Whitesail Lake Map-Area
Ear Lake Occurrence (18)

Minor occurrences of mineralized quartz veins have been reported from
Ear Lake and Kimsquit Lake. These are narrow quartz veins occurring in the
metamorphic rocks. A sample of mineralized vein quartz from the west side
of Ear Lake near the mouth, assayed: gold, 1.88 ounces a ton; silver, 14.90
ounces a ton, and copper 3.68 per cent.

Whitesail Range Occurrence (9)

At about 4,000 feet elevation on the south slope of Whitesail Range in
the canyon of the middle tributary of the creek east of Cummins Creek, is a
wide, sheared and silicified zone that is heavily mineralized with pyrite. The
zone extends along the creek for 200 feet with shearing being parallel with
the creek. A sample of pyrite assayed 0.005 ounce of gold a ton.

Copper Deposits

Chalcopyrite is a common constituent of many mineral occurrences in
the area but no deposit has yet been found of sufficient size or grade to
warrant development for its copper content alone.

Pintledanne Group (7)
Reference: B.C. Minister of Mines, Ann. Rept. 1906, p. 68.

This group of claims was the first to be recorded within the boundaries
of the map-area. It was staked in the spring of 1906 by Messrs. Dakin and
Pocklington of Victoria as a copper prospect. No work has been done on the
showing, probably because of its isolated location. The writer did not see the
occurrence but it is listed here as a matter of interest and as an occurrence of
copper in the area. The following description is taken from the 1906 report
of the Minister of Mines of British Columbia.

The claims are reached from the north side of the Gardner Canal by follow-
ing up the Kemano River to the mouth of Pintledanne Creek, a tributary flowing
in from the north. There is an old Indian trail following up this creek and
over the summit to Tahtsa Lake ... This follows the north bank of the creek
for a distance of about 24 miles, when it crosses the creek to the south side
and rapidly ascends the mountain, reaching at an altitude of about 2,000 feet,
the claims in question. Pintledanne Creek runs through high granitic mountains,
which rise on either side to an altitude of 4,000 feet. On the mountain on the
left side of the creek, two miles from its junction with the Kemano River, is a
large well defined quartz vein. This is easily seen where the vein crosses the

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