Prospecting Report
by
Gregory Exploration & Services Richmond, B.C.
CONDOR #2 and #3 MINERAL CLAIMS LIARD MINING DIVISIONS
BRITISH COLUMBIA
NTS 104 B 9W#
66" 41' 00 North 130" 28' 5 3 West
Prepared by
Gregory W. Batycki BCDM Certified Prospector
Gregory Exploration & Services Richmond, B.C.
PROPERTY LOCATION MAP *
This report was commissioned by Mr. Dave Copeland, on behalf of SCM
Services Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.
The original field work program was carried out by Gregory Exploration &
Services. This report summarizes field work carried out during the period of
July through September 1991. "he present owner and operator of the property
is the author of this prospecting report.
Additional information within this report was obtained through research, and
includes materials listed in the bibliography of BCDM Min-File Data.
A review of assessment files indicates that no previous work has been
undertaken in the area covering the Condor #2 and #3 mineral claims.
The following prospecting report will help to determine the exploration targets
on Condor #2 and #3 mineral claims.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROPERTY LOCATION MAP ....................... INTRODUCTION ................................ ii ,
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I. LOCATION AND ACCESS ......................... 1
11. PROPERTY LEGAL STATUS ...................... 4 ,
111. PROPERTY LOCATION ON THE REGIONAL GEOLOGYMAP ................................ 5 ,
Iv. SUMMARY OF 1991 FIELD PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ,
V. RECOMMENDATIONS .......................... 11 Yl. G? u A L ~ F ~ C A T 1 Q d s l3d
VII. STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 /'
VIII. DESCRIPTION OF GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES . . . . . . . 15 JJ
Fimres:
#1: Locations on the Eskay-Iskut Camp Area . . . . . . . . . . 2 ,..
#2: Locations on 1:50,000 Scale Topographic Map . . . . . . . 3 ' # 3 Property Location on the Regional Geology Map . . . . . 6 / # 4 Geochemical Samples Location Map - Scale 1:20,000 10 ,
R9. .I' Gay=,-t;l.cq Q y To& Appendix:
Results of Laboratory Assay of Rock and Silt Samples .& . 16 Map 1:5000
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I. LOCATION AND ACCESS
The Condor mineral claims are located approximately 140 km to the north
from the town of Stewart, B.C., near the Alaska and B.C. boundaries.
The NTS reference for the property is 56" 44' North and 130" 19' West. The
altitude ranges from 3,650' on Condor #3 claim, to 4,800' on Condor #2 claim.
The LCP of Condor #2 and #3 claims was surveyed by using the Magellan-1000
PRO-GPS satellite locator. The survey procedure was accurate and should be
used as a guide for claim location in the area.
The property has dual access, one from Bell #3 Helicopter Base, on highway
#37 (Cassiar-Stewart), or from the same highway #37 at Bob Quinn Lake
Helicopter Base. Average travelling time by helicopter is 15 minutes from the
base on highway #37 to the property locations.
The following figures #1 and #2 show the location of, and access to, the Condor
Group claims located in the area of Eskay Gold Camp.
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Fieure #2: Locations on 1:60,000 Scale ‘Ibpoaaphic Map
Map No. 1 0 4 ~
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11. PROPERTY LEGAL STATUS
The Condor Group Claims are now comprised of 18 units, and are located in
the Eskay Creek area. The Group itself is located within the Liard Mining
Division. The property is recorded with the B.C. Miniistry of Energy & Mines,
Petroleum Resources, as follows:
Claim No. Record # # of Units Record Date Emirv Date
Condor #2 8033 12 Feb.25, 1991 Feb.25,1993
Condor #3 8034 6 (reduc) Feb.25, 1991 Feb.25, 1993
In order to keep the property in good standing, annual assessment fees in the
amount of $100.00 per unit are required for the first three years. After three
years, the annual assessment fees are $200.00 per unit.
The entire claims group is shown on the map in Figure #2 in 1:50,000 scale.
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111. PROPERTY LOCATION ON THE REGIONAL GEOLOGY MAP
Condor #2 and #3 mineral claims are located within Intermontane Tectono-
Stratographic belt, one of five parallel northwest-southwest trending belts
which compromise the Canadian Cordilliera.
The group is located near the contact of the Stikine Terrane and the West half
of Intermontane Belt, and the unmetamorphosed sediment of the Boswer
Basin.
The following figure, #3, includes an approximate location of Condor #2 and #3
claims on the Regional Geology Map (from Alldrick 1989). The 1989 Alldrick
map was used as a reference and guide for the claim locations within the
Eskay Gold Camp area.
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The author of this prospecting report conducted short-term reconnaissance field
programs to determine the stratigraphy within the property boundaries.
According to BCDM f i e data, no previous data or work history is indicated in
this area. The preliminary work project was commenced on July 21,1991 and,
with some breaks in the period of time, was completed by September 11,1991.
A total of 25 rock samples were taken out of the property. Five were chosen
for lab assay. The rest, including silt samples, remain in storage, for reference.
'Ibtal coverage of the prospected area ranged between 40% and 60% of the total
of 18 units within the property group.
