MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 092ISE204

File Created:	08-Feb-2019	by	Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:	25-Apr-2019	by	Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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		NMI
Name	SHEBA SOUTH, SOUTH GROUP, DO 3-4	Mining Division	Kamloops
		BCGS Map	092I046
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092I07W
Latitude	050º 26' 05''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	120º 57' 27''	Northing	5588960
		Easting	645050
Commodities	Copper, Molybdenum	Deposit Types	L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Sheba South occurrence is located on the south side of Highland Valley, approximately 2 kilometres east of Gnawed Lake.

The area is situated in the central part of the Jurassic Guichon Creek Batholith. The northeast portion of the property is underlain by Guichon and Chataway quartz diorite and granodiorite. These varieties belong to the Highland Valley phase of the batholith and differ only slightly in texture and colour index. To the west they are flanked by Bethlehem phase rocks. The central and western portions of the property are underlain by Skeena variety quartz diorite to granodiorite. This unit is texturally and compositionally transitional between the Bethlehem phase to the east and the Bethsaida phase, which comprises the core of the batholith. A small body of Bethsaida phase quartz monzonite lies in the north- central area, along with several related swarms of north and east-northeast-trending quartz-plagioclase porphyritic and aplite dikes.

Weak argillic and propylitic alteration is widespread. Kaolinite, chlorite, epidote and calcite are common. Sericite- feldspar alteration is moderately to intensely developed in areas affected by faulting, heavy fracturing and porphyry dike emplacement. The predominant fault trend is 100 degrees with well-developed, steeply inclined joint sets striking 025, 065 and 160 degrees.

Locally, as defined by diamond drilling, disseminated and quartz vein-fracture–controlled copper mineralization is hosted by altered Bethlehem rocks. Chalcopyrite, bornite and some pyrite replace mafic minerals and occur on fractures in quartz-epidote, pyrite-chlorite-epidote-chalcopyrite and quartz-sericite veins.

In 1973, a drill hole (S-73-2) yielded 0.58 per cent copper with 0.006 per cent molybdenum over 12 metres (Assessment Report 5365).

In 1976, a percussion drill hole (E-29) yielded 0.19 per cent copper over the final 9 metres of the hole (Assessment Report 6241).

In 1958, Sheba Copper Mines completed a program of geochemical sampling and an induced polarization survey on the area as the Sheba property. In 1965, Anaconda American Brass completed six drill holes on the Jay 101 area. In 1967, Sheba completed a 67.2 line-kilometre induced polarization survey, while Sumitomo Metal was reported to have completed 15 diamond drill holes, totalling 1970.7 metres, and 21 percussion drill holes, totalling 1574 metres, on the property. In 1969, Anaconda is reported to have completed seven diamond drill holes, totalling 1564.2 metres, on the property. During 1971 through 1974, Dowa is reported to have completed 36 diamond drill holes, totalling 7830.6 metres, on the property. In 1974, Sheba completed three diamond drill holes, totalling 636.0 metres, on the Lynn 7, J 4 and J 6 claims. In 1976, Western Mines Ltd. completed 61 percussion drill holes, totalling 3518.0 metres, on the property. In 1977, Bethlehem Copper Corp. completed four diamond drill holes, totalling 953.1 metres, on the Sheba East area. In 1984, Cominco Ltd. completed an induced polarization survey on the area.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1957-26; 1958-68; 1962-49; 1963-47; 1964-89; 1965-148; 1967-158; 1968-193

EMPR ASS RPT 242, 1087, 5365, 6241, 7725, 13347

EMPR BULL 56

EMPR EXPL 1976-E94; 1977-E146; 1979-169; 1984-209; 1989-119-134

EMPR GEM 1969-264; 1970-350; 1971-348-357; 1972-163-167; *1973- 175-177; 1974-145

EMPR MAP *30

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EMR MR CORPFILE (Sheba Copper Mines Ltd.; Peel Resources Ltd.; The Dowa Mining Co. Ltd.)

GSC MAP 886A

GSC MEM 249

GSC OF 980

CMJ Nov. 1960, pp. 71-73 (J.M. Carr)