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MINFILE No 093N 254

File Created:	29-Apr-2016	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:	05-May-2021	by	Nicole Barlow (NB)

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		NMI
Name	ROOTS, NINA	Mining Division	Omineca
		BCGS Map	093N096
Status	Showing	NTS Map	093N15W
Latitude	055º 54' 57''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	124º 49' 22''	Northing	6198210
		Easting	386080
Commodities	Copper	Deposit Types	I06 : Cu+/-Ag quartz veins G05 : Cyprus massive sulphide Cu (Zn)
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Slide Mountain

Capsule Geology

The Roots occurrence is located on a south facing slope, north of Nina Lake.

The area is underlain by rock of the Mississippian to Permian Mount Howell Succession, Nina Creek Group.

It is reported that the first known mineral occurrence in the vicinity was found by the Geological Survey of Canada in the 1940s and described by E.F. Roots as a mineralized zone at least eight feet (2.4 metres) wide, containing malachite, pyrite, and minor azurite (Assessment Report 25532).

The zone occurs in a 60 metre band of sheared, carbonatized, silicified and pyritized interbedded argillite and andesite. The mineralized zone is broken by many faults and is veined by quartz. The showing is exposed in only a few outcrops.

In 1944, a grab sample assayed 4.83 per cent copper (GSC MEM 252-183).

Work History

The Roots showing is described by Gary Lee in 1997 in his prospecting report on his Nina claims (Assessment Report 25532). It is not known if he visited the showing.

Also see Nina (093N 011).


Bibliography	EMPR ASS RPT 24812, 25532 EMPR BULL 91 EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 209-220; 1989, pp. 101-114 EMPR OF 1990-17; 1989-12; 1999-2 of Evaluation - Nina 1 Mineral Claims) GSC MAP 971A; 907A; 876A; 1424A; 5249G GSC MEM 252-183 (Armstrong); 274 (Roots) GSC P 41-5; 42-2; 45-9; 75-33