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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  27-Nov-2018 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name SAR, COPPER HILL, ANDERSON, SACK Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 092I048
Status Showing NTS Map 092I08W
Latitude 050º 24' 35'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 25' 54'' Northing 5587340
Easting 682484
Commodities Copper, Silver, Molybdenum Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
I06 : Cu+/-Ag quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Sar occurrence is located south of Hollis Creek, approximately 1 kilometre south west of its junction with Moore Creek.

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Nicola Group andesite and basalt with thin interbedded sedimentary and pyroclastic rocks. Diorite to gabbro dykes and plugs occur within the Nicola Group rocks. To the west the area is underlain by pink-grey quartz diorite. The contact between this unit and the Nicola Group trends north, as do fractures and topographic lineaments.

Locally, several old hand-trenched pits expose quartz veins, varying from 0.3 to 1.5 metres wide, hosting pyrite and chalcopyrite mineralization. The veins are emplaced along a shear zone in biotite chlorite schist, garnetiferous aplite and quartz hornblende feldspar gneiss. In 1972, a select sample of mineralized vein assayed 1.18 per cent copper and 36.9 grams per tonne silver (Property File - C.M. Rebagliati [1972-12-11]: Report - Webber Project 1972).

Another mineralized quartz-feldspar vein, varying from 5 centimetres to 2.4 metres wide, is reported to host small pockets of pyrite and molybdenite in fractured zones. The vein strikes 40 degrees east, dips steeply to the west and has been exposed over a length of 93 metres. In 1972, a select sample (4601) assayed 6.72 per cent molybdenite and 4.4 grams per tonne silver (Property File - Twin River Resources Ltd. [1972-08-11]: Prospectus Report on the Sack Claim Group).

In 1973, a diamond drill hole, located approximately 500 metres north east, is reported to have yielded 68.4 grams per tonne silver over 9 metres (Property File - G.H. Rayner [1980-04-13]: Moore Creek Property Examination).

During 1970 through 1972, Newconex Canadian Exploration completed programs of geological mapping and soil and rock sampling on the area. In 1973, Triex Resources completed a geochemical soil sampling program on the area as the Sar claims. Also at this time, Sumitomo Mining completed programs of electromagnetic surveys and an unknown amount of diamond drilling on the area. In 1980 and 1981, Esperanza Explorations completed a program of soil and rock sampling and electromagnetic surveys on the area as the Anderson property.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 4326
EMPR EXPL 1989-119-134
EMPR GEM 1973-192
EMPR PF (E.A. Ramsay [1971-11-01]: Detail Map - Hollis Creek Area - Webber Project; P.W. Richardson [1972-07-07]: Progress Reports - Webber Project; Triex Resources Ltd. [1972-08-11]: Prospectus Report on the Sar Claim Group; *Twin River Resources Ltd. [1972-08-11]: Prospectus Report on the Sack Claim Group; Newconex Canadian Exploration Ltd. [1972-11-20]: Geology Map - Hollis Creek Area; Newconex Canadian Exploration Ltd. [1972-11-30]: Geochemical and Geophysical Map - Hollis Creek Area; G.R. Webber [1970-12-01]: Report on Kamloops Webber Project - 1970; *C.M. Rebagliati [1972-12-11]: Report - Webber Project 1972; Dupont of Canada Expl. [1980-04-03]: Geochemical Analysis Data Sheet - No. O-117 - Anderson Property; unknown [1980-04-08]: Letter Re: Moore Creek Exam; *G.H. Rayner [1980-04-13]: Moore Creek Property Examination; unknown [1980-05-01]: Geochemical Sketch Map - Copper - Anderson; Ranger Oil (Canada) Ltd. [1980-05-01]: Geochemical Map - Copper ppm - Hollis Creek Project; Welcome North Mines Ltd. [1980-06-03]: Certificates of Analysis - 1980 Core and Soil - Anderson; Esperanza Explorations Ltd. [1980-06-09]: Certificate of Analysis - No. 53200; Welcome North Mines Ltd. [1980-09-15]: Certificates of Analysis - 1980 - Anderson; Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd. [1980-11-17]: Geochemical Assay Certificate - No. 80-1454 - Anderson; Esperanza Explorations Ltd. [1981-02-01]: Surface Plan - Anderson; Esperanza Explorations Ltd. [1981-02-01]: Crone EM Survey - Profiles - Anderson Claims; Esperanza Explorations Ltd. [1981-02-01]: Soil Geochemistry - Silver - Anderson Claims; Esperanza Explorations Ltd. [1981-02-01]: Soil Geochemistry - Zinc - Anderson Claims; Esperanza Explorations Ltd. [1981-02-01]: Soil Geochemistry - Copper - Anderson Claims; Esperanza Explorations Ltd. [1981-02-01]: Geology - Anderson Claims; Esperanza Explorations Ltd. [1981-04-07]: Certificate of Analysis - No. A8110606-001-A - Anderson; Goldbrae Developments Ltd. [1987-01-05]: News - Goldbrae Developments Ltd. - Owns the Anderson claims; G. Salazar & Associates Ltd. [1987-02-10]: News - Lectus Developments Ltd. - Description of Project - Anderson and Bay claims)
GSC MEM 249
GSC OF 980

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