Sampling of Historical Mine Dumps on the Arlington-Silver Leaf-Speculator-Lily B Property

Sampling of Mine Stockpile Dumps
on the
Arlington-Silver Leaf- Speculator-Lily B Property
Events 5510821 and 5511390
SLOCAN MINING DIVISION
NTS 82F 14W
BCGS Map: 082F074
Latitude: 49 47’ 116’’ Longitude: 117 22’ 161’’
UTM 11U: 473412E 5514822N
Minfile Numbers: 082FNW152 Arlington and 082FNW151 Speculator
082FNW226 Silver Leaf and 082FNW153 Lily B
For
John Bakus (MLS Mining) : Owner
3-1572 Lorne Street East
V2C 1X6
Kamloops, B.C.
FMC: 223385
Prepared
by
Chris Graf, P.Eng.
October 25, 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.
1.00 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………. 04
1.10 Objectives………………………………………………………………………….. 04
1.20 Location and Access…………………………………………………………… 04
1.30 Mineral Claims…………………………………………………………………… 04
1.40 Physiography…………………………………………………………………….. 04
1.50 History………………………………………………………………………………. 12-13
2.00 GEOLOGY…………………………………………………………………………………… 14-19
2.10 Regional Geology……………………………………………………………….. 14
2.20 Property Geology History Mineralization………………………….. 14-19
3.00 WORK PROGRAM………………………………………………………………………. 19-23
3.10 Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. 19-20
3.20 Results…………………………………………………………………………….. 20-21
3.30 2014 Work Spreadsheet .............................................................. 22-24
4.00 CONCLUSIONS……………………………………………………………………………. 30-31
5.00 RECOMMENDATIONS…………………………………………………………………. 31-32
6.00 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………. 32
7.00 STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS……………………………………………… 33
8.00 TECHNICAL WORK REPORT FORM STATEMENT OF COSTS………... 34-37
9.00 5510821 5511390 TITLE PAGE SUMMARY REPORT........................ 60-61
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LIST OF FIGURES
Page No.
FIGURE 1. Arlington Property B.C. Location Index map............................. 05
FIGURE 2. Arlington Property Location and Road Access Map................ 06
FIGURE 3. Arlington Property Road Access and Claim Map..................... 06
FIGURE 4. Metallic Mineral Potential Map..................................................... 07
FIGURE 5. Industrial Mineral Potential............................................................ 08
FIGURE 6. Arlington Property Hillside Relief Map....................................... 09
FIGURE 7. Raster Base Map...............…................................................................ 09
FIGURE 8. Slocan City Area Historic ARIS Reports............…........................ 10
FIGURE 9. Aerial Photo (Orthophoto Mosaic) with Sample Locations.... 10
FIGURE 10. List Mineral Tenures/Crown Grants Arlington Bakus......... 11
FIGURE 11.Arlington Bakus Crown Grant List and Map.................................... 11
FIGURE 12. Regional Geology and Gold/Silver Ratios Contour Map........ 16
FIGURES 13.1-13.9 Sample Location Maps ….................................................. 25-29
13.1 Google Map Bakus Slocan Properties including the Arlington......... 25
13.2 Google Map Showing Tenures 944429 1029267 1029268 …........... 25
13.3 Base Map IMAP B.C. Tenures 944429 1029267 1029268................. 26
13.4 Google Map Arlington Stockpile Dump Sample Locations................ 26
13.5 Google Map Speculator Dump and Stream Silt Sample Locations... 27
13.6 Hand Drawn Map Arlington Stockpile Dump Sample Locations...... 27
13.7 Hand Drawn Map Speculator Stockpile Dump Sample Locations.... 28
13.8 Google Map Lily B Rock Float Sample Locations.…............................... 28
13.9 Arlington and Speculator Dump Sample Silver Assay Map............... 29
APPENDIX 1.
Stockpile Dump Samples Analytical Results………………………………….......... 38-43
APPENDIX 2.
Arlington 2014 Work Site Photographs........................................................... 44
APPENDIX 3.
Arlington Speculator Silver Leaf Lily B Minfile/Inventory Reports........ 45-59
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
This Report describes a program of investigation, sampling and geochemical
analysis of the mine dumps/stockpiles and the additional collection of
sediment silt and mineralized float samples on the Slocan Arlington,
Speculator and Silver Leaf crown grants mineral claims and mineral tenure
property group; that was conducted in June of 2014. (8.00)
1.10 Objective
The primary objective was to determine whether the historical mine dumps
on the property contain potentially economic quantities of silver
mineralization.
1.20 Location and Access
The Arlington Property is located approximately 11 km east of the town of
Slocan, near the confluence of Springer and Speculator creeks at an elevation
of 5,200 feet (1,585 meters). The center of the property is at latitude 49 47’
30’’/ longitude 117 21’ 40’’and lies on NTS map 82F 14W and BCGS map
082F074 (Figure 1). The Arlington Minfile occurrence number is 082FNW152
and the adjoining Speculator Minfile occurrence number is 082FNW151.
Access is via a main arterial forest service logging road that branches off the
Slocan New Denver highway near the town of Slocan and runs up the
southeast side of Springer creek for 8 km to the property. This road was
blocked by a mudslide at the time of the present work program and access was
gained via a poorly maintained road which branches off the Slocan highway
near Slocan and runs for 6 ½ miles (10 km) up the northwest side of Springer
creek to the property. (Figures 2,3).
1.30 Mineral Claims
The Arlington mineral property consists of 48 MGS mineral claims and 6
crown granted mineral claims that are all owned 100% by John Bakus (Figures
3 & 10).
1.40 Physiography
Topography is steep but not too rugged. Elevations range from 1430 to 2070
meters above sea level. Vegetation consists of alders, jack pine and spruce in
the lower elevations to semi-alpine above 1900 meters. The property is
drained by Springer creek running southwest and Speculator creek running
south. The climate is typical of the Southern Interior of BC. Snow conditions
allow the property to be worked from early June to mid October.
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Figure 1. Arlington Property B.C. Location Index map
Scale:
1:10,000,000
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Map Center: 52.3421N 121.6962WMap Center: 52.3421N 121.6962WMap Center: 52.3421N 121.6962WMap Center: 52.3421N 121.6962WMap Center: 52.3421N 121.6962W
Slocan CitySlocan CitySlocan CitySlocan CitySlocan City
Abbotsford
Armstrong
Burnaby
Castlegar
Colwood
Coquitlam
Courtenay
Cranbrook
Dawson Creek
Duncan
Enderby
Fort St. John
Grand Forks
Greenwood
Kelowna
KimberleyMerritt
Penticton
Port Alberni
Prince George
Prince Rupert
Quesnel
Revelstoke
Surrey
Terrace
Victoria
Williams Lake

Figure 2. Arlington Property Location and Road Access Map
Scale 10.00 KM Google Eye View 44.08 KM
Mineral Claims (Brown) Places (White) Access Routes (Blue) Raster Map
Figure 3. Arlington Property Road Access and Claim Map
Scale 5.00 KM Google Eye View 22.55 KM
Mineral Claims (Brown) Crown Grants (Yellow) Access Route 2014 (Blue)
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Figure 4. Metallic Mineral Potential Map
Scale 10.00 KM Google EV 44.08 KM
(Data BC Geographic Data Discovery Service)
A seamless polygon coverage depicting the mineral resource assessment tracts
defined during the 1992-1997 Mineral Potential project. The tracts (794) are based
on common geologic characteristics and are given a relative rank from 1 to 794(
highest) based on the likelihood of discovering new metallic and/or industrial
mineral resources.
