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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  05-Oct-2021 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI 104M8 Au1
Name WHITE MOOSE-SOUTH (L. 12), TITAN, OCCURRENCE E, FEE, ICE 2 Mining Division Atlin
BCGS Map 104M049
Status Showing NTS Map 104M08W
Latitude 059º 28' 06'' UTM 08 (NAD 83)
Longitude 134º 17' 11'' Northing 6592420
Easting 540440
Commodities Silver, Lead, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Nisling, Stikine, Cache Creek, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The White Moose-South showing is located on the west shore of Taku Arm, about 2.25 kilometres south of the mouth of Buchan Creek.

Quartz veining occurs in Devonian to Middle Triassic pelitic schists of the Boundary Ranges Metamorphic Suite near the contact with Early Jurassic granodiorite of the Aishihik Plutonic Suite. Foliations in the schist strikes east-southeast and dips moderately south. In general, these Boundary Range metamorphic rocks are described as greenstone and greenschist metamorphic rock.

The White Moose South vein is 1.8 to 3 metres wide and dips 50 to 70 degrees southwest. The vein contains disseminated galena and chalcopyrite. A collapsed adit and dump occur at the location of the showing.

The dump contains quartz vein material with disseminated pyrite and host rock fragments with pyrite blebs up to 6 millimetres across. A sample of the latter assayed trace gold, 53.14 grams per tonne silver, 0.13 per cent lead, and 0.01 per cent copper (Assessment Report 8384).

Work History

This property is located on the west shore of Tagish Lake, with the claims extending south from Buchan Creek. The showings were staked in about 1899 by Young, Johnson, and Grant, officials of the White Pass Railroad. Development work was carried on until 1902, when the property was acquired by a local Atlin syndicate; this group carried on development work until about 1904. In about 1913 the property, consisting of 8 claims (the Pansy, Rose, Buttercup, Calder, Primrose, Daisy, Merry, and Daffodil), was acquired by Messrs. Partridge and Egerton. Development work on the North vein consists of a shallow shaft and a drift adit. On the South vein two drift adits have been run in a short distance.

In 2011, White Moose-South was not visited by Blue Gold Mining Inc., though all three of the other White Moose showings were (see 104M 009, 012 and 072). It was reported, however, that four of the White Moose showings (including White Moose-South) coincide spatially with significant magnetic breaks as revealed in the 2011 airborne geophysical survey that covered the entire Titan property.

Refer to Titan (104M 089) for further details of the Titan property, of which the White Moose showings are part of.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *8384, *19827, 30365, *33152, 34573, 37317, 38252
EMPR AR 1901-985; 1904-81; 1918-93; 1933-82
EMPR BULL 105
EMPR FIELDWORK 1989, pp. 175-179, 181-196, 197-203; 1990, pp. 139-144, 153-159
EMPR OF *1990-4
EMPR PF (In 104M General File - Claim map of 104M, 1970; Claim map of 104M 08 and 09, 1970)
EMPR PFD 810422
EMPR RGS 37, 1993
GSC MAP *19-1957; 94A; 711; 1418A; 1426
GSC MEM 37
GSC OF 427; 2225, p. 42; 2694
GSC P 69-01A, pp. 23-27; 77-01A; 78-01A, pp. 69-70; 90-01E, pp. 113-119; 91-01A, pp. 147-153; 92-01A
GSC SUM RPT 1906, pp. 26-32; 1911, pp. 27-58
Kenwood, S. (2010-12-24): 2010 Exploration Report for the Titan Property

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