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File Created: 26-Oct-2019 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  07-Nov-2019 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name RAVEN, NORTH SHORE Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092L071
Status Showing NTS Map 092L12W
Latitude 050º 42' 36'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 51' 32'' Northing 5618198
Easting 580568
Commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver, Cobalt Deposit Types K01 : Cu skarn
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Raven (North Shore) occurrence is located near the north shore of Nahwitti Lake, approximately 1-kilometre east- northeast of the lake’s western end.

Regionally, the area is underlain by northwest-trending belts of basaltic volcanics and carbonate sedimentary rocks of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen and Quatsino formations (Vancouver Group) and mafic volcanics and sediments of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group (Holberg volcanic unit, Nahwitti River wacke and Parson Bay Formation). These volcanic and sedimentary rocks have been intruded by granodioritic rocks of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite.

Locally, Quatsino limestone and Karmutsen volcanics are in contact with monzonite and felsic dikes of the Island Plutonic Suite. A skarn zone, associated with a felsic dike, has been traced for approximately 150 metres to the northeast. The skarn consists of epidote, garnet and diopside, mineralized with magnetite and chalcopyrite.

In 1988, a sample (NLR88-074) from the Raven zone assayed 4.39 per cent copper, 0.11 per cent zinc, 0.075 per cent cobalt and 30.9 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 18502).

In 1965, Silver Standard Mines Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping and a ground magnetometer survey on the area. In 1966, Falconbridge Nickel optioned the property and completed a program of geological mapping, soil sampling, ground geophysical surveys and 59 metres of packsack drilling. Also in 1966, Giant Explorations Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical sampling on the area as the HPH claims.

In 1968, Kodiak Mines completed a program of prospecting, geochemical sampling, geological mapping and a 50.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the Jean, Lake, Ken and FTR claims. A minor amount of diamond drilling was also reported on the Raven zone in 1968 and 1971. In 1976, Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd. completed a 1.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the Lake and Jean claims.

In 1988, QPX Minerals Inc. completed a program of rock sampling and geological mapping on the area. In 1991, Universal Trident Industries Ltd. prospected and sampled the area immediately north as the Witti 1-3 claims.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1936-F51; 1966-65; 1968-94
EMPR ASS RPT 870, *1610, 5951, *18502, 21607
EMPR EXPL 1976-E129; 1978-E182
EMPR GEM 1970-254; 1971-323
EMPR PF (Prospectus, QPX Minerals Inc., May 26, 1988, p. 23)
GSC ANN RPT 1886
GSC BULL 242
GSC MAP 1552A; 4-1974
GSC OF 9; 170; 463; 722
GSC P 69-1A; 72-44; *74-8; 79-30
CJES 18, p. 1; 20, p. 1, Jan., 1983
Carson, D.J.T., (1968): Metallogenic Study of Vancouver Island with emphasis on the Relationship of Plutonic Rocks to Mineral Deposits, Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa
Sangster, D.F., (1964): The Contact Metasomatic Magnetite Deposits of Southwestern British Columbia, Ph.D. Thesis, University of British Columbia

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