MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 092K 009

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	11-May-1989	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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		NMI	092K3 Cu1
Name	WANDERER, WHYO, AJAX	Mining Division	Nanaimo
		BCGS Map	092K014
Status	Developed Prospect	NTS Map	092K03W
Latitude	050º 11' 24''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	125º 18' 11''	Northing	5562295
		Easting	335606
Commodities	Copper, Silver	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell

Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation basalts of the Vancouver Group. A shear zone occurs along the contact of volcanic rock and metamorphosed argillite. Mineralization is principally chalcopyrite within a quartz gangue. Chalcocite and bornite also occur.

Up to 55 metres of underground development work was completed on the Wanderer up to 1922. A sample taken from the dump assayed 15.5 per cent copper, 61.71 grams per tonne silver and trace gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1922).


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1899-807; 1902-236; 1907-160; 1920-216; 1921-224; *1922- 240; 1926-314; 1927-352; 1930-306; 1928-382 EMPR BULL 23; 40 GSC MAP 120A; 1386A GSC MEM 23, p. 146 GSC OF 463; 480 GSC P 70-1A, pp. 44-49; 71-1A, pp. 31-33; 72-1A, pp. 21-23; 73-1A, pp. 42,43 GSC SUM RPT 1913, pp. 53-75 EMPR PFD 895258