EL CAPITAN,MINERAL CLAIMS (Group mineral claims - BART, BART 1, TESS, TESS 1, TROY) Mining Division: Victoria, B.C. Lat: 48 57 00 Long 124 13 00 NTS 092C 16E Owners: D. Brouwer D. Herriott PROSPECTING REPORT Submitted on January 4th, 2005 By D. Brouwer and D. Herriott Resubmitted November 15,2005
Table of Contents Introduction. Property Description. Location. and Access and History...p age 2 Map 1. General property location... page 3 Map 2. Claim location and topography... Page 4 History... page 5 Economic Setting... page 6... Map 3. Areas of interest for work proposed in 2005 Page 7 Prospecting... Page 9 Trail Construction. Proposed Field Work for 2005.....page 10 Statements of Qualifications.....page 1 1 Statement of Assessment Work......p age 12 Appendix I 2004 El Capitan Study Area (fold out map)...p age 13...
1. Introduction Doug Heniott of 5968 Parkway Drive, Nanaimo B.C. and Doug Brouwer of 1686 Brierley Hill, Nanaimo, B.C. hold sole title of the El Capitan group of mineral claims located on Vancouver Island, near Cowichan Lake and north of the village of Youbou. 2. Property Description The El Capitan Claim consists of 5 mineral claims totalling 41 units as summarized below. Claim Name Tenure No. Anniversary Date Bart - 8 units, 2Nx4E 407881 January 17,2005 Bart 1-12 units, 3s x 4E 407883 January 17,2005 Tess - 6 units, 2N x 3 W 407882 January 17,2005 Tess 1-9 units, 3s x 3W 407884 January 17,2005 Troy - 6 units, 2s x 3E 41 1460 June 14,2005 T The common legal corner posts for the Bart, Bart 1, Tess and Tess 1 is situated at about 760 metres at latitude 48' 13' 49" W and longitude 48' 56' 52". From the legal corner post the claims extend as indicated above. 3. Location and Access The El Capitan claims are located on Vancouver Island in the Victoria Mining District (see map 1). The claims are about 7 kilometres north of Youbou on Cowichan Lake and 30 kilometres southwest of Nanaimo. The claims straddle the valley between Cottonwood Creek and Chemainus River and include Mount Landale, and El Capitan Mountain (see map 2). Access is by highway 18 along the north side of Cowichan Lake approximately 16 kilometres west fiom the village of Lake Cowichan to the mouth of Cottonwood Creek. Proceed north on a logging road for approximately 7 kilometres along Cottonwood Creek mainline. Turn east on a deactivated logging road that follows East Cottonwood Creek. After approximately 2 kilometres the road becomes impassable to vehicles due to deactivation. The LCP for the first four claims in the group is located about 1 kilometre fiom the terminus of the road on foot. The LCP for the Troy which makes up the last of the five claims is located on the southern boundary of the Tess I claim (see map 3). Access to the Troy claim is obtained by using the Widow Creek logging road located along the east side of Cottonwood creek. About 5 kilometres along this road, the LCP can be found about 50 meters below the north side of the road.
