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File Created: 31-Jan-2013 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  18-Feb-2013 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name MET Mining Division Victoria
BCGS Map 092B041
Status Showing NTS Map 092B05W
Latitude 048º 29' 45'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 52' 03'' Northing 5371776
Easting 435911
Commodities Copper, Gold Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Pacific Rim, Crescent
Capsule Geology

The Met showing is located northwest of Forslund Lake, approximately 2 kilometres southeast of the Bear Creek Reservoir.

The area is underlain by Leech River Formation metasedimentary rocks, to the north, in contact with, the Metchosin volcanics to the south along the Leech River fault. The Leech River Formation is composed of metasandstone, metapelites and amphibolite, where as the Eocene Metchosin volcanics are composed of andesitic tuff, lapilli tuff, agglomerate or flow. Within this unit is an east-west trending, south dipping, aplite dike.

Locally, sulphides, in the form of pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and minor bornite, occur as fracture fillings and as fine disseminations throughout an andesite tuff, and to a lesser extent, the aplite dike.

Chip sampling of the showing has returned values up to 1.4 per cent copper and 0.260 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 18993).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *18993
EMPR PFD 5308, 674518

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