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MINFILE No  082LNW066
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  15-May-1995 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name MARA Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 082L065
Status Showing NTS Map 082L11E
Latitude 050º 40' 48'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 05' 04'' Northing 5616313
Easting 352738
Commodities Copper, Lead Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Kootenay
Capsule Geology

The Mara occurrence is located from GSC Open File 637 (Occurrence 189) and is described as a copper-lead showing. Nothing else is known about the mineralization. Recent geology maps indicates the area is underlain by the lower Paleozoic Tsalkom Formation (Mount Ida Group) comprising greenstone, phyllite, minor amphibolite, limestone, conglomerate and serpentinite.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 49-54
EMPR OF 1990-30
EMPR PF (General File - Dawson, G.M. (1898): Geology map of Shuswap Sheet)
GSC MAP 1059A
GSC MEM 296
GSC OF 481; *637 (Occurrence 189)
GSC P 48-4; 74-1A, pp. 25-30; 86-1A, pp. 81-88; 89-1E, pp. 51-60
CJES Vol.21 (Oct.1984), pp. 1171-1193
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