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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  18-Aug-1987 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 093L11 Cu7
Name INTERNATIONAL Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L073
Status Showing NTS Map 093L11W
Latitude 054º 43' 50'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 27' 36'' Northing 6065897
Easting 599167
Commodities Copper Deposit Types D03 : Volcanic redbed Cu
L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group volcanics of the Telkwa Formation are comprised of variegated red, maroon, green to grey andesitic flows, tuffs, breccia and amygdaloidal basalt. These are in contact with well bedded tuffs and flows of the Hazelton Group, Nilkitkwa Formation.

The mineral occurrence consists of minor chalcopyrite and pyrite along fracture planes in an amygdaloidal basalt. This occurr- ence was reported to be located about 3.5 kilometres from the Copper Queen Mine (refer to Stock - 093L 085) and is tentatively placed at occurrence #151, from Map 69-1.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1917-120
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR OF 1989-16
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 195-208
GSC BULL 270
GSC OF 351

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