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File Created: 27-Mar-1990 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  11-Dec-2012 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name KM, TRIPLE CREEK Mining Division Alberni
BCGS Map 092F004
Status Showing NTS Map 092F03E
Latitude 049º 03' 51'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 14' 15'' Northing 5437000
Easting 336560
Commodities Zinc, Copper Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The KM (Triple Creek) occurrence is located on an easterly flowing creek, approximately 3.5 kilometres east of Kite Lake.

The area is primarily underlain by metavolcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation, Vancouver Group. Overlying the Karmutsen rock is the Upper Triassic Quatsino Formation, also of the Vancouver Group, consisting of massive limestone.

Pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite showings are reported to be common in the area of interest, particularly skarn-type, but of little significance. A sphalerite occurrence is the only noteworthy showing in the area and is reported to be a fault/skarn related deposit hosted by fine-grained mafic volcanics. Ministry staff have determined that it is not skarn related (I. Webster and G. Ray, personal communication, 1991).

In 1905, the area was originally staked as the Red Rover Property (MINFILE 092F 034). In 1983, J. Barakso acquired the property and completed silt, soil and rock chip sampling programs. In 1985, Falconbridge optioned the property and completed exploration programs including 332 metres of diamond drilling. In 1987, Electrum Resources optioned the property to Freemont Gold Corp. and completed programs of VLF-EM and magnetometer surveys, soil and rock sampling and geological mapping. In 1988, Canora Mining joined the joint venture and completed a twenty hole diamond drilling program, totalling 2,087 metres. Between 1991 and 2011, Electrum Resources completed various programs of VLF-EM and geochemical surveys in the TOQ zone, including five diamond drill holes totalling 826 metres (MINFILE 092F 542).

In 2009, sampling of sulphide veins hosted in a basalt assayed up to 450 parts per billion gold, 63 grams per tonne silver, 9.98 per cent copper and 9.5 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 31247).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 12466, 14188, *15685, 16782, *31247, 32682
EMPR EXPL 1984-156, 1985-C144, 1987-C142
GSC MAP 17-1968; 1386A
GSC OF 463
GSC P 68-50; 72-44
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

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