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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  18-Jun-1988 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 093L14 Ag5
Name MAYFLOWER, LITTLE HEATHER, FRONT LINE, MILL 3, UPLAND, GG, YORKE-HARDY Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L074
Status Prospect NTS Map 093L14W
Latitude 054º 46' 50'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 19' 51'' Northing 6071650
Easting 607351
Commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Cobalt Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The showings occur as approximately parallel shear zone replacements in the Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group volcanics. The host rocks are comprised mainly of massive andesite, andesitic flows and tuff. The shear zones strike between 360 and 015 degrees and have a near vertical dip or a slight dip to the west. Mineralization consists mainly of pyrrhotite, minor galena, pyrite and arsenopyrite.

The Mayflower showing, at 1615 metres elevation, consists of 46 centimetres width of mineralized vein infilling with the central 30 centimetres comprised almost entirely of pyrrhotite. Associated sulphides include galena, arsenopyrite, pyrite, and minor chalco- pyrite. A 46 centimetre channel sample from this vein which is traceable for 91 metres assayed 0.69 grams per tonne gold, 171.4 grams per tonne silver (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1929, page 162).

On the Upland claim, at 1675 metres elevation, is a parallel vein sparsely mineralized with pyrrhotite and pyrite. An adit-drift, at elevation 1768 metres on the Upland claim, exposed a north-south vein with a slight dip to the west and a 122 centimetre width. The 46 centimetre centre is comprised of massive pyrrhotite. A channel sample taken across the width assayed 1.37 grams per tonne gold, 58.28 grams per tonne silver (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1929, page 162).

Verdstone Gold Corp. and Molycor Gold Corp. sampled on the GG claims in 1998. One 1.2-metre sample assayed 1.08 per cent copper, 0.02 per cent lead, 0.03 per cent zinc, 0.14 per cent cobalt, 89.1 grams per tonne silver and 2.48 grams per tonne gold (GCNL #142(July 24), 1998).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1909-84; 1911-119; 1912-115; *1929-162; *1930-139
EMPR ASS RPT 14300
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 195-208
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR PF (Mayflower Group Claim Map 1":1000')
GSC BULL 270
GSC MAP 971A
GSC OF 351
GSC P 44-23
GSC SUM RPT 1925A, p. 90
GCNL #142(July 24), 1998
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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