MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 092E 032

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	03-Mar-2022	by	Bronwen Wallace (BW)

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		NMI	092E8 Cu2
Name	PRINCE (L.572-579), BLACKBIRD	Mining Division	Alberni
		BCGS Map	092E049
Status	Developed Prospect	NTS Map	092E08W
Latitude	049º 27' 29''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	126º 19' 35''	Northing	5481814
		Easting	693744
Commodities	Magnetite, Iron, Copper	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell

Capsule Geology

The Prince - Blackbird occurrence is located in the north eastern head waters of Hesquiat Point Creek. It lies approximately 1.5 kilometres north west of the Bonthorne past producer (MINFILE 092E 011) and has been explored in conjunction with it.

A roof pendant of north striking, steeply east- dipping limestone and volcanics of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group overlies granodiorite of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. The limestone stratigraphically overlies the volcanics. Several major northwest trending faults, recognized on the Indian Chief, may extend to the occurrence.

A zone of massive magnetite, containing small amounts of copper (bornite on Bonthorne; unspecified at the Prince) occurs in a skarn zone and has been traced on surface for 60 to 70 metres.

In 1962, Paco Resources completed a program of geological mapping and a ground magnetometer survey on the area.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1899-793; 1900-923; 1901-1098,1100; 1902-232,307; 1903-192;

1904-27; 1906-186; 1922-230; 1923-244; 1928-372; 1929-375;

1963-101

EMPR ASS RPT *462, 463

EMPR EXPL 1973-229

EMPR PF (various maps, plans and reports in 092E 011 - Indian Chief-

Dowdney)

GSC MAP 1537A

GSC OF 463

GSC P 71-36; 72-44; 80-16

Carson, D.J.T., (1968): Metallogenic Study of Vancouver Island with

emphasis on the Relationship of Plutonic Rocks to Mineral Deposits,

Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa

Sangster, D.F., (1964): The Contact Metasomatic Magnetite Deposits

of Southwestern British Columbia, Ph.D. Thesis, University of

British Columbia

EMPR PFD 750582, 750583, 750584, 750585, 801323, 801407, 801851, 680532