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TERRITORY
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I NAME OF PROPERTY
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B r i t i s h Columbia
TERRITOIRE
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IMPERIAL (MUNRO MTN )
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N.T.S. AREA
104 N/12
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HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
HISTORWUE D E L'EXPLORATION E T D E LA MISE EN VALEUR
This property i s l o c a t e d a t t h e 3,100 f o o t e l e v a t i o n on t h e
south s l o p e of Munro Mountain, about 5 m i l e s n o r t h e a s t of A t l i n .
The o r i g i n a l 4 claims, t h e Nanaimo, Lucky Liverpool, P a r i s
UNCERTAINTY
at. 59'37.'
Long. 133'36 '
FACTEUR D'INCERTITUDE
La t.
Long.
Exhibition, and Unknown (Lots 193-196 r e s p e c t i v e l y ) were l o c a t e d
Cas s i a r
Mining Division
Atlin
District
i n 1899 by Messrs. Moore and Stokes and Crown-granted i n 1901.
Division rniniere
District
During
1900 t h e claims were under bond t o t h e Nimrod Syndicate
County
Township or Parish
Ltd.
of
London, England, who continued t h e development work and
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5 stamp m i l l ; a t t h e end of t h e y e a r t h e s y n d i c a t e
Lot
Concession or Range
Lot
Concession ou rang
abandoned t h e property. The Nimrod claim (Lot 197) was CrownSec
Tp.
granted t o - t h e s y n d i c a t e i n 1901. Six o t h e r a d j a c e n t claims,
Sect.
Ct.
t h e I m p e r i a l , S u l t a n F r a c t i o n , T r a n s i t F r a c t i o n , Kitchener,
Independence F r a c t i o n , and Ida E. (Lots 198-200, 202, 203, 291),
OWNER OR OPERATORIPROPRI~TAIRE
O U EXPLOITANT
were Crown-granted i n 1901 t o E.W. Hamilton and a s s o c i a t e s . An
o p t i o n on t h e p r o p e r t y was held by H. Pearce i n 1901-02 and
a d d i t i o n a l e x p l o r a t i o n work was done on s u r f a c e and underground.
Some a c t i v i t y was reported on t h e p r o p e r t y i n 1903 and 1904.
Development wort, mainly on t h e P a r i s E x h i b i t i o n claim,
c o n s i s t s o f about 580 f e e t of c r o s s c u t s , d r i f t s and r a i s e s i n 2
a d i t s over a v e r t i c a l d i s t a n c e of about 130 f e e t .
The Ogdad-Mining Company, Limited incorporated i n June 1923,
DESCRIPTION OF DEPGSITIDESCRIPTION DU GISEMENT
P e r i d o t i t e , meta-diorite, and meta-gabbro of t h e Pennsyl- optioned t h e above mentioned 11 Crown-granted claims, and 4
vanian and Permian A t l i n i n t r u s i o n s outcrops on t h e lower sout lsurveyed claims; t h e surveyed claims were a p p a r e n t l y l o c a t e d a t
of Munro mountain. The main v e i n , and numerous o t h e r v e i n s
about t h i s time. No work was reported done a t t h i s t i m e and t h e
and s t r i n g e r s c u t t h e s e i n t r u s i v e s ; t h e lower t u n n e l h a s
company c h a r t e r was surrendered i n November 1923.
c r o s s c u t s e v e r a l f i s s u r e s t h a t c o n t a i n from 6 t o 8 inches of
The Imperial group was s t i l l h e l d by t h e o r i g i n a l owners i n
q u a r t z and a s s o c i a t e d m e t a l l i c minerals. The main q u a r t z
1933, although no work had been done on t h e property s i n c e 1904.
v e i n , c o n s i s t i n g i n p l a c e s of s e v e r a l c l o s e p a r a l l e l f i s s u r e s ,
v a r i e s i n width from 5 i n c h e s t o over 6 f e e t . The v e i n
s t r i k e s N50° t o 6 5 ' ~ and d i p s 50' t o 60° t o t h e southwest.
The v e i n f i l l i n g i s composed mainly of q u a r t z and crushed wall
rock through which a r e disseminated p a r t i c l e s of galena,
c h a l c o p y r i t e , p y r i t e , copper carbonate and, o c c a s i o n a l l y , f r e e
gold. A small o r e shoot encountered on t h e upper
l e v e l i n the
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west d r i f t was stoped t o t h e s u r f a c e .
OBJECT LOCATE-D
OBJET LOCALISE
Associated minerals or products
Minbraux ou produits associbs
Mineral Policy Sector, Department o f Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottas
Secreur de la politique mintrale ministbre de I'Energie, des Mines et des Ressources, Ottal
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HISTORY OF PRODUCTIONIHISTORIQUE DE L A PRODUCTION
During 1899-1900 a t o t a l of 295 t o n s of o r e were m i l l e d a t
From t h i s o r e 99 ounces of gold were recovered.
this p r o p e r t y .
REFERENCESIBIBLIOGRAPHIE
Annual Reports, Dept. of Mines, B.C.:
1900, pp. 758,
777; 1902, p. 38; 1904, pp. 74-76;
1914, p. 88;
1918, p. 95; 1926, p. 108; 1931, p. 65; 1933,
p. 77.
Cairnes, D.D.;
P o r t i o n s of A t l i n D i s t r i c t , B r i t i s h
Columbia; Memoir 37, pp. 99-103, Geol. Surv. of
Canada, 1913.
A t l i n MapArea, B r i t i s h Columbia;
Aitken, J . D . ;
307, p. 73, Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1.959.
Memoir
G w i l l i m , J.C.;
A t l i n Mining D i s t r i c t ; Annual Report 1899,
Vol. 12, pp. B. 5-48, Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1901;
Vol. 1 3 , p. 6 1 A, (1900).
Mineral.Policy Sector;
Company, Limited".
MAP R E F E R E N C E S / R ~ F & R E N C CARTOGRAPHIOUES
ES
Map 1082 A, A t l i n , B.C., (Geol.), Sc. 1":4 m i l e s
Memoir 307.
Map 104 N/12 E, A t l i n , B.C.,
- accomp.
(Topo.), Sc. 1.:50,000.
REMARKSIREMARQUES
Comp.M v . par
Date
Date
06-67
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Corporation F i l e :
"Ogdad Mining