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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  26-Feb-1990 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name IRISH Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092F078
Status Showing NTS Map 092F15E
Latitude 049º 45' 52'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 34' 35'' Northing 5513633
Easting 386476
Commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Irish occurrence area is underlain by limestone of the Upper Triassic Quatsino Formation (Vancouver Group) intruded by a small fine-grained diorite stock. Mafic diorite dykes up to 3.6 metres wide are found throughout the property and most are mineralized with pyrite, pyrrhotite and minor magnetite.

The Irish showing comprises galena and chalcopyrite sparsely disseminated in limestone with galena veins feathering out at 350 degrees. Nearby, blebs of chalcopyrite occur in a mafic dyke. Further east, limestone is bleached for 30 centimetres across an open fracture striking 005 degrees and dipping 80 degrees east and contains veinlets and pockets of sphalerite and minor pyrite.

A core sample of dyke material from a shallow diamond-drill hole assayed 1.30 grams per tonne gold and 4.79 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 9417).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 5645, 6842, *9417
EMPR FIELDWORK *1976, p. 37; 1989, pp. 257-265
EMPR GEOLOGY 1976, pp. 52,53
EMPR OF 1990-3; 1988-28
GSC EC GEOL 3, pp. 86-102
GSC MAP 1386A; 17-1968
GSC MEM 58
GSC OF 463
GSC P 68-50
GSC SUM RPT 1924 Part A, pp. 106-144

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