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File Created: 07-Nov-1989 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  14-Aug-2022 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI
Name M-6, OWL Mining Division Alberni
BCGS Map 092F003
Status Showing NTS Map 092F04E
Latitude 049º 00' 48'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 30' 49'' Northing 5431982
Easting 316205
Commodities Gold Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The M-6 showing is located on an un-named creek flowing into Kennedy Lake, approximately 5 kilometres east of Maggie Lake and 8.5 kilometres northeast of Ucluelet, B.C.

The area is underlain by quartz diorite to quartz monzonite of the Early to Middle Eocene Tofino Intrusive Suite (previously Catface Intrusions, Personal Communication - N. Massey, May 1990). These intrude Quatsino Formation limestones of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group to the west and Tertiary intermediate to felsic volcanics to the south. A regional fault/shear zone, called the "Switch Back Shear Zone" (Assessment Report 15570), cuts the intrusive and is reported to have two general attitudes: a 160-degree strike with 70 degree east dip and a 010-degree strike with 70 degree east dip.

Locally, a 4.7 metre wide mineralized section of the shear. The zone contains sericite, quartz, limonite and up to 15 per cent arsenopyrite within silicified quartz diorite. A chip sample taken across 5 metres contained 2.7 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 14772).

In 1981, BP Minerals completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical sampling on the area as the Mowgli 1-6 claims. During 1984 through 1988, Geo. P.C. Services Inc. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping and geochemical sampling on the area as the Owl claim. During 1995 through 2009, Consolidated Logan Mines Limited and later Logan Resources Limited, completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical sampling and an induced polarization survey on the Lucky and Redford properties.

In 2011, Logan Resources Ltd. and joint venture partner Ridgemont Iron Ore Corp. conducted ground geophysics (including M-6) and drilling over the Redford property. The 2011 Ridgemont diamond drill program, east of Draw Creek and the Brynnor Pit, consisted of 61 holes totalling 10, 234.58 metres utilizing 29 drill pads. The program coverage was categorized into three zones: the Main, East and North zones. The drill results from the East zone confirmed that magnetite mineralization was similar in strike and dip to that found in the Main zone.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1962-111-122
EMPR BULL 55
EMPR EXPL 1986-C169,C170; 1987-C124
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 61-74
GSC MAP 17-1968; 1386A
GSC OF 463
GSC P 68-50; 72-44
Carson, D.J.T. (1968): Metallogenic Study of Vancouver Island with Emphasis on the Relationships of Mineral Deposits to Plutonic Rocks, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University

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