Location and Access
Brett West/Bouleau Creek Gold Property is a road-accessible property that covers 2,347 acres located 26 km west of Vernon, BC, Canada.
Description
The western part of the claim area is known as Brett West, as its location is within 500 metres of the Main Shear of the Brett Gold deposit (MINFILE 082LSW110) where 11,970 tonnes grading 39.12 g/t gold have been previously indicated by surface drilling. Other MINFILES on the Brett West claims include the Gold Star prospect (MINFILE 082LSW130) and Upper Whiteman Creek (MINFILE 082LSW151).
An HMC survey conducted recently processed and cataloged 36 samples. A gold nugget from sample NB-60, which assays 95.6 g/t au, came from a highly altered area in the Western Zone that has geological similarities to the Brett deposit. In addition to the high grade, the gold particles in this sample are pristine, angular in shape, and with sharp edges that suggest they are “low transport gold” and have not traveled very far. This further suggests potential for a lode gold deposit close by.
A recent assessment report dated Feb 24, 2012 is available upon request.
The Southern zone of the property is adjacent to the eastern side of the Brett Gold deposit (MINFILES 082LSW069, 082LSW073, and 082LSW046). This zone features gold and silver mineralization over an area of approximately 1,000 by 600 metres. Historical assays documented in AR 21877 are reported to yield up to 34 grams (1.09 ounces) per tonne gold and 286 grams (9.19 ounces) per tonne silver. The Northern Zone includes the Siwash prospect (MINFILE 082LSW046), which extends over an area of gold and silver mineralization measuring 3,000 by 750 metres, and with assays up to 5.55 g/t gold and 16.6 g/t silver (AR 20226).
History
Geological mapping and rock sampling conducted in 1991 by Inco Exploration and detailed in BC Assessment Report 21877 found two types of quartz veins with anomalous gold and silver on the Bouleau Property. These were described as an older vein type, generally with less than 500 ppb gold, and a younger ''higher grade'' vein type which contains up to 34 grams (1.09 ounces) per tonne gold and 286 grams (9.19 ounces) per tonne silver. The report went on to state that despite the high number of anomalous veins it was concluded that the veins were subeconomic and not worthy of follow-up.
In 2002, a new vein was discovered during a survey by Solomon Resources. A company report documented that “Work conducted during this examination included locating a new vein occurrence and sampling the Zone 7 vein. The veins are generally widely spaced (>20m), narrow (0.1m - 0.5m) and limited in strike length (<10m). However, a notable lack of follow-up trenching and detailed prospecting has been conducted previously in the main showing areas. Specifically in the Zone 7 area where one of the strongest veins is reported, no attempt has been made to expose the on-strike extensions of the vein.”
Results from the 2002 sampling program yielded assays up to 34.4 grams per tonne gold and 158 grams per tonne silver. The report concluded that Bouleau ''“could form the core project of an overall program of regional exploration for intrusive-related Au-Ag occurrences. Tertiary hosted epithermal gold systems also may be present.''