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Clinton Mining District
Gold Claims For Sale
Fraser River Capsule Geology
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Gold was first discovered in the area known as the Big Slide by an Indian in 1872, making it one of the oldest lode-gold properties in the province. Subsequently, the Pavilion Mine discovery was made, and during shaft sinking operations an intersection assaying 68.5 grams per tonne gold over 0.9 metre was reported. The property has since received only sporadic interest over the years, and though limited mining efforts occurred during the 1930s; no production statistics are available.
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These consist of highly contorted chert, argillite, siltstone, lesser limestone, as well as volcaniclastic 'Pavilion Beds'. The chert and agrillite contain small quartz veinlets and lenses of massive pyrite. Early Jurassic hornblende diorite bodies also occur, and host mineralized quartz-carbonate veins.
The Fraser River fault system has created a north-west trending fracture system which is infilled with quartz. These quartz veins average 1.0 metres wide and carry gold values up to 34.3 grams per tonne.
Most of the placer production in this region has come from bars and low benches along the Fraser River. No records have been found which indicates that prior recovery operations existed within the upper bench sectors of GPEX's claim areas.
The overburden in the greater canyon area comprises glacial and fluvial gravels which contain remarkable values of placer gold. The gold is concentrated from the reworking of glacial till and occurs as coarse grains and nuggets close to bedrock, and, as fine colors in the gravels and surface soil.
GPEX’s Jurassic Properties - West Pavilion Region
From GPEX’s private portfolio
Preamble:
Several years ago while conducting physiological research studies along the Fraser River system, with the objective of identifying zones bearing ancient river channels which were likely to bear good placer potential, GPEX was drawn to the area now hosting its range of Jurassic placer properties. Nine tenures, comprising 19 cell units (over 386 hectares) were staked, of which the company intended to open for a joint venture project. However, since their acquisition, in considering the massive coverage afforded if reserving all properties combined, and that it would take several decades to work such as a whole, decision has been made to sell half of these assets. In doing so, GPEX has clustered five tenures into two groups of two properties each, with the remaining offering comprising a single cell unit. Each of the two-groups comprise a three cell and a one cell tenure, totaling over 81 hectares (201 acres) each.
Thus, the following Jurassic properties are offered for sale. The first group is made up of the Jurassic 5 and Jurassic 6 tenures, while the second group comprises the Jurassic 7 and Jurassic 8 claims. The single cell tenure, The Babkirk, is offered independently. Please see the accompanying drafts, and, the varied aerial and land photos.
The physiology of the West Pavilion region fundamentally follows a common likeness from claim to claim, in that all lie along a zone in the Upper Fraser Canyon region which had been subjected to considerable transformation during the last glacial period, eleven thousand years ago. The land mass along the Fraser Fault became scoured and gouged from the movement of an ice sheet ice two thousand feet thick, as it slowly migrated southward. Glacial melt then followed, causing the river to swell to unprecedented levels. The relentless and unforgiving torrents of water then permanently etched the landscape, while transporting and depositing fluvial gravels along its path.
The general landscape is characterized as gently rolling hills with benches and elevated plateaus, with it’s riverbank punctuated by numerous deeply weathered drainage ravines. Elevation on the claim areas ranges around 800 feet (244 meters) above sea level.
Sparse open bush and desert-like vegetation are indicative of the high temperatures and low precipitation which characterize the summers in this part of the Interior dry belt. The area receives an average of six to ten inches snowfall from December through March. The semi-arid climate can be considered moderate, with summer temperatures ranging from warm to hot during the day and warm at night. Rain showers of short duration can be expected in the spring, summer and fall. There exists at minimum, a nine month window in which prospecting and recovery operations could be engaged in.
Access to the properties from the west side of the Fraser, is gained via the West Pavilion Road, a good two-lane gravel road branching northward from the Bridge River Road. Its point of entry is located in the area of the cemetery on the northwest boundary of Lillooet, immediately upon crossing the bridge which spans Bridge River. This road primarily climbs the mountain to the upper plateau area, then follows a northward direction to the Jurassic area. A branch road offers access to the claim areas on the lower levels. Though the tenure boundaries are not marked, same may easily be found through the use of a GPS. .
