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MINFILE No 103F 061

File Created:	31-Mar-2016	by	Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:	05-Apr-2016	by	Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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		NMI
Name	BUCKHORN 2	Mining Division	Skeena
		BCGS Map	103F008
Status	Showing	NTS Map	103F02E
Latitude	053º 05' 11''	UTM	08 (NAD 83)
Longitude	132º 33' 02''	Northing	5884685
		Easting	664041
Commodities	Gold	Deposit Types	H : EPITHERMAL
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell

Capsule Geology

The Buckhorn 2 occurrence is located on the north side of Nobals Creek near Buck Point on the north western corner of Moresby Island.

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group) basaltic volcanics overlain by Upper Triassic Sadler Formation limestone. The Karmutsen rocks are interbedded with lenses of limestone and minor argillite. A variety of felsic volcanics occur throughout the area intercalated with Karmutsen mafic volcanics. These felsic rocks may be related to the Karmutsen eruptions or may be later intrusions. A granodiorite to tonalitic pluton, probably related to the Middle Jurassic San Christoval Plutonic Suite, intrudes the strata. The Karmutsen volcanics in this area strike northwest and dip shallowly southwest.

Locally, as defined by drilling, a silicified andesite hosts pyrite as disseminations and fracture fillings. In 1979, a drill hole (BH-6) intercepted 0.2 gram per tonne gold over 3.0 metres (Assessment Report 7951).

During 1977 through 1981, Chevron Standard Ltd. completed programs of silt sampling, prospecting and percussion drilling on the area as the Buckhorn 1-3 claims.

Bibliography

EMPR ASS RPT *7951

EMPR BULL 54

EMPR EXPL 1979-243; 1980-372; 1981-41,245

EMPR FIELDWORK 1997, pp. 19-1-19-14

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GSC MAP 1385A

GSC P 86-20; 88-1E; 89-1H, pp. 117-120; 90-10, pp. 465-487