Metallic Mineral Potential by Rank
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Figure 5. Industrial Mineral Potential
(Data BC Geographic Data Discovery Service)
A seamless polygon coverage depicting the mineral resource assessment tracts
defined during the 1992-1997 Mineral Potential project. The tracts (794) are based
on common geologic characteristics and are given a relative rank from 1 to 794(
highest) based on the likelihood of discovering new metallic and/or industrial
mineral resources.
Industrial Mineral Potential by Rank
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Figure 6. Arlington Property Hillside Relief Map
(ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca)
Hill shaded imagery is a simulated cast shadow of sun upon a raised relief map
visually representing a digital elevation model (DEM)
Figure 7. Raster Base Map Scale 10.00 KM Google Eye View 44.08 KM
(openmaps.gov.bc.ca)
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Figure 8. Slocan City Area Historic ARIS Reports
Mineral Claims (Brown) Crown Grants (Yellow) ARIS Reports (Blue)
Figure 9. Aerial Photo (Orthophoto Mosaic) with Sample Locations
Scale 5.00 KM Google EV 22.60 KM (ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca)
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Figure 10. List Mineral Tenures/Crown Grants Arlington Bakus
(Two events filed for 2014 work program EVENTS (5510821 5511390))
Event: 5510821 (Geological, Geochemical, Prospecting, Preparatory Surveys, PAC Withdrawal)
Event #1 5510821
Recorded 2014/jun/29 Work Type: Technical Work (T)
Work Start: 2014/jun/12 Work Stop 2014/jun/29
Total Work: $ 24175.00
Total Applied Work Value: $34530.32 PAC Name Bakus Debited PAC amount $10355.42
Work credits and PAC were filed on these mineral claims and the claims where work was performed are highlighted in yellow
Tenures 1019239 1023376 1023380 1023389 1023396 1023405 1023408 1023417 1023445 1023446
1023447 1023448 1023450 1023451 1023545 1023651 1023696 1023697 1023698 1025301
1027021 1027540 1027970 1029026 1029257 1029258 1029259 1029260 1029264 1029266
1029267 1029268
Event: 5511390 ( Additional unclaimed expenses and PAC withdrawal related to 1st EVENT 5510821)
Event #2 5511390
Recorded 2014/jul/02 Work Type: Technical Work (T)
Total Work $ 4702.95
Total Applied Work Value: $ 6207.59 PAC Name Bakus Debited PAC amount: $1504.64
Additional Work credits (Transportation and PAC) were filed on these mineral claims and the claim where work was performed is highlighted in yellow
Tenures 1027826 944429 1027827 1023637 1027886 1021603 1028871 1028870 1027896
1027998 1028034 1027890 1027891 1023461 1028092 1021620
SUMMARY EVENTS 5510821 and 5511390
5510821 Total Value of Work
$ 24175.00
5511390 Total Value of Work $ 4702.95 5510821 and 5511390 Total Value of Work $ 28877.95
5510821 Debited PAC amount $ 10355.32
5511390 Debited PAC amount $ 1504.64 5510821 and 5511390 Debited PAC amount $ 11859.96
5510821 Total Applied Work Value: $ 34530.32
5511390 Total Applied Work Value: $ 6207.59 5510821 and 5511390 Total Applied Work Value $ 40737.91
Figure 11.Arlington Bakus Crown Grant List and Map
DL 5763 Silver Leaf,2416 Arlington,2417 Burlington,2356 Arlington No. 1 Fr, 2360 Speculator,2361 Speculator Fr.
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1.50 Property History
The Arlington property was staked in 1894 and was worked extensively from
1899 to 1903. Peak production was achieved during 1901. The operation was
closed and reopened during 1905 and operated until 1908. According to
records, production up to the end of 1924 is indicated to have been 12,795
tons averaging 72.2 oz/t silver and 5% lead. This material was shipped and
lower grade material was rejected by hand sorting in the stopes and on the
dumps. The total production to 1980 was 1,900,000 pounds of lead, 250,000
pounds of zinc and 1,010,606 ounces of silver from 22,643 tons of ore for an
average grade of 44.6 oz/ton silver.
The next major activity occurred in 1961 when Aumaque Gold Mines opened 2
levels and completed 8 underground diamond drill holes with a total length of
600 feet. Between 1965 and 1971, Arlington Silver Mines Ltd. conducted
underground and surface exploration and mined small amounts of ore for
direct shipping to a smelter. Subsequently during the 1970’s several leasors
mined small volumes for direct shipment to a smelter.
The last major pulse of activity at the Arlington property was during 1981.
During this time Sveinson Way Mineral Services carried out a detailed surface
and underground evaluation of the potential of the property including surface
and underground drilling and mapping as well as soil sample/VLF grids. This
program was cut short due to lack of funds before their evaluation was
complete.
The adjoining Speculator property had a similar early century discovery and
history of development but no work has occurred since 1910 and there is very
little known of its development or production. According to assessment report
#10,172 written by Sveinson Way Mineral Services, sketches of drifting they
had suggested a total development of 1,035 meters in the Speculator workings
but then estimated from the amount of material existing on the dumps that
possibly 3,200 meters of development had been done if it was all drifting. They
felt that some stoping had been done as well and mentioned a surface crater
that supports the concept that stoping had been done.
Underground tunneling was also conducted on the Silver Leaf claim during
1981 and perhaps earlier, but there is no record of any ore shipments.
The hydrothermal mineralized zone occurs within the Arlington shear
structure that is approximately 20 meters wide and cuts Nelson granitic rocks
striking at 35 degrees northeast and dipping at 65 degrees to the southeast.
This is a significant mineralized structure that runs northeast from the Silver
Leaf crown grant, across the adjoining Arlington and then the Speculator
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crown grants. From there the structure continues northeast to the Enterprise
Creek drainage for a further 5 km to the Enterprise crown grant and from
there on to the Westmont crown grant.
In 1981, Sveinson Way Mineral Services took three bulk samples totaling 500
tons, one from each of three existing mine dumps from the Arlington tunnels
and assayed the samples for silver. They calculated the three dumps
contained a cumulative volume of 49,150 tons of rock averaging 4.08 oz/t
silver, or 42,325 tons averaging 4.44 oz/t silver. The company also took bulk
samples totaling 60 tons, one from each of 4 mine dumps at the adjoining
Speculator tunnels and assayed them for silver, but these samples were lower
grade and contained approximately 1 % silver. The company calculated that
the Speculator dumps totaled 24,200 tons.
The company concluded that important silver reserves occur in the mine
stockpile dumps and that their results were not definitive since their sample
cuts were unilocational, but were indicative of which dumps could be
considered for recovery given a concentrating plant. A government capsule
geological description of the Arlington property states that “Ore shipped from
the dump between 1937 and 1962 amounted to 434 tons. From this ore
12,930 ounces of silver, 38,180 pounds of lead and 27,076 pounds of zinc were
recovered.”
The BC Geological Survey Minfile inventory report for the Arlington mine
(082FNW152) states: “from previous work there were blocked out 43,110
tonnes of proven surface dump ore at 487.8 grams (15.17 oz/t) per tonne
silver, 0.49 % lead and 0.39 % zinc.” Their reference is listed as Vancouver
Stock Exchange Statement of Material Facts #108/90, 1990 by Lightning Creek
Mines Ltd. The same Minfile inventory report also states there is an indicated
underground reserve of 17,470 tonnes grading 700 g/tonne silver, 1.04% lead
and 0.85% zinc.
