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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  19-Aug-1999 by Janet M. Riddell (JMR)

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NMI 093E1,2 Cu1
Name SPECULAR, CHEZKO RIVER Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093E018
Status Showing NTS Map 093E01W, 093E02E
Latitude 053º 07' 58'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 29' 48'' Northing 5889969
Easting 667469
Commodities Copper, Silver, Gold Deposit Types L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Specular occurs on the north side of Chezko River, about 3.2 kilometres from Tesla Lake. In 1926, the property was owned by C.W. Frank. Work was limited to open cutting.

A silicified and oxidized shear zone about 4.5 metres wide occurs in andesite that Geological Survey of Canada maps indicate belongs to the Jurassic Hazelton Group. Within the zone is a 15-centimetre quartz vein that is mineralized with chalcopyrite, hematite, pyrite, and galena.

A sample assayed 3.59 per cent copper, 54.9 grams per tonne silver and 0.69 gram per tonne gold.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1926-A150
EMPR FIELDWORK 1992, pp. 475-481
EMPR OF 1994-14
GSC MAP 1064A
GSC MEM *299, p. 99
GSC OF 708
GSC P 72-1A; 79-1A
GSC SUM RPT 1920, part A
EMPR PFD 14484

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