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On the BLACK BAY OPAL PROPERTY Kamloops Mining Division British on the BLACK BAY OPAL PROPERTY Kamloops Mining Division British Columbia NTS 082L112W For M. Bobyk 5849 Westwynd FalMand, BC VOE 1WO BY R.C. Wells, P.Geo., FGAC v1s iP9 May 12,2003 B R. C. Wells, P.Gt*o.,FGAC. Kamloops Geological Services Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 1 1.1LOCATIONANDACCESS ............................................ 1 1.2PHYSIOGRAPHY .................................................... 3 1.3PROPERTY ......................................................... 3 1.4 EXPLORATION HISTORY ............................................ 5 1.5 REGIONAL AND LOCAL GEOLOGY ................................... 5 2.0 BLACK BAY OPAL OCCUILRENCES ........................................ 9 2.1INTRODUCTION .................................................... 9 2.2 APRIL FIELD EXAMINATION ......................................... 9 2.3 PRELIMINARY COMMENTS ON BLACK BAY OPALS ...................12 3.0 CONCLUSIONS ......................................................... 14 4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................... 15 5.0 REFERENCES .......................................................... 16 6.0 STATEMENT OF QUALIF1:CATIONS ....................................... 17 0 7.0 STATEMENT OF EXPENCCTURES ......................................... 18 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX A PLATES 1 TO 7 ......................................... At Rear LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 1 Property Location Map ............................................. 2 Figure 2 Black Bay Property Claim Locations ................................... 4 Figure 3 Regional Geology and Precious Opal Occurrences ........................ 7 I LIST OF TABLES I Table 1 Black Bay Property Claim Information ................................. 3 i I Table 2 Precious Opal Occurrences Vernon-Kamloops Area ....................... 8 ~ I c, R . C. Wells. P. Geo., FGAC. Kamloops Geological Services Ltd . ~ 1 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION This is a short report on the Black Bay Opal Property located near Monte Creek in the Kamloops Mining Division of British Columbia and was requested by the owner. There have been several recent discoveries ofcommon and precious opal in the ridge area on the Black Bay mineral claim in the northern pari of the property. This report is based on a two day field examination of the opal occurrences and surrounding area in the company of the owner Mike Bobyk. The fieldwork was followed by research, opal sample examination and preparation of this report. This report has a dual purpose and is being used for both assessment work credit and property promotion-reference. The author is an independent consulting geologist based in Kamloops, BC. He is not and accredited gemologist but does have an extensive background in mineralogy, petrology and mineral exploration including epithermal (lower temperature) gold deposits. 1.1 LOCATION AND ACCESS The Black Bay Property (the property) is located in south-central British Columbia, 25 kilometres cast of Kamloops (Figure 1 ) and approximately 6 kilometres southeast of the settlement of Monte Creek. Map coverage is by NTS sheet 82L112 (west half) with the centre of the claim group having approximate UTM coordinates of 0294540E and 5608700N. The Kamloops-Vernon Highway 97 and CN rail line follow the Monte Creek valley proximal to the eastern property boundary. Access to the property from Highway 97 is via the Barnhartvale road from the Ducks Meadow railway crossing west for 2.5 kilometres. From this point access is through a locked gate (north side) opposite the Flatt ranch then north and cast via a series of ranch trails with sever.31 gates. These yield excellent access to most parts R. C. Wells, P. Geo., FGAC. Kamloops Geological Services Ltd. I Figure 1: PROPERTY LOCATION MAP 3 of the property. The area covered by the mineral claims is on private ranchland, permission is required for access to the property from the gate on the Barnhartvale road. 1.2 PHYSIOGRAPHY The property lies in an upland area of gentle rolling hills and northwest trending ridges with the South Thompson river valley to the north and Monte Creek valley to the east. Elevations on the property are in the 640 to 5'20 metre range. Local outcrops of bedrock occur along ridge tops and low cliffs (up to 20 metres high) mainly in the northern area. Much of the property area is cleared ranchland with local stands of mature pine on the higher ground. There is little surface drainage which is largely restricted to a few small swamps and intermittent drainages. 