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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  24-Mar-2022 by Nicole Barlow (NB)

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NMI
Name BLU 3,4, BLU, CINDER Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 092I055
Status Showing NTS Map 092I11E
Latitude 050º 34' 47'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 04' 45'' Northing 5604851
Easting 635993
Commodities Copper Deposit Types I06 : Cu+/-Ag quartz veins
L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Blu 3,4 occurrence is located approximately 2.2 kilometres northeast of Cinder Hill and 500 metres southeast of the Glossie mineralization zone (MINFILE 0921NW011).

The area lies within the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Guichon Creek Batholith.

Locally, mineralization is hosted in granodiorite and is associated with strong shearing and chlorite, K-feldspar and minor sericite alteration. Malachite and occasional chalcopyrite and bornite occur along shears and as narrow stringers. The Glossie (MINFILE 092INW011) occurrence is located approximately 500 metres to the northwest.

Work History

In 1969, Continental Cinch Mines Ltd. established a grid and conducted geological mapping, soil sampling and a magnetometer and induced polarization survey. In 1973, Quintana Minerals Corporation conducted geological mapping, drill access road construction, 2 diamond drill holes, totalling 533 metres, and 10 percussion drill holes, totalling 838 metres, on behalf of Continental Cinch Mines Ltd.

In 2004, Getty Copper Inc. completed a drilling and drill geochemical sampling program on the Getty Copper property. A total of 3984.1 metres of drilling was completed and 257 core samples were submitted for assay.

In 2017, an airborne magnetic survey was completed by Peter E. Walcott & Associates Limited over the Getty property. The survey comprised 697 line-kilometres of heliborne magnetics over two grid areas designed to define previously observed anomalies and cover newly staked claims at the eastern boundary of the historic Getty property.

In 2019, a direct current resistivity survey and a passive seismic survey were completed by Peter E. Walcott & Associates Limited at multiple locations on the Getty property. The resistivity survey totalled 2.7 line-kilometres and identified a north-trending structure that extends south towards the Glossie showing. A 1.6 line-kilometre direct current resistivity survey was conducted near the Glossie (092INW029) and Blu showings. In addition, the company completed 2D and 3D inversions of historical data over the Glossie showing of the Getty property.

In 2020, Peter E. Walcott & Associates Limited carried out a review of historical induced polarization data taken from portions of the Getty property. No interpretations are presented because the work is part of a detailed compilation that was still ongoing at the time of writing.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *2193, 2194, 28084, 36843, 38352, 39033, 39137
EMPR BULL 56; 62
EMPR FIELDWORK 1974, pp. 27-34; 1981, pp. 270,271
EMPR GEM 1969-256,257; 1973-207,208
EMPR MAP 7; 30
GSC MAP 1010A; 1386A; 42-1989
GSC MEM 262
GSC OF 165; 866; 980
GSC P 46-8; 47-10; 69-23; 73-1A, p. 212; 74-49; 82-1A, pp. 293-297; 85-1A, pp. 349-358
CJES Vol.15, No.1 (January 1978), pp. 99-116
Northcote, K.E. (1968): Geology and Geochronology of the Guichon Creek Batholith, British Columbia, Ph.D. Thesis, University of British Columbia

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