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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  29-Jul-1991 by Carol I. Didson (CID)

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NMI 092J3 Au3,Ag1
Name BRANDYWINE NO. 2 ADIT, BRANDY Mining Division Vancouver
BCGS Map 092J005
Status Showing NTS Map 092J03E
Latitude 050º 03' 24'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 07' 55'' Northing 5544940
Easting 490555
Commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Gambier
Capsule Geology

The Number 2 adit is located along the south side of Brandywine Creek approximately three kilometres northwest of Brandywine Falls in the Pacific Ranges.

The showing lies along the western edge of the Callaghan Creek roof pendant comprising Lower Cretaceous Gambier Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks in contact with a dioritic phase of the Jurassic to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex. Felsitic porphyry dykes which intrude Gambier Group rocks are probably later than the diorite pluton.

The adit was driven in chlorite schist where scattered streaks of pyrite and sphalerite occur in somewhat silicified country rocks, associated with shear planes striking 150 degrees and dipping 70 degrees southwest. Approximately 60 metres southwest of the adit, a quartz lens, up to 1.5 metres wide, is hosted by sericite schist. A selected sample from the adit assayed 0.34 grams per tonne gold, 37.7 grams per tonne silver and 10.5 per cent zinc (Property File - O'Grady, 1936).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1925-A300; 1927-C365; 1929-C398; 1934-F14; 1936-F56
EMPR ASS RPT 3371, 5404, 9404, 19433, 20047
EMPR BULL 1932-1-144
EMPR EXPL 1976-E121; 1979-182; 1980-246
EMPR FIELDWORK 1977, pp. 96-102
EMPR GEM 1970-231; 1971-306; 1974-198
EMPR PF (*O'Grady, B.T. (1936): Special Report for the Minister of Mines Annual Report for 1936)
GSC OF 482
GSC P 75-1A, pp. 37-40
GCNL #233, 1979; #93, 1980; #122, 1984
N MINER Mar.4, 1982
Placer Dome File

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