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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  04-Apr-2022 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 093N2 Cu8
Name SRM, CIR, KLAW, JAY, S.R.M., SKOOK 1-2, WOOSS, CHUCHI SOUTH Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093N028
Status Prospect NTS Map 093N02E
Latitude 055º 14' 01'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 31' 21'' Northing 6121845
Easting 403179
Commodities Copper, Gold Deposit Types L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The SRM occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1170 metres on a south-facing slope, approximately 5.5 kilometres east of Lhole Tse Mountain.

The SRM (Klaw) occurrence covers several small mineral showings straddling the contact between green and maroon augite plagioclase porphyritic flows and agglomerates of the Lower Jurassic Chuchi Lake Formation (Takla Group) and Early Jurassic rocks of the Hogem Intrusive Complex. The original SRM showings are probably about 1.75 to 2.25 kilometres west (and south) of the accompanying plotted/listed coordinates, which are accurate for the Noranda drilling discussed below.

An orange-weathering chalcedonic quartz breccia vein exposed over a 15-metre area occurs about 250 metres southwest of Noranda drilling (Open File 19922-4). The vein is approximately 2 metres wide and strikes 162 degrees. Silicified and chloritized float in a gully 30 metres east of this contains chalcopyrite, pyrite, and malachite. One kilometre due south of the vein, disseminated chalcopyrite occurs in small swarms of quartz veinlets that crosscut equigranular, medium-grained salt and pepper diorite and heterogeneous pyroxenite/gabbro of the Hogem Intrusive Complex. The vein swarms have an average width of 4 metres and strike 110 to 115 degrees.

Approximately 250 metres northeast of the breccia vein showing, disseminated chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite hosted in augite plagioclase porphyritic volcanics have been documented from the diamond drilling program. The best value obtained was 0.39 per cent copper over 3.5 metres (Assessment Report 20314).

Work History

In 1967, Tro-Buttle Exploration Ltd. completed a program of soil sampling and geological mapping on the area as the Jay claims.

The SRM 1-20, 25-66, and CIR 1-20 claims were held in 1971 by S.E.R.E,M. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Serem Ltd., of Paris, which is owned by the French government. Work during the year included geological mapping, a geochemical soil survey, a magnetmeter survey over 37.7 kilometres, and trenching on SRM 9 and 11 claims. Further work during 1973 included a geochemical survey comprising 345 soil and 17 silt samples over 31.9 kilometres. Original reports state that chalcopyrite occurs in a volcanic sequence near the contact of syenite, with potassium-feldspar, silica, epidote, and chlorite alteration.

The Klaw One and Klaw Two claim groups were staked by Noranda Exploration Company Limited in 1987 and 1988 to cover an area of gold anomalous heavy metal concentrate samples. Encouraging soil copper-gold geochemistry and geophysical surveys led to the 1989 drilling of 29 drillholes, 6 of which are reported in government assessment report 20314 and total 619.90 metres. This drilling intersected zones of anomalous copper values but the highest-grade section was only 0.39 per cent copper over 3.5 metres in hole CH-89-09. Traces of chalcopyrite were observed to occur in narrow sections. As stated previously this Klaw drilling occurred about 2 kilometres east of the original SRM work/showing area, although in general the SRM claims appear to have covered the drill area.

In 1991 the Klaw groups were under option to BP Resources Canada Limited. BP carried out 24.5 line-kilometres of linecutting, 20.6 line-kilometres of induced polarization-resistivity survey, geologic mapping and rock sampling, and diamond drilling comprising one drill hole of 121.9 m length (Assessment Report 21807). However, most of this work (including the drillhole) appears to have occurred on gridded portion of the Klaw claim several kilometres to the southwest. No mineralization was reported.

Resampling of the 1989 drill cores yielded intercepts including 3.069 per cent copper and 0.09 gram per tonne gold over 1.1 metres (23.7 to 23.8 metres down hole) of chlorite-altered gabbro with quartz-chalcopyrite veining in hole 89-03; 0.648 per cent copper over 3 metres (49 to 52 metres down hole) of quartz-chalcopyrite veined and silica-flooded gabbro breccia with malachite, bornite and chalcocite along fractures in hole 89-12; 2.153 per cent copper and 0.527 gram per tonne gold over 3 metres (77 to 80 metres down hole) of chlorite-altered gabbro with 0.4-centimetre wide calcite veins hosting chalcopyrite in hole 89-13; 0.719 per cent copper and 0.114 gram per tonne gold over 5 metres (95 to 100 metres down hole) of gabbro-diorite containing fault gouge and broken quartz-carbonate-chalcopyrite veins in hole 89-25 and 4.369 per cent copper with 0.330 gram per tonne gold over 3 metres (33 to 36 metres down hole) of chlorite-altered biotite monzodiorite hosting a 0.2-metre wide quartz-calcite-chalcopyrite vein in hole 89-26 (Assessment Report 21807). The locations of these drillholes are not documented.

Nation River Resources held the area of the SRM (Klaw) showing within its Skook claims in the mid 1990s but no mention of work being done on these is reported. Refer to the Wit occurrence (093N 141) for details of a common work history pertaining to the entire Skook property (Assessment Report 24172).

In 2005, High Ridge Resources Inc. staked the area as part of the Chuchi property.

During 2009 through 2019, Ronald J. Bilquist conducted programs of prospecting, rock, and soil sampling and geological mapping on the area as the Chuchi 1-10 claims.

In 2020, Cirrus Gold Corp. completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping, rock sampling and an airborne magnetic survey on the area as the Chuchi South project.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK 1990, pp. 89-110; *1991, pp. 103-118
EMPR GEM 1971-196
EMPR OF 1991-3; *1992-4
GSC MAP 876A; 907A; 971A; 1424A
GSC MEM 252
GSC OF 2842
GSC P 41-5; 42-2; 45-9
Bravewolf Consulting (2020-12-21): NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Chuchi South Project, Central British Columbia
Bravewolf Consulting (2021-07-07): NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Chuchi South Project, Central British Columbia

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