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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  26-Jun-1988 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 093L15 Ag6
Name DRIFT, HARVEY, SUMMER, WINTER, PACK-TRAIN Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L086
Status Past Producer NTS Map 093L15W
Latitude 054º 52' 35'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 57' 16'' Northing 6082953
Easting 631244
Commodities Copper, Silver, Lead Deposit Types D03 : Volcanic redbed Cu
L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The claims are underlain by Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group vol- canics of the Nilkitkwa Formation. They are comprised of maroon to green to grey basalt with andesitic to dacitic pyroclastics including dense, fine-grained tuff, vitric tuff, lapilli tuff, phyllite, shale, siltstone and conglomerate.

The mineralization occurs in a number of near parallel fissures with quartz and quartz-carbonate infilling in the andesite. The fracture/fissures strike approximately northwest and dip northeast and appear to conform with the bedding planes of the enclosing tuffs. Ten fissures occur over 460 metres and mineralization is reported to vary from 1.2 to 12 metres in width along the flow top shears. Sulphide mineralization is restricted to quartz-sulphide lenses and veins in the shear zones and includes chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, and minor galena, bornite, chalcocite, and pyrite.

In 1970, samples collected from seven of the Harvey quartz vein showings assayed: 0.90 per cent copper, 735.76 grams per tonne silver and 0.21 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 3277).

Between 1917 to 1927, 14 tonnes of ore was mined and produced 70,573 grams silver, and 1989 kilograms copper.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1917-447; 1918-119; 1919-103; 1921-103; 1925-138; 1926- 134; *1927-119; *1928-164; 1929-165; 1940-214
EMPR GEM *1971-178; 1972-420
EMPR ASS RPT *1127, *3277, *3768
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 181-193; 1988, pp. 195-208; 1991, pp. 93-101
EMPR PF (Galloway, J.D., (1921): Report on the Harvey Group; Kelly, S.F., (1970): Driftwood Mines Ltd., Report on the Drift Claims on Harvey Mountain near Smithers; maps; Driftwood Mines Ltd., Prospectus May 12, 1971; Prospectus September 20, 1972)
EMPR MAP 69-1
GSC SUM RPT 1924A, p. 34
GSC MAP 278A
GSC OF 351
GSC BULL 270
GCNL #172, 1984
N MINER Sept.13, 1984

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