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File Created: 06-Apr-2005 by Paul Schiarizza (PSC)
Last Edit:  23-Aug-2021 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name F VEIN Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 094D059
Status Showing NTS Map 094D09E
Latitude 056º 31' 38'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 14' 06'' Northing 6268190
Easting 670060
Commodities Gold, Silver Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel, Stikine
Capsule Geology

The F Vein is located on the southwest side of Solo Lake (informal name for the lake that sources Solo Creek), 7 kilometres southwest of Johanson Lake. The vein consists of quartz that is locally mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, malachite and azurite. It has a strike length of 386 metres, is 27 to 500 centimetres wide, and is hosted in a Late Triassic diorite to quartz diorite stock that cuts volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of the Upper Triassic Takla Group. The F Vein was discovered in 1985 during an exploration program that was initially focused on gold-bearing quartz veins of the Bruce occurrence (MINFILE 094D 013), several hundred metres to the west (EMPR Assessment Report 14105). The best assay result from 8 samples collected from the F Vein in 1985 was 3.977 grams per tonne gold and 6.171 grams per tonne silver across 32 centimetres (Assessment Report 14105, Sample 7479).

The F Vein is one of several gold-bearing quartz vein systems hosted in the Late Triassic Solo Lake stock. The geometry of the vein systems is most apparent at the Solo (094D 012) and Bruce (094D 013) occurrences, where individual veins are arranged en echelon within northwest-striking zones that approach one kilometre in length. Individual veins strike more northerly than the overall system, and are inferred to occupy extensional fractures within dextral shear systems (Assessment Report 21394). The veins may be related to fault movements during the late stages of emplacement and cooling of the Solo Lake stock (Assessment Report 21394). Alternatively, the veins may be considerably younger, and related to the system of Late Cretaceous - early Tertiary dextral strike-slip faults that form some of the most prominent structures of the region (Fieldwork 2004, pages 109-130).

In 1985, Laramie Mining Corporation conducted work on the Goldway Veins consisting of further sampling of the "A" vein and prospecting and sampling in the surrounding area (Assessment Report 14105). D. J. Pawliuk mapped part of the property and discovered numerous previously unreported veins, including the F-vein first located on the north facing slope south of Solo (Bruce) Lake. The F vein has a strike length of 386 meters and contains sulphides at four points. Gold and silver values occur within the F vein (Assessment Report 14105). In 1985, Laramie's Goldway Peak property consisted of the following claims: Vi-1 (1948), Vi-2 (1949), Prospects (41471), And (4148), Much (4149), Pro (4150), Good (4155), Dar (4154) and FIT (4151) (see Figure 3, Assessment Report 14105). Thirty-six rock chip samples were collected from quartz veins and 4 rock chip samples were collected from vein wallrock.

Refer to also to Bruce (094D 013) and Goldway (094D 027) for related geological, bibliographic and work history details.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *14105, 21394, 37445
EMPR FIELDWORK 2003, p. 83-100; 2004, p. 109-130
EMPR OF 2004-5; 2005-4
GSC MAP 962A
GSC MEM 251, p. 259
GSC OF 342
GSC P 76-29

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