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File Created: 17-Jun-2015 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  23-Mar-2022 by Nicole Barlow (NB)

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NMI
Name HULK, FIRE CAT Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093E084
Status Showing NTS Map 093E14E
Latitude 053º 52' 15'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 12' 40'' Northing 5970625
Easting 617620
Commodities Copper Deposit Types I06 : Cu+/-Ag quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Hulk showing occurs in moderately chlorite-hematite altered granodiorite cross-cut by steep, northeasterly and northwesterly trending normal faults. The granodiorite is assumed to be a dike or stock related to the Late Cretaceous Bulkley Plutonic Suite. The intrusion is emplaced in Cretaceous Kasalka Group basaltic rock. Faulted zones are strongly ankerite altered. Chalcopyrite in the fault zones occur as disseminated grains or centimetre-scale blebs. Chip sample G001581 from the Hulk showing contains 0.14 per cent copper and 0.27 gram per tonne silver which was collected over 0.8 metre (Assessment Report 29623).

WORK HISTORY

The Fire Cat claims were initially worked on by Noranda Inc. as part of their “CS” and “NS” claim groups (MINFILE showing 093E090). Between 1973 and 1974 Noranda conduced geological mapping, induced polarization and magnetometer surveys, soil sampling surveys and conducted 738 metres of diamond drilling in eight drill holes. The Fire Cat claim area was subsequently staked by Placer Dome Inc. in 1989 under the claim name “Fire.” The “Fire” claims consisted of 85 claim units in five claim groups. Between 1989 and 1990 Placer Dome Inc. conducted stream sediment sampling surveys, rock sampling, and geological mapping. In 1990 Placer Dome Inc. also re-logged and re-sampled drill core from earlier Noranda drilling. In 1988, prior to Placer Dome Inc. the Fire Cat claim area was partially staked by Kerr Addison under the Ootsa claim group, but no work was recorded for the claims during this period. The Fire Cat and Hulk showings were first documented in 2007 by Rimfire Minerals Corporation who conducted a reconnaissance mapping, prospecting and surface geochemical survey program, which resulted in the collection of 11 rock, 122 soil and 23 silt samples. The soils samples were taken over the Fire Cat and Hulk showings.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *29623, 37991
EMPR BULL 75
EMPR GEM 1973-324; 1974-246; 1975-E129; 1976-E140
EMPR OF 1989-1; 1994-14
GSC MAP 367A; 1064A
GSC MEM 299
GSC OF 708
GSC P 72-1A; 79-1A
GSC SUM RPT 1924, Part A
Tetra Tech Canada Inc. (2021-05-03): Updated Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate on the Berg Project, British Columbia

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