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2.00 GEOLOGY
2.10 Regional Geology
The property lies in the southern part of the Selkirk Mountains in a region of
the Nelson batholith and other stock size intrusions. Strata of the region
include the Precambrian Horsethief Creek Group that lie to the west of Slocan
lake and the Slocan and Kaslo Groups that lie on the east of the lake.
The Slocan Group is Triassic in age and consists of argillites, phyllites and
quartzites, with minor amounts of limestone, conglomerate and andesitic
volcanic rocks. The Kaslo Group consists of metamorphosed andesitic rocks
of Mesozoic age.
The Precambrian rocks are separated from the Mesozoic strata and the
Nelson Batholith by a persistent crush zone. The Slocan area lies within the
core of the Kootnay arc and is dominated by the Nelson Batholith that
underlies a greater part of the region. The Slocan Group that crops out to the
north of the Nelson Batholith is characterized by a major synclinorium called
the Slocan Syncline.
2.20 Property Geology and Mineralization
The Arlington Property is underlain by a porphyritic granitic phase of the
Nelson Batholith. The rock is regionally described as granite but on the
property it borders on granodiorite in composition. The rock is melanocratic
medium grained and porphyritic. Phenocrysts of white to pinkish colored K-
feldspar regularly occur in sizes 2-5 cm. Mafic minerals are hornblende and
biotite.
Narrow pegmatite and lamprophyre dikes also occur in the porphyry and
these along with diabase to lamprophyre dikes also occur in the alteration
zone. Zenoliths of sedimentary rocks, mainly siltstone, are common within
the batholith.
Broad areas of the granitic rock have been argillically altered, causing the
rock to decompose into a sandy material that through solifluction has moved
downslope and along with glacial material forms an extensive overburden
cover at least 10 meters thick that masks the underlying bedrock. The
decomposition mainly affected the groundmass of the granite and the large
K-feldspar crystals have largely remained intact.
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Interestingly, the Sveinson Way Mineral Services assessment report #10,172
states “The intensity of alteration and the number and character of certain
dikes suggest the possibility of a second intrusive. If such a body is
responsible for alteration, silver and sulfides, a zoning concept should be
investigated; a concept where Cu/Mo might be located at some depth or
laterally. Molybdenite is known to occur to the south of the Meteor property.
Valhalla intrusives are known to cut the Nelson Batholith to the north.”
The Arlington mineralization occurs within an approximately 20 meter wide
structural zone that has an orientation of 035 and a dip of 60-70 SE and was
prepared by crushing, shearing and hydrothermal alteration. Other similar
zones have been established on the property but little is known of those.
Hydrothermal alteration within the zone probably occurred during the
structural event and the silver, lead, zinc sulfide mineralization appears to
have accompanied the hydrothermal event. Syn and post mineralization
faulting appears to be common and in general parallels the original structural
zone.
The Sveinson Way report states “On the Arlington property, galena,
sphalerite, native silver and stephanite along with minor amounts of
tetrahedrite, pyrite and chalcopyrite occur as replacements in chloritized,
granitic rock within the shear structure. A large shallow dipping ore pod,
dipping 5 to 10 degrees to the northeast with horizontal dimensions of 400
meters and vertical dimensions of 100 meters provided the bulk of the
production. The main economic minerals are native silver and stephanite
(Ag5SbS4), a silver sulfosalt.”
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Figure 11. Regional Geology and Gold/Silver Ratios Contour Map
(B.C. Ministry of Mines)
Ministry Website:
(http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/MINFILE/ProductsDownlo
ads/PublicationsList/Pages/sloccity.aspx#geological setting)
Geological Bedrock Map 082FNW
"The Slocan is one of the areas in British Columbia where small scale mining
remained viable for many years because of the richness of the ores. In the
Slocan City area, more than half of the 125 occurrences were mineral
producers - 13 mines have produced more than 1 million grams of silver. The
Ottawa (082FNW155), Enterprise (082FNW148), Arlington (082FNW152)
and Molly Gibson (082FNW121) mines have each produced more than 30
million grams of silver plus significant amounts of lead and zinc. The first
comprehensive descriptions of the mineral deposits of the region were by
Cairnes (1934), Maconachie (1940), Little (1960) and Brown and Logan
(1989)".
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The hydrothermal assemblage includes propylitic alteration, which affects
the granitic rock and varies from weak to strong chloritic alteration and
moderate to strong epidote alteration. As well weak to strong argillic
alteration of the granitic rock has occurred and altered the plagioclase
feldspar and mafic minerals to a soft white aggregate of sericite and clays but
has commonly left the K-feldspars intact and the granitic texture preserved.
Weak to strong silicification commonly overprints previous alteration facies
and is generally associated with quartz veining and brecciation.
The sulfide minerals present in the alteration zone include galena, sphalerite,
stephanite (Ag5SbS4), tetrahedrite, and minor amounts of pyrite and
chalcopyrite. Native silver is also present. Most of the ore grade
mineralization occurs in irregular lenses in chloritic alteration, although
mineralization in the Speculator workings appears to usually be a quartz-
carbonate breccia association. Crude banding of the sulfides tends to parallel
the alteration zone.
Ore shoots are podiform, tabular bodies of varying widths and often kidney
shaped. Common widths are 1m to 2m, but widths up to 7m are known. In
the ore quality sections native silver, stephanite and tetrahedrite are usually
present. Some galena and sphalerite are almost always present with silver,
but the presence of galena and sphalerite does not necessarily indicate
appreciable silver grade and silver-lead ratios are in no way consistent.
Native silver occurs as leaf silver along microfractures and partings in
chloritic aggregates and the color of the native silver tends to be pale
yellowish.
Quartz-carbonate sulfide veins and zones are usually narrow and only
occasionally are they sufficiently well enough mineralized to be considered
as ore. These veins are podiform, small and tend to parallel the zone.
The ore zone defined by previous mining and diamond drilling lies in a
vertical interval of up to 65 meters, over a 400 meter strike length. Toward
the southerly end the ore shoots occurred on the footwall of the zone in
general. Toward the north, the mineralization appears to have a greater
tendency to occur within or on the hanging wall contact of the zone.
A shallow rake to this potential ore horizon is suggested to plunge at about 5
degrees to the northeast. Slickensides on fault planes also have dips of 5 to
10 degrees to the northeast. No fundamental change has been mapped to
explain the near horizontal aspect of the mineralized zone, nor has important
silver mineralization been found outside its projection, however galena-
sphalerite occurrences are known both above and below.
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In 1970, R.A. Dujardin collected rock samples from several silver deposits
and prospects in the Slocan area to investigate whether disseminated silver
deposits might occur around the historic silver veins. His study appears to
have been a BC government funded project.
During his work he visited the Arlington mine and collected a 10 foot wide
chip sample of relatively unaltered brecciated granite from the north wall of
the #2 adit that assayed 1.78 oz/ton silver. He wrote that this high silver
assay only shows that silver values can be obtained in non vein material but
does not indicate widespread dissemination of silver but he did not do a
larger sampling program.
