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MINFILE No  093L 272
File Created: 20-Nov-1986 by Gary R. Foye (GRF)
Last Edit:  25-Jun-1988 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI
Name ORIOLE Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L059
Status Showing NTS Map 093L09E
Latitude 054º 35' 04'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 13' 23'' Northing 6052096
Easting 679445
Commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by volcanic rocks of the Jurassic age Hazelton Group. The Oriole occurrence consists of a band of quartz in a shear zone in porphyritic andesite. A sample of mineral- ized quartz assayed 1.03 grams per tonne gold, 1652.57 grams per tonne silver, 7.0 per cent lead and 8.0 per cent zinc (Lay, 1937).

Bibliography
EM OF 2001-03
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR PF (Lay, D., (1937): Oriole, EMPR AR Special Report) GSC BULL 270
GSC OF 351
EMPR PFD 15830, 670163, 673750, 674303, 674304
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