The Cottonwood showing is located near the El Capitan prospect (092C 019), on the flanks of El Capitan Mountain.

The area is underlain by porphyritic basalt of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation, Vancouver Group.

The showing consists of a continuous shear zone which contains lenses of quartz and iron oxides. Pyrite and pyrrhotite occur locally with the iron oxides. The shear zone has been traced for 150 metres and is up to 9 metres wide, with up to 1.8 metres mineralized. The shear zone trends 070 degrees and dips steeply to the north. Material from an old dump is reported to have contained massive pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and erythrite coatings.

Work History

During 1927 through 1929, three short adits and two open-cuts were developed on the property. The upper adit, located at an elevation of 1212 metres, is approximately 18 metres long, while the two lower adits are located down-slope of the upper adit with the lower adit being located at an elevation of 1174 metres and was driven for approximately 15 metres.

In 1955, a sample of oxidized shear, taken 6 metre from the face of the upper adit, is reported to have assayed 4.11 grams per tonne gold and 20.6 grams per tonne silver over 0.61 metre (Harrington, E. (2010-10-22): Technical Report on the El Capitan Property).

In 1979, Pacer Ex. completed a program of geochemical sampling and a ground electromagnetic survey on the area as the Cap claim.

In 1986, Dayton Dev. completed a program of geochemical sampling, geological mapping and trenching on the area as the Capitan and Spaniard claims.

In 1989, Omega Gold Corp. completed programs of rock, silt and soil sampling, geological mapping, and ground geophysical surveys. Fourteen rock samples from the middle adit yielded values from 0.03 to 19.05 grams per tonne gold, 0.1 to 15.6 grams per tonne silver and 0.002 to 0.925 per cent copper, while a 2-metre long chip sample from the back of the upper adit assayed 5.73 grams per tonne gold, 13.7 grams per tonne silver and 1.559 per cent copper (Harrington, E. (2010-10-22): Technical Report on the El Capitan Property; Property File - Dayton Developments, 1989).

In 2004 and 2005, the area was prospected by D. Herriot as the El Capitan property. In 2008, Cuda Capital Corp. completed a program of helicopter-borne magnetic and VTEM surveys on the area as apart of the El Capitan Property.