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In the adit a 6-inch channel sample taken across a quartz vein 20 feet from the portal assayed: gold, 0:14 ounce a ton; silver, 2-68 ounces a ton; lead, 2-92 per cent. A representative sample taken from an ore pile at the foot of the stripped zone assayed: gold, 0-20 ounce a ton; silver, 0-78 ounce a ton; lead, 1-15 per cent. An assay made on a typical specimen of altered quartz diorite gave a negative test for both gold and silver.

Bermaline Group (34)

References: Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1930, p. 187. B.C. Dept. of Mines, Bull. No. 2, 1982, p. 56.

The Bermaline group of five claims is on the northwest slope of Goat mountain overlooking the divide between the headwaters of Douglas creek and the north fork of Lorne creek, approximately 12 miles west of Ritchie flag station. The owner, August Johnson of Dorreen, has constructed a 15-mile pack-horse trail to the claims from the station.

The claims are underlain by a thick series of sediments comprised largely of laminated argillites and thick, massive beds of volcanic tufts. The sediments are gently folded, with dips up to 15 degrees, and are intruded by a few dykes and small stocks of granodiorite.

A quartz vein has been traced by trenches for about 425 feet between . elevations of 4,750 and 4,900 feet. The vein strikes north 65 degrees west down a 15-degree slope towards the canyon at the head of Douglas creek. The dip ranges from vertical to 45 degrees northeast. The vein occupies a fissure in argillaceous sediments and tuffs that strike north 50 degrees east and dip 15 degrees northwest. A body of granodiorite outcrops on the mountain slope a short distance above the highest vein outcrop. Where the vein has been stripped for 30 feet at its upper end it is 4 feet wide, dips vertically, and the quartz carries about 15 per cent of sulphide, roughly 10 per cent of which is galena and 5 per cent is pyrite and chaleopyrite with a little sphalerite. A representative chip sample taken here across the vein assayed: gold, 0-06 ounce a ton; silver, 6-06 ounces a ton; lead, 9:06 per cent; zinc, 0-40 per cent; copper, 4°44 per cent. In a trench about 100 feet farther northwest the vein is 3 feet wide and the dip has changed from vertical to 45 degrees northeast. The quartz contains much less sulphide, but a representative chip sample across the vein assayed: gold, 0-04 ounce a ton; silver, 2:00 ounces a ton; lead, 4-04 per cent; zinc, 0-80 per cent; copper, 0-12 per cent. About 300 feet farther northwest where the vein is exposed in a creek bed it is only 6 inches wide and carries a little pyrite. A channel sample taken across it here showed neither gold nor silver.

About 1,500 feet farther southeast, at elevation 4,950 feet, a quartz vein ranging from 18 to 24 inches in width is exposed at intervals across a knoll for about 300 feet. The vein has a north-south strike and dips vertically. It traverses sedimentary rocks that strike south 60 degrees east and dip 15 degrees south. The vein quartz carries very little sulphide, probably less than 1 per cent of pyrite and chalcopyrite. A representative sample gave on assay: gold, a trace; silver, 1-03 ounces a ton. At the north end of the vein exposure a number of vugs or open spaces in the vein contain large, clear crystals of quartz.

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