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File Created: 15-Jun-2012 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  22-May-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name FALLS, ALPINE, JAN, FORREST Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104B077
Status Showing NTS Map 104B15E
Latitude 056º 45' 52'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 41' 27'' Northing 6292430
Easting 396635
Commodities Gold, Copper Deposit Types I : VEIN, BRECCIA AND STOCKWORK
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Falls showing area is underlain by Devonian sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Stikine Assemblage. The Devonian Forrest Kerr Pluton is in contact to the immediate west of the Stikine package. Plutonic rocks consist primarily of Late Devonian granite and diorite.

The showing consists of a 20 to 30 centimetre wide quartz vein containing minor chalcopyrite and good local gold values. It is exposed along the canyon wall on the north side of the creek, downstream from a moderate waterfall.

The prospector's discovery grab sample assayed 22.11 grams per tonne gold with 0.32 per cent copper (Assessment Report 20562).

Several other samples in the vicinity, such as indicated as the Alpine showing, were high copper and gold (Figure 65, Assessment Report 20562).

The Jan showing is plotted in the sample vicinity as the Falls and Alpine showings. At the Jan zone auriferous arsenopyrite bearing quartz veins and red oxidized gold bearing shears are reported in an andesite host. The veins have a dominant eastward strike and dip 45 degrees to the south. Soil samples collected at the Jan showing defined two separate gold anomalies with variably associated copper and arsenic values. Anomaly 1 in the Jan showing area corresponds directly with gold-arsenic quartz vein and shear zone mineralization hosted by andesite that was discovered while trenching.

Refer to the Forrest occurrence (104B 380) for a common work history of the Forrest Property.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *20562, 23629, 24156, 31193, 32548
EMPR BULL 104
EMPR GEOS MAP 1997-03
EMPR OF 1990-02; 1990-16
GSC MAP 9-1957; 311A, 1418A
GSC MEM 246
GSC P 89-1E, pp. 145-154
Lehtinen, J. (2012-11-20): 2011 Technical Report on the Forrest Project
EMPR PFD 803486

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