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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  09-Jun-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name FISHER MAIDEN, IRON DUKE, FISSURE MAIDEN (L.3779), SIWASH SILVER, SPA, PAT Mining Division Similkameen
BCGS Map 092H079
Status Showing NTS Map 092H16W
Latitude 049º 46' 06'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 19' 31'' Northing 5516307
Easting 692598
Commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

This showing is situated immediately east of Siwash Creek, 1 kilometre north-northwest of the creek's confluence with Tepee Creek.

The Fisher Maiden occurrence consists of a number of shear zones in granite of the Middle Jurassic Osprey Lake batholith. Several dikes related to a body of granite of the early Tertiary Otter intrusions outcrop in the vicinity.

The shears are silicified and mineralized with hematite, pyrite and chalcopyrite. An area of intensely fractured granite exhibits malachite over an area of 2.8 square metres. One shear zone exposed in a 15-metres long adit contains fine-grained galena and sphalerite, with minor pyrite and chalcopyrite over a width of up to 10 centimetres and a strike length of 5 metres.

In 1989, a sample from this shear analysed 21.9 grams per tonne gold, 161 grams per tonne silver, 0.59 per cent copper, 10.56 per cent zinc and 15.97 per cent lead (Assessment Report 19472, page 21, sample 24677). A second sample from a trench 130 metres south-southeast of the adit analysed 0.09 gram per tonne gold, 8.6 grams per tonne silver, 0.059 per cent copper, greater than 1 per cent zinc and 0.0244 per cent lead (Assessment Report 18211, rock geochemistry map, sample 31).

In 1994, diamond drilling yielded up to 1.23 gram per tonne gold, 30.2 grams per tonne silver, 0.114 per cent copper and greater than 5.00 and 1.00 per cent lead and zinc, respectively, over 1.5 metres in hole 94-30 (Besserer, D.J. (2007-05-27): Technical report on the precious and base metal potential of the Siwash Creek Property).

In 2006, Ravencrest Resources Inc. completed a program of prospecting and geochemical (rock, stream sediment and soil) sampling on the area as the Siwash Creek property. A grab sample (06KRP402) of quartz vein material assayed 7.68 grams per tonne gold, 5.71 per cent zinc and 16.28 per cent lead (Besserer, D.J. (2007-05-27): Technical report on the precious and base metal potential of the Siwash Creek Property).

In 2011, a grab sample (11KRP101) assayed 13.5 grams per tonne gold, 102 grams per tonne silver, 0.723 per cent copper, 4.60 per cent zinc and greater than 20.0 per cent lead (Moroney, D.M. (2012-06-04): Technical Report on the Siwash Creek and River Wild Properties).

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Snowstorm (MINFILE 092HNE032) occurrence and completed exploration history can be found there.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1919-370
EMPR ASS RPT 2005, *7547, *7992, 8696, 15863, *18211, *19472
EMPR EXPL 1979-159,160; 1980-210
EMPR GEM 1969-280,281
EMPR PF (International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (1991): Prospectus,
Vancouver Stock Exchange (see 092HNE032); Jefjen Capital
Corporation (1988): Filing Statement No. 80/88, Vancouver Stock
Exchange (see 092HNE032); Livgard, E. (1986): Summary of Report of
Siwash Silver Property, Similkameen Mining Division for Westron
Venture Ltd., in Westron Venture Ltd. (1987): Prospectus,
Vancouver Stock Exchange (see 092HNE028))
GSC MAP 888A; 889A; 1386A; 41-1989
GSC MEM *243, p. 108
GSC P 85-1A, pp. 349-358; 91-2, pp. 87-107
GCNL July, 1987
V STOCKWATCH June 12, 1987
Placer Dome File
*Besserer, D.J. (2007-05-27): Technical report on the precious and base metal potential of the Siwash Creek Property
Besserer, D.J. (2008-06-12): Technical report on the precious and base metal potential of the Siwash Creek Property
Besserer, D.J. (2010-08-30): Technical report on the precious and base metal potential of the Siwash Creek Property
*Moroney, D.M. (2012-06-04): Technical Report on the Siwash Creek and River Wild Properties

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