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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  14-Apr-2015 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI 093L14 Zn3
Name TRIXIE, MILL, SHED Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L084
Status Showing NTS Map 093L14W
Latitude 054º 52' 40'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 18' 06'' Northing 6082512
Easting 608964
Commodities Zinc, Manganese, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
D03 : Volcanic redbed Cu
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Trixie showing lies within Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group volcanics comprised of andesitic flows, tuffs, and breccia. In 1926, Douglas Lay described the showing as "very feeble mineralization" showing malachite staining in a decomposed and sheared andesite exposed on the east bank of the creek for about 61 metres at elevation 640 metres. A sample from the copper stained outcrop yielded no significant values. A piece of siderite taken from a vein nearby was found to contain 10 per cent zinc and 3 per cent manganese. The metals are presumed to be hosted as a zinc carbonate within a quartz-carbonate vein.

In 2005, Tim Johnson discussed two copper and/or silver-bearing 'showings' but it is not clear if these were just float. The Mill was variably said to be hosted in zeolitic basalt and to be comprised of float boulders. The rock contained malachite and native copper. The Shed zone is a possible sheared zone zone in andesite or it may in fact be the float boulder occurrence that was named as the Mill. A Shed zone samp1e (STJ-05-15) yielded over 100 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 27947).

Work History

The Trixie claim was owned by F. Castell in 1926. It is situated on the north-eastern slope of Hudson Bay Mountain on an unnamed creek flowing into Toboggan Lake about 1.6 kilometres from Evelyn. In 1926, government geologist Douglas Lay visited the Trixie showing.

In 1985, copper mineralization was noted in the vicinity by Tim Johnson while exploring for potential gravel sources for farm road construction. In 2004 well-mineralized proximal float was noted on the property approximately 500 meters from the original showing. The Shed 1-6 claims were subsequently staked. In 2005, Johnson discovered the Shed and Mill showings, possibly float. Johnson failed in his attempt to locate the Trixie.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1926-131
EMPR ASS RPT *27947
EMPR EXPL 1999-19-31
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 195-208
EMPR MAP 69-1
GSC BULL 270
GSC MEM 223, p. 126
GSC OF 351
GSC P 36-20; 44-23
Kirkham, R.V., (1969): A Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of the Zonal Distribution of Ores in the Hudson Bay Range, British Columbia, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin

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