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MINFILE No  093L 172
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  06-Mar-1987 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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Name CORONA PEAK Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L001
Status Showing NTS Map 093L04W
Latitude 054º 05' 11'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 49' 06'' Northing 5993779
Easting 577296
Commodities Copper Deposit Types D03 : Volcanic redbed Cu
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

Minor malachite staining is found in red breccias of the Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group (either top of Telkwa Formation or base of Nilkitkwa Formation). Lower Cretaceous to Eocene plugs and stocks intrude the volcanics nearby.

Bibliography
EMPR PF (GSC Report, H.W. Tipper, 1971)
GSC OF 351
GSC BULL 270
EMPR MAP 69-1
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