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The smaller bodies of magnetite along the shore at the end of the ridge
end abruptly without any direct sign of faulting and it seems probable
that the longer band ends in the same way. Further cross-trenching
would determine where and how the long band ends and might uncover
other masses of magnetite. No evidence was secured that indicates that
the outcropping bodies will materially widen either along the strike or
dip, or that any concealed bodies will be of greater size than those now
visible. The larger, band-like deposit might yield 100 tons of ore for
every foot in depth. A body with dimensions such as this could scarcely

be mined as iron ore at a profit.

(4) False Stuart Anchorage, Pitt Island

On the northeast side of Pitt island, a short distance northwest of
False Stuart anchorage and about opposite the entrance to Kumeolon
inlet on the mainland shore of Grenville channel, are a number of exposures
of magnetite. These occur close to the shore on a broad, irregular point
of land underlain by schistose rocks of the Prince Rupert formation, which
a short distance south and inland are cut off by the intrusive granitic rocks
of the Coast Range batholith.

At the southernmost occurrence of magnetite, several small strippings
close to the shore disclose mica schist with several highly micaceous bands
carrying considerable magnetite and occasional streaks of nearly pure iron
ore. About 100 yards northwest, a shallow shaft was sunk years ago in a
zone of disturbed mica schist with masses, large and small, of garnetite,
and small areas of the schist richly impregnated with magnetite. Over a
farther distance northwest, of 350 yards, the dark mica schists are visible
in places and occasionally carry some magnetite.

Nowhere is any body of iron ore visible. The mode of occurrence is
like that of the magnetite masses at Stuart anchorage and farther north
on the Rupert claims on Porcher island.

(5) Kumeolon Inlet

Kumeolon inlet is a comparatively small inlet on the east side of
Grenville channel, 25 miles south of Prince Rupert. Deposits of magne-
tite have been reported! to occur near the shores of the inlet. No informa-
tion is available as to the exact position, character, or size of the deposits.

(6) Kitimat River

Kitimat river empties into the head of Kitimat arm, Douglas channel.
A few miles up the broad river valley are outcrops of magnetite with vary-
ing amounts of chalcopyrite? Private reports have been received which
indicate that the deposits so far located should not be considered as sources

of iron ore except as a by-product.

1 Ann, Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1912, p. 99; 1917, p. 43.
* Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1909, p. 57.