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File Created: 27-Nov-1991 by Steve F. Dudka (SFD)
Last Edit:  04-Apr-2022 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name CLAW, CATHEDRAL Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 094C003
Status Showing NTS Map 094C03W
Latitude 056º 05' 49'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 25' 44'' Northing 6219528
Easting 348912
Commodities Copper, Gold Deposit Types L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Claw occurrence is located on a ridge crest about 5.5 kilometres north of Haha Creek and approximately 57 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

At the showing, malachite staining occurs with massive crystalline specularite and magnetite in a vein 15 centimetres wide found in rubble and subcrop on a ridge top. The ridge is underlain by monzonite of the Early Jurassic Hogem Plutonic Suite.

In 1991, a sample taken at this location assayed 0.115 gram per tonne gold and 0.113 per cent copper (Open File 1992-11, Map Number 27). The rock is reported to be ankerite altered.

Work History

In 2012, Thane Minerals Inc. carried out exploration at multiple areas on the Cathedral property including the Tenakihi (094C 071), Link (094C 123), Osilinka (094C 050), Cathedral (094C 109, 181), Gail (094C 72, 133), Cirque (093N 093), and Lake (094C 188) zones. Exploration consisted of silt sampling, soil and talus fine sampling (contour and gridded), rock sampling, and geological mapping. A total of 36 silt samples, 785 soil and talus fine samples, and 749 rock samples were collected. Approximately 1525 hectares were geologically mapped at 1:10,000 scale. Analyses of soil and talus fine samples and selected rock and silt samples have been carried out by x-ray fluorescence (XRF).

In 2020, Interra Copper Corp. completed a program of geological mapping, geochemical (rock, soil and stream sediment) sampling and a 14.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Thane property.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK *1991, pp. 127-145; 1992, pp. 109-134
EMPR OF *1992-11; 1993-2; 1995-6; 1996-19
EMPR ASS RPT 33947, 39595
EMPR GEOS MAP 2001-4
EMPR PRELIM MAP 9
EMPR PFD 650237, 672098
GBC 2021-01, pp. 105-120
GSC MEM 274
GSC MAP 1030A
GSC 864
Vanderwart Consulting Inc. (2021-07-12): Technical Report on the Thane Copper-Gold Project, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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