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| JEWELRY BOX RIDGE | Au Cu | VEIN / BRECCIA / PORPHYRY | BRITISH COLUMBIA |
| Geology: Underlain by Lower Jurassic Telkwa Fm. SW dipping andesitic to rhyolitic flows and pyroclastics; intruded by large granitic to porphyritic body; Three major north-northeast trending fault structures cut across the property. |
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| Mineralization:
Ridge showing: exposed on side of a fault depression; quartz-pyrite vein mineralization and silicification of andesitic wallrock; exposed portion of the vein is one meter. Jewelry Box showing: is located 1.2 km to the south; massive andesitic flows exhibit epidote-quartz alteration; Minor pyrite and iron carbonate alteration in felsic dikes up to 3 meters wide cutting andesite |
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| Work: Previous exploration by Phelps Dodge for copper, and by Noranda and Atna Resources for gold. |
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| Results:
Grab samples from Ridge vein returned up to 7.6 g/t gold and 25 gm/t silver. Sampling of quartz-iron carbonate altered andesite breccia at the Jewelry Box showing analysed 1.9% Cu and 2.3 g/t Au. |
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| Property Details & Access: 300 ha; Good logging road to within 5 km., then old cat trail to property. |
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| Detail Location: 25 km. west of Houston, at UTM 6027400N 626100E |
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| Vendor / Contact:
Brian Scott Box 77 Tagish Yukon Y0B1T0 Email: bscottag@msn.com Phone: (867) 399-3214 nbc22Submitted 12/09 |
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