Exploration in British Columbia I 9 Province of British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Hon. Jack Davis, Minister ReDrint 1986 MINEW RESOURCES DIVISION GEOLOGICAL BRANCH British Columbia Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under tit,le: Exploration in British Columbia. -- 1.9'75- Annual. With:Geology in British Columbia, ISSN C823-1257; and,Mining in Brj.tishColumbia, ISSN 0823-1265; continues: Geology, exploration, andmining in British Columbia, ISSN 0085-1027. 1979 published in 1983. Issuing body varies: 1975-1976, Ministry of Mincs and PetroleumResources ; 1.977- , Ministr?y of Energy, Mines and PetroleumResources. JSSN 0823-2059 = Exploration in British Columbia 1. Prospecting - British Columbia - Periodica.ls. 2. Geology, Economic - British Columbia - Periodicals. I. British Columbia. Ministry of Mines andPetroieum Resources. 11. British Columbia. Ministry of Er'ergy, Mi.nes andPetroleum Resources. TN27O.1975 E96622.1'09711 VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA FEBRUARY 1986 PREFACE BACKGROUND The first Minister ofMines of theprovince of British Columbia was appointedin 1874. One of hisresponsibilities was "theduty of collectinginformation on the subject of themining industries of the Province".This material, which consisted of reports by the Gold Commissionersand the Mining Recorders of theprovince, was published in the AnnualReport of the Minister of Mines. A Bureauof Mines was established by Parliamentaryauthority in 1895 and in 1896 was staffed by a ProvincialMineralogist and an assayer/chemist. Technicalreports on mines andmining activities were prepared by them and published in the Annual Report,together with reports contributed by the MiningRecorders and Gold Commissioners. Over theyears, with the expansion of the mining industry, the staff of the Department of Mines grew, as did the number and size of the technical reports on geologyand mining that were still published in the Annual Report of the Minister ofMines. Over a periodof nearly 75 years the AnnualReport became known as the authoritative record of mining in the province. However, because of the size to which the Annual Report hadgrown, it was decided in 1969 to publish all geologicaland technical reports dealing with solid minerals in a separate volume entitled Geology,Exploration andMining in British Columbia.Thus a new annualpublication was initiated with chapters on exploration andmining related to metals, placer,structural materials and industrialminerals, andcoal. In 1975 a revisedformat was introducedfor Geology,Exploration and Mining in British Columbia to allowthe three main sections to be releasedas soon as preparedwith the whole to be eventually bound togetheras a volume. The separatesections are: Mining in British Columbia -- a record ofmining inthe province plus the Chief Inspector's report; Exploration in British Columbia -- a record of the performanceof theindustry in exploration; andGeology inBritish Columbid -- a record of the mappingand research of the GeologicalDivision of the Mineral Resources Branch. The Geology in British Columbia section hasbeen discontinued with the final edition covering 1977-1981. Beginningwith the 1981 edition of Explorationin British Columbia, a computerizedformat based only on assessment reportssubmitted was introduced to furtherimprove the timeliness of information release. Although this 1984 editionhas heencompiled from the ASSESSMENT REPORT INDEX computer file, it hasbeen formatted in the style of the 1980 and earlier editions. iii SOURCES OF INFORMATION Assessment reports on geology,geophysics, geochemistry, drilling, and prospecting are theprimary source of detailedtechnical data submitted by the mineralexploration and development industry. Ministry staff geologistsprepare reports on mineralizedareas, deposits, andmines which may be extractedfor this volume. Some statisticalintormation is provided by the Mineral Titles Branchand the Mineral Policyand EvaluationBranch. As in 1983, the 1904 editiondeparts from the traditions of earlier editions up to 1980 by notincorporating data collected by annual explorationquestionnaires. Compilation procedures by the Resource Data andAnalysis section havebeen streamlined to reducethe tiwe-consuming research on totalclaim holdings, ownership, and references. The 1984 edition of Explorationin British Columbia include:; assessmentreports submitted up to March 31, 1985. Any assessmentreports submittedafter this date will appear in the 1985 edit-ion. ORGANIZATION The propertydescriptions that form the body of this edition are presented in two sections:minerals and coal. The mineralssection has been computersorted. Initially properties are grouped in ascendingorder of 1:250 000 scale NTSmap sheets(for example,82E) and