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File Created: 10-Sep-2009 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  16-Mar-2010 by Laura deGroot (LDG)

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NMI
Name CAPTAIN 08-02, QTSP, WINDY Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093J091
Status Showing NTS Map 093J13W
Latitude 054º 57' 28'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 47' 58'' Northing 6090377
Easting 448803
Commodities Copper Deposit Types L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The area of Captain 08-02 is underlain by Upper Triassic calc-alkaline volcanics of the Takla Group.

The purpose of 2008 drillhole 08-02 on the Captain property was to test an overburden-covered area of high chargeability, moderate to high resistivity and moderate magnetics located about 3 km east-southeast of Windy Lake.

The hole intersected mainly volcanic sediments cut by several feldspar porphyry, diorite and “light green” dikes. The latter contain 15-20 per cent, 2-4 mm chloritized mafics set in an aphanitic, chloritized matrix. The highest copper-gold values encountered in the hole are 0.038 per cent copper and 0.016 gram per tonne gold in the down-hole interval 22.6-24.0 metres which contains a 15 cm wide band of heavy (15-20%) pyrite and minor disseminated chalcopyrite (Assessment Report 30194).

In 2008, Orestone Mining Corp carried out a program of NQ2 diamond drilling in the northern part of the Captain property. Six holes totaling 1,103 metres were completed. Four holes (08-01, 08-04, 08-05 and 08-06) tested structurally-controlled mineralization and two holes (08-02 and 08-03) tested a small portion of a 3 square kilometre chargeability anomaly. However, only results for 08-02 were published (Assessment Report 30194).

See Windy (093J 024) for a discussion of the Captain property history.

Bibliography
EMPR GF 2000-2; 2000-5
GSC MAP 1424A
GSC OF 2801
Placer Dome File

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