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MINFILE No 103P 233

File Created:	13-May-1989	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	11-May-2012	by	George Owsiacki (GO)

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		NMI	103P14 Ag1
Name	SAULT, KIT, FROG, KITSAULT, FROG NORTH, FROG SOUTH, KITS-JADE	Mining Division	Skeena
		BCGS Map	103P073
Status	Prospect	NTS Map	103P11W, 103P14W
Latitude	055º 45' 04''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	129º 29' 24''	Northing	6178488
		Easting	469244
Commodities	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Strontium	Deposit Types	G06 : Noranda/Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Stikine

Capsule Geology

The Sault showing occurs just south of Kitsault Lake, 30.5 kilometres north of Alice Arm. This zinc showing has been extensively investigated since its discovery in 1966.

The area is underlain by a sequence of volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Upper Triassic Stuhini Group and the Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group. The sequence is deformed into the north-northwest trending Mount McGuire anticline, and is regionally metamorphosed to greenschist facies.

The showing consists of a stratabound exhalative sulphate horizon with associated breccia, chert, diamictite and black limestone. The horizon occurs within a section of andesitic to dacitic tuff, lapilli tuff, breccia and basaltic flows of the Hazelton Group. These generally dip 15 to 20 degrees north.

The sulphate horizon extends discontinuously for 6.5 kilometres, but displays relatively continuous mineralization along a 800 metre strike length. The horizon is up to 8 metres thick, strikes 090 degrees and dips 20 to 38 degrees north. The horizon consists of banded barite-celestite, locally interbedded with limestone and chert, which contains lenses and laminae of pyrite, sphalerite and galena.

A 1989 exploration program resulted in the delineation of a new structurally controlled mineralized system known as the Frog North and Frog South showings which have a minimum 700 metre strike length. A continuous chip sample from the Frog South showing across 2.35 metres assayed 4.6 per cent zinc, 1.3 per cent lead and 73.36 grams per tonne silver (George Cross Newsletter No.235, December 7, 1989). The 1989 exploration program was conducted on behalf of owners Aber Resources Ltd., Oliver Gold Corporation and Tanqueray Resources Ltd. and also included five diamond-drill holes totalling 998.2 metres. No gold was found in association with the Kits mineralization, but an increasing trend in zinc-lead grades was indicated to the west. The best intersection was 4.95 grading 1.30 per cent zinc, 0.12 per cent lead and 26.5 grams per tonne silver in drillhole K89-11.

See Torbrit (103P 191) for more details.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1966-44

EMPR ASS RPT 1001, 13650, *15126, *15364, *20167

EMPR BULL 63

EMPR EXPL 1979-262; 1985-C377,C378; 1986-C431; 1987-C363,C364

EMPR FIELDWORK 1985, pp. 219-224; 1988, pp. 233-240; 1990, pp. 235-243; 2000, pp. 313-326 ; 2001, pp. 177-196; 2005, pp. 1-4

EMPR GEM 1999-2

EMPR MAP 8

EMPR OF 1986-2; 1994-14

EMPR PF (Cominco Exploration, FAME Application, 1987)

GSC MAP 307A; 315A; 1385A

GSC P *91-2, pp. 181-185

GSC OF 864; 2931

GCNL #235, 1989

V STOCKWATCH Dec.7, 1989

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