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File Created: 14-Dec-1992 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  26-May-2023 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name BELL Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 094C031
Status Showing NTS Map 094C05W
Latitude 056º 23' 48'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 49' 33'' Northing 6253812
Easting 325596
Commodities Copper Deposit Types L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Bell occurrence is located approximately 4.5 kilometres southwest of Aiken Lake and 100 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

Regionally, the area is underlain by calc-alkaline and fine clastic sedimentary rocks of the Upper Triassic Takla Group which have been intruded by ultramafic and gabbroic to dioritic rocks of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Aiken Lake Intrusive Complex. To the southwest and south quartz monzonitic to monzogranitic intrusive rocks of the Lower Jurassic Hogem Plutonic Suite and monzodioritic to gabbroic intrusive rocks of the Mesilinka Pluton are exposed.

At the Bell showing, volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Upper Triassic Plughat Mountain Formation (Takla Group) are intruded by a gabbroic phase of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Aiken Lake Intrusive Complex. A small area of the gabbro contains disseminated malachite and very minor chalcopyrite.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 93
EMPR FIELDWORK 1991, pp. 127-145; *1992, pp. 109-134; 2018, pp. 31-53; 2019, pp. 25-47
EMPR P 1992-01, pp. 127-145; 1993-01, pp. 109-134; 2019-01, pp. 31-53; 2020-01, pp. 25-47
EMPR GEOS MAP 2001-10
EMPR OF 1989-17; 1990-13; 1993-2; 1995-6; 1996-19
GBC RPT 2021-01, pp. 105-120
GSC MAP 1030A
GSC MEM 274
GSC OF 864

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