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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  08-Jul-1987 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 093L11 Cu5
Name HOS, JAN HOWSAN Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L053
Status Showing NTS Map 093L11W
Latitude 054º 35' 00'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 24' 06'' Northing 6049601
Easting 603295
Commodities Copper, Silver, Gold Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The claims are underlain by Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group volcanics in the Telkwa Formation comprised of andesitic to dacitic flows, rhyolite, basalt flow, tuff and breccia. The volcanics have been intruded by tongues and dikes of porphyritic granodiorite and related granitic rocks ranging from Late Cretaceous to Eocene in age.

Mineralization consists of numerous pyritic zones in the volcanics which host low values in gold, silver, and copper. A selected sample in 1972 assayed 3.25 per cent copper (Assessment Report 3583).

Associated with the pyritic zones are felsite dikes which are fractured and mineralized with chalcocite, bornite, and secondary malachite. Also associated with the mineralization in the volcanics are veinlets and blebs of epidote, hematite, and quartz.

Bibliography
EMPR GEM 1972-418
EMPR ASS RPT *3583
EMPR MAP 69-1
GSC OF 351
GSC MAP 971A
GSC P 44-23
GSC BULL 270
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 195-208
EMPR OF 1989-16

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