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MINFILE No 092F 521

File Created:	15-Mar-1990	by	George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:	12-May-1998	by	Larry Jones (LDJ)

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		NMI
Name	LOCALITY 7	Mining Division	Nanaimo
		BCGS Map	092F078
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092F09W
Latitude	049º 43' 24''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	124º 29' 56''	Northing	5508949
		Easting	391966
Commodities	Gold	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell

Capsule Geology

The Locality 7 occurrence is underlain by basalt of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group). A splay from the Marble Bay fault cuts through the area.

A shallow trench exposes basalt containing variable, locally abundant pyrite. A composite grab sample of pyrite-rich basalt assayed 89 parts per billion gold. A grab sample of pyritic basalt from a dump of a nearby pit, assayed 0.675 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 17947).


Bibliography	EMPR ASS RPT *17947, 18087 EMPR FIELDWORK 1989, pp. 257-265 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