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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  01-Apr-2021 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI 103P12 Pb2
Name VIMY RIDGE Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103P062
Status Showing NTS Map 103P12E
Latitude 055º 40' 58'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 41' 48'' Northing 6170994
Easting 456196
Commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Vimy Ridge showing is located about 9.0 kilometres northeast of Hastings Arm on the north side of O'Neil Creek (Kshwan River). The showing was investigated in 1922 for its polymetallic mineralization.

The region is underlain by a sequence of volcanics and sediments of the Upper Triassic Stuhini Group and the Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group that is intruded by the Eocene Coast Plutonic Complex to the west. These rocks have been regionally metamorphosed to greenschist facies.

The showing consists of a quartz breccia vein hosted in Hazelton Group andesite(?). It is 0.6 to 1.8 metres wide and has been traced for at least 30 metres. The vein is heavily mineralized with galena, sphalerite, pyrite and chalcopyrite in a gangue of quartz containing andesite and quartz diorite breccia fragments.

2018 exploration works on the Golddigger property by Goliath Resources Ltd. focused on areas east of Hastings Arm, including Vimy Ridge. Highlights include discoveries of multiple breccias, stockworks, and veins containing high grade gold and polymetallic mineralization. Exploration focused on extensive areas of recent glacial and snowpack abatement. Both an airborne magnetics survey and a LiDAR survey were completed on the property. The magnetic data shows multiple linear magnetic low breaks, one of which is correlated very well with the Goldswarm structural trend. The magnetic linear break on Goldswarm defines a strong five kilometre-long NW-SE magnetic break that is believed to be associated with the gold mineralization observed at Gold Swarm, approximately 3.5 kilometres south of Vimy Ridge. One hundred and seven (107) chip/grab samples and twenty-one (21) channel samples were collected during the 2018 field season (Assessment Report 37783).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1922 to 1934
EMPR FIELDWORK 1985, pp. 219-224; 1988, pp. 233-240; 1990, pp. 235-243; 2005, pp. 1-4
EMPR Paper 2017-1
EMPR OF 1986-2; 1994-14
EMPR OF 1986-2, 1994-14, 1996-13
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR MAP 8
GSC MAP 307A; 315A; 1385A
GSC MEM 175, p. 103
GSC OF 864
PR REL Goliath Resources Ltd. Nov 28, 2017; Mar 2, 2018; Nov 26, 2018; June 12, 2019; Oct 22, 2019; Aug 12, 2020; Sep 23, 2020; Nov 20, 2020; Nov 25, 2020; Jan 6, 2021

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