092K5 Fe1

PRODUCT
PRODUIT
PROVINCEOR
TE R R I T 0 RY
IRON
PROVINCEOU
TERRITOIRE
I
NAME OF PROPERTY
NOM DE LA PROPRI~T~
B r i t i s h Columbia
I
N.T.S. AREA
92 K/5
R~GION D U S.N.R.C.
1
1
REF. FE 1
R~F.
HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
HISTORIQUE D E L'EXPLORATION E T D E LA MISE EN VALEUR
The property i s l o c a t e d about 4 m i l e s southwest of Sayward
OBJECT LOCATED
OBJET LOCALISE
and 3 miles west of t h e j u n c t i o n of t h e White and Salmon Rivers.
M i n e r a l i z a t i o n was discovered a t t h e 1,300 f o o t e l e v a t i o n on
UNCERTAINTY
Lat. 5O01g
Long. 125O58 I
FACTEUR D'INCERTITUDE
Lat.
Long.
a s t e e p l y r i s i n g mountainside by prospector R. H a r t t i n 1959 and
Minlng Division
Nanaimo
Distrlct
Sayward
17 claims, i n c l u d i n g t h e I r o n Mike, I r o n J i m , and I r o n Mac, w e r e
Division rniniere
District
staked. A n o p t i o n was given t o Marwell Construction Co. Ltd. i n
County
Township or Parish
corn t6
1960 and 1 9 diamond d r i l l h o l e s , t o t a l l i n g 1,926 f e e t , were put
Canton ou paroisse
~ o t
down. The o p t i o n was dropped t h e following y e a r and H a r t t and
Concession or Range
~ o t
Concession ou rang
a s s o c i a t e s resumed prospecting. During t h e year 2,100 f e e t of
Sec
TP.
R.
diamond
d r i l l i n g was done i n 24 h o l e s . A small amount of
Sect.
Ct.
R.
s t r i p p i n g and X-ray diamond d r i l l i n g was done i n 1962.
Inter-Can Development Co. Ltd. leased t h e property i n 1963
OWNER OR OPERATORIPROPRI~TAIRE O U EXPLOITANT
and a program of s t r i p p i n g and diamond d r i l l i n g begun. The
Oreean Mines Ltd.,
d e c i s i o n was reached t o prepare f o r production and Orecan Mines
519, 355 Burrard S t . ,
Ltd.,
incorporated i n September 1964, was assigned t h e l e a s e on
Vancouver, B C
t h e 36 claim property. Prospecting of t h e two main anomalies
was continued w i t h some 5,000 f e e t of X-ray and BX w i r e - l i n e
d r i l l i n g e a r l y i n 1965. Dip n e e d l e surveys i n d i c a t e d t e n
anomalies, however, t h e o r i g i n a l concept of t h e d e p o s i t a s two
o r more s e p a r a t e orebodies h a s been replaced, a f t e r more and
DESCRIPTION OF DEPGSITIDESCRIPTION DU GISEMENT
c l o s e r diamond d r i l l i n g , a s one l a r g e f l a t - l y i n g orebody. P a r t
The formation c o n s i s t s of limestone, b a s a l t , and t u f f s ,
i n t r u d e d by g r a n f t i c rocks and gabbro. Massive and dissemin- of t h e orebody w i l l be mined by open p i t methods and t h e balance
by underground work.
a t e d magnetite occurs p r i n c i p a l l y w i t h t h e t u f f s and i s
A 1,000 t o n m i l l was under c o n s t r u c t i o n e a r l y i n 1965 w i t h
accompanied by skarn a l t e r a t i o n . Information t o mid 1965
production scheduled f o r l a t e i n t h e y e a r . A c o n t r a c t was
i n d i c a t e s a f l a t lying
orebody w i t h a fairly
constantthickarranged f o r t h e s a l e of 1,000,000 t o n s of 62% i r o n c o n c e n t r a t e
n e s s of 34 feet, a known east-west l e n g t h of 1,000 feet, and
extending i n t o t h e mountain i n a north-south d i r e c t i o n f o r a t to the Japanese market*
Ore r e s e r v e s , e a r l y i n August 1965, were estimated a t two
l e a s t 200 f e e t . The grade so f a r i n d i c a t e s a mine run m a t e r i a l
m i l l i o n t o n s of which 1,300,000 t o n s c o n s t i t u t e d proven and
of 45% i r o n c a r r y i n g n e g l i g i b l e i m p u r i t i e s .
reasonably assured o r e grading 43.3% i r o n and 700,000 t o n s of
i n d i c a t e d o r e of s i m i l a r grade.
ORECAN (IRON MIKE)
(HARTT)
..
Associated minerals or products
iMin6raux off prodffitsassocibs
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Mineral Policy Sector, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa
Secteur de la politique minirale, ministere de I'Energie, des Mines et des Ressources, Ottawa
506057
*
REFERENCESIBIBLIOGRAPHIE
HISTORY OF PRODUCTION/HISTORIOUE DE LA PRODUCTION
Mneral Policy Sector;
Mines Ltd.".
Corporation F i l e s :
"Orecan
Annual R e p o r t s , Dept. o f Mines, B.C.:
1960, p. 104;
1961, p. 91; 1962, p. 96; 1963, p. 99; 1964,
p. 152; 1965, pp. 225-227;
1966, p . 68.
Western Miner:
CA RTOGRAPHIQUES
MAP R EFERENCES/R&F~?RENCES
Map 92 K/5 W, Sayward, B.C.,
(Topo.),
Sc. 1:50,000.
REMARKSIREMA ROUES
Comp./Rev. By
Comp./rbv. par
Date
Date
1 09-66 1
B C I 92 K
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43
August 1965, p. 45.