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File Created: 08-Jul-2021 by Del Ferguson (DF)
Last Edit:  17-Jul-2021 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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Name OPOLE Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103I076
Status Showing NTS Map 103I15W
Latitude 054º 46' 03'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 50' 28'' Northing 6068940
Easting 510221
Commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Opole occurrence consists of two mineralized quartz vein samples from a mountain stream area west of Kitsumkalum Lake, 31.5 kilometres northwest of Terrace, B.C.

The Kalum Lake showing area is underlain by Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sediments of the Bowser Lake Group comprised mainly of argillite, greywackes and conglomerates. Generally, the sediments strike west and dip 75 degrees to the north. Stocks comprised of granodiorite, diorite and quartz monzonite of the Late Cretaceous to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex intrude the Bowser Lake sediments. High grade gold-bearing quartz veins fringe the Allard stock near its contact with Bowser Lake Group country rocks. The stock consists of hornblende-biotite granodiorite to diorite. The Allard stock is also described as a composite pluton with an eastern syenitic phase.

In 2019, Gold Fountain Resources Inc. undertook a program of rock, soil, and silt sampling on their Kalum Gold property, resulting in the discovery of two new gold showings (Poznan and Opole). Rock samples KA-4 and KA-10 from the Opole occurrence returned 1290 and 3874 parts per billion gold accompanied by highly anomalous arsenic of more than 10,000 parts per million and elevated lead values of 134.8 and 870.9 parts per million are associated with 30 to 40 centimetre wide fault zone (Assessment Report 38630).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1922-47-49; 1923-48; 1924-48; 1925-69; 1926-74; 1927-63; 1928-422; 1930-74; 1940-53; 1941-41,42; 1945-52
EMPR ASS RPT 8299, 13303, 16026, 27417, 27892, 30479, 33752, *38630
EMPR EXPL 1980-397; 1984-377; 1987-C359; *2003-12,13; *2004-32,33
EMPR P 2005-1 pp 67-82; 2006-1 pp 109-115
EMPR MAP 8
EMPR PF (*Collins, D.A. and Arnold, R.R. (1987): Report on the Kalum Lake Property, in Statement of Material Facts #31/88 for Terracamp Developments Ltd., Apr. 25, 1988; *Cavey, G. and Chapman, J. (1987): Report on the 1987 Drilling Program for the Kalum Lake Claims, in Prospectus for Terracamp Developments Ltd., Jul. 22 , 1987; Statement of Material Facts #52/88 for Terracamp Developments Ltd., Jun. 15, 1988)
GSC MAP 11-1956; 278A; 1136A; 1385A
GSC MEM *205, pp.15-17; 329, p. 75
GSC P 36-17, p. 22-24; 36-20, p. 31
GSC SUM RPT 1923A, p. 42
GCNL #214, 1985; #174, 1987
PR REL Eagle Plains Resources Ltd., Feb.20, Mar.24, Jun.4, Aug.19, Sept.*30, 2003; Dec.12, 2004; Aug.5, 2005; Jan.18, 2006; Nov.4, 2009; Mountain Capital Inc., Dec.12, 2008; Windstorm Resources Inc., Oct.8, 2010
*Daignault, P.M., Sharp, R.J. (2007-12-27): 2007 Exploration and Geological Report for the Kalum Property
Lefebure D., P.Geo, 2016. Technical report for Gold Fountain Resources Inc., Sept. 4, 2016
Murton, J.W. (2009-11-20): 2009 Exploration and Geological Report for the Kalum Property
Hutter, J.M. (2012-02-22): Technical Report for the Kalum Property

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