During the work program described in this report the author examined
chlorite altered granite samples from the mine dumps and observed that
although the alteration appeared to be pervasive throughout the rock, it was
largely developed along closely spaced microfractures. If silver
mineralization accompanied the hydrothermal fluids that produced the
chlorite alteration then zones of bulk tonnage silver mineralization could
have formed in chloritized alteration zones within the granite. Future
exploration work should include collecting samples of this rock type and
analyzing them for silver.
In 1981 Sveinson Way Mineral Services drilled 7 surface diamond drill holes
totalling 536 meters on the Arlington and Speculator zones. Drill hole 81-5
was drilled below one of the Speculator adits while drill hole 81-7 was drilled
into a separate alteration zone about 1 km further east and both holes
intersected galena-sphalerite mineralization. There is no record of whether
these drill core intersections were ever assayed and the core was stored on
site but has now been destroyed.
A soil sample survey was previously conducted over most of the property in
1981 and smaller follow up grids were soil sampled in 1986, 1987 and 1990.
VLF-EM surveys were also conducted on all of the soil grids during these
programs.
The 1981 soil and VLF-EM survey indicated the possible existence of a
hanging wall structure either parallel to or splaying from the Arlington shear.
The purpose of the 1986 program was to test for the possible existence of
these structures. The area to the north of the Speculator workings was
chosen because the Arlington shear starts to widen considerably in this area
and the VLF-EM indicated a structure may exist there.
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The soil survey conducted in 1987 was done during early June when over 1
meter of snow covered the area and the samples were mainly taken from
melted tree wells which is not ideal. The analytical results from these soil
surveys outlined a lead-zinc-silver anomaly approximately 1 km northeast of
the Speculator workings.
The 1990 program was designed to follow-up the exploration for a
mineralized zone in the hanging wall of the Arlington shear and focused in
part on a logged off area east of the Speculator adit where there are areas of
red mineral soils. This work outlined a multi element soil anomaly that
apparently has never been investigated further.
The 10 meter thick overburden cover over most of the area of potential
interest masks most of the underlying bedrock, so areas where no soil
sample anomalies were found does not mean conclusively that there is no
underlying mineralization in bedrock. The results of the previous soil sample
surveys are not conclusive and collection of 50 stream sediment samples
from streams that occur in the area upslope of the Arlington and Speculator
workings is recommended for the next work program.
3.00 WORK PROGRAM IN 2014
3.10 Introduction
The work program discussed in this report in part consisted of collecting
twenty-three samples from stockpile dumps that had been excavated from
the Silver Leaf, Arlington and Speculator tunnels (Figure 6). These samples
weighed between 7.02 kg and 9.82 kg and were prepared and analyzed by
Aqua Regia (14 elements) and ICP-MS (31 elements) at Acme Labs in
Vancouver, B.C. All samples that contained >50 ppm silver were
subsequently fire assayed for both silver and gold.
Three samples were collected from the Silver Leaf dump (AD2-01-14, AD2-
02-14 & AD2-03-14).
Eight samples were collected from three separate portions of the main
Arlington stockpile dump (labeled Dumps AD1, AD2 & AD3) that is located
about 70 meters below the main Arlington adit.
Samples AD1-01-14 & AD1-02-14 were collected below the road at the
bottom of the main stockpile dump, samples AD1-03-14, AD1-04-14 & AD1-
05-14 were taken above the road at the bottom of the main stockpile dump
and samples AD1-06-14, AD1-07-14 & AD1-08-14 were taken along the
south side of the large trench that was excavated across the main stockpile
dump by Sveinson Way Mineral Services in 1981.
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Three samples (AD3-01-14, AD3-02-14 & AD3-03-14) were collected from
the second largest Arlington stockpile dump that is located about 70 meters
southwest of the main Arlington adit.
Two samples AD4-01-14 & AD4-02-14) were collected from the stockpile
dump that is below the main road at the next highest Arlington adit and one
sample (AD5-01-14) was collected from the dump below the main road at the
highest Arlington adit.
Two samples (SPD14-01 & SPD14-02) were collected from the dump below
the lowest Speculator adit, three samples (SPD14-03, SPD14-04 & SPD14-05)
were collected from the dump at the next highest Speculator adit and one
sample (SPD14-06) was collected from the dump at the highest Speculator
adit (Figure 6).
Twenty silt samples (SSA-01-14 to SSA-20-14) were collected from above the
Speculator workings. These samples may be assayed with the results
included in a future report
Twenty five float samples (LB-01-14 to LB-24-14) were taken from in and
around the former recorded producer Lily B. which lays just south of the
Arlington workings across Springer Creek. These samples may be assayed
with the results included in a future report.
The present owner requested this program be conducted so as to acquire
data regarding the silver content of the mine dumps in order to evaluate
whether the silver contents would be high enough to make a decision to file
applications to extract two 10,000 tonne bulk samples of the dump material
for processing.
3.20 Results
The 14 elements analyzed by Aqua Regia were Mo, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, As, Cd, Sb,
Bi, Ag, Au, Hg, Tl and Se. The elements that had anomalous values are Cu, Pb,
Zn and Ag. All of the other elements were only in low background level
concentrations.
The highest copper (Cu) values were 95.7ppm, 84.6 ppm and 55.4 ppm. All of
the other samples contained <50 ppm Cu.
The highest zinc (Zn) values were 7,133 ppm, 5,367 ppm, 4,429 ppm, 3,657
ppm and 3,516 ppm. All of the other Zn values ranged between 220 ppm Zn
and 2,803 ppm Zn.
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The highest lead (Pb) values were >10,000 ppm, 7,859.1 ppm, 6,262.5 ppm,
6,055.4 ppm, 5,877.8 ppm and 5,052.5 ppm. All of the other Pb values ranged
between 167.6 ppm Pb and 4,975.4 ppm Pb.
The highest fire assay silver (Ag) values were 554 g/t, 428 g/t, 303 g/t, 301
g/t, 183 g/t, 150 g/t, 116 g/t, 104 g/t, 99 g/t, 90 g/t, 63 g/t and 62 g/t.
All of the gold (Au) values were low, the highest being 13.5 ppb Au and 12.0
ppb Au.
The highest silver values were in samples collected from the two dumps that
were excavated from the main Arlington adit. As well a sample collected from
dump AD4 that was excavated from a caved adit ~ 200 meters above the
main Arlington adit, contained 90 g/t Ag.
The highest silver value in samples collected from the Silver Leaf dump was
29.6 ppm Ag (~1 oz/t Ag).
The highest silver value in samples collected from the Speculator dumps was
104 g/t Ag. All of the other Ag values ranged between 4.4 ppm Ag and 46.4
ppm Ag.
The 17 elements analyzed by ICP-MS were Ba, Be, Co, Cs, Ga, Hf, Nb, Rb, Sn,
Sr, Ta, Th, U, V, W, Zr, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and
Lu.
Of these elements only Ba and Sr were in anomalous concentrations. All of
the other elements were only in low background level concentrations.
The highest Ba values were 4,701 ppm and 4,548 ppm. All of the other values
ranged between 212 ppm Ba and 1,923 ppm Ba. The highest Sr sample values
were 588.6 ppm, 529.6 ppm and 500.8 ppm. All of the other sample values
ranged between 195.7 ppm Sr and 447.6 ppm Sr.
The samples that contain the highest silver contents also contain the highest
barium, lead and zinc contents, however the highest lead value is only
~10,000 ppm Pb which indicates that most of the silver is not contained in
the lead mineral galena. The highest copper value being only 95.7 ppm Cu
also indicates that little of the silver is likely contained in tetrahedrite
(Cu2Sb2S7).
