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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  18-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name MOON, BLACK DUCK Mining Division Clinton
BCGS Map 092P017
Status Showing NTS Map 092P02E
Latitude 051º 08' 36'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 43' 58'' Northing 5668208
Easting 658591
Commodities Gold, Zinc Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Moon gold-quartz vein is located approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Savona in the upper reaches of the Deadman River, east of the Vidette mine (092P 086). The precise location of the occurrence is not known, however, Minister of Mines Special Report 25 (1936) describes it as being 3 kilometres southwest of the Telluric showing (092P 089). The Vidette mine is located at the north end of Vidette Lake and is accessible on a good-quality gravel road north from the Trans-Canada Highway, 7.4 kilometres west of Savona.

The showing is exposed in a single blasted pit and is a narrow quartz vein 5 centimetres in width cutting a hard, green hornblendite. The vein strikes 070 degrees, with a vertical dip. It contains small amounts of sphalerite and tetrahedrite. A sample of the vein assayed 0.7 gram per tonne gold (Special Report 25, 1936).

The property was staked and owned by Mr. William Uren in 1934. No recent descriptions of the occurrence are available and because of the uncertainty of the location the geological setting is uncertain. However, the hostrocks could be mafic volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group.

In 2018, Karam Minerals Inc. completed a program of geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling, prospecting and a ground magnetometer survey on the area as the Black Duck property.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1936-F61
EMPR Special Report 25, 1936
GSC MEM 363
GSC MAP 1278A
Carpenter, T.H. (2018-07-06): Technical Report on the Black Duck Property with Recommendations for Further Exploration

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