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File Created: 24-Feb-2013 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  30-May-2022 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name COPPER ZONE, LAWNPOINT, SIDE BAY Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092L031
Status Showing NTS Map 092L05W
Latitude 050º 21' 52'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 57' 01'' Northing 5579679
Easting 574660
Commodities Copper Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Copper Zone occurrence is located near the summit of an unnamed hill overlooking Restless Bight.

The area is underlain by oxidized (rusted) and silicified interbedded volcaniclastic and sedimentary units that includes lithic and crystal lithic tuff, pyroclastic volcanic breccias and sandstone to mudstone units. Malachite alteration occurs in the main showing area.

In 2010, a rock chip sample of the showing assayed 0.711 per cent copper (Assessment Report 32453).

In 1985 and 1986, Acorn Resources completed a program of diamond drilling. During 2009 Through 2012, the area was explored as the Lawnpoint property by Homegold Resources and included programs of prospecting, geological mapping and geochemical soil sampling. Historical underground workings and trenching dating to the early 1900’s or earlier are also reported.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 31525, *32453, 33896
EMPR EXPL 1985-C231
GSC MAP 4-1974; 255A; 1029A; 1552A
GSC OF 9; 170; 463
GSC P 38-2; 38-3; 72-44; *74-8
GSC SUM RPT 1929 Part A, p. 133
GCNL #227,#246, 1985; *#11,#22,#41, 1986
Sangster, D.F. (1964): The Contact Metasomatic Magnetite Deposits of Southwestern British Columbia, Ph.D. Thesis, University of British Columbia
Carson, D.J.T. (1968): Metallogenic Study of Vancouver Island with Emphasis on the Relationship of Plutonic Rocks to Mineral Deposits, Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University
Lennan, W.B. (2010-09-27): Technical Summary Report on the Side Bay Project

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