The “JUNE BUG” claim, Tenure # 537235, a 17 cell mineral property comprising 351.242 hectares, is located along the South Thompson River Valley system, 9.2 kilometres east of Lytton along BC Highway #1, the Trans Canada Highway, a major provincial transportation artery. The claim is situate 185 air kilometers (3 ½ hours, 267 road kilometres) northeast of Vancouver, with Kamloops at 160 kilometers to the east. Gladwin Creek, a small north-flowing tributary of the Thompson River, passes through the main-core-sector of the tenure, as does both Highway #1 and the Thompson River, on a east-to-west axis. Accessibility to most points on the claim is easily managed from many locations along Highway #1, and therefore considered excellent.
The claim was staked in early 2006, to follow up on historical reports of gold being found within an 80 metre adit, tunneled into white, glassy quartz in an altered volcanic formation, close to a granitic contact and intersected by a series of quartz felsite dykes. The approximate location of the deposit was indicated on mapping as being on the south side of the highway, on the western flank of Gladwin Creek. The geology on that portion of the claim is underlain by Triassic Mount Lytton Complex intrusives, comprising dioritic and layered quartzofeldspathic rocks, mylonite and amphibolite. Faulting and fracturing is common in this area, with extensive quartz and disseminated pyrite.
Giving evidence to historical operations on the claim, during the first visit to the property, through an approach ascending upstream along the western bank of Gladwin Creek, and only through the use of detection equipment, an old rusted five-foot pry-bar was uncovered from an otherwise scarcely discernible campsite. Slightly further upstream, a 20 metre high talus slide was encountered, of which at its summit, towers a semi-sheer cliff face, exposing numerous quartz veins shooting throughout the country rock. Further evidence of the old workings along the rock face was observed, however, the target adit was not found. Three subsequent searches for the adit were conducted over the balance of that fiscal and the following (last season’s), yet, it was only upon the close of the latter term that the exact location of the adit was located. With this only coming to light after a party member scaled an opposite mountain face for better viewing. However, due to not having the appropriate gear onboard for the adit’s safe approach, coupled with the waning hour of day, examination of the adit and acquisition of samples was therefore way-laid for the season. It has been determined the best approach would be directly up-slope from the highway area, rather than up along Gladwin Creek. Photos taken of the adit from such vantage point, are attached herein. The square black dot shown on the accompanying aerial photo, denotes the adit’s approximate location. The ground south and west of the old adit’s location, remains yet to be prospected.
Prospecting over other sectors of the claim was conducted by party members on three further occasions, whereas the gravels and bedrock exposures at random points along the embankment of the Thompson River (situate on the north side of said Highway #1) were examined. Panning concentrates were saved and later examined, rendering a small quantity of fine to granular gold. Pinch samples taken from the remaining black-sand concentrates were further examined under microscope, and with uplifting results. Each sample of the black sand examined, also contained massive nodules of microscopic platinum. Similar pinch samples were then extracted from a saved bucket of screened-only bank-run material, which when also viewed under microscope, tendered comparable results.
“JUNE BUG” PROPERTY (AKA June)
Features - Gold/Quartz Veins – Placer Au/Pt
Central Coordinate - 121° 28’ 16” W Longitude 50° 14’ 57” N Latitude
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