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File Created: 01-Jun-2012 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  14-Oct-2015 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name ROX 1, DISCOVERY, CENTRAL Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093E076
Status Showing NTS Map 093E15W
Latitude 053º 46' 16'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 53' 13'' Northing 5960128
Easting 639259
Commodities Gold, Silver Deposit Types L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Rox 1 claim is located on a northwest ridge of the Mosquito Hills, approximately 4.5 kilometres north of the north shore of the Nechako Reservoir.

The area is underlain by fossiliferous marine sedimentary rocks, including lithic sandstones, feldspathic sandstones, greywackes and conglomerates, of the Middle Jurassic Smithers Formation. Regionally significant granitic intrusions of the late Cretaceous-Tertiary Bulkley intrusive suite cut the stratified rocks. Lavas and related rocks of the Upper Cretaceous to Tertiary Ootsa Lake Group and Tertiary Endako Group locally mask the distribution of the older rocks.

Locally, two types and zones of mineralization occur. At the Discovery zone, pyrite occurs in sheared and altered rock in a contact zone between diorite and sandstone. The Central zone, located 350 metres to the west, consists of pyrite rich veinlets cutting sandstone.

The showings were discovered by G. Thompson in the late 1990s. In 2005, a 0.5 metre chip sample from the Discovery zone returned 7.0 grams per tonne gold, 19.7 grams per tonne silver. In the same year, 1.0 metre chip sample from the Central zone returned 2.25 grams per tonne gold and 8.4 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 27606). In 2010 Lowprofile Ventures Limited completed a program of geochemical sampling and prospecting.

WORK HISTORY

On the Rox 1 claim, prospecting by Gary Thompson in the late 1990s discovered pyrite in sheared and altered rock in a contact zone between diorite and sandstone (Discovery showing) and about 350 metres to the west, pyrite-rich veinlets cutting sandstone (Central showing).

Diamond drilling in 2002 and 2003 tested a zone of brecciated, silicified and mineralized sedimentary and felsic volcanic rocks on the Rox 1 claim (Assessment Report 26767 and 27050). The four short holes encountered sulphide-rich clay gouge and precious metal-bearing sulphide veinlets, evidence of either a porphyry, polymetallic vein or epithermal system (Assessment Report 27050).

A 3-D Induced Polarization survey was completed on the Rox 1 claim in 2004 (Assessment Report 27606) and identified several linear and ovoid anomalies. Follow-up drilling in 2005 tested three chargeability highs and encountered narrow polymetallic veins with locally elevated gold and silver values within broad zones of disseminated pyrite consistent with a large hydrothermal system (Assessment Report 28343).

In 2008, a short (six-day) bedrock mapping program was carried out by Allnorth Consultants Ltd. of Prince George, BC, encouraging further mapping and soil geochemistry be done on the Rox.

In 2009, a small outcrop mapping program was completed by Gary Thompson on behalf of Lowprofile Ventures Ltd.

In July, 2010 another small-scale Beep Mat survey was made on behalf of Lowprofile. Several transverses were followed, mainly to pinpoint new areas of interest south of the original Discovery Creek location for future sampling projects. In late 2010 and early 2011, more geophysical surveying with the Beep Map was completed, again to pinpoint future targets of interest.

In 2012 Lowprofile Ventures Ltd. collected 25 silt and 240 soil samples over the Rox property. Many samples were elevated in silver and few significantly so. Most of the sampling was done about 4 kilometres east of the plotted location of the Rox showing, though some were taken in the Rox vicinity also.

Bibliography
EMPR OF 1994-14
GSC MAP 367A; 1064A
GSC MEM 299
GSC OF 708
GSC P 72-1A; 79-1A

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