GENERAL PROPERTY LOCATION MAP
CLAIM LOCATIONS AND TOPGRAPHIC MAP
4. History The present El Capitan property, is composed of the El Captain, Cottonwood and Paint Pot showings and includes the old workings of these prospects. It encompasses both the Spaniard and Capitan claims which were under option to Omega Gold Corporation in 1988. The majority of past work has been done in the area of the El Captain prospect. Surface stripping and a 2 metre drift driven on a heavily oxidized 0.5 metre vein (Cottonwood showing) within an east west shear zone was done prior to 1927. In 1927, a 15mtre drift (no. 2 adit), was driven westward along a shear striking 100/80S. Samples collected in the drift returning values at the time of sampling of $15.00 /ton mainly in gold. Sulphide ribs were samples and assays were reported of $39.00/ton gold are reported. The drift extends for approximately 30 metres as is still reported to be in the oxidized zone. In 1935 the El Capitan was optioned by Lomass and Powell. Lomass and Powell drove a 65 metre adit on the west side of the summit of El Capitan(?). A well defined fault was encountered 7 metres south fiom the face continuing for 23 metres, Local rusty gouge in minor quartzites within a 20 cm grey gouge zone returned only traces of gold and silver. A 35 cm wide fissure was discovered below the adit. The fissure is reported to have contained abundant arsenopyrite it is not known if the fissure was sampled. Three major rock types are noted in the area of the adits and surrounding mountains. Dark green porphyritic andesite, (Karmutsen Formation basalt): porphyritic hornblende andesite dykes; and medium grained diorite reported to be in contact with porphyritic andesite dyke approximately 50 metres below the number 2 adit. The veins in two of the adits were sampled by DR. J.T. Fyles, geologist with the B.C. Department of Mines in 1955. B. McClay (Trans Pacific Ventures Ltd) work done the property fiom 1978 to 1979. During that time B. McClay sampled the number 1 adit and reported values of 467 @ton (13.6 ozlton) gold across 0.6 metres. A VLF-EM survey was conducted over the mineralized shear zone but appears to be of little use, possibly due to the rugged terrain (lorenzette, 1 988). M.L. Douglas staked the Cottonwood prospect (2 m vein) and through surface prospecting traced the vein up the hill for 165 metres. The vein strikes 45 degrees crosscutting porphyritic basalt it is thought to be a different shear then the El Capitan. Assays returned values of $1.60/ton gold, l.37@ton silver (0.04 odton) and 4.7% cobalt. In 1928 another adit was drifted for 15 metres below adit number 2 in an attempt to get below the oxide zone. A seam of ore 10 cm wide was uncovered on the footwall which
assayed 92.6 &on (2.7 ozlton) gold, 120 &on silver. A 15 cm section of chalcopyrite ore on the hanging wall assayed 140.6 ghon (4.1 ozlton) gold, 44.57 ghon silver(l.3 ozlton), and 13% copper separated by an approximately 1 metre interval of oxidized material. Between 1927 and 1929, Douglas, Lomass and Miller drove a 26 metre upper adit, a 16 metre lower adit, two small adits and two small crosscuts between the main adits. The lower cut at the Cottonwood prospect showed that the vein has a width of 2 metres of which 65 cm on the footwall is broken porphyritic basalt with minor mineralization, then 35 cm of smaltite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite ore, and then the hanging wall with quartz, sparsely mineralized with chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. In 1930 Martin Smith staked the Paint Pot showing, a.65 metre oxidized chalcopyrite vein with a shear zone extending over 30 metres. Assay results returned values of $2.80/ton gold, 51 &on (1.5 odton) silver and 6.1 % copper. In 1979 J.F. McIntyre prepared a report for Pacer Exploration (?) (assess. report 07832 dated 1979). T In 1984, a report by J.F. McIntyre, prepared for Strongbow Resources Corporation, recommended bulk sampling and rehabilitation of the underground workings. This work was not performed and the property was left to lapse on February 12~, 1985. Since then exploration work has been canied out by Dayton Development Corporation (assess. Report 15065 dated 1987), and Omega Gold Corporation (assess. report 18394 dated 1988). Recommendations.based on these assessment reports were the basis for prospecting in 2005 (See map on page 7). 5. Economic Setting There are a number of noteworthy showings and deposits in the Cowichan Lake Valley as well as the Nanaimo Lake Watershed immediately to the North of the El Capitan. T The Twin J mine near Duncan is a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit approximately 45 kilometres to the southeast of the El Capitan. Historic reports on the property report two parallel ore bodies, 46 metres apart, containing pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and minor galena in a barite quartz-calcite gangue and chacolpyrite in quartz which are thought to be derived form acidic volcanics (Myra Formation). Total production from1 898 to 1964 was 277,400 tons producing 1,383,893 g 944,491 oz) of gold, 298,066,440 g (934,522 oz) of silver, 9,549,590 kilograms of copper and 20,803,750 kilograms of zinc and approximately 164,590 kilograms of lead.
