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File Created: 08-Apr-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  26-May-2021 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name B AND R, DAWN, MOUNT THYNNE, GEORGE Mining Division Nicola, Similkameen
BCGS Map 092H076
Status Showing NTS Map 092H10W
Latitude 049º 43' 04'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 57' 09'' Northing 5509265
Easting 647590
Commodities Magnetite, Iron, Copper, Silver, Gold Deposit Types K01 : Cu skarn
K03 : Fe skarn
D03 : Volcanic redbed Cu
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The B and R showing is 2.75 kilometres northwest of the summit of Mount Thynne and 23.5 kilometres northwest of Tulameen. The Dawn showing (092HNE068) is 750 metres to the southeast.

The occurrence is hosted in a northward trending, steeply dipping sequence of andesitic flows, argillites, tuffs and limestone of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group, immediately southwest of a diorite stock of Late Triassic to Early Jurassic age.

A pit blasted in dark lava (andesite) exposes pyrite and magnetite with minor disseminated chalcopyrite, accompanied by some malachite staining. A grab sample assayed 0.17 gram per tonne gold, 3.4 grams per tonne silver, 0.10 per cent copper and 5.60 per cent iron (Property File - J.P. Elwell, 1964, page 11). A sample of float carrying magnetite, pyrite and a little chalcopyrite, about 60 metres south of the pit assayed 0.34 gram per tonne gold, 17 grams per tonne silver, 0.28 per cent copper and 26.40 per cent iron (J.P. Elwell, 1964, page 12).

In 2007, a highly oxidized sample (5132) from a 12-metre long, 2- to 3-metre wide and up to 1.5 metre deep trench exposing a 7-centimetre wide fracture, striking 324 degrees and dipping 70 degrees southwest , assayed 0.424 gram per tonne gold, 4.6 grams per tonne silver and 0.159 per cent copper (Assessment Report 29816).

Work History

In 1964, Bardale Mining and Development Co. Ltd. completed a program of prospecting, rock sampling and a 52.8 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the B and R and Dawn claims.

During 2006 through 2014, Bryan and Egil Livgard completed programs of prospecting, geochemical (silt, soil and rock) sampling and biogeochemical sampling on the area as the George property.

During 2014 through 2018, Tech-X Resources Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling, 29.5 line-kilometres of induced polarization surveys and a 548.9 line-kilometre airborne magnetic survey and on the area as the Thinne and LC claims of the Lawless Creek property.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1963-56,57; 1966-170,171
EMPR ASS RPT 659, 29057, *29816, 30509, 35095, 35385, 35605, 36255, 36939, 38197
EMPR PF (*Elwell, J.P. (1964): Reconnaissance Report on the Dawn and
B & R Claims, Nicola and Similkameen Mining Districts, B.C., in
Lawless Creek Mines Ltd. (1964): Prospectus, Vancouver Stock
Exchange, see 092HNE068)
GSC MAP 888A; 1386A; 41-1989
GSC MEM 243
GSC P 85-1A, pp. 349-358
CJES Vol. 24, pp. 2521-2536 (1987)

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