Mount Edziza Recreation Area
Map showing the location of Mount Edziza Recreation Area
Map showing the location of Mount Edziza Recreation Area
Location in British Columbia
LocationCassiar Land District, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates57°44′59″N 130°50′06″W / 57.74972°N 130.83500°W / 57.74972; -130.83500
Area4,000 ha (15 sq mi)
Established27 July 1972
Disestablished19 March 2003

The Mount Edziza Recreation Area was a recreation area in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of the community of Telegraph Creek.[1] It was established on 27 February 1972 along with Mount Edziza Provincial Park.[1][2] Initially, the 101,171-hectare (249,999-acre) recreation area formed a 1-to-10-kilometre-wide (0.62-to-6.21-mile) buffer zone around much of the provincial park.[1][3]

About 96,770 hectares (239,100 acres) of the Mount Edziza Recreation Area was annexed into Mount Edziza Provincial Park on 21 March 1989, greatly reducing its size to around 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres).[1][3] By this time only a small portion of the recreation area was located east of Mount Edziza.[4] On 19 March 2003, the Mount Edziza Recreation Area was disestablished to allow resource development on the Spectrum mineral claims.[1][3][5]

Mineral exploration

The Spectrum or Red Dog property consisted of a block of mineral claims that covered quartz, pyrite and chalcopyrite mineralization in fractured sedimentary and volcanic rocks of Late Triassic age.[3][6] Commodities on the property included copper, gold, lead, silver and zinc.[6] Mineral exploration on the Spectrum property began in at least 1957 when Torbit Silver Mines performed surface work on the gold-bearing Hawk vein. This was followed by drilling of the Hawk vein by Shawnigan Mining and Smelting in 1967. Exploration by Mitsui Mining and Smelting in 1970 involved geophysical and geochemical surveying. From 1971 to 1973, Imperial Oil conducted geophysical, geological and geochemical surveying, as well as 463 metres (1,519 feet) of drilling in four holes.[3]

Geochemical and geological surveys were conducted on the Spectrum property by Consolidated Silver Ridge Mines and Newhawk Mines between 1976 and 1981. Consolidated Silver Ridge Mines also built an airstrip and carried out 3,232 metres (10,604 feet) of drilling in 28 holes during this time period. Additional work on the Spectrum property by Newhawk Mines during this time period included the construction of an access road and 313 metres (1,027 feet) of underground development on the Hawk vein. Further geochemical and geological surveying was performed by Moongold Resources from 1987 to 1989. Mineral exploration conducted by Columbia Gold Mines from 1990 to 1992 consisted of rock sampling, trenching and 7,066 metres (23,182 feet) of drilling in 50 holes.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Edziza Recreation Area". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. ↑ "Mount Edziza Park". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wojdak, Paul (1993). "Evaluation of Mineral Potential for Mount Edziza Recreation Area" (PDF). Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  4. ↑ Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia (Topographic map) (3 ed.). 1:250,000. A502 (in English and French). Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1989. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  5. ↑ Hewgill, Wayne (2015). "Drill Tracker Weekly: Skeena Extends Mineralization to Depth at Spectrum". Investing News. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  6. 1 2 "MINFILE No. 104B 036". Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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