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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  09-Dec-2013 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name BROOKLYN (L.701) Mining Division Alberni
BCGS Map 092F042
Status Showing NTS Map 092F05W
Latitude 049º 24' 02'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 45' 31'' Northing 5475645
Easting 299863
Commodities Gold, Lead Deposit Types I06 : Cu+/-Ag quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Brooklyn occurrence is located on a ridge north east of Penny Creek and approximately 400 metres west of the Bedwell River.

The area is underlain mainly by volcanics of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation, Vancouver Group. In the Bedwell River area these consist of fine grained andesites and black or dark green basalts. Some lenses of recrystallized limestone also occur. Large areas to the immediate west of the head of Bedwell Sound and a few kilometres to the north are underlain by rock of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Intrusions. These plutonic rocks on Vancouver Island vary in composition from gabbro to quartz monzonite but are mainly granodiorite and quartz diorite.

Locally, a surface cut running at 030 degrees exposes a northward dipping fracture, as well as other fractures branching off that strike almost due east and dip southward at moderate angles. The fractures are filled with quartz which carries some pyrite and a little galena. The main vein is up to 10 centimetres in width near the central part of the exposure but is only about 1 centimetre wide at the north end. Branching veins swell to 20 centimetres near the southern end of the exposure. The host rock is reported to be a fine grained volcanic.

A sample taken from the main vein where it has a 9 centimetre width assayed 10.97 grams per tonne gold and a trace of silver. A sample taken from a branch vein where it has a 13 centimetre width contained 41.83 grams per tonne gold and a trace of silver (Bulletin 8).

In 1970 and 1971, W. Guppy completed programs of soil sampling and geological mapping on the area as the Tie and Braw claims. In 1988, Intercontinental Ventures completed a program of geochemical sampling, geological mapping and a ground electromagnetic survey on the area as the Prosper property. In 1991, Golden Hinde Mines completed a program of soils sampling and ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1899-792; 1902-232; 1903-192; 1928-372; 1929-375
EMPR ASS RPT 2997, 3629, 17620, 21444
EMPR BULL *8, p. 27; 13
EMPR EXPL 1985-C149, 1988-C85
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 61-74
EMPR PF (Sketch of Seattle group showing position of tunnels and open
cuts (located in Seattle (092F 054) file)
GSC MAP 17-1968; 1386A
GSC MEM 204, p. 25
GSC OF 463
GSC P 68-50; 72-44; 79-30; 80-16
Carson, D.J.T. (1968): Metallogenic Study of Vancouver Island With
Emphasis on the Relationships of Mineral Deposits to Plutonic
Rocks, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University
EMPR PFD 7752

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