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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  19-Jun-2012 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI 103P13 Ag14
Name WINDSOR, BLACK BEAR, LAURA (L. 5400), RAVEN, LAST CHANCE (L. 5401), GOLD BLUFF, RAVEN NO. 1 (L. 5402), RAVEN FR. (L. 5406), RAVEN NO. 2 (L. 5403), WINDSOR NO. 2 (L. 5399), WINDSOR (L. 5398), WINDSOR FR. (L. 5407), RAVEN NO. 4 (L. 5405) Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103P092
Status Prospect NTS Map 103P13W
Latitude 055º 57' 29'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 45' 46'' Northing 6201674
Easting 452376
Commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Windsor showing is located west of Bromley Glacier approximately 16 kilometres east of Stewart. The area was investigated initially in the early 1900s and has been sporadically explored up to 1974.

The area is underlain by argillite of the Middle Jurassic Salmon River Formation (Hazelton Group) intruded by a number of large diorite dikes. The argillite strikes approximately north and dips 40 degrees west.

The showing comprises crushed and silicified zones up to 6 metres wide which have approximately the same attitude as the host argillites. The main showing consists of 4.6 metres of quartz and silicified argillites mineralized with locally abundant pyrite, galena and sphalerite. Patches and lenses of galena and sphalerite contain high silver and low gold values. The main showing strikes 330 degrees and dips 40 degrees west. A number of smaller showings also occur in the vicinity.

The main zone has been investigated through several opencuts and a 23 metre crosscut tunnel. One cut yielded gold values of 18.2 grams per tonne across 1.5 metres (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1924, page 68).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1905-81; 1916-520; 1911-74; *1924-68; 1930-107
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 233-240; 1990, pp. 235-243; 2005, pp. 1-4
EMPR GEM 1974-326
EMPR MAP 8
EMPR OF 1986-2; 1994-14
EMPR PF (George Cross Newsletter, date unknown ca. 1974)
EMR CORPFILE (Tournigan Mining Explorations Limited)
GSC MAP 193A, 215A, 315A, 1385A
GSC MEM *32-55, 175-109
GSC OF 864; 2931; 2996
EMPR PFD 800430, 800432

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