The majority of the property is located in a mountainous and partly-glacified
terrain, where elevation ranges from 3,600 feet to 4,900 feet. Therefore,
traditional prospecting and traversing was limited by the prevailing topo-
graphic conditions and the steep terrain. This report summarizes the
prospecting surveys conducted by the author of this report during the summer
of 1991.
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The regional geology mapping indicates that the property is underlain by a
large embayment of upper Triassic to lower Jurassic complex. "he Condor #2
and #3 claim areas are mostly underlain by an unknown thickness of Upper
Triassic Epiclastic Volcanics, sandstones and siltstone. However, presence of
more favourable rocks from the Salomon River formation (MidJurassic) were
located near the south-west boundary of Condor #2 claim. Weakly deformed
(dark-grey coloured siltstone) was replaced by more intensely folded (grey to
lighbgrey in colour) banded siltstone and lithic tuff.
The sample CRX #004 was taken near the mentioned area, above south-west
part of Condor #2 claim. The rocks were weakly chloritic, and that may
suggest that the junging sequence of the Betty Creek formation (Lower
Jurassic) replaces the Salomon River formation (MidJurassic) in this area.
However, more exact geological interpretation is needed to prove this
assumption.
The rock samples and silt samples picked up in the vicinity of Condor #2 and
#3 claims are plotted on figure #4.
A brief description of the rock formations is given in Section VI11 in the
description of geochemical samples.
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A limited budget and lack of additional funds did not permit the extension of
the 1991 field program to a full-size exploration project. The author suggests
again that further geological investigation is needed to warrant more
successful program on the properties.
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F;g#4: Geochemical SamDles Location MaD - Scale 1:20,000
Condor-3 (reduced) x rock sample silt sample
stream/creek
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Condor-2 4nX3w
L ILCP
0 400 t:--;* %PO
meters
Symbols -
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V. RECOMMENDATIONS
The geological formations surrounding the Condor claims provide a favourable
complex for base metals and other metallic minerals of commercial
significance.
It is recommended to use the VLF-EM surveying method to locate some target
areas throughout the property, to correspond to the airborne geophysical
survey done in the area and recently published in the BCDM papers.
However, the very steep terrain on Condor #3 claim may conflict with that
procedure. Magnetic surveying should be carried out to assist the geological
mapping.
Interpretation of such information will help establish proper grid lines on the
properties.
The Condor Group property should be prospected and geologically mapped on
a scale of 15000 or on a minimum of 1:10,000 scale.
Soil samples may not be an effective field procedure during the project time.
The writer of this report has done the preliminary research concerning soil
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horizons in the district (test pits). However, if the decision is made to proceed
with a soil sampling grid, a professional geochemist should be called to the
project area for initial consultations.
Unfortunately, many exploration programs fail because of the unquestioned
acceptance that so-called "standard procedures" must always be implemented.
The results from this work should be used in the construction of a preliminary
geological model, to estimate potential mineralization on the property.
However, the size and grade of the Eskay Gold Camp deposits, which lay 5 km
south of the Condor Group, makes the search for precious metal-enriched
deposits in this area so potentially rewarding.
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I, Gregory Batycki, of 11-4151 Regent Street, in the Municipality of Richmond,
in the Province of British Columbia, hereby certify:
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I am a graduate of the British Columbia Department of Mines Advanced
Prospecting Course of 1989.
I became a Certified Prospector by successfully passing all exams at the 1989 BCDM Prospecting Course at Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island,
B.C. in May 1989.
I have been practising mineral exploration since 1983.
I have been employed by various exploration companies in Western
Canada and the U.S.A. for the past nine years.
All the information contained in this report was obtained from field
investigations as well as from the material listed in the BCDM
bibliography.
Dated at Richmond, B.C., this 11th day of May, 1992. '
Gregory W. Batycki BCDM Certified Pros Gregory Explorati
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VII. STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
1 prospector, x 10 days, x $200 rate
Mobilization - demobilization
Transport (air and land)
Equipment (logistic data)
Lab charges
Report preparation, miscellaneous
Total:
$2,000.00
360.00
1,760.25
240.10
159.40
280.04
$4,799.79
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Samde #
CRX-004 Rock
CRX-009 Rock
CRX-012 Rock
CRX-015 Rock
CRX-022 Rock
CRS-002 silt
CRS-008 Silt
Location
Condor #2
Condor #3
Condor #3
Condor #2
Condor #2
Condor #2
Condor #3
DescriDtion
Weakly chloritic siltstone - volcanic, 3 to 5% pyrite, weathered coating. Grab sample.
Siltstone volcanic. Dark bluish and reddish coating on surface. 2 - 3% pyrite spotted. Grab sample.
Brecciated Tuff, some Quartz stringers. Weathered. Disseminated. Pyrite up to 3%. Grab sample.
Dark grey, with reddish coating. Siltstone volcanic. Disseminated. Pyrite 2%. Grab sample.
Grey to dark grey siltstone - volcanic. Bluish-red coating on surface. Disseminated. Pyrite 3%. Grab sample.
Sample taken from Volcano Creek, 150 metres north-west from LCP.
Sample taken from Volcano Creek, 15 metres below Post #3 West, near south-west boundary line.
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APPENDIX
Results of Laboratory Assay of Rock and Silt Samples.
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