The Alpine showing is located in the north-central part of the Alpine claim (Lot 4927). The claim is on the east side of the Bear River Ridge, about 1200 metres east-northeast of Mount Shorty Stevenson and 1400 metres west of the Bear River, 14 kilometres north of Stewart.
The area is underlain by north striking, west dipping Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation (Hazelton Group) volcanics (Bulletin 58; 63). These rocks comprise mainly andesitic tuffs, breccias and flows that are intruded by north to northwest trending dikes.
Mineralization is hosted in intercalated andesitic breccias and flows. A strongly limonite altered quartz vein contains 1 per cent disseminated galena (Assessment Report 20744). A grab sample of the mineralization assayed 34.3 grams per tonne silver and 1.21 per cent lead (Assessment Report 20744).
Work History
The Dalhousie Mining Company Limited acquired the Dalhousie group, including the Alpine claim, and conducted exploration on the claims during 1925 through 1928. No work was reported on the showing. No further work was reported until 1979 when Tournigan Mining Explorations Ltd. conducted geological mapping, trenching, prospecting and sampling in the area. In 1983, Rich Lode Gold Corporation entered into an agreement with Tournigan and performed some prospecting near the showing. In 1986, Moche Resources Inc. acquired the immediately contiguous Rock of Ages claims (104A 135) and conducted a program comprising geological mapping, airborne, ground VLF-EM and magnetometer surveys and soil and silt geochemical surveys. No work was reported on the showing. In 1990, the Alpine claim was included in the Rock Royal claim group, owned by D. Javorski. The group was optioned to Calnor Resources Ltd. and Tenajon Resources Corp. who subsequently carried out a rock, silt and soil geochemical survey on the claim group in 1990. The showing was described that year. In 2017 and 2019, Bonanza Mining Corp. completed programs of prospecting, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and ground geophysical (induced polarization, magnetic and gravity) surveys on the area as the MC property.
