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The mineral deposit is a quartz vein 2 feet wide and lies in argillite.
The vein appears to be practically barren of sulphides but it 1s reported
that a small shoot of high-grade silver ore was mined many years ago.
The vein has been traced by shafts and open-cuts for more than 200 feet.

Monarch Group (Locality 168)

References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1915, 1916,
1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, and 1930.

The Monarch group of two mineral claims is on the east side of
Illiance river near its head. Access is furnished by the Illiance trail.

The country rock consists of breccia and finer grained fragmentals
of the Hazelton group. The deposit is a quartz-sulphide vein averaging
about 2 feet in width but locally 5 feet wide, and is very well mineral-
ized with chalcopyrite, chalcocite, pyrite, galena, and sphalerite. The
vein has a northerly strike and westerly dip. It has apparently been
faulted in two places near the south end and ends abruptly against a
fault.

Open-cuts and trenches trace the vein for 300 feet. A crosscut adit
60 feet below the outcrop failed to locate the vein, but in view of the
faulted nature of the rocks this is no proof that the vein does not con-
tinue downwards.

Moose Group (Locality 133)

References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1918, 1919,

1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1929, and 19380; Geol. Surv., Canada, Sum. Rept.
1922, pt. A.

The Moose group of five mineral claims is north of Trout creek and
is reached by a trail branching from the Kitsault trail at the mouth of
Trout creek.

In 1920 the Moose Group Mining Company, Limited, was formed to
develop the property. This company did some development work in
1921 but relinquished their option in that year.

The country rock consists of breccia and of fine-grained rocks that
are probably tuffs. The mineral deposit is a quartz vein 5 to 20 feet
wide. The vein strikes east and dips steeply north. It has been traced
for about 500 feet. The eastern end is lost in a drift cover and the west-
ern end appears to have been faulted. A 4-foot vein of similar type
discovered much lower down the hill in 1929 may be the western con-
tinuation of the main Moose vein. The vein has been cut into several
blocks by transverse and longitudinal faults of small throw. ‘The vein
is mineralized with pyrite, galena, and tetrahedrite and although the sul-
phides are not at all plentiful the silver content is comparatively high.