The antimony Sb values are all low with the highest value being 0.5 ppm Sb
which suggests that little of the silver occurs in the silver sulphosalt mineral
Stephanite. The chemical formula for Stephanite is Ag5SbS4 or 5Ag2S.Sb2S3
= 16.3% sulphur, 15.2% antimony and 68.5% silver. It therefore appears
likely that most of the silver may occur as native silver.
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3.30 2014 Work Spreadsheet
Sample X 11U Y 11U Lat Lon Alt Notes
AD1-01-
14 473958 5515231 49.788976
-
117.3617818 5120
Stockpile Bulk Sample AD1 #1
Ore dump is approx 242 ft around it,
about 11 ft down slope. A road
has cut it off from the main dump.
AD1-02-
14 473974 5515230 49.788969
-
117.3615658 5126 Stockpile Bulk Sample AD1 #2
AD1-03-
14 473990 5515261 49.789248
-
AD1-04-
14 473975 5515262 49.789257
-
AD1-05-
14 473955 5515265 49.789283
-
AD1-06-
14 473991 5515283 49.789447 -117.361336 5186 Stockpile Bulk Sample AD1 #6
AD1-07-
14 473973 5515289 49.789495
-
AD1-08-
14 473875 5515161 49.789546
-
AD2-01-
14 473957 5515294 49.789546
-
117.3617999 5187
Stockpile Bulk Sample AD2 #1 Sample taken
from ore pile below the ore cart rails, this
ore is from
the A level of the mine, the adit is marked 036
AD2-02-
14 473864 5515148 49.788222
-
AD2-03-
14 473859 5515144 49.78819
-
117.3631594 5068
Stockpile Bulk Sample AD2 #3 Approx 153 ft
around pile, NW side 9 ft tall, SE side slopes
down 20 feet
AD3-01-
14 473892 5515327 49.789841
-
AD3-02-
14 473887 5515322 49.789794
-
AD3-03-
14 473872 5515319 49.789763
-
AD4-01-
14 473985 5515404 49.790532
-
AD4-02-
14 473974 5515399 49.790489
-
AD5-01-
14 473956 5515494 49.791344
-
117.3618319 Stockpile Bulk Sample AD5 #2
AD5-02-
14 473962 5515515 49.791528
-
117.3617487 Stockpile Bulk Sample AD5 #1
SPD1-01-
14 474429 5516107 49.796873
-
117.3553022 5804 Stockpile Bulk Sample SPD1 #1
SPD1-02-
14 474425 5516121 49.796998
-
SPD1-03-
14 474421 5516129 49.797072
-
SPD2-01-
14 474389 5516265 49.798298
-
SPD2-02-
14 474394 5516271 49.798352
-
117.3557922 Stockpile Bulk Sample SPD2 #2
SPD3-01-
14 474477 5516385 49.799375
-
117.3546497 5883
Stockpile Bulk Sample SPD3 #1
Very small dump, Elevation 5929 ft,
another dump across the creek
from this dump appears to be larger
SSA-01-14 474621 5516608 49.801386
-
117.3526731 6063 Stream sediment sample
SSA-02-14 474612 5516624 49.80153
-
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SSA-03-14 474593 5516642 49.801691
-
SSA-04-14 474572 5516669 49.801933
-
SSA-05-14 474560 5516693 49.802148
-
SSA-06-14 474543 5516681 49.802039
-
SSA-07-14 474538 5516659 49.801841
-
SSA-08-14 474545 5516646 49.801725
-
SSA-09-14 474555 5516622 49.801509
-
SSA-10-14 474567 5516593 49.801249
-
SSA-11-14 474523 5516538 49.800752
-
SSA-12-14 474521 5516552 49.800878 -117.354059 6055 Stream sediment sample
SSA-13-14 474517 5516562 49.800968
-
SSA-14-14 474511 5516573 49.801067
-
SSA-15-14 474504 5516519 49.800581
-
SSA-16-14 474416 5516404 49.799543
-
SSA-17-14 474416 5516432 49.799794
-
SSA-18-14 474401 5516447 49.799929
-
SSA-19-14 474385 5516450 49.799955
-
SSA-20-14 474386 5516471 49.800144
-
LB-01-14 473311 5514452 49.7819383
-
117.3707288 4755
Pegmatite quartz fb with lots of
oxidization
LB-02-14 473543 5514407 49.7815438
-
117.3675031 4843
Quartz w lots of iron some layering
of the quartz FB
LB-03-14 473570 5514416 49.7816259
-
117.3671287 4815 Pegmatite with very large crystals FB
LB-04-14 473599 5514411 49.7815822
-
117.3667256 4859
Pegmatite with large crystals up to
24 mm FB
LB-05-14 473624 5514416 49.7816283
-
117.3663786 4877
Fine grained granite with large felspar
crystals FB
LB-06-14 473658 5514416 49.7816298
-
117.3659064 4862 Granite with large felspar crystals FB
LB-07-14 473688 5514414 49.7816131
-
117.3654895 4837
Pink colored granite with quartz crystals
up to 6mm FB
LB-08-14 473712 5514414 49.7816142
-
117.3651562 4863
Pegmatite with large quartz pieces
up to 12 m FB
LB-09-14 473737 5514412 49.7815973
-
117.3648088 4895 Hornblend and quartz mixture FB
LB-10-14 473760 5514417 49.7816433
-
117.3644896 4905
Fine grained pegmatite with large
felspar pieces FB
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LB-11-14 473790 5514420 49.7816716
-
117.3640731 4919
Granite pegmatite decomposing felspar and
quartz pieces up to 10 mm FB
LB-12-14 473819 5514437 49.7818257
-
117.3636714 4919
Brecciated quartz with rust coloring in the
vuggy section FB
LB-13-14 473847 5514454 49.7819798
-
117.3632837 4937
Brecciated quartz with iron pockets in it
very fine grained FB
LB-14-14 473872 5514465 49.7820799
-
117.3629371 4922 Very grainy quartz about 4mm FB
LB-15-14 473895 5514490 49.7823057
-
117.3626193 4963
Same as above but with larger quartz
pieces up to 12mm FB
LB-16-14 473917 5514510 49.7824866
-
117.3623151 4960
Very fine grained quartz with the dark
minerals forming dark lines FB
LB-17-14 473962 5514541 49.7827673
-
117.3616921 4991 Granite diorite with large crystals FB
LB-18-14 473984 5514570 49.7830291
-
117.3613884 4987 Quartz with some mineralization FB
LB-19-14 474014 5514576 49.7830844
-
117.3609721 4967 Granite diorite FB
LB-20-14 474044 5514594 49.7832476
-
117.3605566 5011
Rust quartz small quartz vein with
iron pockets FB
LB-21-14 473816 5514475 49.7821674
-
117.3637157 4976
Brown/white quartz with some
location mineralization FB
LB-22-14 473816 5514475 49.7821674
-
117.3637157 4976 Same as above but more oxidized FB
LB-23-14 473816 5514475 49.7821674
-
117.3637157 4976
LB-24-14 473816 5514475 49.7821674
-
117.3637157 4976
SPEC 1
Adit 474398 5516196 49.797677
-
117.3557413 5847
POI Adit, ore dump approx 445 ft around it,
about twenty ft in height
SPEC 2
Adit 474378 5516292 49.798636
-
117.3561712 5908
POI Adit, ore dump is approx 168 ft around it,
fifteen ft in height
SPEC 3
Adit 474492 5516459 49.800048
-
117.3544534 5973
POI Adit, caved in, ore from here went to the
small pile at # 030 place mark
SPEC 4
Adit 474522 5516449 49.799854
-
117.3541489
POI Adit, the creek has been diverted to go
around this adit, the ore looks like it was
piled on the SE side of the creek, dump was
still covered with snow size unknown
ARL A
Adit 473867 5515198 49.788566
-
117.3631846 5098 POI A level adit, caved in
ARL B
Adit 473930 5515337 49.789932
-
117.3621899
POI B level adit of the mine, the ore dump is
approx 990 ft around it, it is various levels,
max height is about fifty ft. A small creek
used to flow past this adit but now it drops
POI down into A level and comes out of
A level adit
ARL C
Adit 473897 5515351 49.790053
-
117.3626462 5249
C level adit, ore dump is approx 472 ft around
it, highest point about thirty ft, Elevation 5249,
entrance is caved in
ARL D
Adit 473968 5515439 49.790849
-
117.3616609
POI D level adit, ore dump is approx 425 ft around
it, thirty ft down slope
The rock material in the samples collected from the stockpile dumps, (AD1-01-14 to AD1-08-14,
AD2-01-14 to AD2-03-14, AD3-01-14 to AD3-03-14, AD4-01-14 and AD4-02-14, AD5-01-14 and AD5-
02-14, SPD1-01-14 to SPD1-03-14, SPD2-01-14 and SPD2-02-14) all had the same composition.
