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File Created: 02-Dec-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  17-May-2021 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI 103I9 Cu14
Name WHITE BLUFFS, CROESUS 14, CROESUS 16, CROESUS 43, CROESUS PORPHYRY Mining Division Omineca, Skeena
BCGS Map 103I058
Status Showing NTS Map 103I09W
Latitude 054º 32' 27'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 26' 26'' Northing 6043842
Easting 536194
Commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Kleanza copper prospect (Croesus claims 1-130) covers Kleanza Mountain, about 12 kilometers north east of Terrace. Kleanza Mines Limited staked the initial Croesus group in 1965-66. During 1967-68, exploration work continued on the Croesus, Excelsior (130I 081), Gem (103I 136) and other properties.

The area is underlain by plutonic rocks of the Cretaceous to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex. The oldest rocks include coarse pegmatite and related quartz feldspar porphyry, which grades to quartz diorite porphyry. These rocks are intruded by quartz monzo- nite and a related igneous breccia. All the rocks are intruded by an east-striking, 5 metre wide quartz porphyry dyke.

Pyrite, chalcopyrite and locally, bornite and molybdenite, occur as fracture fillings and disseminations. Stockworks of quartz veinlets with selvages of sulphides are also present within leucocratic to pegmatitic phases of the intrusive. Alteration accompanying the mineralization includes sericitization, kaolinization and chloritization.

Trenching has exposed low grade, porphyry-style mineralization over a 400 metre by 200 metre area. A grab sample from one trench assayed 1.7 grams per tonne gold, 15.4 grams per tonne silver and 0.2 per cent copper (Assessment Report 12072). Scheelite has also been reported in the area.

Decade Resources Ltd. re-sampled the area of the White Bluffs showing as part of their Terrace Gold property exploration program in 2019, referring to it as the Croesus Porphyry. Sampling results for this area showed relatively low values of copper and other element concentrations, however only a small area was explored (Assessment Report 38909).

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1967-80-82; 1968-107
EMPR ASS RPT 1234, 1942, *12072, *17260, 38592, *38909
EMPR BULL 10 (Rev), p. 58
EMPR EXPL 1983-305; 1988-C201
EMPR GEM 1969-77,78; 1970-194,195; 1971-114; 1972-500,501
EMPR MAP 8; 69-1
EMPR OF 1991-17, 2006-3, 2007-4, 2008-3
EMPR PAPER 2009-01 pp. 7-20
EMPR PF (Rpt by *W.M. Sharp, 1966 in Kleanza Mines Ltd. Prospectus;
*McClintock, J.A. (1987): Report on the Croesus Gold Property in
Prospectus for Fircrest Resources Ltd., Apr.21, 1988; Various
sketch Maps)
EMPR PF Chevron (W.M. Sharp (1969): Geological Report Kleanza Mtn. and Hope Properties, Kleanza Mines Ltd.)
EMPR PF Placer Dome (J.R. Woodcock (1966): Property Examination Report - Croesus Property)
EMR MP CORPFILE (Kendal Mining and Exploration Company Limited)
GSC EC GEOL 17, p. 43
GSC MAP 11-1956; 278A; 1136A; 1385A
GSC MEM *205, pp. 36,37; 329, p. 81
GSC P 36-17, p. 64
CIM Special Vol. 15, Table 1 (by S.H. Pilcher and J.J. McDougall,
#110, 1976)
N MINER June 25, 1942, p. 26
V STOCKWATCH Aug.17, 1987
www.decaderesources.com

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