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File Created: 01-Jun-2012 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  13-Jun-2012 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name GRANODIORITE ZONE, MURRAY, JEN 4 Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093G024
Status Showing NTS Map 093G03W
Latitude 053º 12' 02'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 23' 34'' Northing 5894653
Easting 473763
Commodities Copper, Molybdenum Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek
Capsule Geology

The Granodiorite zone is located south of the Blackwater River, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Quesnel.

The area is underlain by Cache Creek Group sedimentary and volcanic rock in contact with granodiorite and ultramafic intrusives.

Locally, sediments are intruded by the Topley intrusion as evident by the sediments generally occurring as inclusions in the granodiorite. The sedimentary inclusions carry disseminated sulphides, pyrite and pyrrhotite.

Between 2006 and 2010, a program of prospecting, geological mapping and rock geochemical sampling was completed. Previous work in the area was performed by Rio Tinto, during 1967 to 1970, and included three drill holes, totalling 469.5 metres, and various geophysical surveys. Drill hole A-8, by Rio Tinto, was uniformly mineralized with chalcopyrite, molybdenite and pyrite between 28.8 to 150 metres and returned up to 0.25 per cent copper and 0.38 per cent molybdenite (Assessment Report 28536).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 25398, 25504, 25911, 25912, 25917, 28536, 30932, 32138
EMPR PFD 670213

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