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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  01-May-2015 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name PAGET, ANNULAR, LUI Mining Division Victoria
BCGS Map 092C089
Status Showing NTS Map 092C16W
Latitude 048º 49' 11'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 21' 42'' Northing 5408309
Easting 400047
Commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead Deposit Types I06 : Cu+/-Ag quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Paget showing is located on a southern facing slope over Hauk Creek, approximately 7 kilometres south of Caycuse on Cowichan Lake. The workings are located at 808 and 758 metres elevation and consist of an upper and lower tunnel.

The area is underlain by granite, diorite and granodiorite of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite.

The upper tunnel was driven at 070 degrees for 18.3 metres on a well-defined quartz vein. The vein is about 1.8 metres wide and is mineralized with arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and minor galena. High gold values have been reported, but the values must be sporadic because a sample from the dump containing arsenopyrite assayed negative results.

The lower tunnel, almost parallel with the upper tunnel, was also reported to be 18.3 metres long. The tunnel is flooded however and therefore cannot be explored. This tunnel was apparently in gravel and no ore was encountered.

In 1980, Union Miniere completed a program of soil sampling and prospecting on the area as the Lui claim. In 2013, the area was prospected as the Annular claim.

Bibliography
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EMPR ASS RPT 8805, 34020
EMPR BULL 37
EMPR FIELDWORK 1977, p. 23; 1986, pp. 223-229; 1987, pp. 81-91; 1989, pp. 503-510
EMPR MP MAP 1992-2
EMPR OF *1987-2; RGS 24, 1990
EMPR PF (In General File: B.C. Forest Products Road Map, Cowichan Lake Area, 1963)
GSC MAP 1386A
GSC MEM 13
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Carson, D.J.T. (1968): Metallogenic study of Vancouver Island with emphasis on the relationships of mineral deposits to plutonic rocks, Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University
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