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CLAYOQUOT MINING DIVISION
(51 a) Kennedy Lake District, Clayoquot Sound

Deposits of magnetite are known to occur in the mountains north of
the head of Kennedy lake (east arm), but owing to bad weather and failure
to obtain a guide who could conduct the party to the showings, the investi-
gation of them was abandoned. The following description by Brewer (21,
pages 23-24) indicates that, as they stand, the deposits have no value as
an immediate source of iron ore.

“Tron Mountain and Chieftain: These mineral claims are owned by
Mrs. W. T. Dawley, of Clayoquot, and were originally staked because of
the discovery of a vein of gold-bearing quartz. Magnetite deposits of the
contact-metamorphie type occur about 3 miles northward from the head
of Kennedy lake, and 12 miles northwestward, in an air-line, from the
deposit near the head of Henderson lake. This section is very mountainous,
cut by deep, precipitous gorges which are the beds of creeks. One of these
creeks heads at an elevation of about 2,700 feet above sea-level and flows
through deep canyons. The lowest occurrence of magnetite seen by the
writer is an outcropping in the steep bank of the creek, at an elevation of
about 1,800 feet, on the Chieftain claim. The exposure of magnetite is
about 20 feet long, but whether this is along the strike or across the body
cannot be determined until some work is done.

“An average sample of the outcrop assayed:

Per cent
lite cbc douneogcodun Gbeoonoueunbodecancauaca bon UsSodnaanunaaomodeads 30-10
SNe, s opouochubcadgaduocpavodesunaBEooo ened eo Hanansaddousoounsadeas 0-31
TANO_INOW S509 66 ccngco0cenognac ood udsAesonnbooHIOODEdIbOObOEAODOGS Trace
GNGivencwsas so nnvndosneuerosesoad suosodesb oondnoaon obo abouBuSacDOcdddeD 51-5

“This outcropping occurs under a limestone bluff, and overlies an
igneous rock. Some development work is said to have been done farther
up the creek on the opposite side, but the guide with the writer was unable
to locate it because of the great growth of bushes and lack of a trail.

“Outeroppings of magnetite occur at several points on the sides of
steep ravines farther up the same creek, but no work has been done, and
as the slopes are almost perpendicular, too steep to climb, no examination
could be made.

“The mineral claims were staked originally because of the occurrence
of gold-bearing quartz at an elevation of 2,400 feet above sea-level, which
has been prospected by an adit.

“The Iron Mountain mineral claim adjoins the Chieftain on the north
and occupies a part of the summit of the mountain about 1,000 feet higher
elevation, where outcroppings of magnetite occur that need development
work before any estimate can be made as to extent.”

Lindeman (16, page 16) reports an analysis of a sample of magnetite
from this group as follows:

Per cent
Insoluble matter............-cccc eee e eee e reenter tree e ets tceseetecees 7-64
IRON; co ungodesoogonnosodosooosousand Gono dpUNcONdoaGdOnOS odo UDDOSDOYS 63-07
Phosphorus.......2 0-00 cc eee e ccc e ect e eee e ete eee eens ee eeneene teens. 0-016

STN .ocn0 canpgav0cnnsyobboodococDonGoHAgoDoGGRHOCORUDasODanOUnODOG 0-043