MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 093M 116

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	25-May-2020	by	Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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		NMI	093M6 Au1
Name	BABINE, HOT	Mining Division	Omineca
		BCGS Map	093M035
Status	Showing	NTS Map	093M06E
Latitude	055º 22' 00''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	127º 04' 02''	Northing	6137300
		Easting	622490
Commodities	Gold, Silver	Deposit Types	I01 : Au-quartz veins I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Stikine

Capsule Geology

The Babine showing is located 42 kilometres east-northeast of Hazelton, on the south side of Thoen Mountain.

The showing consists of a small vein, 15 to 20 centimetres wide, carrying arsenopyrite and quartz (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1920). The vein strikes 065 degrees, dipping 65 degrees northwest. The host rocks are Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group quartzites.

Average samples reportedly contained from 8.36 to 20.05 grams per tonne gold ($5 to $12 per ton) and 34.28 to 102.84 grams per tonne silver (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1921, page 100).

Work History

The Babine vein was first described in 1921.

In 2008, co-owner of the Hot property John Ostler (2009) observed from a high-level helicopter flight that the area reported to host the Babine vein was south of the Main Hot gossan and within the confines of the Hot property mineral tenures (Assessment Report 30829).

In 2014, Xander Resources Inc. completed an airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over the Hot property totalling 937 line-kilometres.


Bibliography	EMPR AR *1921-100 EMPR ASS RPT 29873, 30829, 32996 EMPR MAP 69-1 GSC MAP 971A GSC P 44-24 Payie, G. (2014-03-17): Technical Report – Hot Property EMPR PFD 676342