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The Lara property is also a polymetallic VMS deposit with a reported strike length of 1500 metres and a depth of 245 metres. Average grades are 5.1 g/ton gold, 11 1.4 g/ton silver, 0.8l%copper, 1.32% lead, and 5.79% zinc over an average width of 3.9 metres. Mineralization is hosted by felsic volcanics of the Myra Formation. Near North Cowichan Lake are several mineral occurrences within a 5 kilometre radius of the El Capitan property. The Silver Leaf located in the in the Nanaimo Lakes Watershed is similar to the El Capitan showings. The showings are located just to the north of the El Capitan prospect (092C 019). The claims were staked in about 191 1. Previous work consists of 3 adits, the first and main adit was driven in 1922-23 and the other two were driven in 1945. The area is underlain by massive basalt of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation, Vancouver Group. The area is cut by east striking, steeply dipping shear zones which contain sulphide mineralization with gold values. Some zones are up to 610 metres in vertical distance, and 1.6 kilometres in length but these are not known to contain mineralization. The shorter, rusty zones are the best mineralized. The showings consist of 3 shear zones which strike 270 degrees and dip 65 degrees south. The shear zones contain massive sulphide pods in a quartz-calcite sheared basalt gangue, The sulphide-rich zone is up to 1.2 metres wide. Mineralization consists of pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and minor arsenopyrite. A sample, taken over 1.3 metres, assayed 17.14 grams per tonne gold, 150.83 grams per tonne silver, and 4.5 per cent copper (Bulletin 37 page 65). To the west the Paula showing also exhibits the same type of structures and geology as the El Capitan Property. The Paula vein is located on the Marathon claim which straddles McKay Creek, north of Cowichan Lake. The Amore 2 (092C 1 17) showing, which produced a small amount of ore in 1979, adjoins the Taurus claim which to date has no known mineralization. The area is underlain by granodiorite of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite and hornfelsed basalt, andesite and rhyolite tuff of the Upper Devonian McLaughlin Ridge Formation, Sicker Group. The granodiorite is cut by narrow aplite and basalt dykes. Mineralization occurs in a narrow discontinuous quartz vein which appears to lie at the contact between the volcanic and intrusive rocks hosted in a shear zone in the volcanics. The vein contains up to 30 per cent sulphides comprising pyrite, pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite. The vein, 1 to 15 centimetres wide, pinches out 5 metres to the south, strikes 35 to 60 degrees and dips 76 to 85 degrees east. T The average weighted assay of grab samples of "better material" taken over a 42 centimetre width of the vein and shear (MI-R to M3-R) was 152.20 grams per tonne gold
(Assessment Report 18093). One sample contained 1.97 per cent copper and 50 grams per tonne silver (MI -R) (Assessment report 18093)- About 300 metres to the south, a shear zone approximately 15 metres wide, assayed low in gold from sub-shears and 0.93 per cent copper from an altered dyke (Assessment report 180%). Mineralization is related to the intrusive event and appears to favour structural zones developed along contact zones. The Amore showing is located on the Amore 2 claim 1 1 kilometres northwest of Youbou on Cowichan Lake. The area was originally prospected in the 1910's and 1920's. The area is underlain by sedimentary and volcaniclastic rocks of the Mississippian to Pennsylvanian Fourth Lake Formation, Buttle M e Group and basaltic rocks of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation, Vancouver Group. These have been intruded by rocks of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. The claim is underlain by chert, cherty argillite, cherty tuff, tuff and argillite of the Fourth Lake Formation in the northern portion and in the south by Karmutsen Formation volcanics intruded by diorite to quartz diorite. To the northeast of the claim, lenses of jasper a few metres thick dip steeply and strike north. T Mineralization occurs mainly in shears and quartz veins within cherty sediments in the northern portion of the claim. One sulphide- rich vein, 3 to 30 centimtres wide, lies in a shear zone in silicified and carbonatized rocks. Gold mineralization occurs with galena, sphalerite and arsenopyrite in quartz veins, stringers and lenses. Mineralization comprising pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, molybdenite and chalcopyrite occurs as massive sulphide lenses and stringers in siliceous zones, quartz veins and altered tuffs. Mineralization appears to be structurally controlled. Drilling and trenching in 1978 traced the sulphide-rich vein for 30 metres (Assessment Report 7 187). A 1 ;8-tonne shipment of ore in 1978 to the Tacoma produced approximately 685.6 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 71 87)- A sampling program on the northern portion of the claim resulted in a highest assay of 19.2 grams per tonne gold and 4.4 grams per tome silver from a 2 metre chip sample of cherty argillite (Assessment Report 16227, Sample 18205). 6. Prospecting Prospecting consisted of 2 phases in 2004: The first phase consisted of following up on some of the recommendations by G.M. Lorenzetti, B.Sc for Omega Gold Corporation (Assessment Report 18394 in 1988). - Follow up on Sheet Creek and Rap Creek where a broad zone of coincident anomalous gold and arsenic occur.
