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THAUTIL RIVER COAL PROPERTY++-
SHELL CANADA RESOURCES LTD.
OPERATOR: CROWS NEST RESOURCES LTD.
C.L.# 4299-4240
SMITHEBS AREA 93 L/6
Work done: hkiy to August 1981
Authors: D. Handy S. Cameron
Submitted: December 15 1981
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.(I Summary
The Smithers Area Coal Prospects are contained within 58 8.C. Coal
Licences which cover 14.236 hectares. In addition Shell/CNRL hold 3,886
hectares under option agreements. The licences are held by Shell Canada
Resources Limited and are operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Crows
Nest Resources Limited.
The area in general, and the Telkwa licences in particular, lie in
proximity to the Canada National Railway, 360 km east of the port of
Prince Rupert. Existing infrastructure, the proximity of a coal
handling port and the good quality of the coal make some of these
prospects attractive.
The Chisholm Lake and Thautil River prospects are approximately 10 km
from an existing good logging road on the south side of the Morice River
which runs east for 50 km to the town of Houston.
The primary objective of the exploration program was to locate and
delineate areas of large reserves amenable to mining.
Based on the 1981 exploration the Thautil River and Chisholm Lake
Ticences have been surrendered.
!,,lrhOlm Lake N.Lat.54O14'
N.Long.l27“13’
immediately north of Chisholm Lake ./
hautil River N.Lat.54O16' along the Thautil River north Of ./
N.Long.127“20' its confluence with the Morice
River
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December 8, 1981
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources 8ritish Columbia
Enclosed please find our report on the Smithers Area Coal Prospects.
This report has been prepared by Mr. D. Handy and Mr. S. Cameron, both of whom are employed by Crows Nest Resources Limited as geologists.
Mr. D. Handy, Honours B.Sc., graduated in Geology from the University of Waterloo in 1977.' Prior to his graduation, Mr. Handy worked as an assistant for two geotechnical companies and.after graduation as a geologist for a major exploration company in Saskatchewan. Mr. Handy has been employed by Crows Nest Resources Limited as a Project, Geologist since 1979.
Mr. S. Cameron, B.Sc., in Geolegy graduated from the University of Calgary in.1981. Priorto graduation Mr. Cameron worked as an, assistant for a major exploration company in the North West Territories. He also worked for Crows Nest Resources Limited as a geological assistant in 1980. Mr. Cameron has been employed by Crows Nest Resources Limited as a Geologist since May 1981.
Their work was carried out under the supervision of our District Manager, British Columbia, Mr. Frank Martonhegyi.
In my opinion, all of these personnel are fully qualified, by training and experience to prepare this report and this account of work done under their direct'supervision.
Yours very ly.
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H.G. Rushton, P. Geol. Vice-President - Exploration.
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Y 7.0 Thautil River Property
7.1 Summary of Previous Work
During the 1979 field season the following exploration work was
performed:
0 l:lO,OOO scale geological mapping
0 Hand trenching
0 one diamond drill hole
0 location survey of diamond drill hole
0 drill site reclamation
No exploration work was performed during 1980.
7.2 Work Done in 1981
The 1981 field operations were supervised by Dave Handy of Crows
Nest Resources Limited. The following exploration work was
performed.
0 diamond drilling
0 drill site reclamation
0 geophysical survey
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Four diamond drill sites were cleared in 1981, however holes were
drilled on only three of these sites. These drill holes were
completed to a total depth of 560 metres.
The total cost of the 1981 exploration work was $186,244.
1.3 Thautil River Stratigraphx
General
The basement rocks of the Thaut il property consist of upper
Jurassic/lower Cretaceous volcanics of the Hazelton Group. These
volcanics consist mainly of basalt, andesite, trachyte, rhyolite and
agglomerate.
These volcanics are unconformably overlain by upper Jurassic/lower
Cretaceous sediments also of the Hazelton Group. In the Thautil area
these sediments are composed mainly of conglomerate, with some
sandstone, shale and minor coal capping the section. The sedimentary
section at Thautil River ranges from 0 to over 275 metres.
Younger intrusives bound the sedimentary basin to the north.
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Coal Stratigraphy
One coal seam of approximately 1.5 metres thickness is present in
outcrop at the northern part of the property. This seam which was not
encountered in any drill holes to the south, has been eroded over most
of the property. However, a large area1 extent of coal measures is
unlikely to the north because the sediments are terminated by
intrusives.
Thautil Structure
The Thautil River area appears to be a northerly plunging synclinal
structure, relatively undisturbed by faulting. A northerly plunge to
the syncline would explain why the small coal seam is not present in any
drill holes to the south. The seam may be present at depth to the
north. Dips on the Thautil property do not exceed 250.
On the basis of the results of 1979 and 1980 exploration programs the
Thautil River licences have been surrendered.
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