feet, which appear to have characteristics of the Premier dyke swarm.Trenches and some natural outcrops expose wide zones of shearing that strike westerly and dip steeply northward. This shearing can be followed for 600 feet across the top of the ridge and extends farther down the slopes. Unless trenched, shear zones are poorly exposed, since they have been more susceptible to erosion than the unsheared rocks. One zone, partly exposed on the surface, is seen in the drill-core to be about 160 feet wide, but much of this width is not intensively sheared. Within the shears, pyrite is abundant, silicification is common, and stringers of white quartz and carbonate are numerous. Sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite,chalcopyrite, and arsenopyrite are found in parts of the shear which is generally restricted to widths of not more than 5 feet. A few veins less than 2 feet wide occur where there is less shearing. The core from the diamond-drill holes resembles material observed in surface exposures, although shearing is more noticeable and sulphides appear to be more abundant. Figure 28, based on a pace and compass traverse, shows the shears, the location of samples, and location of the diamond-drill holes.
Assays of three samples (810, 811, and 812) taken from shear zones and of two (813 and 814) veins gave the following results:-
Sample old Silver
Inches I Oz. per Ton Oz. per Ton
No. 810 ----------------------------------------------- 18 0.02 6.0
No. 811 ------------------------------------------------60.01 0.2
No. 812 ----------------------------------------------- 48 0.03 0.5
No. 813 ----------------------------------------------- 18 0.05 2.1
No. 814 ------------------------------------------------12 0.03 6.0