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File Created: 22-Aug-2012 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  19-Nov-2020 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI
Name SNOW, LISA, INHINI Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104B064
Status Showing NTS Map 104B11W
Latitude 056º 36' 12'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 131º 23' 03'' Northing 6275775
Easting 353650
Commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Snow showing is located on Claude Mountain approximately11 kilometres south of Iskut River, 113 kilometres northwest of Stewart, B.C. and 62 kilometres northeast of Wrangell, Alaska.

SNOW is a quartz vein showing on the Lisa Property. The property is primarily underlain by Devonian to Permian Stikine assemblage marine sedimentary and volcanic rocks which is overlain by Devonian to Permian Stikine Assemblage limestone, marble and calcareous sedimentary rocks. These are in turn overlain by Upper Triassic Stuhini Group marine sedimentary rocks which cap the higher portions of the Property. These volcanic and sedimentary rocks are intruded by Late Triassic and Early Jurassic intrusions primarily in the eastern portions of the property. These include the Late Triassic Seraphim Mountain Pluton quartz monzonitic intrusive rocks, the Early Jurassic Zippa Mountain dioritic intrusive rocks and the Early Jurassic Gamsby Complex or Red Mountain (Goldslide) Stock dioritic intrusive rocks.

In 1989, Corona Corporation prospected the Lisa 1, 2, 5, DD2 and JJ2 claims (of the Inhini property) and collected 31 heavy mineral, 25 silt and 141 rock samples (Assessment Reports 19972). In 1990, Link Resources Inc. carried out a 700-kilometre airborne magnetic and EM survey over the entire Inhini Property (Assessment Report 20972).

A narrow (50 centimetre wide) shear-quartz vein cuts the sediments. Discontinuous quartz veinlets in this shear are up to 30 centimetres wide by 15 to 20 metres long and contain pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, malachite, azurite and arsenopyrite. Several samples were taken along this structure. Most yielded low gold and silver values; however sample 82272, a composite grab sample of a discontinuous 30 centimetre wide quartz vein on this shear structure, assayed 2658.54 grams per tonne silver, 34.29 grams per tonne gold, 0.5 per cent copper, 4.10 per cent lead and 1.81 per cent zinc (Maps 5d and 6d, Assessment Report 19972).

During 2017, Cazador Resources Ltd. completed a compilation and review of previous geological, geochemical and geophysical data, and Peter E. Walcott & Associates Limited undertook a heliborne magnetic survey over the southern part of the Lisa Property (Assessment Report 37025). Cazador's 2018 field program consisted of 17 rock samples from the Snow area. Four samples form the Snow vein system had elevated levels of gold with 0.43 gram per tonne, 2.21 grams per tonne, 1.94 grams per tonne and 0.40 gram per tonne obtained from a greater than 2 kilometre strike length (Assessment Report 37890).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 19971, *19972, 20972, 37025, 37890
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR GM 1997-03
EMPR OF 1989-10; 1990-16; 1994-1; 1992-1; 1992-3; 1998-10; 2011-4
EMPR P 2019-01 pp 97-11, 2015-1 pp 41-58, 2015-1 pp 87-101
EMPR PFD 905165
GSC MAP 311A; 9-1957; 1418A
GSC MEM 246, p. 25,74
GSC P 89-1E, pp. 145-154
GBR 2013-05
CJES 49 PP 1027-1052

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