the same elevation as the shaft and approximately 61 metres south, cuts entirely barren gneiss for 15 metres. A pit, approximately 91 metres south of the shaft, exposes light-coloured, quartz-rich marble with abundant malachite and minor chalcopyrite.
Work History
In 1968, Royal Canadian Ventures completed a program of geological mapping and an 8.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey on the area as the Bluenose claims. The following year, Tranquility Explorations completed a 14.5 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the claims.
In 1984, the area was prospected by Larry D. Lutjen as the Golden Goose claims.
In 2019, JNR Resources Inc. completed a program of geochemical (soil, stream sediment and rock) sampling and minor packsack drilling on the area as the Triple 9 property. A select grab sample (TRC-49) from an adit dump assayed 14.8 grams per tonne silver and 1.655 per cent copper, whereas drilling yielded up to 7.9 grams per tonne silver and 0.24 per cent copper over 1.83 metres (Henneberry, R.T. [2019-07-19]: 43-101 Technical Report, Triple 9 Project).
