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File Created: 17-Nov-1987 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  18-Apr-2012 by Nicole Barlow (NB)

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Name MOUNT ARMOUR, ARMOUR Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 092P020
Status Showing NTS Map 092P01E
Latitude 051º 09' 36'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 06' 13'' Northing 5671606
Easting 702520
Commodities Copper, Zinc Deposit Types G06 : Noranda/Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Slide Mountain
Capsule Geology

The Armour property is located on Mount Armour, approximately 3 kilometres south east of the community of Barriere.

The area is underlain by basalts, cherts, argillites, wackes, conglomerates and limestones of the Paleozoic Eagle Bay assemblage. Pyritic massive sulphides and sulphide stockworks are hosted by cherts and argillites, and sit conformably with surrounding strata.

Chalcopyrite and sphalerite were observed in drill core with best values of 0.73 per cent copper over 1.44 metres and 4.1 per cent zinc over 1.04 metres; precious metal values were low (Assessment Report 16322).

Massive sulphide showings on Mount Armour have been known for some time with old prospect pits probably dating back to the early 1900s. Very limited diamond drilling was carried out by a local prospector, J.A. Fennell, in the late 1960s with inconclusive results. Craigmont Mines Ltd. carried out a soil, VLF-EM and magnetometer survey over the showings in 1979 and although anomalies were outlined, did not follow them up. In 1985, the partnership of Corporation Falconbridge Copper and Cutty Resources Inc. carried out linecutting and soil sampling over 10.3 kilometres of grid. In 1986, Minnova Inc. carried out diamond drilling totalling 410 metres in 5 holes. In 1998-2000, Rimfire Minerals Corp. conducted a limited exploration program of mapping and sampling. In 2007, Bitterroot Resources Ltd. completed a gravity survey program.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 7855, 15248, *16322, 25803, 26436, 30103
EMPR OF 1999-2
GSC MAP 1278A

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