1.3 PROPERTY The Black Bay Property consists of 5 continguous mineral claims in the Kamloops Mining Division of British Columbia and are 100% owned by Mike Bobyk of Falkland BC (owner number 143560). There are in total 5 two-post (single unit) claims covering approximately 125 hectares with locations shown on Figure 2 and tenure data in Table 1. TABLE 1: BLACK BAY PROPERTY CLAIM INFORMATION Tenure Claim Name Owner Map Work Status Number Number Recorded To 143560 100% 082L051 2003.07.09 Good Standing 2003.07.09 082L051 2003.10.12 Good Standing 2003.10.12 082L051 2003.10.12 Good Standing 2003.10.12 397060 I BLACKBAY 3 I 143560 100% I 082L051 I2003.10.09 I GoodStanding 2003.10.09 I 397061 BLACK BAY 4 143.560 100% 082L051 2003.10.09 Good Standing 2003.10.09 0 Figure 2: BLACK BAY PROPERTY CLAIM LOCATIONS 5 c, As mentioned earlier the mineral claims are on private land. In 2002 M. Bobyk made agreements with both R. Nichol and H. Flatt (ranchers) for access and surface work. 1.4 EXPLORATION HISTORY There are no records of any previous exploration for semi-precious or precious stones in the claim area. The Tertiary age volcanic rocks between Vernon and Kamloops have been explored by rockhounds for semi-precious and decorative stones such as agate, chalcedony, amethyst and common opal throughout the last century. Significant interest was generated by the discovery of precious opal near MiGregor Creek in 1991 followed by the development of the Klinker Opal Deposit by Okanagan Opal Inc. (23 kilometres WNW of Vernon). Adequate reserves have been identified for a small scale mining operation, commercial production is however dependent on developing a market for Klinker precious opal (R. Yorke-Hardy, 1999). c) Preliminary exploration for agate in 2001 resulted in the discovery of common and precious opal (and agate) in float ;and bedrock basalt by the owner. This was followed by the staking of the Black Bay mineral claim. Further opal discoveries along the cliff by the owner and friends in 2002 resulted in the resi:aking of the Black Bay and addition of Black Bay 1,2,3and 4 two-post claims between July and October 2002. Further prospecting and limited stripping of bedrock in 2003 has revealed common opal and local patches of precious opal in several areas proximal to the original discoveq. These are spaced over a 150 metre length along the cliff. 1.5 REGIONAL AND LOCAL GEOLOGY The Monte Creek area is located in the Intermontane Belt of the Canadian Cordillera in the southern part of the Quesnellia Tenane. Within this section of Quesnellia the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic age Nicola Group features basic metavolcanic rocks with local metasediments (siltstones and phyllite). These unconformably overlie metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks 10 R. C. Wells, P.Geo., FGAC. Kamloops Geological Services Ltd. 6 L, of the Harper Ranch Group (Devonian to Triassic). Both these formations are intruded by Middle Jurassic age granitic rocks. An extensive cover of volcanic (dominated) rocks of the Kamloops and Penticton Groups (Eocene age) stretches from Kamloops Lake to Okanagan Lake and forms much of the higher ground. The extent of the Kamloops Group volcanic cover is clearly apparent in Figure 3 taken from the geological map by A.G. Jones in GSC Memoir 296 for the Vernon map area (1959). More detailed mapping of the Kamloops Group in the area is available from Peter Read’s work in 1996 (Explore BC.). This mapping covers Robbins Range and Ducks Meadow west and south of the property. The most widespread unit consists of grey aphanitic to weak porphyritic (augite i olivine) basalt, andesite and lesser dacite volcanic flows (EDva) with some interflow breccia. A large component of volcanic breccia (Edvax) is indicated in the Robbins Range area. The same report by Read i(1996) also addresses the industrial mineral and precious metal potentials. Read draws attention to the widespread occurrence of agate in lavas, scattered common opal and rare precious opal. The discovery of precious opal on the Klinker claim in 1991 and Ewer in 1992 (Figure 3)were the first recorded in British Columbia and Canada. Read identified 2 precious opal occurrences all on NTS sheet 82L/5E. These are shown on Figure 3 and outlined in the Table below. c, R. C. Wells, P.G.eo., FGAC. Kamloops Geological Services Ltd. C C C Precious Opal 01 Powerline 02 lngram C.reek 03 Klinker Figure 3: Regional Geology and Precious Opal Occurrences ~ .. ~ . ~~ .~ ~. ~ . 8 TABLE 2: PRECIOUS OPAL OCCURRENCES VERNON-KAMLOOPS AREA Property Commodity Status Location Minfile Easting Northing Number 82L/5E Precious Opal Showing LF03 14430 LF5587200 082LSW Ingrm Creek 82L/5E Precious Opal Showing LF03 14430 LF5587200 082LSW 03 I KlinkerProperty I 82L/5E I PreciousOpal I Producer I LF0314430 I LF5587200 I 082LSW I (See Figure 3) The Klinker property of Okanagan Opal Inc. features several concentrations of precious opal hosted by Kamloops Group volcanic breccias and lahar with thin andesite or
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