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St. Croix to Kleanza Creek

A large number of mineral deposits have been discovered throughout the lower parts of the drainage basins of St. Croix, Chimdemash, and Kleanza creeks. Some are related to dykes that, judging by written reports and information from prospectors, are similar to the rhyolite dyke on the Canyon property. The mineral- ization on most of the properties is described as consisting in the main of sparsely distributed chalcopyrite and bornite with low values in silver. Some of the mineral deposits, such as those on the Shenandoah claim and on Bornite mountain, appear to continue over lengths unusually great for this district. On Bornite mountain gold values in average samples range up to 0.5 ounce.

On the Algoma property2. near granitic intrusives there

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4s some cvidence of copper minerals in volcanic rocks, On or near this property it is reported that dykes similar to that on the Canyon property are similarly mineralized with copper. At the

St. Elmo vroperty® chalcopyrite and hematite occur sparingly. In a quartz stringer on the Golden Cacho® some free gold was found.

On the Shenandoah® extensive operations were conducted on a zone

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Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1929, p. 151.

3 — Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1932, pe 85.

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said to be at least 1,800 Peet long and 4 to 5 feet wide, holding

in places relatively lean silver-copper-lead-~ zine mineralization

place it was found to be very low grade. On the Mitts,

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2 Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, BeC., 1930, p. 185