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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  05-Jul-2013 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name KINKAM, MERYL (L.90) Mining Division Victoria
BCGS Map 092B053
Status Showing NTS Map 092B12E
Latitude 048º 31' 56'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 31' 54'' Northing 5375594
Easting 460750
Commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Titanium Deposit Types M02 : Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted Ni-Cu
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Kinkam occurrence is located below the Skyline Trail, which crosses a rusty knoll some 600 metres south of Jocelyn Hill. The adit, on the Meryl (L. 90) is below tall trees, in the cliff after a decent of approximately 100 metres towards Finlayson Arm. To the west, short steep cliffs can be avoided.

The area is underlain by gabbroic gneiss of the Mesozoic and/or Paleozoic Wark Gneiss. The Wark Gneiss is possibly the metamorphic equivalent of a mafic unit of the Paleozoic Sicker Group, the latest metamorphism having taken place in the Jurassic. The gneiss is intruded by andesite dykes of probable Jurassic age. A few limestone outcrops also occur in the area.

Locally, two large parallel shear zones occur, extending about 900 metres east from the shore of Finlayson Arm and dipping steeply to the south. The zones contain disseminated pyrite, ilmenite and pyrrhotite, with traces of copper and molybdenum mineralization. Another gossanous zone is reported to occur near the shoreline below Joycelyn Hill.

The original Meryl (L.90) workings include an adit, located approximately 300 metres above sea level, driven along a gossanous and rusty zone. The adit curves slightly to the north and was driven for about 16.5 metres. Other workings, including pits, are reported to occur on another gossanous zone, 600 metres to the north west and approximately 30 metres from shore.

In 1970 through 1972, Armside Minerals completed programs of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and ground geophysical surveys on the area as the Kinkam claims. Samples of the zone assayed 0.03 to 0.1 per cent copper and 0.01 to 0.03 per cent molybdenum (Assessment Report 3952).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 3675, *3952, *4469
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 81-91
EMPR GEM 1972-240; 1973-223
GSC MAP 42A; 1386A; 1553A
GSC MEM 13; 36; 96
GSC OF 463; 701
GSC P 72-44; 75-1A, p. 23; 79-30
Hudson, R. (1997): A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of
British Columbia, Vol. 1: Vancouver Island, p. 61

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