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File Created: 22-May-2009 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  04-Apr-2022 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name ATEN 2 Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 094C013
Status Showing NTS Map 094C04E
Latitude 056º 10' 25'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 32' 08'' Northing 6228300
Easting 342600
Commodities Copper Deposit Types L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Aten 2 occurrence is located west of, and near the south end of Tenakihi Lakes, approximately 68 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

The showing is described as a mineralized fracture zone in monzonite belonging to an Early Jurassic phase of the Hogem Plutonic Suite. In 1991, a grab sample taken across and adjacent to a 1 centimetre wide fracture zone filled by chalcopyrite assayed 2.82 per cent copper (Assessment Report 22123). Intense azurite and malachite staining also occurs.

The Aten 2 occurrence is located in the central portion of the Aten 2 claim of Major General Resources Ltd. (Commander Resources Ltd.) who worked on the property in 1991, 1992 and 2005. Refer to DM (094C 112), located 3 kilometres north, for details of the Aten property exploration history.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *22123, 22861, 28205, 39595
EMPR FIELDWORK *1991, pp. 127-145; 1992, pp. 109-134; 2018, pp. 31-53; 2019, pp. 25-47
EMPR GEOS MAP 2001-4
EMPR OF 1992-11; 1993-2; 1995-6; 1996-19
EMPR P 1992-01, pp. 127-145; 1993-01, pp. 109-134; 2019-01, pp. 31-53; 2020-01, pp. 25-47
EMPR PRELIM MAP 9
GSC MAP 1030A
GSC MEM 274
GSC OF 864
GBC 2021-01, pp. 105-120
Vanderwart Consulting Inc. (2021-07-12): Technical Report on the Thane Copper-Gold Project, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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