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File Created: 07-Feb-1992 by William (Bill) Coombe (WC)
Last Edit:  01-May-2019 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name KNOB 2, TOC 15, TODD CREEK Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 104A022
Status Showing NTS Map 104A05E
Latitude 056º 15' 07'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 44' 35'' Northing 6234369
Easting 453960
Commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Knob 2 showing is located 1000 metres east of the headwaters of Todd Creek and 17 kilometres south of the confluence of Todd Creek and the Bowser River, about 37 kilometres north-northeast of Stewart.

The area is underlain by Hazelton Group rocks of the Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation (Bulletin 63). These rocks predominantly comprise a thick sequence of green and maroon andesite flows and breccias.

Mineralization consists of a narrow (15-centimetre-wide) quartz vein containing about 8 per cent galena and 2 per cent pyrite. The vein is hosted in light green-grey andesite. A grab sample from the vein assayed 3.13 per cent lead, 78.1 grams per tonne silver and 0.11 per cent zinc; copper and gold values were negligible (Assessment Report 21097).

From 1986 to 1987, Noranda Exploration Limited staked the Toc 1-15 claims to cover showings in the Todd Creek area. During 1986 and 1990, Noranda completed geological mapping, silt and soil geochemical surveys, induced polarization and magnetometer surveys, and diamond drilling in the area (mainly on the Todd Creek North (104A 105, 106) and F 1 Zones (104A 107)). In 1990, Noranda conducted a heliborne VLF-EM and magnetometer survey over the claims and reconnaissance mapping and soil and rock geochemical surveys on the Toc 13-15 claims; the showing was reported that year. Refer to Todd Creek-South zone (104A 001) for a detailed work history of the Todd Creek property area showings.

In 2017 stream sediment samples were collected by Millrock Resources Inc from streams that drained the mountain slope area where Knob 2 is located. The highest copper results from the 2017 sampling was recorded in a single sample located about 650 metre northwest from Knob 2. This sample (W366286) yielded 553 parts per million copper, 60 parts per billion gold and 0.78 part per million silver (Assessment Report 37268, Table 3 and Map 2a(1)). Results from the two stream tributaries draining the area closest to the plotted location Knob 2 were much less interesting.

Refer to Todd Creek-South zone (104A 001) for a detailed work history of the Todd Creek property.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR MAP 8
EMPR OF 1987-22; 1994-14
EMPR PF (In 082M 141 - Goldnev Resources Inc., SMF No. 34/89, July 1989)
GSC MAP 9-1957; 1418A
GSC OF 2582; 2779
EMPR PFD 825718

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