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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  22-Feb-1995 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name URN 4 Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L033
Status Showing NTS Map 093L05E
Latitude 054º 23' 57'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 33' 20'' Northing 6028896
Easting 593771
Commodities Copper, Silver Deposit Types L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Urn 4 showing is hosted by a pink coloured, very fine grained siliceous volcanic rock of the Lower Jurassic Telkwa Formation (Hazelton Group). Fracture surfaces contain malachite and azurite with occasional chalcopyrite and pyrite. A weighted average of 10 samples collected from a semi-continuous outcrop approximately 32 metres long was 0.35 per cent copper and 26.7 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 19487, page 4).

Bibliography
GSC OF 351
GSC BULL 270
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR OF 1994-14
EMPR ASS RPT *19487
Placer Dome File

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