- Follow the strike projection of the sulphide rich limestone exposed in Rap, Sheet and Lomas Creek. The second phase consisted of prospecting on the Troy claim where a 1 meter wide quartz vein and a 2 meter wide fault zone were examined. Strike on both these zones are south, south-east. Time spent on the property in 2004 mounted to 16 man days of prospecting and exploration on the claims. 7. Trail Construction Access to the headwaters of Cottonwood Creek (east) is hampered due to logging road deactivation. While it is still possible to hike into showings some trail maintenance was required to make work easier. A total of 4 man days was spent brushing out trails and laying out routes to the various showings on the property. Approximately 900 metres of trail were constructed or rehabilitated to facilitate access to areas on the property. 8. Proposed Field Work for 2005 Prospecting in the central property where active logging prevented access to previous claim holders. (See map on page 7 for areas of interest). Locate showings described in previous assessment reports (7832, 15065, 18394). A priority will be to locate the Number 3 adit and include examination of the Cottonwood shear zone for a possible projection. Anomalous soil and rock samples where outlined in previous assessments will be followed in 2005 if time permits. Follow up prospecting in the Rap, Sheet, and Cal Creeks where arbmalous gold/copper/arsenic was identified and outlined in earlier assessment reports. Follow up prospecting on the east side of Mount Landale to determine the source of a number anomalous silt samples.
8. Statement of Qualifications I, Doug Brouwer of 1686 Brierley Hill, Nanaimo, B.C. do hereby declare the following: - I hold a valid Free Miner's Certificate - Have prospected in British Columbia for 2 years - Have completed the Mineral Titles Online course I, Doug Hemott of 5968 Parkway Drive, Nanaimo B.C. do hereby declare the following: - Worked as an Exploration Technician in British Columbia for 5 years (1980-1984) - I have prospected in British Columbia for approximately 3 years since 2001 - I am certified Blaster in both British Columbia and the Yukon Temtory
ASSESSMENT CLAIM FOR WORK COMPLETED DUNNG 2004 Invoice number 1 10004695 Approved 085744 * ~VEM 7 400s305 ELECTRONIC ASSESSMENT FILED @ftb): January 14,2005 CLAM NAMES TENURE NUMBER ANNIVERSARY DATE Bart Bart 1 Tess Tess 1 Troy January 17,2005 January 17,2005 January 17,2005 January 17,2005 June 14,2005 TYPE OF WORK AMOUNT OF WORK ASSESSMENT VALUE Trail improvement 32 hours @ $3040/hr. $960.00 (8 hours x 4 man days) Prospecting 128 hours @ $30.00/hr. $3840.00 (8 hours x E 6 man days) Travel and expenses 20% of $3840.00 Total Value of Assessment work Doug Brouwer FMC 144334 ' + /< zms dale Doug Herriott FMC 1 1 1702 / 4 /o//o date
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