The dump material was almost entirely variably sized pieces Nelson granite up to a foot across and
the samples were randomly collected across the dumps from finer sand sized pieces of this rock
which were small enough to be assayed.
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Figure 13. Sample Location Maps
13.1 Google Map Bakus Slocan Properties including the Arlington
13.2 Google Map Showing Tenures 944429 1029267 1029268
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13.3 Base Map IMAP B.C. Tenures 944429 1029267 1029268
13.4 Google Map Arlington Stockpile Dump Sample Locations
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13.5 Google Map Speculator Dump and Stream Silt Sample Locations
13.6 Hand Drawn Map Arlington Stockpile Dump Sample Locations
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13.7 Hand Drawn Map Speculator Stockpile Dump Sample Locations
13.8 Google Map Lily B Rock Float Sample Locations
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13.9 Arlington and Speculator Dump Sample Silver Assay Map
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4.00 CONCLUSIONS
The silver contents in the eight samples collected from the main Arlington
stockpile dump (AD1-01-14 to AD1-08-14) were 428 g/t Ag, 303 g/t Ag, 183
g/t Ag, 150 g/t Ag, 116 g/t Ag, 99 g/t Ag, 63 g/t Ag and 44.7 g/t respectively.
The average silver content in these eight samples is 173.3 g/tonne Ag (5.57
oz/tonne Ag).
The silver contents in the three samples collected from the Arlington
stockpile dump located ~70 meters southwest of the main Arlington adit
(AD3-01-14, AD3-02-14 & AD3-03-14) were 554 g/t Ag, 301 g/t Ag and 62
g/t Ag respectively. The average silver content in these three samples is
305.7 g/tonne Ag (9.83 oz/tonne Ag).
In 1981 Sveinson Way Mineral Services measured the volume of the
Arlington stockpile dumps with a theodolite and stadia survey and used a
volume factor of 17 cubic feet per ton. The main Arlington stockpile dump
was estimated at 35,900 tons +/- 500 tons (31,875 tonnes +/- 446.5 tonnes)
and the second stockpile dump ~70 meters southwest of the main Arlington
adit was estimated at 6,425 tons +/- 650 tons (5,737.5 tonnes +/- 580.5
tonnes).
The samples collected from rock in the main Arlington stockpile dump
averaged 5.57 oz/tonne silver which indicates the dump may contain
(31,875 tonnes X 5.57 oz/tonne silver = 177,544 oz of silver) +/- (446.5
tonnes X 5.57 oz/tonne silver = 2,487 oz silver).
At the current price of ~ $US20/oz silver, the gross value of the silver in the
main Arlington dump may be 177,544 oz silver X $US20/oz silver =
$US3,550,875 +/- 2,487 oz silver X $US20/oz silver = $US49,740,
($US3,550,875 +/- $US49,740).
The samples collected from the second Arlington dump averaged 9.83
oz/tonne silver which indicates this dump may contain (5,737.5 tonnes X
9.83 oz/tonne silver = 56,400 oz silver) +/- (580.5 tonnes X 9.83 oz/tonne
silver = 5,706 oz silver).
At the current price of ~ $US20/oz silver, the gross value of the silver in the
second dump may be 56,400 oz silver X $US20/oz silver = $US1,128,000 +/-
5,706 oz silver X $US20/oz silver = $US114,126, ($US 1,128,000 +/- $US
114,126).
The total gross value of the silver contained in the two Arlington stockpile
dumps may be $US3,550,875 +/- $US49,740 + $US1,128,000 +/- $US114,126
= $US4,678,875 +/- $US163,866.
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This information indicates there is a significant silver resource contained in
the Arlington stockpile dumps, however the economic potential of this
resource will depend whether the costs of processing the rock and extracting
the silver can be low enough for the operation to be profitable.
5.00 RECOMMENDATIONS
The present author observed that there was very little quartz or calcite
veined material in the dumps and most of the rock was porphyritic granite
that varied from being relatively fresh to intensely chloritically altered
material. The dark greenish colored chlorite alteration appeared to be
controlled/introduced along numerous, thin, pervasive microfractures from
which it spread out into and altered the intervening rock.
It appears that most of the material in the Arlington dumps may not be
rejected vein material but wall rock that was excavated adjacent to the veins
to provide sufficient mine width openings.
If most of the Arlington dump material actually is wall rock and given that it
has an average silver contents of 5.57 oz/tonne and 9.83 oz/tonne, then
future work should be directed towards exploring for a bulk tonnage silver
deposit at Arlington.
The dump samples collected in this present program were relatively small
samples taken from a large tonnage of dump material and the silver assay
results are only indications of the possible silver contents in the dumps.
In order to more confidently evaluate the overall silver contents in the
dumps, larger samples need to be taken and analyzed. The simplest way to
accomplish this would be to file a government application to extract up to a
10,000 tonne bulk sample from the dumps for analysis.
The dumps do not show any signs of reddish colored leaching and there are
no reddish colored drainages coming out of the dumps and the iron contents
in the samples collected during this program were all relatively low. The
present author did not observe any quantity of samples containing pyrite in
the dumps.
As well, the analytical results of the samples collected during the present
program showed that maximum values of the deleterious elements were
very low, for example arsenic (As) 2.6 ppm, cadmium (Cd) 42.5 ppm,
selenium (Se) <0.5 ppm, thallium (Tl) 0.4 ppm and mercury (Hg) 0.68 ppm.
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All indications are that the dump material is non acidic rock however it is
expected that the government will require acidity testing of the dump
material if a bulk sample permit application is made. This requirement would
be accomplished by submitting the present samples to ???? lab for acidity etc.
testing.
6.00 REFERENCES
BC Geological Survey Minfile Report for the Arlington Property
#082FNW152
BC Geological Survey Minfile Report for the Speculator Property
#082FNW151
Cairnes, C. E. 1935: Description of Properties, Slocan Mining Camp B.C., GSC
Memoir 184.