furthersubdivided by 1 :50 000 east and west half map sheets(for example,82E/ZE). Within a half map sheetthe properties are arrangedalphabetically. The coalproperty descriptions are grouped by coalfieldand assigned a sequential item number (Cl-Cl7). The minerals and coal sections have separateindices of property names, operators,and authors with the page number asthe location key. A computer-plottedindex map (backpocket) at thescale of 1:2 000 000 shows thelocation of exploration as outlinedin the assessment reports. Themap legendrelates property names andcommodities to eachassessment report number*. The coal assessment reports are indicated by a sequential item number. The following are explanations of thevarious components of eachproperty description: NAME Most often the name or names given to a property are those used for the Mineral1nventoq"MINFILE. This is oftenthe nameby which theproperty was originally or formerly known (for example, Glacier Gulch, Magnum). If there is noMineral Inventory name associated with the work described in the assessment report, the first claim name is selectedand used as theproperty name. iv *The first digit ( 1) of thefive-digit assessment report nrimber hasbeen omitted on the map (for example, AssessmentReport 11500 is displayedas 1500 on themap). ASSESSMENT REPORT The number listed is assignedto the report when it is accepted under the Mineral Act and Mineral Act Regulations. INFORMATION CLASS The reports are now classified asto information value. “Info Class” values range from 1, the highest, to 4, the lowest. LOCATION The latitude and longitude given is either the centreof the property or the area of major work. Mining Division and NTS designationis that of the main showing(s1 or for the majority of the claims. In cases where claims are locatedin mre than one NTS sheet,up to two NTS designations are given. CLAIMS Up to 15 claim names are listedon which work has been carried out. OPERATOR The individual or the company that did the work and forpaid it is listed. A company name may be followedby abbreviations: ASSOC. (ASSOCIATES or ASSOCIATION) INV. (INVESTMENTS) CAN. (CANADIAN or CANADA) FIN. (FINANCIAL) CONS. (CONSOLIDATED) MANUF. (MANUFACTURING) CONSTRU. (CONSTRUCTION) MIN. (MINING or MINERALS) CONSUL. (CONSULTANT) MINES (IN FULL) DEV . (DEVELOPMENT) PARTN. (PARTNERSHIP) ENG . (ENGINEERING) PETR. (PETROLEUM) ENT . [ENTERPRISE(S)I PROS. (PROSPECTING) EX. [EXPLORATION(S) 1 RES. (RESOURCES) IND . (INDUSTRY or INDUSTRIES) SYND. (SYNDICATE) INF. (INFORMATIONAL) VENTURES (IN FULL) INT. (INTERNATIONAL) co., LTD., CORP., and INC. are omitted. AUTHOR The person or persons (up to two) who wrote the assessment report that forms the basisof the property description are listed. COMMODITIES The listing is derived from the commodities associated with the Mineral Inventory-MINFILE property name. Whena claim name is used asa substitute property name commodities are not listed. V DESCRIPTION A capsulegeological description of theproperty may includelithology, age,structure, mineralization, and alteration. WORK DONE A brief summary of thetype and amount of exploration work reported in the assessmentreport is listed. The followingexamples illustrate the abbreviations and codesused: DIAD 355 M;3 HOLES,NQ Surface diamond drillingtotalling 355 metres in 3 holes of NU size SOIL 250:CU,AG 250 soil samplesanalysed copperfor and silver (AU) Some of the samples were analysed for gold MULTIELEMENT Samples analysed for more than 6 elements GEOL/PROS 1:5000 Indicatesscale/detail of geologicab'prospect- ing mapping KM linear Total kilometres REFERENCES In this volume only a limited number of references are listed. These include the current and some previousassessment reports describing work done on or near the claims. Mineral Inventory-MINFILE names andnumbers are listed where theyoccur on the claims actually workedon and described in thereport. The followingabbreviations may beused inthe text: ANN. RPT. AnnualReport A.R. AssessmentReport BCEMPR British Columbia Ministry ofEnergy, Mines and Petroleum Resources BULL. Bulletin CIM Canadian Institute of Miningand Metallurgy COAL IN B.C. Coal in British Columbia ECON. GEOL. EconomicGeology EXPL. IN B.C. Exploration in British Columbia GCNL GeorgeCross Newsletter GEM Geology, Exploration andMining GEOL. FIELDWORK GeologicalFieldwork GEOL. IN B.C. Geology in British Columbia GSC GeologicalSurvey of Canada MEM . Memoir M.I. MineralInventory MIN. IN B.C. Mining in British Columbia MMAR Minister of MinesAnnual Report N.E. COAL STUDY NortheastCoal Study, Coal ResourceEvaluation PAPER Paper PRELIM. MAP Preliminary Map PROP. FILE Property file vi WORK TYPE CODES TYPE OF WORK CODE TYPE OF WORK CODE GEOLOGY DRILLING Geological mapping ............. GEOL Diamond ................. DIAD