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ribboned by small fault movements, which sliced the quartz parallel to
the plane of the vein. Mineralizing solutions working along these fissures
impregnated the quartz with coarse pyrite, and assays show that the pyrite
carries gold.

In a rock cut at elevation 3,750 feet a 20-inch channel sample taken
across the vein where it contains about 3 per cent of pyrite assayed: gold,
0-61 ounce a ton; silver, 0-19 ounce a ton. At elevation 3,850 feet a
16-inch channel sample taken across the vein where it carries 1 per cent
of pyrite in narrow seams 4 to 1 inch apart, assayed: gold, 0-20 ounce a
ton; silver, 0-04 ounce a ton. A third channel sample taken across 15
inches of vein quartz carrying about 2 per cent of pyrite, in a rock cut
at elevation 4,000 feet, assayed: gold, 0-24 ounce a ton; silver, 0-42 ounce
a ton.

A second parallel quartz vein averaging about 12 inches in width
occurs 200 feet to the south between elevations of 3,850 and 3,950 feet in
a smal] ravine. The vein is enclosed by diorite wall-rock and the quartz
carries no sulphide. An assay from a 14-inch channel sample taken across
the vein at elevation 3,850 feet gave: gold, a trace; silver, a trace.

Approximately 100 feet farther south a third parallel quartz vein is
exposed in a cut at elevation 4,050 feet. It consists of 12 inches of white
quartz enclosed in andesite, and its continuation beyond the cut is drift
covered in both directions. A channel sample across the vein assayed:
gold, a trace; silver, a trace.

A fourth vein not seen by the writer, but described by Mr. Willman
as better mineralized than the first described vein, is said to occur in a
creek bed 1,000 feet south of the No. 1 vein and at a little lower elevation.

The grade and tonnage of probable ore indicated in the No. 1 vein
mark the property as of especial merit, particularly in view of the prox-
imity of the Columario mine and mill. Development work and further
prospecting are warranted.

Golden Crown Group (4)
References: Ann, Repts., Minister of Mines, B.C.: 1901, p. 997; 1904, p. 101; 1907,

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p. 74; 1908, p. 65; 1909, p. 84; 1914, p. 118; 1921, p. 96.

The property is 3 miles southeast of Usk on the south side of Kleanza
creek, at the base of Kleanza mountain. A trail half a mile in length
leaves the highway at the bridge across Kleanza creek and leads southeast
to the workings. Active development work was done on these claims at
intervals between 1901 and 1921, and a small Ross mill was operated for
a short time in 1921.

Three parallel faults from 100 to 150 feet apart occur in massive, pink
granodiorite between elevations of 600 and 900 feet. The faults are marked
by 6 to 12 inches of gouge and contain short, narrow, quartz lenses. Their
strike is south 50 to 60 degrees east and they dip 45 degrees northeast.
They have been prospected by four adits and several open-cuts.

The lower adit, at elevation 600 feet, is 115 feet long. A short quartz
vein 8 inches wide occurs along the fault near the portal, and a second

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