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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  07-Jul-2022 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 092L8 Cu3
Name BILLY 19, ROONEY, CV, PLUS, BERNA, CATHY, MOON, KRINGLE Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092L040
Status Showing NTS Map 092L08E
Latitude 050º 20' 59'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 08' 15'' Northing 5581434
Easting 703639
Commodities Copper Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Billy 19 showing is located on a ridge west of the Adam River, approximately 1.3 kilometres east-southeast of Rooney Lake.

The underlain by basalts of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation of the Vancouver Group, near the contact with Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite granodiorite. The contact runs along Adam River, 1 kilometre east of the occurrence.

The occurrence consists of disseminated chalcopyrite and bornite, accompanied by minor pyrite and magnetite in fractured massive to amygdaloidal basalts. Chlorite and epidote alteration are present near the mineralization.

In 1969, diamond drilling returned values of 0.53 per cent copper over 1.5 metres and 0.27 per cent over 3.8 metres from hole number one. Hole number two, at the same location but drilled at a different azimuth, has as its highest assay 0.41 per cent copper over 1.5 metres. A drill hole located 113 metres north of the above holes (diamond-drill hole #5) returned 0.14 per cent copper over 6 metres (Assessment Report 3795). Also at this time, a chip sample assayed 0.23 per cent copper over 6.0 metres (Assessment Report 1859, Figure 2).

Work History

In 1969, Newconex completed a program of rock, silt and soil sampling on the area as the Rooney claims. The same year, Ameda Copper Mines completed a program of soil sampling, geological mapping and a ground geophysical survey over the area immediately to the north as the CV and Plus claims. In 1972. Sayward Explorations completed a program of rocks and soil sampling, geological mapping and a ground magnetic survey. In 1988, Germa Minerals completed a program of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and a ground electromagnetic survey. During 2002 through 2013, M. Schau completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping and rocks sampling on the area as the Puff, Oreo 1 and Krisp claims of the Kringle Consolidated property. In 2018, Crest Resources Inc. completed a program of prospecting, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, trenching and a 24.0 line-kilometre ground electromagnetic survey on the area as the Red Metal Ridge property.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *1859, 2379, *3795, 18255, 27070, 28927, 30121, 31039, 32553, 34183, 38134
EMPR GEM 1969-209; 1972-292
EMPR PF (Prospectors Report 2001-47 by Mikkel Schau)
GSC MAP 4-1974; 1552A
GSC OF 9; 170; 463
GSC P 69-1A; 70-1A; 71-1A; 72-44; 74-8
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
MacIntyre, D. (2018-07-18): Technical Report - Red Metal Ridge Mineral Property
MacIntyre, D. (2018-08-21): Technical Report - Red Metal Ridge Mineral Property

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