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File Created: 26-Oct-2018 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  27-Nov-2018 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name TR-14, WARD, JEWEL (L.2785), SUPERIOR (L.2786) Mining Division Greenwood
BCGS Map 082E046
Status Showing NTS Map 082E07W
Latitude 049º 27' 08'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 53' 49'' Northing 5479459
Easting 362517
Commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The TR-14 occurrence is located on an east-facing slope above Wasmes Creek, at an elevation of approximately 1260 metres.

The area is underlain by quartz diorite related to the Jurassic Westkettle pluton (Nelson Intrusions) and Upper Paleozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Wallace Formation (Anarchist Group). Locally, these rocks consist of fine grained andesitic tuffs and lava flows, chert and volcanic derived sedimentary rocks with some interbedded limestone trending to the north.

Locally, a north-trending, 0.5-metre wide shear hosted by diorite contains quartz-pyrite-chlorite veins adjacent to a 10-metre wide zone of disseminated pyrite. In 2000, a select sample of vein material from trench 14 assayed 14.49 grams per tonne gold and 0.342 per cent copper (Property File - R.E. Gale [2001-02-21]: Summary - Ward Group-Gold Prospect).

Another zone of mineralization, consisting of a mineralized quartz vein exposed by a trench, is reported a short distance to the southeast, on the Jewel claim. In 1994, a sample assayed 38.7 grams per tonne gold and 0.48 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 23835).

The area has been historically explored in conjunction with the Kingston (MINFILE 082ESE244) and Barnato (MINFILE 082ESE109) occurrences to the north. Numerous pits, trenches, shallow shafts and adits are reported on the Superior and Jewel claims, to the northwest and southwest.

In 1994 and 1995, Phelps Corporation of Canada, Limited conducted programs of prospecting, geological mapping, soil sampling and diamond drilling on the area. In 1997, Emjay Enterprises Ltd. optioned the property from Phelps Dodge Corp. and carried out some geological mapping, sampling, and an induced polarization survey, and, in 1999, the work continued with additional mapping, soil geochemical programs and a ground magnetic survey. In 2000, a program of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping, trenching and a 9.4 line-kilometre ground electromagnetic survey was completed.

Bibliography
EMPR AEROMAG MAP 7686G
EMPR ASS RPT *23835, *26369
EMPR EXPL 2002-51-62
EMPR OF 2008-1
EMPR P 2008-1
EMPR PF (J. Millican [1964-08-12]: Letter Re: Attached summaries of the following four groups of claims: Pathfinder-Little Bertha Group, Lakeview Group, Riverside Group, Ivanhoe-O.K. Group; L. Sostad [1983-12-01]: Progress report - Kettle Group; Northair Group [1990-04-01]: Geology and Gold Anomaly Map - Barnato; Carmac Resources Ltd. [1991-01-01]: Summary - Barnato; Emjay Enterprises Ltd. [1997-09-01]: Preliminary Geology Map - Roi Dan Ward; *R.E. Gale [2001-02-21]: Summary - Ward Group-Gold Prospect; Jet Gold Corp. [2004-06-08]: News Clipping - New property acquired; Jet Gold [2004-07-30]: News Clipping - Jet Gold to acquire Ward property)
GBC MAP 2016-07-1
GSC MAP 37A; 6-1957; 1736A
GSC MEM 79
GSC OF 481; 637; 1969

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