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These main showings lie in an area traversed by many
nearly parallel and steeply dipping fractures and by a few
mineralized fracture and shear zones. However, all the mineral-
ized fractures and zones are discontinuous, they arc curved,
strong zones split up, and there are many flat-lying offshoots
and other irregularities. The main fracture zones curve around
ond trend obliquely toward the porphyry mass to the north.

The porphyry mass on the Free Gold property may not
be very large. Dykes of quartz porphyry that are larger and more
abundant near the main mass than at other places are as a rule
very irregular. They show a main trend parallel to the better
developed shear and fracture zones and in places lie in these
and are themselves sheared, fractured, and traversed by veins
that also are disrupted and in places traversed by still later
veins. The porphyry in the main mass and in the dykes carries
some pyrite. It is clear that development of the zones,
intrusion, and mineralization were closely related and that both
fracturing and mineralization took place over a considerable
period of time.

Beyond the main showings toward the adit portal there
is no systematic fracturing; veins of various sizes, many of
which are flat, form an intricate network. Some of the flat
veins are a foot or more thick and have been exposed by Mee
ing for about 100 feet. They are made up mainly of glassy

quartz with pyrite, and they are relatively low grade.

SOUTHERN BABINE MOUNTAINS
“the southern part of Babine mountains as herein
designated includes a large area lying between the Dome Mountain
road (Guess and Deception lakes) and on the railway to the south.
It is a moderately rugged country, much of which lics above 4,000.

feet elevation, but only one peak (Grouse mountain) reaches 5,000