Chapman, John 1991: Arlington Silver Project, Slocan Mining Division, B.C.
BCMEMPR Assessment Report #20,384.
Dujardin, R.A. 1970: Progress Report: The Search for a Disseminated Silver
Deposit – Slocan Area BC Geological Survey Minfile Report #082FNW152-07
page 5.
Freeze, Joanne, 1987: Geochemical Report on the Arlington Property, Slocan
Mining Division, B.C., BCMEMPR Assessment Report #16,218.
Henneberry, Tim, 1986: Soil Geochemistry of the Arlington Shear Hanging
Wall, Slocan Mining Division, B.C., BCMEMPR Assessment Report #15,053.
Way, Barry, 1982: Arlington Project, Slocan Mining Division, B.C., BCMEMPR
Assessment Report #10,172.
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7.00 STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
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8.00 TECHNICAL WORK REPORT FORM STATEMENT OF COSTS
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APPENDIX 1. Stockpile Dump Sample Analytical Results
23 Samples were tested by Acme Laboratory in Vancouver, B.C. by ICP-MS
and ICP/MS Aqua Regia with 12 samples being additionally fire assayed for
AG
Preparation:
PRP70-250
Rock crushed to 70% passing 10 mesh (2mm), homogenized, riffle split
(250g, subsample) and pulverized to 85% passing 200 mesh (75 microns).
Crusher and pulverizer are cleaned by brush and compressed air between
routine samples. Granite/Quartz wash scours equipment after high-grade
samples, between changes in rock colour and at end of each file.
Granite/Quartz is crushed and pulverized as first sample in sequence and
carried through to analysis.
Analysis:
LF100-EXT: Fusion ICP-MS
Standard suite Trace Elements ICP-MS (45 elements) LF100 + AQ200 add on.
LF 100
ELEMENT DETECTION LIMIT UPPER LIMIT
Be 1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Ce 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
Co 0.2 ppm 10,000 ppm
Cs 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Dy 0.05 ppm 10,000 ppm
Er 0.03 ppm 10,000 ppm
Eu 0.02 ppm 10,000 ppm
Ga 0.5 ppm 10,000 ppm
Gd 0.05 ppm 10,000 ppm
Hf 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Ho 0.02 ppm 10,000 ppm
La 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
Lu 0.01 ppm 10,000 ppm
Nb 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
Nd 0.3 ppm 10,000 ppm
Ni 20 ppm 10,000 ppm
Pr 0.02 ppm 10,000 ppm
Rb 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sc 1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sm 0.05 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sn 1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sr 0.5 ppm 50,000 ppm
Ta 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
Tb 0.01 ppm 10,000 ppm
Th 0.2 ppm 10,000 ppm
Tm 0.01 ppm 10,000 ppm
U 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
V 8 ppm 10,000 ppm
W 0.5 ppm 10,000 ppm
Y 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
Yb 0.05 ppm 10,000 ppm
Zr 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
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AQ200: Aqua Regia ICP/MS
(Add on Elements from LF100-EXT)
Samples are leached in hot modified aqua regia then analyzed by ICP-MS.
AQ200
ELEMENT DETECTION LIMIT UPPER LIMIT
Ag 0.1 ppm 100 ppm
As 0.5 ppm 10,000 ppm
Au 0.5 ppb 100,000 ppb
Bi 0.1 ppm 2,000 ppm
Cd 0.1 ppm 2,000 ppm
Cu 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Hg 0.01 ppm 50 ppm
Mo 0.1 ppm 2,000 ppm
Ni 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Pb 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sb 0.1 ppm 2,000 ppm
Se 0.5 ppm 100 ppm
Tl 0.1 ppm 1,000 ppm
Zn 1 ppm 10,000 ppm
FA530-AG Gravimetric Fire Assay ICP/MS
Lead collection fire assay fusion - gravimetric finish digestion of the Ag dore
bead and this analysis by ICP-MS.
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APPENDIX 2. Arlington 2014 Work Site Photographs
Arlington Main Trench Arlington Main Adit
Speculator Adit View from Arlington looking West
ARH-01-14 AD-01-14
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APPENDIX 3. Arlington Speculator Silver Leaf Lily B Minfile/Inventory Reports
Arlington Slocan Minfile Reports
Arlington Minfile Detail
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Arlington Capsule Geology
The Arlington property comprises the Arlington, Burlington No. 2 and
Stephanite Crown granted claims and fractions situated on the north slope of
the valley, near the confluence of Speculator and Springer creeks, 8
kilometres east-northeast of Slocan. Access to the property from the Slocan
highway is via the Springer Creek road.
The mine was developed by eight adits over a vertical range of about 200
metres. In the early years, the bulk of the ore was taken from the fifth to
seventh levels and from the original discovery at surface near the shaft. In
the latter years, underground work was confined to the lowest two levels.
Production between 1897 and 1979 totalled 20,592 tonnes, yielding
31,429,872 grams of silver, 861,487 kilograms of lead, 118,863 kilograms of
zinc, 743 grams of gold, 834 kilograms of copper and 46 kilograms of
cadmium. In 1962, 576 tonnes was used as a silica flux.
The Arlington lode is a mineralized crushed zone, about 20 metres wide, in
coarse-grained hornblende granite or granodiorite of the Nelson batholith;
the zone contains basic monzonite inclusions. The zone includes a number of
parallel fissures and maintains a uniform strike of 040 degrees, dipping 60 to
70 degrees southeast. The sear zone is chloritic to talcose altered.
The ore is largely replacement of the country rock, occurring as scattered
breccia lenses on continuous fractures. The chief ore minerals are galena and
sphalerite, with associated disseminated pyrite, chalcopyrite, stephanite,
tetrahedrite and native silver. A sample of the dump taken in 1987 assayed
1280 grams per tonne silver, 0.03 grams per tonne gold, 0.0215 per cent
copper, 5.7 per cent lead and 11.47 per cent zinc (Open File 1988-11).
The Arlington mine was worked extensively from 1899 through 1903, then
intermittently until 1979. In 1969 and 1970, Arlington Silver Mines Ltd.
stoped and shipped ore, which was mainly salvages from the old workings;
they also explored, by diamond drilling, what appears to be the northern
extension of the vein system.
The property was staked in about 1894 and comprises the Stephanite
fraction, Burlington No. 2, Arlington No. 1 fraction, and Arlington No. 2
Crown-granted claims.
The first shipment of ore was made in 1897. The property was worked
extensively from 1899 to 1903, production reaching a maximum in 1901.
During this period the property was developed by three tunnels over a
vertical range of 46 metres. Most of the stoping was done in the upper 15
metres. In 1919 the property was owned by the Rithet Estate and leasers
began shipping ore from the dump.
During 1928 the Bayview Mining Co. held an option on the property and
began driving a 4th level, the direction of the tunnel being determined by a
Radiore survey. In 1937 the Slocan-Arlington Mines Development Co. of
Penticton made a shipment of ore from the dump. Leasers shipped from the
dump in 1939 and 1948. In 1951 the Ottawa Silver Mining & Milling Co. made
a small shipment from the dump.
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Amaque Gold Mines Ltd. obtained an option on the property in 1961 from B.I.