JURASSIC GROUP ONE
Fraser River (Clinton-Lillooet District)
Tenure #847737 - Jurassic 5 - 3 cell tenure - 61.05 hectares (150.85 acres)
Tenure #847840 - Jurassic 6 - 1 cell tenure of 20.35 hectares (50.28 acres)
Central Coordinate 121° 53' 54.1" W Longitude 50° 58' 14.6" N Latitude
Price: $ 3,700
Jurassic Group One
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The Jurassic Group One placer tenures, are situate 34 (air) kilometers north of Lillooet, and comprise over 1200 metres of upper bench, immediately downstream from an exposed (ancient) mid-river bedrock mound, and features mainly a sloping landscape punctuated by numerous weathered ravines and ancient landscape pockets which naturally serves as entrapments for heavy minerals and metals. Access would be via the West Pavilion Road leading northward from the Lillooet region, as it parallels the general course of the Fraser River. There have been no records found which indicate prior placer activity occurred in the area of this claim group.
This property group would be more suited to a moderate to large-scale machine-assisted operation. Advance prospecting and sampling required.
For further details, please Contact GPEX
JURASSIC GROUP TWO
Fraser River (Clinton-Lillooet District)
Tenure #847841 - Jurassic 7 - 3 cell tenure of 61.05 hectares (150.85 acres)
Tenure #853836 - Jurassic 8 - 1 cell tenure of 20.35 hectares (50.28 acres)
Central Coordinate 121° 54' 50.1" W Longitude 50° 58' 51.6" N Latitude
Price: $ 3,500
Jurassic Group Two
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The Jurassic Group Two placer tenures, situate 35 (air) kilometers north of Lillooet, this property group comprises over 1200 metres of upper bench, immediately upstream from an exposed (ancient) mid-river bedrock mound, and features mainly a sloping landscape punctuated by numerous weathered ravines and ancient landscape pockets which naturally serves as entrapments for heavy mineral and metals. Access would be via the West Pavilion Road leading northward from the Lillooet region, as it parallels the general course of the Fraser River. There have been no records found which indicate prior placer activity occurred in the area of this claim group. This property group would be more suited to a moderate to large-scale machine-assisted operation. Advance prospecting and sampling required.
For further details, please Contact GPEX
THE BABKIRK
Fraser River (Clinton-Lillooet District)
Tenure #847842 – The Babkirk - 1 cell tenure of 20.34 hectares (50.27 acres)
Central Coordinate 121° 54' 38.7" W Longitude 50° 59' 07.1" N Latitude
Price: $ 3,700
The Babkirk
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The Babkirk property is situate 35½ (air) kilometers north of Lillooet. The primary ground for focus on this property would be that of the shoreline on the west side of the Fraser River, including its banks and ravines. The area is subject to annual refreshment upon each Spring’s snow-melt and runoff. The claim sector on the East side of the river bears of no significance, and, lies within the Edge Hills Park. Though informed that an old jeep road exists (of which has not yet been looked for), access directly to the river’s edge would (otherwise) be best achieved through following the trough of one of two ravines leading to the shoreline, or accessing by boat. Please also see the corresponding Minfile Report 092INW050 below.
MINFILE No 092INW050
Name GLASGOW,BABKIRK
Mining Division Clinton
Status Past Producer
NTS Map 092I13W
Commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Excerpt from Capsule Geology: The portion of the Fraser River along which the Babkirk property is situated was first prospected by the gold rush miners of 1858 and 1859. After completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, a large community of Chinese miners settled on the river at roughly the same location as the present property. They left the workings in the early 1900s when they were forced off the creeks and rivers by law. During the Depression many people made a living by panning. In 1970-71, sampling on the property was concentrated mainly on the 'beaches' along the Fraser River where samples consisted of 0.02 cubic metre panned by hand down to a black sand concentrate. All samples were taken of gravel at about 0.3 metre depth. Gold is quite fine and only a few pieces in all of the samples could be considered of nugget size. Analytical results from some samples yielded 89.8 grams per tonne gold, 40.7 grams per tonne gold and 11.9 grams per tonne platinum (Assessment Report 3551). Geological Survey of Canada Map 42-1989 shows the area to be underlain by Early Jurassic granodiorite.
For further details, please Contact GPEX
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