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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  27-Jan-1989 by David G. Bailey (DGB)

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NMI 093B16 Ag1
Name LYNDA, BI, PHANTOM Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093B090
Status Showing NTS Map 093B16E
Latitude 052º 53' 36'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 09' 31'' Northing 5860736
Easting 556604
Commodities Copper, Silver Deposit Types E04 : Sediment-hosted Cu
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The property occurs within the Central Quesnel Belt of the Quesnellia terrane, underlain dominantly by volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic Nicola Group. In the region the Nicola Group consists of a lower sedimentary succession overlain by green and grey basalt, in turn overlain by maroon basalt and breccias characterized by the presence of felsic clasts. The contact with the Omineca Belt to the east is a thrust while to the west rocks of the Nicola Group are in fault contact with the Cache Creek Group. Middle Jurassic sedimentary rocks overlie both Cache Creek Group rocks and rocks of the Nicola Group along parts of this western contact.

Immediately beneath breccias containing felsic clasts and over- lying maroon basalt is a limestone unit which occurs discontinuously along the Central Quesnel Belt. This unit marks the top of the Triassic assemblage in the region, the overlying rocks being of Lower Jurassic age. The limestone commonly hosts minor amounts of copper mineralization. The BI and Lynda claims are underlain by this lime- stone unit as well as the underlying maroon basalt unit. The lime- stone contains minor, finely disseminated tetrahedrite and chalcocite along thin bedding planes as well as malachite on weathered surfaces. The basalts immediately to the west also contain minor amounts of copper mineralization. These rocks are cut by a fault zone with associated calcite veinlets containing argentiferous tetrahedrite and minor malachite.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 628, 629, *639, *11458, 12040
EMPR EXPL 1983-399,401
EMPR AR 1965-140
EMPR OF MAP 1989 - Swift River Geology
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 167-181
EMPR PF (See 93B General File - 16 Area; 93G General File - Quesnel Area)
GSC MAP 12-1959; 1424A
EMPR PFD 14082, 673299, 673446

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