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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  04-Aug-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name DONNYBROOK (L.12685), RENO - DONNYBROOK, LAKE, CLARENCE, NO. 3, MIDDLE, CRESCENT Mining Division Nelson
BCGS Map 082F015
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082F03E
Latitude 049º 11' 15'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 07' 44'' Northing 5448308
Easting 490608
Commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

The Reno-Donnybrook property is on the west limb of the western anticline in quartzites of the Lower Cambrian Reno Formation (correlative with rocks of the Hamill Group). The quartzites are in contact immediately to the west with argillites and calcareous argillites of the Lower Cambrian Laib Formation.

A series of quartz veins, containing visible gold, occur in Reno Formation quartzites, strike 012 degrees and dip vertically to steeply south. Gangue is quartz with occasional quartzite. Metallic sulphides are almost completely absent although visible gold occurs most frequently in areas of quartz stained with limonite.

On the Reno-Donnybrook property, seven parallel quartz veins called the Lake, Clarence, Donnybrook, No. 3 (Middle), No. 1 (or Reno Vein), No. 2, and Crescent have been identified north to south. South of the Crescent, quartz float indicates the possible presence of other veins. Most work has been concentrated on the No. 1, or Reno Vein, but the Donnybrook Vein, 518 metres north, is a well-defined 1 metre wide vein striking 080 degrees and dipping 80 degrees south. It is less oxidized than the Reno and gold values are lower. The Clarence and Lake veins to the north are similar to the Donnybrook Vein.

During 2008 through 2016, Yellowstone Resources Ltd. examined the area as the Sheep Creek property. In late 2016, Margaux Resources Ltd. optioned the property and in 2017 examined the area. A grab sample (SC17-BL01) from a dump located below the Donnybrook adit assayed 0.84 grams per tonne gold (Lane, R.A. (2017-08-17): NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Sheep Creek Project).

Refer to the Reno property (082FSW036) for a summary of the Sheep Creek mining camp.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1919-135; 1923-219; 1924-191; 1925-449; *1927-309
EMPR BULL *31, p. 23; 41; 109
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43; 1989, pp. 11-27;
1990, pp. 9-31
EMPR OF 1988-1; 1989-11; 1990-8; 1990-9; 1991-2
GSC MAP *299A; 1090A; *1145A
GSC MEM *172, p. 25; 308
GSC OF 1195
*Lane, R.A. (2017-08-17): NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Sheep Creek Project

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