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File Created: 04-Mar-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  08-Jun-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name MAX Mining Division Similkameen
BCGS Map 092H048
Status Showing NTS Map 092H07E
Latitude 049º 27' 02'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 34' 07'' Northing 5480386
Easting 676220
Commodities Copper Deposit Types L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Max showing occurs along the Princeton-Tulameen road, 4 kilometres west-southwest of Princeton.

A section of Upper Triassic Nicola Group volcanics is exposed for 300 metres along the north side of the road. The volcanics are cut by various zones of gossan, faulting and brecciation, 0.02 to 2 metres in width. The zones commonly contain calcite stringers, and in one instance also chlorite stringers. A chip sample across a 0.5-metre wide fault zone with calcite stringers and a trace of chalcopyrite contained 0.0246 per cent copper, and a second 0.5-metre wide zone of gossan with malachite staining contained 0.0411 per cent copper (Assessment Report 21328, page 11, samples 108, 109).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *21328
EMPR OF 1987-19
GSC MAP 888A; 1386A; 41-1989
GSC MEM 243
GSC P 85-1A, pp. 349-358
CJES Vol. 24, pp. 2521-2536 (1987)

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