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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  27-Jun-2013 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name ANOMALY, MAXI, FRASER, JUNIPER Mining Division Victoria
BCGS Map 092C080
Status Showing NTS Map 092C09E
Latitude 048º 44' 49'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 04' 12'' Northing 5399878
Easting 421342
Commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Anomaly occurrence is located on Long Creek, approximately 2.2 kilometres north east of its junction with the Robertson River.

The area is underlain by Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group volcanics consisting of lava, tuff and breccia of mainly basaltic to rhyolitic composition. It contains occasional interbeds and sequences of marine argillite and greywacke. A stock of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite lies to the southwest of the showings. The volcanics have been intruded by dykes and irregularly shaped bodies of granodiorite, granite porphyry and diorite porphyry. Limestone, reported to occur as lenses and roof pendants in both the volcanics and the intrusive, is probably related to the Quatsino Formation, Vancouver Group.

Two parallel east striking shear zones in andesite tuffs contain pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite in a skarn of actinolite and minor garnet. The western most zone has been exposed by bulldozing for about 46 metres along a 100 to 115 degree strike; and the eastern zone has been exposed roughly parallel to the first zone.

In the 1950’s, programs of trenching and ten X-ray diamond drill holes, totalling 150 metres, were completed. These yielded values between 0.6 and 3.0 per cent copper with one hole assaying 4.46 per cent zinc over 0.90 metres (Assessment Report 8209)

In 1980, Sonar Energy completed a program of rock and soil geochemical sampling and geological mapping on the Maxi claim. A 1.3 metre sample assayed 2.46 per cent copper, 0.08 per cent zinc and 19.89 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 8209).

In 1981, Strata Energy completed a program of soil geochemical sampling and geological mapping. In 1986 and 1989, programs of ground geophysical surveys were completed. In 2006, the area was staked as the Stag claim and a program of geochemical sampling and prospecting was completed. A sample, ST-2006-027, assayed 5.3 grams per tonne silver and greater than 1.0 per cent copper (Assessment Report 28583).

In 2011, a program of geochemical sampling was completed on the area as the Juniper claim. A sample, from an exposed trench, assayed 0.2423 per cent zinc, 64 grams per tonne silver and greater than 1 per cent copper (Assessment Report 32286).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1956-122; *1963-123; 1968-106
EMPR ASS RPT *8209, *9856, 15111, 19032, *28583, *32286
EMPR FIELDWORK 1989, pp. 503-510
EMPR GEM 1969-223
EMPR OF RGS 24
EMPR PF (Map of Diamond-holes, Hillcrest Copper, Anomaly Group, 1963;
*White, L.G. (1966): Report on the Fraser Property For Copper
Ridge Mines; *Seraphim, R.H. (1969): Report on the Robertson River
Claims of Albeta Mines Ltd. (see Alpha-Beta - 092C 039))
GSC MAP 1386A
GSC MEM 13
GSC OF 463; 821
GSC P 72-44; 76-1A; 79-30
EMPR PFD 5989, 5990, 5991, 5992, 5993, 896714

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