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File Created: 24-Aug-2017 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  07-Sep-2017 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name BDR08, CRICKMER, SPANAR Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092G039
Status Showing NTS Map 092G08W
Latitude 049º 18' 27'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 22' 26'' Northing 5461829
Easting 545513
Commodities Gold, Silver, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The BDR08 occurrence is located on the northeast side of Kearsley Creek, at an elevation of approximately 700 metres.

The majority of the region is underlain by granodiorite to diorite intrusions of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Coast Plutonic Complex. Roof pendants of the Paleozoic Twin Island Group and Jurassic Harrison Lake Formation occur throughout the area. These are, locally, intruded by aplite and basaltic dikes.

Locally, a 2 to 6 centimetre wide quartz-pyrite stringer vein hosts gold, silver and copper values. In 1995, a chip sample (BDR08), taken across the vein, yielded 1.26 grams per tonne gold, 21.4 grams per tonne silver and greater than 1 per cent copper (Assessment Report 24209).

In 1938 and 1939, native gold was mined from the 79 Hill and Blue Devil workings, near the headwaters of Seventynine Creek between Alouette and Stave lakes. During 1976, the Spanar claims were staked 1500 metres south of Mount Crickmer. Between 1981 and 1987, Skyrocket Exploration and Resources Inc. held a large claim block between Stave and Alouette lakes. During 1988 and 1989, soil and rock sampling surveys were carried out on the Oro and Star claims by 007 Precious Metal Inc. In 1995, the area was prospected and sampled as the Crickmer claims. In 2008, the area was sampled and prospected as the Seventy Nine project by Crucible Resources.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 9412, 15497, 16404, 16862, 18145, 19710, *24209, 30285
EMPR FIELDWORK 1980, pp. 165-184
GSC MAP 8-1956; 1069A; 1151A; 1386A
GSC MEM 335
GSC P 90-1F, pp. 95-107
Armstrong, J.E. (1990): Vancouver Geology, Geological Association of Canada (Cordilleran Section)
Ditson, G.M. (1978): Metallogeny of the Vancouver-Hope Area, British Columbia, unpublished M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia

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