Nesbitt of Vancouver. The old "A" level was rehabilitated by stripping the
first 24 metres, which was caved, and retimbering 73 metres of drift. The
level was reopened for a length of 213 metres. The portal of "D" level was
opened up and some surface stripping was done. On "A" level eight diamond
drill holes were completed, with a total length of 182.8 metres. The holes
were drilled along the drift at intervals to explore the shear from footwall to
hanging wall. In 1962 B.I. Nesbitt made a shipment of ore from the dump.
Arlington Silver Mines purchased 16 claims including the Arlington mine in
1964. The road and two adits were reopened. In 1969, Arlington became
Western Arlington Resources Ltd. and in 1986 changed its name to Lightning
Creek Mines Ltd. In 1981, Svienson Way Mineral Services Ltd. purchased 50
per cent interest in the property. From previous work there were blocked
out 43,114 tonnes of proven surface dump ore at 487.8 grams per tonne
silver, 0.49 per cent lead and 0.39 per cent zinc; 17,470 tonnes of indicated
underground at 699.4 grams per tonne silver, 1.04 per cent lead and 0.85 per
cent zinc (Vancouver Stock Exchange Statement of Material Facts (#108/90,
1990). In 1988, Lightning Creek Mines Ltd. listed proven, probable and
indicated resources at 62,252 tonnes averaging 396 grams per tonne silver
and 0.54 per cent zinc (CMH 1988-89, page 290). During 1989 and 1990,
Cazador Explorations limited purchased the property. Cazador amalgamated
in 1993 to become Granduc Mining Corporation, which amalgamated in 1996
with Black Hawk Mining Inc.
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EMPR AR 1896-72; 1897-535; 1898-1076; 1899-689; 1900-829,988; 1901-
1024,1026; 1902-150; 1903-138; 1904-165,168,203; 1905-162; 1906-
146,248; 1907-101,214; 1908-100,247; 1911-154; 1918-171; 1919-155;
1921-139,170; 1925-99; 1927-87; 1928-97,297; 1929-95, 318; 1930-442;
1933-53; 1937-A38,E56; 1938-A37; 1939-39,96; 1948-148; 1951-178; 1961-
79; 1962-A49; 1963-A50,79; 1964-A55,129; 1965-196; 1966-219; 1967-250;
1968-A54,249; 1969-A55, 1970-A55; 1971-A55; 1975-A95; 1976-104; 1978-
128; 1979-130 EMPR ASS RPT *10172, 15053, 16218, 20384
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P 1989-5 EMPR PF (Starr, C.C. (1930): Notes on Mines on Springer and Ten-
Mile Creeks; Cross Section, 1"=100'; Dujardin, R.A. (1970): Progress
Report) EMR MP CORPFILE (Arlington Mining Co.; Lightning Creek Mines
Ltd.; Cazador Explorations Ltd.)
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289-290
GCNL Dec.29, 1986, V STOCKWATCH Apr.13, 1987, N MINER May 21, 1964;
Apr.27, 1992
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Arlington Production Report
Metric Imperial
Mined 20,592 tonnes 22,698 tons
Recovery
Silver 31,429,872 grams 1,010,494 ounces
Gold 743 grams 24 ounces
Lead 861,487 kilograms 1,899,254 pounds
Silica 575,881 kilograms 1,269,600 pounds
Zinc 118,863 kilograms 262,048 pounds
Copper 834 kilograms 1,839 pounds
Cadmium 46 kilograms 101 pounds
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Silver Leaf Capsule Geology
The Silver Leaf claim adjoins the Arlington mine (082FNW152) on
Speculator Creek, 8 kilometres east northeast of Slocan. Access is from the
Slocan highway via the Springer Creek road, to just east of the confluence of
Springer and Speculator creeks.
The property is underlain by what is considered to be the extension of the
Arlington shear. The principal workings are a 76- metre prospect crosscut
adit to the shear on the Silver Leaf No. 2 and Argentite claims. The
mineralization consists of small stringers that could not be extracted for a
profit.
Small ore shipments for the period 1947 to 1951 were from a reserve that is
reported to have been mined from the Arlington workings and dumped on
the Silver Leaf No. 2 claim. Recovery from 40 tonnes of ore totalled 23,949
grams of silver, 2631 kilograms of lead and 2843 kilograms of zinc.
Bibliography
EMPR AR *1947-A38,173; 1948-A39,148; 1951-43,178
EMPR BC METAL MM01398
EMPR INDEX 3-213
EMPR P 1989-5
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Speculator Capsule Geology
The Speculator property, consisting of the Speculator (Lot 2360), Mineral
Mountain (Lot 2362), Eda Fr. (Lot 2363) and Nancy (Lot 5259) Crown
granted claims and fractions, is located 8.5 kilometres east northeast of
Slocan. Access from the Slocan highway is via the Springer and Speculator
creek roads.
The workings consist of three adits that explore the northeast extension of
the Arlington mine zone (082FNW152), which on the Speculator is crushed
hornblende granite or granodiorite about 50 metres wide, within which
mineralization occurs chiefly in a series of parallel fissures striking 034
degrees and dipping 65 to 70 southeast.
The ore is largely replacement of the crushed Nelson granite. The chief ore
minerals are galena and lesser sphalerite, associated with disseminated
stephanite, grey copper and native silver. The recorded shipments of ore in
1901, 1941 and 1951, totalled 26 tonnes that yielded 25,661 grams of silver,
5947 kilograms of lead and 413 kilograms of zinc.
A sample taken in 1987 assayed 119 grams per tonne silver, 1.55 per cent
lead and 0.46 per cent zinc (Open File 1988-11). Another sample returned
4.3 grams per tonne gold, 2300 grams per tonne silver, 0.03 per cent copper,
0.135 per cent lead and 0.08 per cent zinc (Open File 1988-11).
Bibliography
EMPR AR 1900-824,988; 1901-1027,1227; 1902-150; 1903-138; 1904-
165,168,203; 1906-252; 1940-81; 1947-27,75; 1951-43,71
EMPR ASS RPT 10172, 15053, 16218, 20384
EMPR EXPL 1987-C62
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 31-48
EMPR INDEX 3-214
EMPR OF 1988-11
EMPR P 1989-5
GSC MAP 272A, 1091A
GSC MEM 184, p. 185; 308, pp. 119, 132
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Lily B Capsule Geology
The Lily B claim is located at about 1600 metres elevation on the south slope
of the valley of Springer Creek, 7.5 kilometres east-northeast of Slocan.
Access is via the Springer Creek and Bettina Creek roads from the Slocan
highway.
The workings, consisting of a shaft and adit, explore a fault fissure lode
cutting coarse grained Nelson granite, on a strike that varies from 075 to 105
degrees, dipping 55 degrees south. The mineralized zone consists of crushed
country rock and gouge, up to 1.5 metres wide, containing small lenses of
ore, up to 1 metre wide. The ore consists of galena and sphalerite
accompanied by a small amount of pyrite and chalcopyrite in a quartz
gangue. Some native silver occurs along the fissure planes in the ore.
Shipments of ore from this mine were intermittent beginning in 1913.
Altogether up to and including 1922, this mine has produced 41 tonnes of ore
yielding an average of 2748 grams per tonne silver and 5.6 per cent lead.
Bibliography
EMPR AR 1898-1076; 1900-830; 1911-154; 1912-150; 1917-168,448; 1918-
171; 1921-170; 1922-204
EMPR INDEX 3-203
EMPR P 1989-5
GSC MAP 272A, 1091A
GSC MEM 184, p. 178; 308, p. 149
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