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File Created: 26-Aug-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  23-Aug-1999 by Janet M. Riddell (JMR)

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NMI 103H2 Au5
Name MILLBANK, PLATTENBERGER, CRAWFORD, CLAWHAMMER, PIE, GOLDEN ORE, BIG SLIDE, SLIDE TWO, SUMMIT Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103H008
Status Showing NTS Map 103H02E
Latitude 053º 02' 39'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 31' 36'' Northing 5877288
Easting 531733
Commodities Gold Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Alexander
Capsule Geology

The showing is located about 3.2 kilometres north of Swanson Bay, at an approximate elevation of 183 metres. The showing was owned by J. Plattenberger, of Swanson Bay, prior to the 1920s. Considerable surface work was done on the showings and a 49-metre crosscut adit was driven.

In 1923 the showing was restaked by E.H. Crawford as the Millbank Group, consisting of the Millbank, Clawhammer, Pie, Golden Ore, Big Slide, and Slide Two claims. During 1924 the crosscut was extended to a length of about 122 metres, cutting the vein at a depth of 94.5 metres below the surface. The Summit claim was staked, possibly covering in part the Big Slide and Slide Two claims.

An auriferous pyritic quartz vein, 1.8 to 3.6 metres wide and traceable for 300 metres, occurs in sericite schist. The vein strikes 170 degrees and dips 54 degrees northeast.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1923-46; 1924-45
GSC MAP 23-1970; 1385A
GSC P 70-41
GSC SUM RPT 1921A, p. 35

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