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File Created: 15-Oct-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  08-May-2021 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI 103I15 Ag4
Name MOTHERLODE Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103I077
Status Showing NTS Map 103I15E
Latitude 054º 46' 59'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 41' 16'' Northing 6070695
Easting 520080
Commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Motherlode occurrence is situated in the southwest corner of the Lucky Strike property on a ridge top forming the north edge of the Maroon Creek valley, approximately 5.5 kilometres east of Kitsumkalum Lake, 30 kilometres north-northwest of Terrace, B.C.

The area is underlain by slates and argillites of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group. The sediments, which strike 40 degrees and dip 25 degrees northwest, are intruded by a small quartz diorite stock and a coarsely crystalline hornblende gabbro dyke.

Talus blocks of vein quartz are mineralized with pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and tetrahedrite. A sample assayed 651 grams per tonne silver, 1.4 grams per tonne gold, 4.4 per cent zinc, 0.03 per cent copper and trace lead (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1930). The source vein has not been located.

In 2016, J2 Syndicate Holdings Ltd. and Goliath Resources Ltd. completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping, hand trenching and rock (41) and stream sediment (4) sampling on their Lucky Strike property. The 2016 geochemical survey returned assays up to up to 24.7 grams per tonne gold, 188 grams per tonne silver, 2.04 per cent copper, 8.34 per cent lead, 0.26 per cent molybdenum, 0.13 per cent tungsten and 6.3 per cent zinc in quartz veins containing massive pyrite on the newly discovered Prosperity Trend. The 650 metre by 250 metre area Prosperity Trend is in the central portion of the Lucky Strike property at the headwaters of two prolific placer creeks, Lorne Creek draining eastward, and Douglas Creek draining westward.

A SkyTEM aerial electromagnetic survey was flown over the Lucky Strike Property in 2017 for a total of 563 line km. Magnetic anomalies were found to highlight apparent intrusives at several locations, they generally corresponded with resistive zones in the SkyTEM data as well as with anomalous 2016 sampling. Several new areas of interest were identified as a result of this electromagnetic survey: Kahuna, Douglas, Lorne and Prosperity North (Assessment Report 36902).

An NI 43-101 Technical Report was completed on the property in 2017 for Goliath Resources Limited and a second comprehensive report was completed in 2018 including work done during the 2017 field season. The program consisted of reconnaissance and follow-up prospecting, geological mapping and geochemical sampling. Sampling during the 2017 and 2018 field season resulted in the definition of new zones of mineralization.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1920-41; 1921-43; 1922-49; 1923-48; 1924-48; 1925-69;
1926-74; 1927-64,397; 1930-74; 1931-36; 1932-51
EMPR ASS RPT 36902, 37976, 37542, 38970
EMPR MAP 8
GSC MAP 11-1956; 278A; 1136A; 1385A
GSC MEM *205, pp. 21,22; 329, pp. 76,77
GSC P 36-17, pp. 33,34
GSC SUM RPT 1923A, pp. 42-44
PR REL Goliath Resources Limited Oct 24, 2017; Jan 8, Feb 26, July 5, July 18, Aug 13, Oct 2, 2018; Jan 15, Jul 29, Aug 15, Aug 26, Sep 3, Oct 28, 2019; Dec 2, Dec 29, 2020; Jan 5, 2021
www.goliathresourcesltd.com
EMPR PFD 17961, 830125

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