The second does contain some Pyrite. But also gold was extracted from this claim It is from what was originally called the Iris mine. Owners were a private family who owned the Thousand acres it was discovered on, They partnered with Alberta Gypsum who had a mill. The mine was later sold to Quinto mining. who also soon offloaded it. Idle now for more than 40 years
This ore vein was uncovered while building a access road to log the property around 1970. So the vein began basically right at surface.
From the report; Where the second pictures came from;
Gold and silver mineral veins were first discovered in the early 1900’s Later from-1960 to 1970, good grade silver, lead, zinc and copper ore was mined by open pit and shipped to the Trail Smelter. In 1971, F.K. Explorations Ltd. sold their 50 ton per day mill to Alberta Gypsum and conducted an exploration project designed to outline ore reserves.
Between 1974 and 1979, a 50 to 150 ton per day mill was built and operated by Coast Interior Ventures
The Chaput logging family of Lumby then operated the mill between 1979 and 1981.
Production from 1975 to 1981 was estimated at between 30,000 and 40,000 tons. Concentrate was treated by Cominco at Trail. In 1980, the mill was increased to a capacity of 150 tons per day.
Precious metal veins not continuous being subject to shear zones Making it almost an impossible task to mine. There were shear quartz and massive sulphides exposed and sampled.
This showing is composed of fine to coarse cubic pyrite, chalcopyrite, limonite, arsenopyrite and sphalerite. There is also a 0.3 metre zone of fragmented white quartz and pyrite, located by Quinto Mining.
So you got a good eye Ex/Guy. The second pictures were what Quinto came across trying to find the vein they were mining disappeared to. Previous times the vein was relocated again fron 10 to 30 feet away.
This time quinto closed the mine closed as they were unsuccessful.
However the same material has been traced by out crop and drill core along a narrow trend from near Silver Star Ski mountain above Vernon to more than 30 miles eastward. where the Vernon Brothers had a Silver Mine up Cheer Creek back around 1900. The Village of Lumby sits with in a triangle of three of the deposits. one of them located a kilometer from the villages main intersection.
XIM.s Brett property is to the west end of the line. If extended west on a map the trend would be very close to Nicola minings silver deposit, Ximens Treasure Mountain claims. and include North Air mines South of Whistler Ski resort
The silver is real Nicola mining has a wall of it. So far waste more money trying to mine it than they make. Won't let anyone, partner in who does know how to mine it. |
