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File Created: 29-Apr-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  04-Aug-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name MITCHELL, MUSKATEER, D'ARTAGNON (L. 4071), D'ARTAGNON NO. 1 (L. 4069), WOLVERINE (L. 3797) Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103P073
Status Prospect NTS Map 103P12E
Latitude 055º 42' 08'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 30' 54'' Northing 6173059
Easting 467634
Commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Mitchell vein is located 0.4 kilometre east of the Kitsault River, 25 kilometres north of the town of Alice Arm. A soil sample survey carried out by Dolly Varden Mines led to the discovery of this silver-bearing vein in 1971.

The area is underlain by a sequence of volcanics and sediments of the Upper Triassic Stuhini Group and the Lower-Upper Jurassic Hazelton Group. The sequence is folded into the doubly plunging, north-northwest trending Kitsault River syncline. This sequence has been regionally metamorphosed to greenschist facies.

The Mitchell showing is comprised of a west-northwest trending quartz-carbonate vein that has been traced for 244 metres in propylitized andesitic tuff of the Hazelton Group. In surface exposures it varies from 0.3 to 2.3 metres in width. Its eastern extension has been segmented by a series of faults displaying dextral movement. Mineralization comprises pyrite, galena and sphalerite in a gangue of quartz and carbonate. A grab sample from the eastern extension of the vein assayed 79.5 grams per tonne silver, 11.0 per cent lead, 4.40 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 7098, page 28).

During 2010 through 2019, Dolly Silver Corporation explored the area as apart of the Dolly Varden property. A complete property exploration history can be found at the Dolly Varden (MINFILE 103P 188) occurrence.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1916-79; 1922-353; 1951-100,101
EMPR ASS RPT *7098, 21562
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR FIELDWORK 1985, pp. 219-224,327-330; 1988, pp. 233-240; 1990, pp. 235-243; 2005, pp. 1-4
EMPR GEM 1971-125,126; 1972-508,509
EMPR MAP 8
EMPR OF 1986-2; 1994-14
EMPR PF (Dolly Varden Mines Ltd. Annual Report, 1971; Mitchell, M.A. (1973): Geological Report)
EMR MP CORPFILE (Dolly Varden Mines Ltd.)
GSC MAP 307A; 1385A
GSC OF 864; 2996; 3453
*Devlin, B.D. (1987): Geology and Genesis of the Dolly Varden Silver Camp, Alice Arm Area, Northwestern British Columbia, University of British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis
Garrow, T. (2011-09-05): Technical Report - Geology and Mineral Exploration of the Dolly Varden Property
Higgs, A.A. (2015-03-18): 2015 Technical Report for the Dolly Varden Property
Higgs, A.A. (2015-05-01): Amended 2015 Technical Report for the Dolly Varden Property
Higgs, A.A. (2015-09-30): 2015 Technical Report for the Dolly Varden Property
Turner, A.J. (2019-05-08): Technical Report and Mineral Resource Update for the Dolly Varden Property
EMPR PFD 521133

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