210

Value of the Deposit

This deposit is one of the largest seen, in respect of the longitudinal
extent of exposures, but in view of the isolation of the various outcrops,
and the general low grade of the ore, the deposit is of no value as an im-
mediate source of iron ore.

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(48 b) Bald Eagle Deposit
(See Figure 36)
LOCATION

The Bald Eagle Crown-granted mineral claim is located on the southern
slope of Broughton range of mountains, overlooking Sechart channel, and is
almost due north of the old whaling station (present Imperial Oil Company’s
station) at Sechart. The deposit may be reached by a fair trail leading
from the whaling station along the shore in an easterly direction for half a
mile, then for about 2 miles northerly to an old cabin, close to the workings
on the claim.

The deposit occurs as a bold bluff on a timbered and otherwise drift-
covered hill-side at elevations from 825 to 865 feet (barometric) above
sea-level. From the base of the bluff to the top of the ridge to the north
is a large stretch of burnt over country, with some tall, pole-like timbers
still standing, but with most of the trees slashed down, forming an almost
impossible “jackpot”. A dense growth of underbrush greatly accentuates
the difficulty of travelling over the claim. Below the showing, the country
is clothed with cedar, hemlock, balsam, etc., some of the timber being of
considerable size.

GEOLOGY

In the vicinity of the deposit are exposures of crystalline limestone,
hornblende diorite, granite, and altered volcanic rocks (probably tuffs),
but the relationships between these, due to lack of connected esposures,
are not clear. No limestone was found in contact with the body of magne-
tite; both diorite and granite occur along its boundaries. Diorite
is found in contact with limestone at the western edge of the area mapped,
but there is no magnetite developed there. Small areas of fibrous, contact
silicates (tremolite, actinolite, etc.) occur in places, but these appear to be
associated both with the diorite and the granite, not, however, in any
location where their relationships may be readily interpreted. No geolog-
ical structure was observed in the area mapped.